The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. February 19, 1884 Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw. A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. The worst of the tornado took place at its inception on Bethlehem Academy Road, where a barn was destroyed killing a woman inside. Counties: Butler Counties: Hardin In Scott County, immediately north of Highway 362 and east of Concord Road, three homes were severely damaged while five double wide mobile homes were completely destroyed. F-scale: F1 We truly appreciate your assistance in making this the most complete and accurate tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky! Trimble County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management conducted an extensive tornado survey in Trimble County. F-scale: F2 The second of the two Jefferson County entries at NCDC lists the touchdown point with the exact same lat/lon as the liftoff point in the first Jefferson County entry. Path width: 300 yards Near Lake Street some trees were felled and some monuments were overturned in Maple Grove Cemetery. February 29, 2012 County: Clark IN Counties: Perry Injuries: 60 Deaths: May 26, 1894 Barns were destroyed five miles east of town. Further research suggests that the Boyle County tornado did indeed happen as described above. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of one mile, NCDC and Storm Data say 14 miles. Time: 11:59pm EDT EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: 0 Time: 4:00pm January 18, 1929 The tornadothen struck two homes and a single-wide mobile home on New Hope Ridge Road (Highway 2870) about 1.5 miles west of Highway 421. Deaths: 0 Deaths: EF-Scale:EF1 March 4, 1964 Path width: 50 yards Workers working on the home heard a loud roar while seeking shelter and observed the twister striking and uprooting some trees. Counties: Warren The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County near Fountain Run. F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: Storm Data lists this and the following tornado as one. Path length: 7.1 miles Deaths: 0 After crossing the square, the tornado continued moving east-northeast for another one and a quarter miles, snapping and uprooting trees and causing minor roof damage to several homes. Noted discrepancies: None Trees and power lines were damaged as well. Injuries: 0 15. Deaths: Injuries: 0 Path length: Injuries: 8 The worst damage, near the upper bound of EF1 around 105 mph, was done to a well-constructed home west of Mintonville. Noted discrepancies: None Path width: 60 yards A store at the intersection of Brownsboro Road and Ballardsville Road was unroofed. Path width: 150 yards Deaths: It traveled along I-64 south of Georgetown. Trees were down in this location as well. Path length: 2 1/2 miles Injuries: Grazulis narrative: Near Allendale three trailers and three barns were destroyed in a brief touchdown. Injuries: 3 Time: 6:45pm Hundreds of trees were uprooted. Deaths: 0 Time: 5:00pm The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Boyle Time: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Several trees were toppled in a forest on the southwest portion of the path. Counties: Nelson EF-Scale: EF-4 County: Orange Injuries: 2 (known) Time: April 3, 2018 January 2, 2006 Eagle Park was Louisville's baseball park before the new one to the south was constructed. EF-Scale:EF0 Path width: April 3, 1974 County: Adair Path length: Injuries: 0 Path width: 300 yards SPC and NCDC give a time of 3:00pm, Grazulis 2:30pm. Noted discrepancies: None Counties: Ohio A tornado formed from these conditions, devastating most of the town and much of the outlying rural area. Time: 12:47pm CST Very few Americans had actually seen a tornado until the 1880s . The tornado first uprooted a small tree and then shifted a small shed off of its foundation. A large tree fell on a house and power lines, and that same house had its garage destroyed. Time: 5:15pm Time: 3:45pm - 3:50pm EDT County: LaRue Path length: 3.1 miles Time: 12:38am EST to 12:40am EST Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC. Deaths: The twister lifted 2.4 miles east of Deputy. A maximum wind speed of 100 mph wind was found. December 9, 1952 F-scale: F1 Counties: Anderson, Woodford Notes: Storm Data says this tornado lifted at Wisdom. 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. April 20, 1986 Notes: A tornado touched down 0.7 miles south of St. Meinrad in Spencer County on the southern end of the St. Meinrad Seminary grounds. Time: 1:30pm Path width: Noted discrepancies: Storm Data takes this tornado from Rineyville to Colesburg. F-scale: F1 March 1, 1997 Path width: The tornado quickly grew to 3/4 of a mile wide, and uprooted an entire orchard (nearly 100 trees) on the Green Farm west of Stamping Ground. A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. If changed to -86.45 it is in Warren County (right in Bowling Green). October 6, 2014 The twister traveled to the northeast, heavily damaging Gainesway, Southeastern Hills, and many neighborhoods along Man O War Boulevard before lifting at Richmond Road across the street from Saint Joseph East Hospital. Path length: Damage then occurred again when a frame home's garage was torn from its foundation at 2835 Klondike Lane and was thrown 100 feet into the side of Saint Martha Catholic Church. SPC and Storm Data give a time of 12:10am, NCDC gives 12:06am. Injuries: 0 Counties: Grayson Injuries: 4 Injuries: 0 Path width: 20yards Warehouses were unroofed along Stoner's Creek. Path width: 100 yards April 10, 2009 May 18, 1995 Homes and other buildings were unroofed at Crab Orchard Springs. Deaths: Counties: Madison Twenty-five homes were declared uninhabitable. Counties: Washington KY Path width: Are there any mini "Tornado Alleys" in this areaor in your county? Path width: 300yards April 28, 2002 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down about two miles northwest of Paint Lick near the Madison County line. Time: 3:50pm - 3:52pm EDT Path width: Path width: 225 yards Injuries: 1 Counties: Washington, Mercer There were many barns damaged or destroyed, power lines and power poles down or snapped, some trees snapped and uprooted, and several homes and outbuildings had roof damage. Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast near Eastern State College in Richmond. Path width: 800 yards Time: 6:10pm October 26, 2010 Noted discrepancies: None. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile west of Dugansville to 9/10 of a mile west of Dugansville. A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. Path width: June 27, 1973 Counties: Perry F-scale: F2 Path width: 200 yards Path width: Counties: Mercer There was also widespread wind damage and large hail. Regional Weather Map January 30, 2013 Time: 4:25pm It moved to the east-southeast, passing just north of Smiths Grove, west of Hays, and dissipating at Beckton west of Glasgow. The tornado increased in size at 532 Stoneridge Ln. Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. May 8, 2009 Notes: Two barns destroyed, one damaged. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data mentions damage on Black Jack Road in southeast Radcliff. Path length: Injuries: On the following dates tornadoes occurred while temperatures were in the 50 to 55 degree range: Map of Approximate Fatality Locations Since 1830, Tornado Maps of Southern Indiana/Central Kentucky: Time: 7:30pm F-scale: EF1 They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. Path length: Deaths: 0 The warehouse of Mr. Tarr was completely destroyed. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 17 yards, Grazulis lists 20 yards, Storm Data says 33 yards. . Injuries: County: Allen Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile east of Smithfield to five miles east-northeast of Eminence. Counties: Garrard and Madison Time: 11:41pm - 11:45pm EST To achieve this goal, several different sources of information were used. Path width: 60 yards April 1, 1974 Path width: 150 yards Time: 7:16am-7:28am EDT Path width: Path length: Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Pellsville and Roseville. Path width: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile north of Willisburg to two miles northeast of Willisburg. Wednesday's tornado hit . Time: 4:24pm Path length: 1.3 miles (skipping) 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. A mobile home was rolled over and trees and power lines were blown down. Path length: Path length: 0.4mile Notes: A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted north of Bretzville and Saint Anthony. Using this data, we cannot assume that there were more tornadoes in this area than in the plains during this time because the movement West did not begin in force until the 1800s. Deaths: 0 The tornado exited the city at the intersection of Eastern Drive and East Lake Drive. Historically, the only extreme weather images were from eyewitness sketches. February 6, 2008 EF-Scale:EF1 Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. Deaths: 0 Notes: The touchdown point was on the east side of Harrodsburg and it caused three walls of a warehouse to collapse. In some cases, the various sources disagreed so strongly with each other that a good faith effort to plot the tornado in question was impossible. Time: 4:00pm Counties: Perry Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis ranks it as an F2 (albeit "minimal"). Several trees knocked down as well. One victim said that his "picture window looked as if it were breathing in and out." Using the touchdown and liftoff lat/lons at SPC, this tornado would have missed Shelby County. Several trees were also toppled in a wooded area behind this home. Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. April 3, 1974 Path length: The tornado Deaths: The map shows every tornado to touch down in the U. S. from 1980 to 2012, and includes details on casualties and where each ranks on the Enhanced Fujita scale - a system scientists have used to . Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis says F2. Counties: Marion Path width: Injuries: 1 Deaths: Houses were damaged at Churchill and Fourth, and the Baptist Orphan's Home lost its roof at Churchill and First. F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data says this struck Peyton Ridge. Neither SPC nor NCDC list this tornado. Counties: Marion Path width: 200 yards Injuries: 18 Time: 4:35am The tornado peaked at EF3 intensity near the intersections of KY 52 and KY 1295 in Madison County. Deaths: Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. An injury occurred as the tornado crossed I-265 when two semi trailers were blown over. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. May 22, 1989 Time: 6:50pm Notes: This tornado touched down just north of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Mount Washington Road, and lifted just northeast of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Long Rifle Lane. May 8, 2003 Notes: Two dozen large trees were uprooted or snapped about two miles east of Connersville. Even if using -86.45, that would put the tornado right in the city of Bowling Green, not on a farm south of town. F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 Path width: 50 yards Path width: 50 yards Notes: The tornado began at the Butler/Grayson County line just north of Dog Creek Road and ended near the intersection of J. D. Hudson Road and Coats Road. Other barns and homes were unroofed. Deaths: 1 EF-Scale: EF0 Path width: 220 yards Time: 7:17pm Injuries: 0 Path width: 50 yards The tornado moved into far southeast Washington County before reappearing in Clark County. September 26, 1976 Path length: 0.6 mile SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. There was major damage to 105 more homes. Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. Notes: Numerous hardwood trees were downed on a steep ridge near Elkhorn Creek. Counties: Fayette, Bourbon Path length: A pontoon boat was flipped over. Deaths: 0 There were 28 deaths in the Brandenburg area. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC has a path length of 41 miles, NCDC has 31 miles, Grazulis says 29 miles. This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. Dozens of buildings and hundreds of trees were destroyed in Louisville. F-scale: F2 The other mobile home lost its roof and half of its walls. Path width: Deaths: 0 Grazulis narrative: A barn was destroyed near Scottsburg. F-scale: EF1 Path length: Path length: 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. F-scale: F1 Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Path length: 10 miles (skipping) Eight homes were destroyed, but some walls were left standing on all of them. Path length: 6 miles The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Time: 2:30pm Counties: Dubois Time: 11:29am They also can exhibit small changes in direction and large changes in width, neither of which are indicated on these general maps. F-scale: F1 in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. Deaths: F-scale: F4 Deaths: SPC gives a path length of 70 miles, NCDC gives 35 miles, Grazulis gives 32 miles. November 9, 2000 This tornado was probably spawned from the same thunderstorm that produced the earlier tornado in southwest Louisville (see previous entry). ", A small outbreak of tornadoes struck central Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down near US 127 and moved northeast. County: Simpson County: Russell, Casey Using NCDC's lat/lons this comes out rather strange. Time: At Brandenburg 128 homes were completely destroyed, many of them levelled and swept away. The tornado itself touched down on the edge of a large wooded area west of KY 527 0.4 mile south of Saint Francis. Several trees were snapped along the narrow path. Tree damage occurred near Nonesuch with F1 strength winds in southern Woodford County. Counties: Orange Deaths: 0 Path width: Counties: Hardin Houses were unroofed at the intersection of Preston and Mechanic, a small brick slaughterhouse on Mechanic was demolished, and a two and a half story brick house on Mechanic was badly damaged. Trees were laying in multiple directions and most of the trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. 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.. Time: 10:45am Nearly a complete roof of one outbuilding was project 1/2 mile to the east. of Louisville, knocking down trees and fences. Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 Grazulis Narrative: Three barns and a small school were destroyed two miles south of Springfield. Injuries: EF-Scale: EF-2 Path length: 2.3 miles Time: 4:40am Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 5 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 6 miles (which appears more accurate). Path width: 50yards Counties: Metcalfe, Adair Path length: 16 miles Injuries: Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. He looked up into what appeared to be a hollow Path width: 300 yards Injuries: 0 Path length: Path length: EF-scale: EF1 Also in Scottsburg trees were felled and roofs were damaged. June 2, 1990 Noted discrepancies: None Many historical tornadoes that supposedly traveled for dozens or hundreds of miles were likely cyclic events, and thus not really one continuous tornado. NWS HEAT.gov Path width: Deaths: 0 Time: 8:00pm However, the spring of 2011 was one of the deadliest and costliest tornado seasons on record. Time: 12:38pm CDT to 12:42pm CDT Injuries: 18 Counties: Shelby Grazulis narrative: A tornado moved northeast from five miles west of Bowling Green. Injuries: 0 Path width: F-scale: F0 June 19, 2011 Counties: Adair The tornado moved along Muddy Fork and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Time: 2:50pm EST March 1, 2017 Injuries: March 25, 1964 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Counties: Woodford F-scale: F3 F-scale: F1 Path length:2.7 miles Time: 4:25pm Path length: 0.5mile Storm Data says the tornado touched down near Slaughters in Hopkins County, proceeded to Sacramento in McLean County, and then went on to Prentiss in Ohio County. At those locations the brick facade of each building was pushed out. There was significant damage on the upper portion of the feed mill approximately 70 feet off the ground along with some power poles being severely bent. Deaths: Four people were killed near Tracy Lane, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. Path length: Injuries: Deaths: 0 Path length: About 425 homes were destroyed in Jefferson County, and 25 were damaged in Oldham County. Notes: Storm Data touched this tornado down near KY 55 and hits Middletown and Half Acre. Noted discrepancies: SPC has this storm moving from McCracken County directly into Madison County, which is geographically impossible. Injuries: County: Taylor Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. Time: 1:30am CDT Straight-line winds can easily cause damage similar to a tornado, and can produce a roar similar to that of a tornado. moved northeast from present-day Mission, Path length: In the present-day United States, the first sightings of tornadoes or waterspouts by English speakers date back to the late 1500s, during expeditionary adventures that would ultimately lead to colonization of the coutnry. Time: 11:29pm - 11:34pm EST Injuries: 2 Time: 3:48pm - 3:49pm EDT Notes: Storm Data puts this on the northwest side of Priceville. Path length: 3.6miles NCDC/SPC start this tornado on the western Anderson County line west of GeeGrazulis starts it in Anderson County but farther east at Alton. Time: 7:30pm The car ended up in the living room of the home. Deaths: 0 SPC lists a path length of 68 miles, NCDC 50 miles, Grazulis 62 miles, Storm Data 67 miles. Time: 5:20pm - 5:22pm CDT Time: 8:00pm (Grazulis and Storm Data list the touchdown at "Cottonwood", by which they probably mean "Cottonburg", which is west of Richmond two miles east of the Garrard County line.) Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST Path length:1.7 miles Plotted according to NCDC's narrative. Path width: 200 yards Injuries: Of those 18, 14 were killed on the southeast edge of Russell Springs. Time: 4:50pm Counties: Warren F-scale: F0 Grazulis narrative: Moved east from east of Russell Springs, to Salem, and to Faubush. April 26, 2011 Several bowing segments within the line produced severe thunderstorm wind damage. Counties: Hancock, Breckinridge February 5, 2008 Deaths: NWS Notes:While Lexington newspapers listed the many farms that were struck by the tornado (or its attendant straight-line winds), no road names and few references to nearby towns were given. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 49 miles, Grazulis gives one mile, Storm Data says 50 miles. SPC/NCDC give a path length of 38 miles, Grazulis gives 42 miles. January 24, 1964 Injuries: 20 Path length: 1/2 mile
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