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.