 | Parts of this article (those related to Confirmed tornadoes) need to be updated. The reason given is: NCEI reports not incorporated.. (February 2024) |
 Tornado warnings and Storm Prediction Center tornado reports on March 3 superimposed on a Suomi NPP infrared satellite picture taken at 18:50 UTC | |
| Type | Tornado outbreak, Winter storm |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 3, 2019 |
| Dissipated | March 3, 2019 |
| Highest winds |
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| Tornadoes confirmed | 42 |
| Max. rating1 | EF4 tornado |
| Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 6 hours, 30 minutes |
| Largest hail | 2 in (5.1 cm) diameter near Elberta, Georgia |
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | 27.5 in (70 cm) in Mount Audubon, Colorado on March 2–3[1] |
| Fatalities | 23 deaths, 103 injuries |
| Damage | $190 million (2019 USD)[2] |
| Areas affected | Southeastern United States, particularly Alabama and Georgia and the Florida Panhandle |
Part of the tornado outbreaks of 2019 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado | |
A significant and deadly severe weather event that affected the Southeastern United States on March 3, 2019. Over the course of 6 hours, a total of 42 tornadoes touched down across portions of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. The strongest of these was an EF4 tornado that devastated rural communities from Beauregard, Alabama, through Smiths Station, Alabama to Talbotton, Georgia, killing 23 people and injuring at least 100 others. Its death toll represented more than twice the number of tornado deaths in the United States in 2018 as well as the deadliest single tornado in the country since the 2013 Moore EF5 tornado. An EF3 tornado also destroyed residences to the east of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida, and was only the second tornado of that strength in the county since 1945. Several other strong tornadoes occurred across the region throughout the evening of March 3 and caused significant damage. A large number of EF0 and EF1 tornadoes also touched down.
- ^ Colorado snow totals for March 2-3, 2019, Denver Post, March 3, 2019
- ^ "Global Catastrophe Recap - March 2019" (PDF). ReliefWeb. AON. Retrieved April 22, 2022.