Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
On March 2 and 3, 2012, a deadly tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States into the Ohio Valley region. The storms resulted in 41 tornado-related fatalities, 22 of which occurred in Kentucky. Tornado-related deaths also occurred in Alabama, Indiana, and Ohio. The outbreak was the second deadliest in early March for the U.S. since official records began in 1950; only the 1966 Candlestick Park tornado had a higher death toll for a tornadic system in early March.
GOES 13 image of the storm system on March 2
View of the EF4 tornado from Memphis, Indiana.
Remains of a house that was completely swept away by the Crittenden tornado.
EF3 damage to a two-story brick home in Moscow, Ohio.
Washington County, Indiana
Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 28,182. The county seat is Salem.
Washington County courthouse in Salem