The tornado then moved east into a wooded area, snapping and uprooting trees. Near-F4. EF-1 tornado first touched down on East Riley Rd. Injuries: 5
F4) PDF, Current Hazards Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Boyle
F-scale: F1
County: Metcalfe
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. Deaths: 0
Two school buses were ripped off their chassis. A brick building was unroofed and had a wall blown down. EF-Scale:EF1
Time: 8:00pm
December 29, 1865
Fifty citizens were injured in Monroe County. Image credits. Noted discrepancies: None
One boy received a broken leg. Christ Church on Churchill Downs had some roof and siding damage. This historic event may have actually started in Harrison County IN, but is traditionally plotted from west of Shively, Kentucky, in western Jefferson County. Injuries:
One person was severely injured, and may have died later. Learn how your comment data is processed. However, this path would completely miss Allen County. April 20, 2011
Path width:
Noted discrepancies: SPC has beginning and ending lat/lons as 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08NCDC has 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/85.45. Two houses, a trailer, and a barn were destroyed. Between them was a treeless and fenceless waste, with scattered remnants of homes and uprooted trees. May 24, 2000
Notes: A bow echo passed through Grayson County and quickly spun up a small tornado just south of Clarkson at 3900 Millertown Road. Near the end of its path, the tornado spread debris from a metal outbuilding one tenth of a mile onto North Marshall Road. Path length: 5.8 miles
Injuries: 0
Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Time: 11:40pm EDT
Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. Counties: Breckinridge
An old RV had its roof removed and large sections of debris were thrown about 100 yards. How many tornadoes of each F-scale have occurred? June 22, 2011
Note: Grazulis counts this as two tornadoes, with a gap in the path at the Harrison/Floyd County line. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. This was consistent with EF1 damage, 105 mph estimated winds, and a damage width of 75 yards. Deaths:
Path length:
April 3, 1974
November 26, 1965
Injuries:
Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. He was medically airlifted to Louisville. EF-Scale:EF1
Path length:
It crossed KY 55 north of Eminence. Noted discrepancies: None
Injuries:
Path width: 150 yards
Path width: 150 yards
Notes: Several trees were uprooted along West CR 390S. Counties: Jefferson KY
It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. Deaths: 0
Deaths: 1
June 27, 2008
F-scale: F2
Deaths:
Aerial photos of damage were also taken by volunteer general aviation pilots Mark Powers and Josh Kieffer and aerial photographer Austin Lassell in aircraft N16NA. 1880s scientists didn't use terms like "wind shear" or "cold front," but they did observe that tornadoes affecting "central states of the Union" occurred when winds of different temperatures collided. Photographs are particularly welcome. Time: 7:20am
Path length: 15 miles
Counties: Orange
F-scale: F2
Deaths:
Notes: This tornado touched down near Columbia. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado on Garrett Hollow Road. Damage indicators along the path of this tornado included multiple softwood trees down, minor shingle damage to homes, a side wall downed in a large indoor tennis facility, and a barn roof collapse. Two people received injuries when a chimney fell on them and broke their ribs. Deaths: 0
Counties: Hancock, Breckinridge
Path width:
The twister finally lifted near the end of Drowning Creek Road northeast of Waco. One roof was damaged near Lebanon Junction. Four farm houses were destroyed, and three members of a family were killed in one of them. Notes: Storm Data says this occurred near New Roe. Path length:
A garage onthe property was also destroyed. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Valley View, destroying buildings in the southeast part of (Fayette County). Several different sources were used to compile this tornado catalogue. Time: 11:00am EST
Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. Path length: 10 miles
It reached its peak strength on Sirocco Road where a carport attached to a house blew across a field, trees were snapped or uprooted, a barn door was blown in, and shingles were blown off of a nearby house. Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. It also destroyed a detached three car garage. On Stewart Avenue a house lost its roof. Injuries: 0
Time: 6:52pm - 6:53pm CDT
April 11, 2008
Time: 12:08am
Injuries:
Counties: Boyle
Tall grass along a fence line within the tornado's path showed evidence of convergence. Deaths: 0
A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. F-scale: F2
Time: 11:39pm EDT
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 6.3 miles south southwest of Salem, to Pekin, to 1.3 miles southeast of Pekin, to 2.7 miles northwest of Charlestown, to 3.1 miles southeast of Charlestown. A roof was torn off and thrown 60 yards. Path width: 15 yards
Path length: 1.6mile
Injuries:
Path width: 100 yards
Time: 5:45am
Minor damage was sustained east of KY 639 to several outbuildings. Counties: Washington IN
Injuries:
4. The second home in the path of the tornado was badly damaged and a paper bill from the home was lifted into the tornado and carried 35 miles to the northeast into Powell County, landing in the yard of a National Weather Service employee. September 3, 1970
Path width:
The tornado then proceeded through a rural area of Cumberland County and lifted about three miles southwest of Marrowbone. Path length:
Time: 3:05pm
Narrative: Moved east, crossing the Ohio River about 6 miles "north" (upstream?) Counties: Hardin
Time: 5:47pm
F-scale: F0
April 22, 1887
The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. The tornado advanced to the northeast. Dixie tornado outbreak April 24, 1908. Injuries: 0
Injuries:
The debris from the barn was thrown over a quarter mile to the northeast. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 9:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data five 10:00pm. The winds at this location were estimated around 120 mpg (EF2). A purple martin house was bent over 60 degrees facing east. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Counties: Oldham, Henry
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. October 24, 1967
June 1, 1917
Injuries: 11
Injuries:
Notes:The tornado touched down just insidethe Breckinridge-Meade County linenorth of Irvington. Injuries: 11
They account for 68 percent of all Great Plains tornadoes. Path width:
Time: 9:00am
At one location the tornado had embedded two by six boards firmly into the ground. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. In 1882, after nearly 300 years of numerous observations and stories of whirlwinds, cyclones, and tornadoes, U.S. Army Signal Corps Sergeant John P. Finley was placed in charge of the investigation of tornadoes and the development of forecasting methods. Counties: Logan and Simpson
On This Day: The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 | News | National Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the Greenwood Trailer Park on the north side of Bowling Green. Notes: Storm Data has this tornado touch down near Paris. Counties: Simpson
County: Cumberland
Counties: Orange
Homes and other buildings were unroofed at Crab Orchard Springs. April 20, 2000
Several more homes were severely damaged along this road. There are roughly one hundred such tornadoes that were not able to be plotted. April 3, 1974
Injuries:
Here a 9-year-old boy was partially scalped and suffered a fractured skull. This large tornado passed one mile north of Corydon as it moved east across central Harrison County. Multiple barns, garages, and outbuildingswere destroyed here as well. Noted discrepancies: Grazulis does not include Madison County. Noted discrepancies: NCDC doesn't list Ripley County. Counties: Mercer
Path length:
Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 6:01pm, NCDC gives 5:01pm, Storm Data says 7:01pm. Residents reported half inch hail, followed by a surge in lightning, then quiet, then a 20 second loud roar with popping in their ears followed by complete silence again. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC. February 24, 2018
Moving along to the northeast, the Muir area was next in line (near the intersection of KY 1970 and KY 1973 today). Path width: 130 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list three fatalities, Grazulis 2, Storm Data 6. Injuries:
Time: 11:05am EST
Path length: 0.3 mile
Path length: 1.9 miles
We hope you enjoy the fruits of our labor in these pages, and find the information both entertaining and useful. It wasn't until the 1800s that advances, For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United, A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s, Historic outbreak sequences: Five major tornado events during the second half of May 1896, New Jerseys deadliest twister and the first scientific tornado study in the United States, U.S. Tornado History: Early American thought presented in textbooks of the 1800s, U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institutions Queries Relative to Tornadoes, circa 1860s, Understanding basic tornadic radar signatures, Into the Storm: 10 best and worst movie moments for a tornado nerd. Time: 11:47pm EDT
Path width: 30 yards
Path length: 1.2 miles
Flora, Snowden D. Tornadoes of the United States. Time: 7:13pm EDT
Grazulis narrative: A tornado destroyed two trailers and a barn, just north of Jamestown. Time: 4:17am EST
Notes: Once the tornado crossed into Lincoln County, it first destroyed a metal shed and blew it 700 feet away. Many pioneer farms Path length: 3.8 miles
Injuries: 0
Path length: 0.3 miles
Path length: 4.6mile
F-scale: F1
Structural damage occurred along IN-162 where over 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial outbuilding was destroyed. F-scale: F1
Notes: Two large barns and several outbuildings were destroyed. The most significant damage occurred near the end of the path near Prices Mill Road where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof. Make careful observations of all electric displays, the appearance of balls of fire, the sound of thunder, the roar of the tornado, etc. County: LaRue
Blacksmith shops on Preston "near the railroad crossing (?) Notes: One home received major roof damage. Numerous trees were snapped along the path. Time:
Counties: Mercer, Woodford
Carmon Creek Road where several hardwoods were snapped along with power lines down. The tornado completely lifted at Jackie Crow salvage yard with debris thrown on the top of the hill about 250 yards from the salvage yard. Counties: Orange
On Christmas Tree Road a 30 x 30 barn had significant damage south of the main tree damage. Deaths: 0
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado took place near the Ohio River from two and a half miles south of Holt to 3.8 miles southwest of Stephensport. The tornado tracked to the east with extensive damage of trees along Hwy 1226. Path length:
March 2, 2012
Injuries: 0
According to the (Lexington) Weekly Press, the roof of "Mr. Sharp's house on the hill" was removed, and two chimneys were destroyed at the home of Mr. Bassett. Notes: Touched down briefly just northeast of Henryville. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2. Time: 6:00pm
Injuries:
Time: 4:35am
At Stanford the sky was "filled with debris" and funnels were again sighted, along with scattered damage. Four homes were destroyed and several others damaged two miles north of Carefree, injuring several people. Deaths: 0
April 11, 2008
Injuries: 0
Counties: Warren
The tornado touched down near the Hill Grove and Guston area on the south side of U.S. 60, blowing a porch off the side of a house. A two-story pole tobacco barn was also destroyed. The tornado dropped small branches and leaves along its path as it continued northeast. Injuries: 0
Injuries: 0
sulfurous odors, and objects being carried Counties: Washington IN
Debris from the barn was scattered overa half mile downwind. Counties: Hardin
Deaths: 0
The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado destroyed two barns in the Fairfield area. The Daily Press said, "A tornado struck the city with inconceivable energy." Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. Path length: 1.8miles
Path width:
Itcontinued east for approximately 0.5 miles, then turned northeast over the PX and commissary complex before lifting 0.6 miles ENE of the base high school near Wilson Road. Path length: 1.7 miles
Theowner sustained only minor injuries as herolled over with his house, crawling outof a hole after it settled. County: Madison
County: Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee)
Path length: 18 miles
The tornado was at its strongest right before it dissipated. F-scale: F3
Path length: 0.75 mile
Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890March 18, 1925and April 3, 1974. The most significant damage occurred near the intersection of McKendree Church Road and Highway 100 where a well constructed brick house completely lost its roof. The relatively new Signal Service (a forerunner of the National Weather Service) tracked storms using telegrams, passing weather . Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . Path width:
SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC says 30 yardsGrazulis doesn't say. F-scale: F1
The path described above was more certainly a tornado. Storm Data narrative says, "A small tornado of the bounding type moved in a straight line west-southwest to east-northeast from about half a mile east of Standiford Fieldto approximately ten miles northeast. Time: 3:20pm
Injuries: 0
to conduct a damage survey. Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Path width: 220 yards
The width of observable damage increased to one-quarter to one-third of a mile. The tornado may have then turned to the left (northeast) as it caused F2-level damage to a two-story brick dwelling near the corner of Breckinridge and Preston. The whirl appears to originate in the higher regions of the atmosphere, and as it increases in violence, to descend; its base gradually approaching until it touches the earth.. Power and telephone lines were downed. On the night of June 8, , 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. Noted discrepancies: None
SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1200 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Deaths: 0
Winds here were around 90 mph with a width of 40 yards. Two barns were destroyed. Injuries:
May 5, 1996
Time: 5:05pm
Path width:
Counties: Hardin
It traveled to the northeast across Lemons Mill Road and then to the north-northeast along Crumbaugh Road, across Paris Pike, and up Old Oxford Road, dissipating before reaching Cynthiana Road. Time: 3:20pm CST
Mobile homes and outbuildings were damaged. The funnel devastated that town and crossed the Ohio River into Harrison County, Indiana. Time: 2:38pm CST
Deaths: 0
January 30, 2013
One man was sitting in his trailer when the tornado hit, and subsequently found himself sitting in a field after his trailer was carried away. the time of tornado occurrences, and even calculated The tornado then affected a residence, badly damaging the roof and throwing the porch of the house several yards to the northeast. Other homes and mobile homes were damaged. Injuries: 0
Items of Interest Counties: Logan
Path length: 1.75 mile
More research would be nice. Time: 12:45pm
April 3, 1974
The tornado was on the ground for about one and a half miles over the course of its 16 mile long skipping track. Path width: 100yards
Notes: This tornado knocked a trailer off its foundation at the intersection of Miller Road and Porter Lane. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles west of Centertown, on Shrull Lane, to Hartford. The tornado destroyed an old barn on Chester Hahn Road but then weakened to an EF0 of 80 mph and ended with a few snapped trees before Dugan Lane. F-scale: F0
Deaths: 1
Grazulis narrative: Moved north-northeast from five miles southwest of Hustonville, passing through Junction City and ending at the south end of Lake Herrington northeast of Danville. Noted discrepancies: None
As it, reached 961 east of Alvaton in Warren County, it spawned an EF1, tornado with winds estimated at 95 mph destroying a barn and tool. Narrative: Moved southeast along the edge of Henryville. Counties: Clark KY
Counties: Clinton
July20, 2018
Outside of these points, weak trees were felled, signs were blown over, and minor roof damage occurred. SPC's and Storm Data's "Taylor and Washington" counties makes no sense since those two counties don't border each other. It dissipated shortly thereafter. Deaths: 0
Grazulis narrative: Moved southeast from three miles southeast of the intersection of I-65 and the Cumberland Parkway. F-scale: F0
Noted discrepancies: NCDC does not give a liftoff lat/lon. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile north of Willisburg to two miles northeast of Willisburg. [Offsite link: 19th-Century Storm Chasers Took the First Tornado Photographs]. Occupants of a mobile home witnessed the tornado as it approached from the west, and they took shelter in their bathroom. Fences were torn down as well. Time: 11:59am
If the longitude is changed from SPC/NCDC's -84.08 to -85.08, it's in Shelby County. Injuries: 0
Time: 6:15pm
Time: 1:00am
F-scale: F4
SPC and NCDC give a path length of 58 miles, Grazulis give 35 miles (skipping), Storm Data gives 60 miles. At the 2400 block of WG Talley Road was the most significant damage of the entire survey. Required fields are marked *. A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. Cecilia was one of six in Winterset who died as a result of the tornado. Counties: Oldham
Injuries: 0
EF-Scale:EF1
Path length:
The F-scale ranking given to each tornado represents the maximum strength the tornado achieved anywhere along its pathnot necessarily in the county in which you're interested. Counties: Harrison IN
Side note: Interestingly, in researching this event, we found two distinct paths of destruction across Louisville (see map). June 2, 1990
F-scale: F1
Time: 6:20pm
The Jonas Weil Farm on Briar Hill Road suffered an unroofed home, two miles of destroyed fence, and 500 felled trees. Metal roofing and siding material werescattered nearly a quarter of a mile to the east-northeast, with some of it lofted into the trees of a heavily wooded area. The garage of this house was destroyed with one vehicle thrown 30 yards and another tossed 75 yards. Mr. Grazulis' data were largely responsible for pre-1950 information presented here. Time: 6:20pm
November 7, 1996
Path length:
Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research, Andover, Kansas struck by intense damaging tornado, Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011. EF-Scale: EF-0
EF-Scale:EF2
A 16-inch rafter was driven into the ground. Injuries:
Counties in a high risk tornado area include Smith County, MS, Scott County, MS and Covington County, MS.The largest tornado on record occurred on 12/05/1953, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale. Deaths: 1
Path width: 200 yards
The tornado crossed I-65 at Exit 71. Time: 5:25pm
Counties: Warren
Path length: 10 miles (skipping)
The tornado moved from west to east, generally bounded by Kentucky Street on the north and Oak Street on the south. in Elmont, Kansas, on June 5, 1917. Path length: 3 miles
August 11, 1983
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, but Grazulis does not list it. Time: 3:30pm
Environmental Films, 1326 pp. Path width:
Vinyl siding was, ripped off a home and small outbuildings were damaged. Injuries: 0
Time: 5:10pm
Path length: 0.1 mile
Path width:
County: Oldham
Counties: Jefferson KY
The record does state that damaging straight-line winds were also associated with this storm, so perhaps the feeling was that any damage on the Indiana side was from non-tornadic wind. The church itself was leveled. Path width: 60 yards
The twister lifted 2.4 miles east of Deputy. Injuries:
Deaths:
County: Oldham
F-scale: F2
Deaths:
Injuries: 0
Grazulis lists it at 10:00am. Deaths:
The barn sufferedroof and door damage. Counties: Madison
of fine dirt and leaves which seemed to be A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. Injuries: 2
Time: 8:01pm CDT
Path width:
Injuries: 2
Counties: Perry (from Spencer)
April 3, 1974
Counties: Woodford
Counties: Boyle, Mercer
Deaths: 0
Counties: Washington KY
A new 24 foot travel trailer was destroyed. April 23, 1968
Deaths:
Time: 9:15pm - 9:16pm CST
Path width:
June 29, 1979
Numerous trees were snapped along the path. Deaths:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Path width: 325 yards
Storm Data and NCDC list 113 injuries, Grazulis 96. The tornado touched down about a half mile west of 1598 Carter Brothers Road. Of those 18, 14 were killed on the southeast edge of Russell Springs. Time: 5:22pm
Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County.
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