Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. On the whole, the evidence seems to show something like an uprush, though it seems conclusive that this is not due to a vacuum in the tornado, as many think. Counties: Allen Deaths: 1 Counties: Harrison IN Counties: Ohio Grazulis narrative: An intermittent tornado downed and snapped trees in varying direction with "twisting" evident. Counties: Harrison IN Counties: Hart, LaRue Mayor James Speed ordered all businesses in the city closed the next day. Time: 11:55am The tornado here was rated EF4 with estimated wind speeds of 170 mph and a damage width of one-third mile. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Several trees were blown over in Haysville. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Taswell to two and a half miles north of Milltown. Lastly, the tornado struck a barn and several trees. Deaths: 0 Time: 6:30pm Winds here were around 90 mph with a width of 40 yards. Path width: 200 yards Counties: Dubois NCDC or Grazulis must have the better path lengthSPC entry looks to be an entry error. 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. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Path length: 1 1/2 miles Path width: 25 yards Injuries: 0 Time: 10:28pm EDT F-scale: F1 Multi-story downtown buildings were hit by the tornado and subsequently collapsed. Notes: This appears to have been a westward moving tornado. Also on Slack Road a two-story house lost its entire roof. Injuries: 2 A house on Middle Road had a tin roof blown off and thrown 200 yards. April 3, 1957 November 9, 2000 EF-Scale: EF1 EF-Scale:EF0 Path width: 60 yards Deaths: Another home was badly damaged, and several barns and outbuildings were blown down. March 28, 1997 Injuries: 0 another tornado approached from the south, Deaths: The tornado struck as students were arriving at school onbuses. The tornado reached its peak intensity on KY 106 where it did significant damage to a large barn. The Bowling Green newspaper said the damage occurred around 10:30pm. The tornado exited the city at the intersection of Eastern Drive and East Lake Drive. Deaths: April 19, 2011 March 22, 1991 Deaths: Deaths: Time: 1:00pm Path width: Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 From there, the tornado took a jog to the northeast across Orchid and St. Croix Roads where it caused substantial tree damage, uprooting and/or snapping trunks 15-20 feet high on approximately 100 trees. April 15, 1994 Our neighbors between us and the creek lost their roof, which landed 300 yards to the east of their home mostly intact. Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: 0 Time: 2:38pm CST Injuries: 5 Noted discrepancies: None January 30, 2013 Many barns were destroyed in Indiana, where there was $300,000 damage. The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado formed one and a half miles south southeast of Bohon and moved across Bohon Road near the Salt River, dissipating east of US 127 3.3 miles southeast of McAfee. April 3, 1974 Deaths: A straight line between SPC's touchdown and liftoff points doesn't quite fit with the description given by Grazulis (which agrees with Storm Data). SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards. The middle school experienced the worst damage. It wasn't a siren that warned Kellan Gills of a powerful tornado touching down in her Willow Grove Villas neighborhood on Wheatland Drive near 24th Avenue SE around 9:30 p.m. July 13, 1987 Deaths: A two-story brick home was destroyed at Lakeland. February 6, 2008 Notes: A bow echo passed through Grayson County and quickly spun up a small tornado just south of Clarkson at 3900 Millertown Road. Several homes received shingle damage along with more snapped and uprooted trees. Twelve homes were destroyed in the touchdown near Allensville. Path length: 5.8 miles Injuries: Counties: Henry Injuries: 9 F-scale: F0 Path width: 50yards The late 1800s was a busy period for Great Lakes commerce. One mobile home rolled over onto a vehicle but the three occupants were unhurt. Path length: 24 miles 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: Deaths: The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. Path length: 7 miles A new 24 foot travel trailer was destroyed. Counties: Washington IN, (Jackson), Scott IN, Jefferson IN A total of five homes sustained extensive damage, and two homes suffered minor damage. Next a large oak tree was uprooted at 3705 Modesto Road and a trampoline was thrown into a Volkswagen and then over a house. Storm Data mentions tornado-like damage at Whitesville in Daviess County. Path length: 10 miles F-scale: F1 Path length: April 3, 1974 F-scale: F0 Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. Injuries: 0 Path length: 2.4 miles (skipping) Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Path width: Injuries: 10 Counties: Barren Mr. Bradley made a full recovery. Counties: Green, Taylor EF-Scale: EF1 The tornado continued north of Barnes Road, damaging several clusters of trees in open country. According to Storm Data this tornado touched down two miles north of Russell Springs (Grazulis starts it east of Russell Springs). SPC lists a path length of 19 miles, NCDC 18 miles, Grazulis 21 miles. Counties: Garrard Counties: Logan Path length: 3.2 miles Path length: Path length: 2.2 miles Time: 6:52pm - 6:53pm CDT May 26, 1989 The tornado entered Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn Road and Reames Dixon Road. Tornado was described as "small, yellow, and muddy looking." The worst toll was in Kentucky, where Governor Andy Beshear estimated on Saturday morning that at least 70 people had been killed, perhaps more than 100. Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 0 March 20, 1882 Injuries: 40 The damaged residences of O. C. Landrum and Oscar Sims marked the edges of the devastation. Time: 8:07pm EST to 8:08pm EST A mobile home on KY 829 was lifted off its foundation and there were several trees uprooted and snapped. An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Path width: Path width: Counties: Madison, Fayette Counties: Harrison IN F-scale: F2 Injuries: Injuries: 0 Counties: Meade Time: 1:47am EST The likelihood of tornado involvement seemed to begin near Gilpin, continued east, passing south of Eubank, and ending in northern Laurel County. F-scale: F1 The worst of the tornado took place at its inception on Bethlehem Academy Road, where a barn was destroyed killing a woman inside. north from the doorway of his home when A dozen or so portions of two-by-fours were impaled into the ground in multiple directions. The tornado touched down briefly along this path and moved an at least 500 pound dumpster 35 feet southeast. Path length: 1 mile F-scale: EF-Scale: EF-2 Path length: 15 miles Time: 7:45pm Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 0 County: Perry About 50 homes and 60 barns were destroyed, and 40 of those were at Mannsville, with seven of them leveled to the ground. A number of roofs were removed and walls blown out along the path through Danville. Injuries: 2 Many boats were damaged and some were totally destroyed, including a steamboat. Notes: This tornado touched down in Lexington on Patterson Street and skipped to the east-southeast at 35mph, lifting near New Circle Road south of Winchester Road. Counties: Scott KY 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. The tornado crossed US 421 and continued northeast. Path width: Director Teresa Hopkins-Elam and Ward 5 City Councilman Rarchar Further down on Willard Wilson road, another 30 by 50 foot barn was collapsed and a 400 pound 4-wheeler was moved 30 feet. Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved east, destroying barns and badly damaging two farm houses near Turkey Foot. Narrative: Buildings were unroofed in downtown Lexington and at Sayre College. Path length: 0.2 mile Time: 5:25pm May 6, 1984 There were also snapped trees and structural damage along Whiskey Run Road. Deaths: Path length: 5 miles Another stand of 50 hardwood trees was uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to the porch and roof of a home. Deaths: 0 Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. County: Green Time: 8:23pm EDT All of the damage was consistent with EF-0 wind speeds between 70 and 80 mph. EF-scale: EF3 The tornado then intensified as it moved east with the worst damage occurring along a 1.5 mile stretch from Highway 76 east over Oak Grove Road to Pattie Ridge Road. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles south of Harrodsburg. Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Injuries: 95 They rushed her to T J Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow but, she died in Tee's arms about half a mile from the hospital. Time: 3:30pm Injuries: Path width: 30 yards Across the county numerous power poles, barns, and homes sustained damage. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Outreach Path length: 1.3 miles Deaths: F-scale: F1 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. SPC and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Storm Data says 1320 yards, Grazulis says 200 yards. Will go ahead and list 96 injuries for this tornado since that number is known for Cumberland and Clinton counties, and Wayne County is not in this project's area of concern. Time: 4:30pm Path length: 1 mile Additional barns were destroyed on the Wiley and Bramlett farms. Path width: Counties: Trimble Path length: 0.5miles Path width: Counties: Anderson The Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down near Botland on Manton Road at the Carol Ballard Farm. Time: 11:30am Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Narrative: One of the worst tornadoes in Kentuckiana's history. Notes: Storm Data lists this as "twin tornadoes" from two miles south of Kettle to Ida to 76-falls to Piney Woods to Mill Springs. Counties: Anderson Path width: The porch of one home was lifted and thrown 30 feet. Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. Deaths: 0 April 12, 1948 Notes: Touched down 2.7 miles southwest of Huntingburg. Path width: 50 yards Counties: Simpson Path width: 75yards April 4, 2011 The tornado crossed into southern Woodford County just north of Mundys Landing. Path width: Time: 8:00am Along the path a grain bin was destroyed and several trees were felled. Time: 9:00pm Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF3 High tension wires were down and trees snapped along West End Road just north of Shanks Hill Road. Path width: 50yards It also destroyed several barns and outbuildings, and snapped numerous hardwood trees. The tornado spent its last fury in the Happy Acre area, causing damage along Goose Creek, near Friendship Church, and on the southern end of Bethany Ridge where chickens were stripped of their feathers. Injuries: 58 Counties: Boyle Straight-line winds can easily cause damage similar to a tornado, and can produce a roar similar to that of a tornado. The width of observable damage increased to one-quarter to one-third of a mile. November 26, 1965 EF-Scale:EF0 Path length: The tornado ripped the roof off of a brick home there. Questions? June 11, 2009 A 60'x43' barn that had been recently remodeled and upgraded had three walls blown out. F-scale: F0 EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 0 Counties: Jefferson, KY However, if you do believe we missed a true tornado, pleaselet us know. F-scale: F1 Path width: Notes: According to Storm Data, this tornado damaged four city blocks on the west side of Munfordville. Injuries: Injuries: Notes: The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. Tee's house was right beside Ronnie's trailer. Time: 7:27pm EDT Injuries: 2 Damage was severe at Saint Helens, with one house completely removed except for one interior room. It continued through the extreme southeast corner of Lawrence County and entered Washington County before dissipating at Spangler Hill Road. Counties: Scott KY Notes: This tornado touched down three miles northeast of Huntingburg, destroying a barn and blowing several outbuildings off their foundation. The tornado increased in width to 200 yards on Wobegon Way significantly damaging several homes. Grazulis narrative: Tornado touched down in Edmonton then moved east-northeast along KY 80 to the Adair County line. Path length: Deaths: EF-Scale:EF0 Path width: 125 yards Many farm buildings were damaged, and one farm was almost completely blown away. May 30, 1979 A mobile home was picked up, thrown, and disintegrated by the tornado. It took down several fences, with evidence of cyclonic circulation. The tornado then moved east-northeast at tree-top level over wooded areas and farm fields, doing its next major damage a mile awaywhere it pushed a double-wide mobile home to the northwest off its blocks, breaking windows, and ripping off shingles from the roof. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Hardyville. F-scale: F2 Path length: Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. March 2, 2012 chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, The end of the path was surveyed east at Hwy 259 where another metal, structure was damaged and several trees where downed. Two residents survived in an underground tornado shelter where they took refuge having heard of the warning via sirens and phone calls 3-5 minutes before the tornado destroyed their homes. Path width: According to news accounts, damage was heavy in Lawrenceburg, especially in a three-block wide swath through downtown. Path length: 1.9 mile F-scale: EF0 Early Advances. SPC and NCDC agree on a path length of 36 miles, suggesting the tornado must have continued beyond Hopkins County. Injuries: 5 County: Madison Several buildings were unroofed. Counties: Monroe Counties: Breckinridge Somewhat lighter damage was noted on Personality Court, Sundart Drive, Centre Parkway, and River Park Drive in Gainesway. Deaths: 2 Path length: 1.2 miles The tornado traveled north-northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. F-scale: F2 Path width: March 25, 2021 A "queer greenish light" was reported before the storm hit. Noted discrepancies: Lat/lon actually places this in Oldham County. Path length:5.2 miles Deaths: 0 March 12, 1986 Path width: 100 yards A dozen homes lost their roofs, and about a million dollars (1957) in damage was done. May 14, 1967 Storm Data says "F1 or F2". F-scale: F1 A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Mississippi since 1950. Time: 9:54pm EDT The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. F-scale: F0 Narrative: Moved east-northeast from seven miles northwest of Hartford. Path width: Time: 3:55pm Deaths: 0 Here, there was evidence of multi-vortex structure with EF4 damage and 175 mph estimated winds. Path width: 250yards Even in the 1830s, a large tornado between New York City and Philadelphia drew crowds in its aftermath. A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. 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. Path length: Injuries: April 20, 2011 Path width: Counties: Washington IN Path width: Deaths: Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT At the home next door the front door was pulling away from the building. F-scale: F1 Notes: This tornado likely touched down in eastern Muhlenberg County and traveled roughly northward through western Ohio County, including the Echols, Rockport, and Hartford areas, and into far eastern Daviess County around Whitesburg. April 3, 1974 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. Just before the tornado lifted, it did minor shingle and porch damage to a residence along Walter Lakes Road. Injuries: 0 Counties: Warren Noted discrepancies: None With a population of over two million, the city's infrastructure would be devastated in the event of a severe tornado. Path width: 880 yards F-scale: F2 County: Grayson The tornado then weakened and crossed the Blue Grass Army Depot, doing minor damage. On the north side of Tompkinsville it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. Required fields are marked *. Over 150 homes were damaged or destroyed. Counties: Clinton F-scale: F2 F-scale: F4 Deaths: 0 Deaths: County: Adair June 27, 2008 Counties: Warren EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski (and on into Rockcastle and Laurel) Several houses and five barns were demolished. Injuries: 0 Path width: Path width: Injuries: 0 The only damage described in Storm Data done directly by the tornado is the destruction of a concrete poultry house south of Dubois on IN 162 (which also sounds weird since IN 162 is not in close proximity to Dubois and is nowhere near the lat/lon given by SPC/NCDC). Counties: Barren and Metcalfe Narrative: From one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever to strike central Kentucky. Path length: Deaths: F-scale: F0 Injuries: Path length: Time: 5:36pm In Hart County the tornado and its attendant straight-line winds mowed down a path five miles wide. Debris from the barn could be seen circling the tornado and was thrown to the southeast. Path length: 3 miles Time: 2:19pm Time: 6:30pm The tornado crossed into extreme northwest Clark County along and near Daisy Hill Road. County: Oldham Injuries: 0 Path length: 7.1 miles Time: 7:20am EF-scale: EF1 Counties: Logan EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 0 After damaging several outbuildings it traveled a mile northeast where it heavily damaged two brick ranch homes on CR 200N and CR 750W, removing their roofs and collapsing an outer wall on one of them. It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. April 20, 2011 April 13, 1972 EF-scale: EF0 The tornado first touched down on the south side of Fredericksburg just south of U.S. 150 where several trees were snapped off. The arch over the northern gateway was blown over. Deaths: 0 Time: 7:00am Deaths: 0 Time: 2:38pm - 2:44pm EDT One man was killed, and his son may have died as two homes were destroyed three miles southeast of English. Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Deaths: 0 Barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Trees were laying in multiple directions and most of the trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. How many tornadoes of each F-scale have occurred? June 2, 1990 Injuries: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 13 miles, Grazulis gives 12 miles, Storm Data says 8 miles. Counties: Jefferson KY F-scale: F2 Path length: Path length: In this area, a well-constructed one-story brick house at the top of a small ridge was completely destroyed with no walls standing. Path width: 400 yards Counties: Grayson F-scale: F0 Grazulis narrative: Moved east from 1 1/2 miles southeast of Salem, passing south of Harristown, and ending one mile northwest of South Boston. The tornado may have begun to skip intermittently through some woods east of KY 79 as only a few trees lost some limbs near the intersection of Delmar Lindsey Lane and Lawrence Hayes Road. Path width: F-scale: F1 Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.7 miles Time: 6:20pm Time: Noon The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Time: 9:55am EST Deaths: 0 Path width: The tornado immediately lifted over the home and nearby trees, then set back down in a subdivision on the west side of New Calvary Road, about a mile east where several small tree trunks were snapped, but no apparent structural damage occurred. Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. Noted discrepancies: None F-scale: F0 Counties: Metcalfe, Adair Path width: Deaths: 0 EF-Scale: EF1 Injuries: 2 Injuries: 0 One person was killed in Simpson County at Temperance as seven homes and 40 barns were destroyed. F-scale: F1 It moved east-southeast, uprooting and snappingtrees near the intersection of Hwy 62 and Goshen Church Rd, along with damaging some small outbuildings. EF-scale: EF1 Notes: This tornado touched down at Churchill Downs with EF-1 strength and wind speeds of up to 105 mph. Injuries: Deaths: 0 A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs. Injuries: 5 Path length: It skipped northeast, damaging trees and two homes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. Injuries: Path length: 3 and a half miles Injuries: Your email address will not be published. Path length: 6.5 miles Time: 9:03pm Noted discrepancies: None While there were heavy property losses, no one was killed.

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