The tornado outbreak of March 3, 2019

45 tornadoesGeorgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida

45 tornadoes touched down across 4 states between 12:55 PM and 7:42 PM CST, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger, and 23 people were killed.

Watch the day unfold

Tornado outbreak · March 3, 2019

How the day unfolded

Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged touchdown times

Tornadoes—of 45 that day

Strongest so far—

Killed—in tornadoes so far

The day’s milestones

Tornado pathsWider and brighter with the rating; EF3 and stronger glow

On the groundEach grows from its logged touchdown time

Counties crossedLit as a tornado reaches them, brighter for EF3 or stronger

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (touchdown times, ratings, start and end points) and Storm Events Database (segment paths and times for the notable tornadoes that have record pages). SPC logs the touchdown time only; other paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Standard Time.

The day in numbers

Tornadoes: 45; on Sunday, March 3, 2019
EF3 or stronger: 2; 1 rated EF4 or EF5
Killed: 23; 47th-deadliest tornado day since 1950
Injured: 102; Along all the paths
Path miles: 285; All the paths end to end
First and last: 12:55 PM to 7:42 PM; Touchdowns, Central Standard Time

Hour by hour

Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.

Every tornado

In order of touchdown. One has a record page, linked from the rating.

Tornadoes of March 3, 2019

12:55 PM	EF1	Washington County AL	0.2	300	0	0
1:19 PM	EF0	Autauga County AL	0.6	70	0	0
1:37 PM	EF1	Washington County AL	2.6	100	0	0
2:00 PM	EF4	Macon County, Lee County and 3 more AL, GA	68.0	1,600	23	90
2:15 PM	EF2	Crawford County, Peach County GA	6.7	420	0	1
2:27 PM	EF2	Macon County, Lee County AL	29.1	1,300	0	1
2:34 PM	EF1	Butler County AL	0.3	50	0	0
2:36 PM	EF0	Bibb County GA	1.1	150	0	0
2:38 PM	EF1	Crenshaw County AL	2.6	50	0	0
2:42 PM	EF1	Twiggs County GA	1.1	300	0	0
3:05 PM	EF0	Telfair County GA	4.0	150	0	0
3:09 PM	EF0	Telfair County GA	0.4	100	0	0
3:15 PM	EF0	Bullock County AL	0.4	50	0	0
3:18 PM	EF1	Wilkinson County GA	3.1	630	0	0
3:18 PM	EF0	Taylor County GA	6.6	630	0	0
3:19 PM	EF1	Harris County GA	7.4	900	0	0
3:24 PM	EF1	Washington County GA	0.6	200	0	0
3:30 PM	EF0	Jeff Davis County GA	0.0	25	0	0
3:36 PM	EF1	Washington County GA	1.4	290	0	0
3:43 PM	EF0	Macon County, Peach County GA	6.4	300	0	0
3:45 PM	EF2	Barbour County AL	6.7	700	0	0
3:55 PM	EF1	Washington County GA	0.2	85	0	0
3:58 PM	EF2	Barbour County, Quitman County and 2 more AL, GA	30.9	860	0	0
4:22 PM	EF0	Wayne County GA	0.3	50	0	0
4:28 PM	EF0	Walton County FL	11.9	400	0	0
4:39 PM	EF0	Henry County, Clay County AL, GA	10.8	75	0	0
4:44 PM	EF2	Columbia County GA	1.5	100	0	0
4:51 PM	EF1	Geneva County AL	5.1	300	0	0
4:53 PM	EF2	Edgefield County SC	5.0	200	0	7
5:03 PM	EF0	Orangeburg County SC	0.2	25	0	0
5:30 PM	EF1	Aiken County SC	0.4	150	0	0
5:33 PM	EF1	Washington County, Jackson County FL	5.3	300	0	0
5:53 PM	EF1	Lexington County SC	10.8	100	0	0
5:58 PM	EF1	Liberty County GA	7.8	350	0	0
6:02 PM	EF1	Miller County GA	4.1	150	0	1
6:13 PM	EF1	Lexington County SC	1.9	50	0	0
6:13 PM	EF1	Richland County SC	1.5	150	0	0
6:18 PM	EF1	Decatur County GA	4.5	150	0	0
6:33 PM	EF1	Richland County SC	0.6	200	0	0
6:41 PM	EF1	Gadsden County FL	2.1	275	0	0
6:45 PM	EF1	Tift County GA	0.7	180	0	0
6:54 PM	EF2	Grady County GA	2.7	800	0	2
7:06 PM	EF0	Wakulla County FL	18.4	300	0	0
7:18 PM	EF3	Leon County, Jefferson County FL	8.8	700	0	0
7:42 PM	EF0	Wakulla County FL	0.7	50	0	0

By state

Tornadoes by state, March 3, 2019

Georgia	20	0	0
Alabama	12	1	23
South Carolina	7	0	0
Florida	6	1	0

Tornadoes in 2019 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.