Midwest Tornadoes March 2012

On March 2, 2012 numerous tornadoes struck the US Midwest and Southern states. Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky were all affected and the American Red Cross has setup shelters for victims.

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Situational Review

some stats from Weather channel

• 37 million people were affected
• over 76 tornadoes were reported
• over 170 warnings and watches were issued

• Humanity Road Event Diary

Data

• Latest storm reports from the Storm Prediction Center (NOAA) mapped in Geocommons. This shows reports tornadoes with damage reports and location, as well as current radar and hail reports. http://geocommons.com/maps/144888
• Map of Twitter and Tornado warnings until 17:30pm EST: http://geocommons.com/maps/145016#
• Map of Henryville damages in Geocommons: http://geocommons.com/maps/145115#
• Road Closures derived from American Red Cross Spreadsheet and Google Eart - http://geocommons.com/overlays/211270
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• CrisisWiki entry for Midwest Tornadoes

External links

• Early March 2012 tornado outbreak on Wikpedia