Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

March 31, 1979
Counties: Barren
F-scale: F3
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 19
Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 13 miles
Time: 4:25pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved southeast from three miles southeast of the intersection of I-65 and the Cumberland Parkway. A child was killed when a concrete block grocery store caved in. Two trailers, two cars, and ten barns were destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 13 miles, Grazulis gives 12 miles, Storm Data says 8 miles.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

Tornadoes of March 31, 1979