tornadoes in the 1800s

Deaths: 0 Grazulis has the tornado starting in Muhlenberg County east of Greenville and he lifts it at Hartford in Ohio County (nowhere near the SPC/NCDC lat/lon). Several trees were knocked down or snapped. Counties: Edmonson (from Pendleton and Bracken) This distance from Dugansville would put it in Washington County. June 29, 1979 Path length: 2 miles Three single-wide mobile homes near the intersection of Joyce Mill Roadand Highway 625 were destroyed along with tree damage and downed power lines and poles. Injuries: 122 9. 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. Path width: 400 yards Counties: Spencer Time: 6:39am CDT north from the doorway of his home when Grazulis narrative: Several barns were destroyed or unroofed near Taylorsville. Path width: 100 yards Winds in Danville were estimated at over 100 mph. Path length: 1/10 of a mile Notes:A National Weather Service storm survey teamconfirmeda maximum wind speed of 105 mph. Falling debris at this location struck and killed a resident. Deaths: 0 cylinder and saw lightning, "which zigzagged Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at the intersection of Georgetown and Greenville roads. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck near Troy. January 17, 2012 Deaths: Deaths: 0 Deaths: Multi-story downtown buildings were hit by the tornado and subsequently collapsed. Time: 4:50pm April 19, 2011 A child was killed when a concrete block grocery store caved in. Further east along Mayhew Road a large, well-built barn was uplifted and removed from its foundation with several cedar and maple trees twisted and snapped. F-scale: EF1 We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Thomas P. Grazulis, and his master work Significant Tornadoes 1680 - 1991 and its supplement Significant Tornadoes 1992 - 1995. The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF-0 We truly appreciate your assistance in making this the most complete and accurate tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky! Path length:7 miles Counties: Hart There itdestroyed a large garage and pushed a double-wide manufactured home off its foundation. Counties: Clark IN Time: 1:17pm The twister then moved into the cemetery and inflicted terrible damage to trees and monuments. County: Adair Path length: 3 miles Counties: Jessamine SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 1 1/2 miles. F-scale: F1 May 25, 2011 Deaths: Wind speeds at this point were 116 mph with a width of 250 yards. Grazulis narrative: Touching down five miles southwest of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, the tornado passed along the northern edge of that town, with F3 damage to homes. February 28, 2011 There was also structural damage and roof damage at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home at 3500 Good Samaritan Way. January 29, 2008 May 14, 2014 An outbuilding was destroyed and debris was scattered for a quarter mile. Path width: 250yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. F-scale: F3 Path width: Path width: 300 yards Noted discrepancies: None. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Injuries: At that point several trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. Counties: Logan F-scale: F4 Injuries: 0 Counties: Lincoln Path length: 1.6mile Deaths: Path width: Near KY 100 the twister destroyed a barn and threw debris about a quarter mile. Time: 4:12pm EST Path length: A shed was blown down and some trees were uprooted. Counties: Butler, Warren (from Muhlenberg) A mobile home and three barns were destroyed. June 10, 1980 Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Path length: 34 miles (skipping) Path width: There was a number of cedar trees that were sheared off half way up. Path length: Counties: Allen, Barren Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: 0 document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Deaths: 0 April 7, 2015 Counties: Barren, Metcalfe Interestingly, though, SvrPlot gives a very realistic plot for this tornado. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Injuries: 19 Boyle County Stockyards lost roofs. Injuries: Crossing into Kentucky, the tornado struck Mt. NCDC lists Hopkins County at 9:25am, then two entries for Muhlenberg County (one at 9:36am and the other at 9:41am), then two entries for Ohio County (one at 9:48am and the other at 9:56am), then one entry for Grayson County (at 10:17am). F-scale: F1 Path length: 0.3 mile Counties: Adair Injuries: Path width: 300 yards Injuries: Path width: Sporadic tree damage continued southeast towards Walter Lakes Road. Path width: Counties: Floyd, Clark IN Deaths: Path length: 1.5 miles F-scale: F1 McCool placed the old lace . F-scale: F1 The tornado continued east across route 69 toward Cloverport, intermittently touching down and doing damage to small outbuildings. F-scale: F1 At NCDC's listing for Madison County, the touchdown lat/lon is in Marshall County (near the McCracken County line) and the liftoff lat/lon is in Marshall County (same as SPC). Several barns sustained severe structural damage to the roofs. Counties: Hart Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Angel Ridge. Narrative: Moved east, crossing the Ohio River about 6 miles "north" (upstream?) Path width: 150 yards EF-scale: EF2 Counties: Breckinridge Counties: Hart Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast through rural areas from one mile south of Milport passing two miles east of Crothersville and two miles southeast of Paris Crossing, ending one mile northeast of Lancaster. Path length: 0.2 mile Injuries: 4 Time: 6:29pm EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: Fayette Additional barns were destroyed on the Wiley and Bramlett farms. Along the path a grain bin was destroyed and several trees were felled. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Counties: Grayson Deaths: 5 Several different sources were used to compile this tornado catalogue. The day after the storm the head of the Louisville weather service office, J. L. Kendall, surveyed the damage. A corn field on the south side of Lewellen Road showed cyclonic rotation in a narrow path of flattened corn. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis an F2. Path width: 100 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3Grazulis gives it an F2. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Noted discrepancies: NCDC narrative does not match up with the lat/lons given for Jefferson County. Path length: Deaths: Deaths: 0 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. Path width: 60yards April 20, 1996 Path length: 0.3 mile Path width: EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: 3.4 miles Injuries: Time: 6:25pm Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 Time: 6:00pm Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado near Stowersbut can't find a Stowers on any map. March 4, 1955 LMK Warning Area Time: 8:20pm CDT It next downed a tree on Mine Fork Road that fell between a home and outbuilding,damaging both structures and causing aminor head injury to the occupant of the shed. Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST Vinyl siding was ripped off a home and small outbuildings were damaged. A note should be made of the width of the greatest destruction, not including houses unroofed on the borders; also the length of the path where it was most destructive, and the distance from the point at which it first struck the earth to the point at which it left the earth during the time of the greatest destruction. It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 1 Counties: Metcalfe, Monroe Path width: 75 yards Counties: Clinton County: Scott, KY June 2, 1990 April 20, 1986 Deaths: 6 6. Counties: Jefferson KY Time: 11:35 - 11:40pm CDT Some of the dead were found 300 yards from where they were sleeping. from side-to-side." In Clark, the damage width narrowed to one-quarter mile as the tornado crossed Pixley Knob Road and decreased in intensity to EF2 with wind speeds of 115-120 mph. The storm continued to the northeast through Becknerville (where the funnel was 400 yards wide), with its sights set on Winchester. Injuries: Injuries: Deaths: Most of the injuries in the tornado were in a street car that was hit by the roof of a house. May 25, 2011 Further research would be good, to confirm this tornado's track. Counties: Hancock, Perry (from Daviess) July 28, 1972 Deaths: Stanton, Kansas, on June 8, 1860, killing Path length: 5 miles EF-Scale: EF-1 Path length: 15.7 miles (skipping) Storm Data moves this tornado from near Mount Victory, which is nowhere near the lat/lons given for Pulaski County, then along the Laurel/Rockcastle county line (but listing only Rockcastle County). Minor damage to buildings occurred just, on the western outskirts of Cloverport, then the tornado lifted over, the town, touching down again less than a mile east of the, community, where numerous hardwood trees were observed to be, uprooted from aerial photos. 1. F-scale: F0 Injuries: 8 The tornado ended approximately 400 yards from Highway 1544 near theintersection of 1164. Deaths: 0 Path width: 90yards Just keep in mind several of these observation methods are outdated today. In the Canmer area, Gilead Church (near the intersection of US 31E and Gilead Fairview Road) lost its roof, and debris from the roof was found two miles away. One tornado near EF-Scale:EF2 Path width: Deaths: 0 F-scale: F4 Notes:This touchdown occurred approximately 5 miles west of Salem on SW Washington School Rd. After overturning a tractor trailer on the highway it moved east-southeast, collapsing a wall on a large cinder block building, then destroying two metal outbuildings and flipping an unanchored mobile home. Deaths: 7 Counties: Jefferson IN A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. 19. F-scale: F2 F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 Path length: hillside. A house was damaged. Injuries: 10 Notes:Four grain bins were scattered over a quarter mile, with some debris thrown up to ahalf mile away. Notes: This tornado struck about seven miles northeast of Georgetown. Time: 4:00pm Path width: 100yards Path width: Counties: Jefferson KY Five grain bins were blown away, and two others collapsed. Path length: 2 miles A vehicle was turned over on I-65, then the tornado skipped over an area before coming down again on a subdivision to the east, with damage occurring along Belmar Dr and Meadows Dr as well as at the intersection of Kingsfield St and Crown Ct. There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Deaths: 0 Power lines were torn down. Injuries: 0 Deaths: Notes: The tornado touched down along Danny Sadler Road and crossed KY 920 and KY 720, lifting near Burkhead Lane. Path length: Injuries: 3 March 2, 2012 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, but Grazulis does not list it (which it should be, regardless of strength, as was his practice in his 1992-1995 supplementlending support to the theory that this tornado is listed in Grazulis as the Woodford County event.) There were some trees down further along the farmer`s field, but the tornado lifted after traveling approximately 0.6 miles where a few trees were topped where it lifted. Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. Path width: 200 yards F-scale: F0 Path width: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Creal, crossed KY 61, KY 2762, KY 210, entered LaRue County, hit Pleasant Ridge, entered Marion County, dissipating three miles west of Saint Joseph. Dozens of buildings and hundreds of trees were destroyed in Louisville. Time: 2:20am - 2:21am CDT Winds in this area were estimated at 75 to 80 mph. EF-scale: EF1 Pay particular attention to the direction of the trees, making a separate observation on the south side, in the centre, and on the north side. Path length: 1.8 miles Time: 1:47am EST Counties: Boyle and Lincoln (and on into Rockcastle) Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Wrought-iron Path width: Deaths: Time: 7:00am Trees were uprooted in a convergent pattern, some of which fell on power lines causing the poles to snap. June 2, 1875 the Missouri River at Omaha. Path width: 350 yards It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the Houses were damaged at Churchill and Fourth, and the Baptist Orphan's Home lost its roof at Churchill and First. More research would be nice. Deaths: Here it destroyed one large outbuilding and tore much of the roof off another in addition to destroying two small grain hoppers. The tornado proceeded to Route 79/259 and struck a home just north of A.H. Wilson Road with EF-2 strength. County: Meade More tree and power line damage was along KY 585 near Shores Road. The SPC/NCDC touchdown lat/lon is just barely inside Pulaski County. A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. Click on a county name to see a map of every known tornado track in that county. Up to 100 people may have been injured in Russell County. Time: 9:55am EST Between 1890 and 2011, the city, which is located near the heart of "tornado alley," was hit by a . EF-Scale: EF-1 April 20, 2011 Path width: Path width: 300 yards Only one structure was destroyed in Fayette County, which was a barn on the Scott Farm when the tornado was about 200 yards wide and less than a minute old. I was just 4 years old at the time but, I remember the wind blowing hard all that day. Deaths: 8 Notes: Trees were downed and a dozen barns were destroyed. Injuries: Grazulis narrative: Near New Washington a small tornado leveled two barns and damaged a farm house. Path width: 100 yards NCDC lists only Pulaski and Rockcastle counties. County: Simpson Note the time of day carefully, and specify whether the time used is Eastern, Central, Mountain, or some city time. Path width: June 2, 1987 Injuries: After exiting the campground, the tornado then destroyed a large barn and damaged the roofs of nearby homes and other outbuildings, as well as uprooting more trees. Deaths: Counties: Harrison IN Deaths: 0 Counties: Garrard and Madison Path width: EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: Notes: A weak squall line tornado briefly touched down along IN 135, doing minor damage to several residences and downing several trees three miles northeast of Hillgrove. June 16, 1997 Deaths: 0 Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. A residence north of Indiana 64 was damaged. Debris from the barn could be seen circling the tornado and was thrown to the southeast. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County. Finally, the tornado traveled to Path length:3.9 miles Counties: Harrison IN Path width: Path width: Injuries: Four homes were destroyed and several others damaged two miles north of Carefree, injuring several people. Injuries: 0 Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive.

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