Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

A storm system will bring a number impacts to the central and eastern US. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the Gulf Coast and Deep South. Further north, a wintry mix may produce a glaze of ice from the Ozarks/Mid-South east through the Ohio Valley. Accumulating snow is expected from the central Plains east into the Upper Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes. Read More >

March 22, 1952
Counties: LaRue
F-scale:  F3
Deaths:
Injuries:   18
Path width:   300 yards
Path length:
Time: 12:05am
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast across the south part of Hodgenville. The tornado destroyed nine cottages as well as the county fairgrounds. A dozen other homes were unroofed. About forty other homes had minor damage.
Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and  Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. Would tend to believe Storm Data's width.

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Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

Tornadoes of March 22, 1952