Severe Thunderstorm Threat Over The Eastern U.S., Critical Fire Weather Likely Over The Southwest

A cold front will bring the threat for scattered strong to severe thunderstorms from the Mid Atlantic to New England into Saturday morning. Some of the storms could produce damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall. Dangerously hot and dry conditions will persist over the Desert Southwest this weekend. Critical fire weather conditions likely. Read More >

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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.