List of United States tornadoes in March 2012 explained

This is a list of all tornadoes that were confirmed by local offices of the National Weather Service in the United States in March 2012.

March

March 1 event

List of reported tornadoes - Thursday, March 1, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
Virginia
bgcolor=#	EF0	NW of Bristol			0532	0.6miles	A shed, several barns, and numerous trees were damaged.
Tennessee
bgcolor=#	EF0	S of Seymour	Blount		0705	1.5miles	Tornado damaged a few trees.
Alabama
bgcolor=#	EF1	S of Slocomb			1912	1.25miles	Power poles were toppled and several trees were uprooted or snapped. Two houses were damaged.
bgcolor=#	EF1	SSE of Slocomb			1914	0.3miles	Brief tornado snapped a number of trees.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/01/12, NWS Morristown, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 2 event

See main article: Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012.

March 3 event

See main article: Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012.

March 11 event

List of reported tornadoes - Sunday, March 11, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
Texas
bgcolor=#	EF0	NW of San Augustine	San Augustine		1920	4miles	A large tree was uprooted, large tree limbs were broken, and metal was peeled from a chicken house.
Louisiana
bgcolor=#	EF0	W of Oak Grove	West Carroll		0057	2.6miles	Multiple trees were snapped or uprooted, and one manufactured home was damaged by a falling tree.
bgcolor=#	EF0	NE of Jennings	Acadia		0402	1.5miles	Several trees were snapped or uprooted, and one home lost a significant number of shingles. Three other homes received minor roof damage. A barn had a wall blown out, and an unsecured storage building was flipped and destroyed.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/11/12, NWS Shreveport, LA, NWS Jackson, MS, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 12 event

List of reported tornadoes - Monday, March 12, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
Michigan
bgcolor=#	EF1	SSE of Coleman	Midland		2243	5.1miles	A garage was destroyed and three pole barns were damaged. Trees were uprooted
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/12/12, NWS Detroit

March 15 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary
bgcolor=#	EF3	Dexter	Washtenaw	MI		21:18–21:56	7.6miles	800abbr=onNaNabbr=on	About a dozen houses were destroyed along a damage path 800yd wide through town. One poorly-anchored home was leveled, with a hundred homes and businesses suffering varying degrees of damage in Dexter. This would be the last intense tornado in the state in over 10 years, until a deadly EF3 tornado impacted Gaylord, on May 20, 2022.^[1]
bgcolor=#	EF2	SSW of Columbiaville	Lapeer	MI		22:49–23:04	4.5miles	400abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Trees were uprooted, one house was shifted off of its foundation and heavily damaged, and a garage was destroyed.
bgcolor=#	EF0	S of Ida	Monroe	MI		22:51	0.5miles	50abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Trees were downed, shingles were blown off a roof, a shed was destroyed, and a car was flipped.

March 17 event

List of reported tornadoes - Saturday, March 17, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
California
bgcolor=#	EF0	WSW of Tranquility	Fresno		2230	unknown	No damage was reported.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/17/12, NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA: http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSHNX&e=201211101600, http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx/events/Mar172012svr.txt

March 28 event

List of reported tornadoes - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
Kansas
bgcolor=#	EF0	SSW of Allen	Lyon		0132	0.1miles	Very brief touchdown with no damage.
bgcolor=#	EF0	S of Madison	Greenwood		0137	0.25miles	Very brief touchdown with no damage.
bgcolor=#	EF0	ESE of Madison	Greenwood		0217	0.25miles	Very brief touchdown with no damage.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/28/12, NCDC Storm Events Database

March 30 event

List of reported tornadoes - Friday, March 30, 2012
	Location	County	Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Comments/Damage
Florida
bgcolor=#	EF0	WSW of Vicksburg	Bay		2052	0.2miles	Waterspout moved onshore and caused no damage.
Sources: SPC Storm Reports for 03/28/12, NCDC Storm Events Database

See also

Notes and References

Detroit, Michigan. The Strong Tornadoes of March 15th, 2012. National Weather Service. March 15, 2012. May 22, 2022.