Deaths:
The tiny twister then continued to the northeast, causing other minor tree damage to the south of Probus Lane. Path length: 15 miles
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Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. SPC and NCDC agree on a path length of 36 miles, suggesting the tornado must have continued beyond Hopkins County. Time: 4:00pm
Deaths: 0
Path width: 200 yards
Damage included roofs blown off two brick homes with the walls collapsed in one home. The worst damage occurred north-northeast of Adairsville where the tornado crossed Route 663. Counties: Anderson
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Notes: This tornado began one mile northeast of Flaherty, damaged buildings at the intersection of US 60 and KY 1882, and lifted in western Fort Knox near Camp Carlson. Injuries: 0
Time: Noon
Injuries: 15
A bowling alley and several businesses were damaged at Sellersburg. Time: 7:10pm - 7:11pm EDT
Path width: 250yards
Time: 3:38am CST
Injuries: 3
Path width: 90 yards
EF-Scale: EF-0
F-scale: EF1
F-scale: F3
June 7, 1980
Counties: Madison
Open map in full-page view (Best for mobile). Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 3.8 miles southwest of Salem to 7.2 miles east of Salem. Besides the structural damage, about 40 large hardwood trees were uprooted along the path. F-scale: F1
Included in the circulars was a questionnaire [] Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. F-scale: F2
Red and white oak and walnut trees were sheared off. Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham
Deaths: 0
Counties: Mercer
Garages were destroyed in Senning's Park (site of Louisville's zoo at the time, located across New Cut Road from the Iroquois Amphitheater). Path width:
Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Published: Mar 3, 2023, 12:41 PM. F-scale: F1
Noted discrepancies: SPC has a path length of 41 miles, NCDC has 31 miles, Grazulis says 29 miles. The Turney, Clark, and Company livery stable was blown across the street. Injuries: 8
Path length: 2.3 miles
20. EF-scale: EF1
March 2, 2012
A couple of trees were snapped. Apparently the only tornado damage Grazulis could find with this event was two miles south of Springfield near the Washington/Marion County line (which is where SPC and NCDC have the tornado track's end point). F-scale: F1
9. Deaths: 0
Timothy Dawson, 10, experienced a fractured leg. February 24, 2018
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April 12, 2019
Deaths: 0
Time: 8:29pm - 8:36pm CDT
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. There were three homes destroyed in Kentucky, and $200,000 damage. Time: 6:15pm
Time: 12:40am EDT
Deaths: 0
A 20x30 barn was also destroyed, and a third small barn along the path was damaged. Notes: This tornado touched down along Old Greensburg Road just west of the intersection of US 68 and KY 323, where it immediately destroyed small outbuildings. The tornado then weakened as it moved into southern Casey County where it damaged more trees, barns, and outbuildings. Path length:
Time: 3:45am
This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. The tornado again caused damage on Electron Drive at the Dillard's Warehouse and Machinery Specialties Warehouse. Deaths:
A mobile home and three barns were destroyed. The tornado apparently lifted and crossed Elizabeth-New Middletown Road and headed east into a wooded area. Injuries: 0
Noted discrepancies: None. Another large tree was uprooted in this yard before the tornado lifted. Path length: 2 1/2 miles
Deaths:
Time: 6:02pm CDT
However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Porter Pike. The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. Intermittent minor damage then occurred east of this intersection. County: LaRue
Counties: Green
A few trees were snapped as well. Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. Injuries: 0
March 1, 2017
Next, a 2-story house had some roof damage and a porch on the lee side of the house had a column fly out and land in a field 50 yards away. Time: 2:00am
It also moved a Beechcraft/King Air plane 10 degrees and the nose gear was broken. The nearby home lost some roof covering and suffered debris impact. EF-Scale: EF-2
Time: 12:20pm CST
Time: 4:45pm EDT
Across from the complex numerous trees were snapped or topped off. Around 2:30 p.m., a volunteer found Cecilia Lloyd's wedding dress wrapped in a garment bag. Injuries: 0
Time: 11:39am CST to 11:40am CST
Injuries: 0
2. Cattle and horses were killed. Notes: The tornado touched down in eastern Garrard County south of Nina on Bethel Road. County: Ohio
F-scale: F1
Trees were blown down on Chilesburg Road, and many trees and fences were torn down on the John E. Madden Farm on Winchester Road about four miles out of Lexington (roughly where Winchester Road meets I-75 today). Path length:
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Trees and telephone poles were knocked down. Path width: 400 yards
April 15, 1994
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At the corner of Maple Road and Galene Drive a significant portion of a large oak tree split off and was thrust into a wall of Tully School. Counties: LaRue, Nelson
June 22, 2011
Counties: Taylor
Time: 6:42pm
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.2 miles south of New Amsterdam into New Amsterdam. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northwest of Elizabethtown, destroying businesses as it passed two miles north of that town along the miracle mile strip on US 31W. Path length: 1/2 mile
Counties: Dubois
Deaths: 0
SPC path length is only one mile, however. Many homes along the damage path had roof damage. Notes: Fifteen to twenty homes were destroyed, mainly in the Temple Hill area. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 14 miles, Grazulis give 28 miles. Noted discrepancies: NCDC narrative does not match up with the lat/lons given for Jefferson County. Path width: 100 yards
Time: 7:58pm EST to 7:59pm EST
The tornado continued east-northeast in far northwest Clark County on Dan Gray Road where the twister leveled many well-built homes and caused extensive tree damage. EF-Scale:EF0
Notes: Photographs taken during a Civil Air Patrol flight corroborate interviews with residents along the damage path that there were intermittent touchdowns of a weaker tornado with the second supercell to pass over the area (see previous tornado). SPC/NCDC start this tornado at Savoyard in Metcalfe CountyGrazulis and Storm Data start it "east of Hiseville" with Grazulis starting it in Barren County but Storm Data only mentioning Metcalfe County (Hiseville is three miles inside Barren County) on KY 314. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from three and a half miles east of Mauckport to west of Laconia. F-scale: EF1
Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from just east of Standiford Field to Smithfield and New Castle. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. June 12, 1989
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. Deaths:
County: Butler
F-scale: F1
Counties: Allen, Barren
Counties: Jefferson IN
Injuries:
Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast, leveling homes near Alpha, Sumter, and Copper. Path length: 5 miles
A house had its windows blown in on its southwest side. Path length:
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis gives nothing. Deaths:
Also, the tornado in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area may be the tornado listed next, which is officially placed just across the border in far northern Harrison County. October 18, 2007
March 29, 1974
Injuries: 11
Injuries:
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Path width: 200 yards
February 19, 1884
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Deaths: 0
The violent tornado also seriously damaged several homes on the north side of State Highway 160. March 12, 1975
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Time: 3:26am
The tornado formed about a mile northeast of Temple Hill just south of Barbour Road. Path length: 0.1 mile
Notes: A National Weather Service Survey Team in conjunction with Larue County EMA determined a second tornado just south of Miami Court and moved east through a wooded area. Path width:
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F-scale: F2
F-scale: F0
The National Weather Service would like to thank volunteer general aviation pilots Mark Powers and Josh Kieffer for flying the damage path in N16NA and Austin Lassell for aerial photography. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1Grazulis calls it an F2. Time: 5:40pm
Notes: The tornado initially touched down near the Hardin-LaRue County line between routes 210 and 61 just north of Tonieville. Time: 6:50pm
Falling debris at this location struck and killed a resident. It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. April 16, 1998
These textbook entries were reproduced in entirety, as found in Early American Tornadoes 1586-1870 (David Ludlum), pp. Path width:
By coincidence, this was the date of the annual statewide tornado drill test. Path width: 300 yards
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Time: Midnight
EF-Scale:EF0
Path width: 50 yards
Noted discrepancies: Grazulis times this at 6:35am. Injuries: 0
Time: 7:10pm
Deaths: 0
A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. ticket window was blown into a nearby field, Deaths:
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The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Counties: Grayson
Grazulis narrative: Two farms were struck, and one was completely destroyed three miles north of Burkesville. Counties: Clark IN
November 6, 2005
Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Second and Jackson Streets in Tompkinsville. Grazulis lists an incorrect ending point for the tornado. In this area many trees were snapped and uprooted. F-scale: F3
Noted discrepancies: SPC mistakenly replaces Warren County with Lawrence County. The tornado then dipped to earth again on the west side of the University of Louisville campus, breaking out many windows in a large residence hall and nearby building, and damaging several vehicles parked nearby. Grazulis narrative: Near New Washington a small tornado leveled two barns and damaged a farm house. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Here are five of the worst natural disasters to wreak havoc on U.S. soil. (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.) Deaths: 0
November 9, 2000
Time: 10:53am - 10:54am EDT
Tree and structural damage was widespread northeast of Route 135 as the tornado crossed Trainer Lane and then State Road 335 to Robbs Lane. March 29, 1974
A 500 gallon propane tank moved to the south 3 feet and became lodged against a grain storage building. March 28, 1997
Path width: 140yards
The tornado was rated EF3 here with 150 mph winds and a damage width of one-third mile. However, some of the most significant damage of the storm took place almost a mile south of where this project feels the true tornado took place. F-scale: F0
Deaths: 0
Several trees were snapped along the narrow path. April 21, 1963
Path length: 10 miles
Injuries: 1
April 20, 2011
Two homes were destroyed here along with three outbuildings. Time: 10:03pm EDT to 10:09pm EDT
See whether the funnel-cloud is visible at a distance, or suddenly breaks into view on the approach of the tornado. At least three locations along the path of this storm support the occurrence of a tornado of EF-1 intensity, with maximum winds approaching 110 mph, an intermittent path length of 6.5 miles, and a damage path width of 60 yards. East of I-71 the tornado damaged outbuildings and snapped trees. 1-Stop Climate Path width:
July 21, 1996
Deaths: 25
Deaths:
The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. Injuries: 0
26 Kansas City, Missouri. Wilmington, Current Conditions Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. Path width: 250 yards
Counties: Harrison IN
Notes: More specific information is needed to accurately map this tornado. The vortex quickly intensified to EF3 strength as it crossed the south portion of the town of Marysville, severely damaging several homes. Time: 5:42am EST
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February 28, 2011
Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. Injuries: 2
Path width: 30 yards
F-scale: F1
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south to .7 miles east of Hardinsburg. Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. Counties: Clark, IN
SPC and NCDC lat/lons start the tornado east of Horse CaveGrazulis starts it northeast of Horse Cave. New Richmond tornado June 12, 1899. Path width:
Injuries:
Injuries: 0
Time: 9:42am CST
Will plot a single tornado as close to the given lat/lons as possible. May 28, 1996
Heavy damage was seen on Green River Court and at 3576 Pimlico Parkway. F-scale:F2
The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County, Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with, maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the, Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. Counties: Fayette, Bourbon
SPC/NCDC give a path length of 38 miles, Grazulis gives 42 miles. Notes: Interspersed among straight-line wind damage was a tornado that first touched down a half mile east of Amos. Pieces of the bridge weighing several tons . "When I flipped one of the steaks and it didn't come back down, I knew it was time to go inside." Time: 10:55pm
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Trees and power lines were torn down along Eighteenth Street Road from Kerrick Station to Greenwood Roada distance of about a mile. Significant Tornadoes. Path width: 300 yards
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Grazulis narrative: Moved from three miles south of Cromwell to near Gilstrap. Counties: Butler, Warren (from Muhlenberg)
A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. About 425 homes were destroyed in Jefferson County, and 25 were damaged in Oldham County. The details concerning this tornado are somewhat murky, but it appears that it touched down southwest of Georgetown where it damaged a greenhouse, and skipped to the east into far northern Fayette County. Deaths:
In some cases sources were contradictory with one another. Path length:
Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . April 4, 2011
Injuries: 20
Injuries: 0
The first observed damage was near Round Knob in the Clark State Forest. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis call it an F2. Path width:
Injuries: 28
March 1, 2017
County: Scott, KY (from Owen)
Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado two miles north of Crab Orchard. May 28, 1996
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Time: 1:05pm
The damage width narrowed in this area to only a couple hundred yards. Path width:
Injuries: 0
Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from east of Russell Springs, to Salem, and to Faubush. Deaths: 0
Counties: Breckinridge
Notes: An outbuilding was destroyed and the top half of a silo was knocked off. EF-Scale:EF-0
The tornado entered Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn Road and Reames Dixon Road. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. Considerable damage occurred on parts of Slack Road. Injuries:
Injuries:
Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. Cornfields were flattened and convergent wind signatures could be seen in the vegetation. Path length: 2.6miles
Numerous pallets loaded with mulch and topsoil were thrown or shifted several yards. SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yardsGrazulis nothing. The worst damage was at Cornishville, where seven homes, a church, and a bridge were destroyed. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 21 milesGrazulis give 18 miles. Notes: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. F-scale: F1
Deaths:
F-scale: F2
SPC/NCDC lat/lon list this tornado as touching down in Daviess County, and provide no liftoff lat/lon. Path width: 50yards
Path width: 880 yards
Hazen stood in the way of JP Finley, arguing that much tornado damage was attributable to electricity, not wind. Path width: 100 yards
The basketball gym and a wing of the school experienced roof damage. If SPC/NCDC's lat/lon is changed from -85.92 to -84.92, it is placed in Franklin County. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. According to Storm Data, radar first showed a hook echo four miles east of Drakesboro. Path width: 250 yards
The only damage to the home, however, was minor roof damage from a branch falling on it. January 17, 2012
Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. F-scale: F0
Tornado stories are handed down through generations of families. Time: 3:30pm
The tornado traveled north-northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. The barn sufferedroof and door damage. Deaths: 0
F-scale: F0
Almost all of the information for this post came from the book The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896. Path length: 5 miles (skipping)
Noted discrepancies: None. Event Ready Time: 6:25pm
August 11, 1983
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Path length: 1/3 of a mile
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Significant damage occurred on Broadway near Cave Hill Cemetery. Time: 2:10pm
Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. A home was unroofed, and other buildings were damaged. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Path Width: 50 yards
Injuries: 0
The young braves wanted to run away but the older ones drew their medicine pipes and lit them. Path length: 17 miles
Homes were swept away in many communities, including Keytown, Angle, Oak Grove, and Liberty. "It's been through many, many owners over a hundred-some years," Mr. Brown said. On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. Injuries:
Counties: Jefferson KY
April 3, 1974
Most of the Indiana damage was from wind-driven hail. Injuries: 0
Notes: Storm Data begins this tornado at Browns Crossroads and takes it northeast for two miles. Injuries: several
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado on a two mile long path along Gilberts Creek from Salvisa to two miles east of Salvisa. Some called the storm "wrong-way" or "backward." For 11 days in 1966, cities across the state, including Topeka in Shawnee County, experienced 59 tornadoes. 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. The tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged homes on Kurtz Drive and at the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. Time: 3:28pm
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: None
Barns on either side of the path were damaged with the debris thrown clockwise, showing an anticyclonic rotation. After further research, it has been decided that this tornado touched down west of Cool Springs and north of Wysox in Ohio County. Path width: 50 yards
Barns were blown down along KY 1160 near McAfee. The tornado moved to the northeast through present-day Saint Regis Park and Hurstbourne. A 20x30 barn was also destroyed, and a third small barn along the path was damaged. One tornado near Path length: 9 miles
At the Mayhew and Pope Road intersection there was extensive softwood and hardwood tree damage, especially around the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church at 5226 Pope Road. He wrote that "the came from Mr. Will Keller, a farmer near F-scale: EF1
This tornado also damaged a lot of rugged forested area before intersecting with the path of the first vortex near the confluence of Highway 1838 (Corn Creek Road, Highway 625, and Joyce Mill Road. Lat/lon given place it in Sumner County, Tennessee. Injuries:
Many boats were damaged and some were totally destroyed, including a steamboat. Notes: This tornado touched down near several large metal outbuildings destroying two and heavily damaging two others. As the tornado moved east it strengthened to EF-2 intensity near the intersection of Floyd Street and Central Avenue where a large industrial building was heavily damaged. Path length: 0.7 mile
Trees were blown down as well. Notes: This brief tornado did most of its damage at treetop level, snapping the trunks of or uprooting at least two dozen large, mature oaks and cedars and causing limb damage to many others. This tornado is unplottable, pending further research. Deaths: 0
Time: 2:40pm
Union (near the present-day intersection of KY 1421 and Napier Road) and then Holland, killing four. Advisory/Warning Criteria, Radar June 18, 1992
Taken circa 1939 in Eastern Tennessee. Counties: Simpson
There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. Some children were killed on their way home from school. Along Grazulis' path at NCDC, Wayne County Illinois is listed as an F4 at 5:24pm, Edwards County Illinois as an F4 at 5:49pm, Wabash County Illinois as an F4 at 6:08pm, Knox County Indiana as an F4 at 6:29pm, Gibson County Indiana as an F4 at 6:39pm, Pike County Indiana as an F4 at 6:48pm, Daviess County Indiana as an F4 at 7:08pm, Martin County Indiana as an F4 at 7:24pm, Orange County Indiana as an F4 at 7:41pm, and Lawrence County Indiana as an F4 at 7:43pm.
Tornadoes - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society Deaths:
Counties: Allen
At that point it heavily damaged two brick homes and one wood frame home as well as destroying a wood barn (overturning the tractor inside) and two metal outbuildings. Time: 6:49am EST
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
An additional smaller chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, consistent with EF-1 damage. Injuries: 1
Path length:
Time: 3:45pm
Beyond the initial touchdown area, only minor roof damage and tree damage in the form of uprooted trees and snapped trunks, occurred before the funnel lifted at Childress Road. Time: 2:19pm
July 29, 1943
Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST
EF-Scale:EF2
Time: 7:30pm
Path length: 2.5 miles (skipping)
Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast. Deaths:
Multi-story downtown buildings were hit by the tornado and subsequently collapsed. Path length:2.3 miles
Careful note should be made of hail, size of stones, width of track, situation with respect to the main track, etc. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data takes this tornado from Rineyville to Colesburg. Noted discrepancies: None
Path length:
Thus, it seems this should be plotted as two separate tornadoeswith one in Taylor County near Finely and the other in Washington County near Springfield. Storm Data mentions that the tornado was small and the worst damage seems to have been the destruction of a barn. Counties: Boyle
Time: 7:20pm
EF-Scale:EF1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding.
Tornadoes: The deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history - Axios Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Middleton. Injuries:
The most extensive damage was done near the end of the tornado's path, where it destroyed a mobile home, took the roof off a cinder block outbuilding, and did extensive damage to the roofs of several large barns. Path length:
Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Counties: Hardin
May 8, 1969
Residents told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the tornado crossed the river and damaged trees on the Indiana shore, however that is not reflected in the official record. Time: 5:50pm
February 29, 2012
Notes: This tornado passed through western and central Lincoln County. Notes: This tornado touched down just north of Adairville. Notes:A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs.