Injuries: 0 Continuing to the northeast, a church off of Holmans Lane suffered significant damage when its entire south wall was blown out. Path width: 60 yards Counties: Warren County: Floyd Injuries: 10. County: Hardin Notes:This brief, skipping tornado touched down initially as an EF0 near the east end of Labrador Wayin a subdivision 1.5 miles south of Rineyville Elementary School. F-scale: F0 Counties: Oldham Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis says F2. County: Washington, IN May 27, 2004 F-scale: F1 Time: 12:41am EDT County: Grayson Click here for a close-up map of the approximate path. Path length: 5 miles Counties: Oldham County: Clark IN Only three houses remained standing on the far east side of Winchester. Time: 6:10pm An infant was killed and two people were injured as their trailer was destroyed. Grazulis narrative: A tornado was sighted at Fort Knox, northeast of Radcliff. A 125 pound chimney was blown 60 yards away. Notes:A brief tornado touchdown was embedded at the end of a longer axis of straight line winds about 6.2 miles SE of Brownsville. A jeep in the driveway was blown into the house and a camper was blown from the driveway across the road with debris scattered through the field beyond. Time: 8:18-8:22pm CST Path length: The tornado moved from west to east, generally bounded by Kentucky Street on the north and Oak Street on the south. Jackson Path length: F-scale: F2 Injuries: Path width: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles south of Kettle, to Ida, eight miles northwest of Albany, to 76-Falls, to Piney Woods, and finally to Mill Springs. Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. Injuries: 0 Shingle damage occurred to a home in this location. Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.5 miles Near KY 152 and Montrose Street the roof of a factory was blown in and extensive tree damage occurred. Counties: Nelson Click here for an incredible picture of the damage (courtesy of the University of Louisville Photographic Archives). February 6, 2008 Strange time disagreement between SPC and NCDC. F-scale: F0 Time: 10:30pm March 3, 2020 Noted discrepancies: There is a coding error in the SPC database here. Fort Campbell Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. Path length: Injuries: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Injuries: Path width: Notes: The tornado initially touched down near the Hardin-LaRue County line between routes 210 and 61 just north of Tonieville. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. June 6, 1917 EF-Scale: EF1 F-scale: F1 April 6, 1954 The F4 damage occurred from north of Irvington, into Indiana. Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Most tornado tracks were plotted as a continuous straight line between the beginning and ending points. Injuries: 6 Streets that suffered damage (other than those listed above): Atokad Park, Aztec Circle, Big Ben Court, Carlsbad Court, Carriage Lane, Custer Drive, Custer Lake Court, Dale Drive, East Hills Drive, Glacier Court, Golden Gate Park, Mount Rainier Drive, Packanack Court, Personality Court, Pipestone Court, Rocky Mount Court, Stephen Foster Drive, Shoal Lake Drive, Squires Circle, Squires Road, Tates Brook Drive, Travis Court, Tuscaloosa Lane, Woodview Drive, and Yosemite Circle. bars on the bridge were bent and twisted. The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. Path length: Path width: 100 yards Path width: Counties: Jessamine The twister first struck Pleasant Ridge on the southwest side of town, which was a neighborhood of pre-fab housing built for war effort employees. Five planes were destroyed. Time: 5:47pm 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). A house on Base Line Road had its front porch ripped off and thrown over the house into the back yard. After skipping over an additional mile of farmland, it destroyed a silo and damaged an outbuilding on CR 300N. Time: 12:50am - 12:51am EST Counties: Washington, Mercer Tree and structural damage was widespread northeast of Route 135 as the tornado crossed Trainer Lane and then State Road 335 to Robbs Lane. The Masonic Home for Widows and Orphans was located where DuPont Manual High School is today. Path length: 4.7 mi A dozen other homes were unroofed. Path length: 1 mile Path length: 1.8miles A few more homes received minor damage before the tornado lifted near Longview. Time: 10:15pm EST Time: 4:30pm Most of the structural damage occurred along Moore Road, where several mobile homes were moved considerable distances and were destroyed. Football Weather, Local Information Next it destroyed a working garage and did significant damage to 3 homes off of Hodgenville Road and uprooting and twisting many trees before lifting a couple of hundred yards downwind. Path length: In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated. Path length: 17 miles This seems odd, since the tornadoes were moving to the southeast, and Crawford and Harrison counties are directly southeast of Knox and Daviess counties. CoCoRaHS These tornadoes, of which there are about one hundred, will need to be the subjects of further research, most likely by combing through local newspapers. 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. Thirty homes and six businesses were destroyed at Narrows (virtually the entire village). Notes: Damage with this tornado occurred along Old Union Chapel Road of IN 62 nearT&T Auto. More research would be nice. Large power poles were snapped. Path length: Injuries: Path width: The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. Injuries: Grazulis probably has the most correct path width. Counties: Clark IN Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. The second tornado began as an EF1 and damaged a church and a few trees. F-scale: F0 Path length: Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. EF-scale: EF0 A large fence around the Dillard's Warehouse was damaged and a security shack was thrown about 30 yards. F-scale: F0 EF-Scale:EF0 Some roofs on the southwest side of Nicholasville had the tin rolled or twisted toward the northeast. In these cases, a southwest-to-northeast movement of the tornado was assumed, since that is the most common direction of travel for tornadoes. The tornado also caused significant tree damage from the middle school north/northeast across a remote area of the northeast part of the post. Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. Anoutbuilding, previously used to make brooms, next to the house hadsignificant damage when a large tree fell on top of it. The tornado began to skip and struck a few trees in Forest Springs North before moving into Oldham County. Counties: Harrison IN The first damage occurred along Subtle Road, where a carport was overturned and a large part of a metal outbuilding's roof was torn off, in addition to snapping numerous trees. Path length: 4.5 miles (skipping) Time: 7:00pm local time Counties: Scott, IN In the southeastern corner of Washington County the tornado struck the town of Martinsburg, destroying 38 of the town's 48 homes. Path width: 75yards County: Trimble Time: 10:30am Path width: Injuries: 0 Injuries: One person was killed as 15 homes were destroyed near Cox's Creek, Nelson County. If SPC/NCDC's lat/lon is changed from -85.92 to -84.92, it is placed in Franklin County. 11. July 2, 1972 Injuries: F-scale: EF0 A cinder block storage building was toppled. F-scale: F1 Deaths: Injuries: 10 2. March 7, 1956 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 10:50am, Storm Data 11:50am, Grazulis 10:20am. April 3, 1974 June 7, 1980 This project has been unable to find any corroboration of this at Storm Data, NCDC, SPC, or Grazulis (though, in the interest of full disclosure, the entry for Indiana in this month's Storm Data simply says, "No Data Received"). Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado four miles north of Depauw. Path width: 100 yards On October 25th, 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. F-scale: F0 One significant goal of this project is to develop the most accurate, reliable, and useful tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky. Time: 9:15am A car was tossed several hundred yards. This tornado "bounced like a rubber ball" and destroyed several homes. Path length: 25 miles (skipping) Path length: 3 miles Continuing to the northeast and north-northeast the tornado killed people as it passed along the edge of China. The lat/lon for this tornado shows it moving northwest, though no mention of that is made in the NCDC narrative. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Note also whether any object is carried up straight in the funnel, or whether it is borne along in the swift wind. Injuries: 0 April 27, 1971 Path width: 30 yards County: Bullitt Notes: This tornado began near the intersection of IN 145 and Base Line Road where it destroyed a metal roofed barn. Time: 2:00am Time: 11:40pm - 11:42pm EST Counties: Marion The tornado moved through a rural area of poorly constructed homes, many owned by miners. El Nino and La Nina A custom-builthome had exterior wall damage in the master bedroom with adjacentbathroom. The tornado then turned to the right and re-crossed the Ohio River, coming back into Louisville dissipating near the present-day intersection of Zorn Avenue and River Road after badly damaging the city water tower. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. Here comes a father borne along by his friends, who take him from his bed of death; next the mother, then the daughter and two sons -- all crushed -- mutilated -- dead!" Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted. March 1, 2017 F-scale: F1 Would tend to believe Storm Data here. Deaths: 0 SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile (obviously wrong), NCDC gives nothing, and Grazulis gives 20 miles. Winds in this area were estimated at 75 to 80 mph. October 24, 1967 EF-scale: EF0 Path width: 25yards The car ended up in the living room of the home. January 29, 2008 Counties: Harrison KY Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 Across from the complex numerous trees were snapped or topped off. Path width: 150yards Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. EF-Scale:EF1 The tornado did its worst damage at the beginning of its pathwhere it demolished three homes on Dawson Drive. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path length: 13 miles Damage to houses and other buildings was mainly to roofs and windows of the upper floors. F-scale: F1 Notes: This historic event began around 8pm when there was 30 minutes of rain and hail in Tompkinsville, followed by five minutes of absolute calm. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one and a half miles south of Georgetown to half a mile southeast of Edwardsville. Counties: Washington IN Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy Path length: 6 miles Path width: 400 yards Time: 11:15pm Path length: 49 miles The vortex quickly intensified to EF3 strength as it crossed the south portion of the town of Marysville, severely damaging several homes. Notes: Grazulis' path width is probably the most correct. A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour. Brooks and Doswell (2002) discussed the long-term history of tornado deaths, drawing on the work of Grazulis (1993) (Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes, 1680-1991. Path length: 10 miles (skipping) Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore. Path length: Time: 3:05pm Path width: Path width:110 yards May 5, 1996 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado did damage on Kinnard Road, passed Gold City, and ended one mile northeast of Mount Aerial (about two miles into Allen County). Noted discrepancies: None Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from Tanyard to south of Caneyville, passing north of Leitchfield and ending near Big Clifty. Abasement crawl space door was blown out along with siding and roofdamage at 125 Spinks Drive. There is the utmost danger of seeing the tornado do what we think it ought to do. The tornado crossed KY 829 and then crossed KY 1009 with extensive tree damage along both sides of the road. Narrative: Homes of all sizes were destroyed near New Castle. near Olivet, destroying several homes. Path length: 1.1miles Deaths: Time: 8:30pm Path length: 0.1 mile Storm Data says most damage was in and around Eastern State College in Richmond. At that same location two other silos were destroyed as well as a 20 foot by 30 foot outbuilding. Time: 6:20pm Path width: 100 yards Time: 5:00pm F-scale: F3 Time: 5:20pm - 5:22pm CDT It initially moved south, damaging a farm south of town on Hustonville Road. Path width: 100 yards EF-Scale: EF-0 Path length: 2.5 miles Path width: 200 yards The most significant damage here was an electrical transmission line which collapsed a metal truss tower and snapped several power poles in a path width of 70 yards. The first entered western Wisconsin the night of April 26th, and produced one tornado in Polk county and another in Wood county. Deaths: May 8, 2003 SPC and NCDC give a time of 6:00pm, Storm Data gives 5:00pm, Grazulis says 6:30pm. Time: 2:20pm Adjusted track here to agree with Storm Data/Grazulis. Notes: A barn was destroyed and several trees were blown down west of Columbia. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 Notes: At the start of the path the tornado was EF-0 strength as it damaged shingles and siding and snapped maple trees. Counties: Barren Notes: This tornado caused extensive tree and power line damage near Happy Ridge Road, Wood Dale Road, and Maple Grove Drive. The tornado may have weakened or lifted slightly as the storm moved through Watterson Park and West Buechel. Deaths: 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). F-scale: F0 The family survivedthe tornado by sheltering in a 3-foot crawl space. Wednesday's tornado hit . A Short History of the Mayo Clinic. Counties: Warren Time: 3:20pm Deaths: 0 Counties: Warren, Edmonson, Barren Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F2, Grazulis does not list it. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Counties: Mercer July 10, 2015 Path length: 6 miles Time: 8:47pm Notes: This tornado touched down at 338 Soards Road and moved northeast, lifting as it began to cross a small lake. Further to the northeast it destroyed another barn and damaged the roof of a house. Counties: Fayette EF-Scale: EF-1 Path width: Path width: 130 yards Time: 2:38pm CST Time: 8:35pm We are working on a new method to display this information, and hope to have it finalized in 2022. Injuries: 0 Timothy Dawson, 10, experienced a fractured leg. Path length: 1 mile Path length: Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 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. Injuries: Deaths: 0 Counties: Washington IN Deaths: 0 Counties: Anderson April 3, 1974 March 4, 1955 Path width: The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Great Plains were from settlements near and along the Missouri River in Kansas during the mid-1800s. Deaths: Security cameras from a business next door captured the damage occurring as a wall of wind and water that occurred in less than half a minute. Counties: Harrison IN Moving due east, it snapped the trunks of several large trees, blocking the highway, and mowed down a line of trees along Louis Mattingly Road. F-scale: F4 EF-scale: EF0 Injuries: 9 Deaths: Path width: 100 yards Path length: 2 1/2 miles Time: 8:00pm F-scale: F2 Path length: 2.2 mile Director Teresa Hopkins-Elam and Ward 5 City Councilman Rarchar Deaths: 2 Path length: 0.2 mile Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Path width: 200 yards EF-Scale: EF-1 Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. Path width: 100 yards Deaths: 0 Cedar trees were snapped. Path length: 33miles Three track maps are available: zoomed in (local view), zoomed out (regional view), and a satellite map with damage points plotted. Grazulis lists an F2 tornado in Woodford County with eight injuries, a path length of one mile, and a path width of 200 yards on May 18, 1995 at 6:35am. January 11, 1963 Along Dan Dunn Road several barns sustained significant roof and wall damage, and a chain link fence was bent at 90 degrees along every support post. The storm struck South Hill, 1.75 miles east of Ennis, and "probably" on to Riverside and Richardsville. The tornado track continued at a residence on New Bethel Cloverport Rd. Time: 1:53pm Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the Greenwood Trailer Park on the north side of Bowling Green. Seven trailers and a barn were destroyed, 15 trailers and several frame homes were damaged. Injuries: 1 Path width: 45yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. F-scale: F1 However, the tornado touched back down again just on the other side of the interstate at 1600 South English Station Road as an EF-0. Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today. Significant destruction was done on Main Street between Ninth and Eighth Streets where two of the "best and most substantial business houses in the city were scattered as though they had been made of cards," with the walls collapsing inward. Counties: Lincoln Notes: This tornado struck about 11 miles NNW of Albany in the northwest tip of Clinton County. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Wisdom to two miles east of Edmonton. Several businesses were damaged in the Broadway and Lakeview Drive area. The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. Path length: Boats in the Ohio River were blown loose of their moorings and landed on the falls. Injuries: There it killed eight more, including five in one family. Path length: Injuries: Path width: 60 yards Path length: 8 miles Deaths: 0 Path length: 12 miles Path width: Deaths: 7 Flora, Snowden D. Tornadoes of the United States. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from five miles southeast of Stamping Ground to Muddy Ford. The porch roof was ripped from the home and thrown over the building, there was significant roof damage, and an above-ground pool was destroyed. Deaths: February 6, 2008 Time: 11:46am CST to 11:50am CST Path width: 100 yards The tornado advanced to the northeast. Path width: 100 yards Notes: This tornado touched down along the Daviess County line near Gatewood and did primarily tree and power line damage as it headed northeast. Deaths: 1 Path width: 30 yards It appears to have touched down at Hike's Point along Taylorsville Road and Brown's Lane. One home was destroyed and 15 were damaged. F-scale: F1 Significant Tornadoes. There have been 62 killer tornadoes resulting in 417 fatalities. Narrative: A tornado hit near Boat Island on the Barren River. Path width: 60 yards Wind speeds at this point were 116 mph with a width of 250 yards. Notes: This tornado struck downtown Munfordville. Path width: Counties: Warren Time: 11:39pm EDT Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Path length: 0.5 mile Two people were killed in this area. Notes: Two barns destroyed, one damaged. Deaths: 0 Notes: This tornado touched down near Cecilia, blowing the roof off a barn, but only producing shingle damage on nearby residences. Using the touchdown and liftoff lat/lons at SPC, this tornado would have missed Shelby County. Injuries: 0 Injuries: Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado two and a half miles north of Fredericksburg. Path length: Path length: Counties: Orange SPC and NCDC time it at 4:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data 6:00pm. NCDC lists Hamilton County Illinois with an F4 at 5:20pm, agreeing perfectly with Grazulis. Path length: 0.1 mile May 6, 1971 Spotter Training Path length: 6.5 miles Path length: Time: 4:50pm June 24, 1995 Path length: July 26, 1984 Path length: 0.4 miles Items of Interest Injuries: 0 Two days after the tornado the tracks were still blocked beginning at O'Bannon Station. Path length: 2.5miles Time: 5:38pm Injuries: 10 Notes:The tornado touched down two separate times. Time: 3:26am Counties: Oldham June 25, 1902 It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees and did some minor roof damage to a home. Notes: The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph. The length of this touchdown was .90 miles. Path width: Three quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes were surveyed. Deaths: Notes: This weak tornado skipped along mainly at treetop level near the Moutardier Recreation Area and 1/2 mile south of the Edmonson-Grayson county line. F-scale: F1 Time: Injuries: 0 Deaths: Time: 4:00pm The tornado then crossed IN 145 and moved into the marina. Texas was on April 15, 1879, near Dallas, injuring Deaths: 1 April 27, 1971 Floods killed 28 people at Xenia on May 12, and two days later, from late on the night of May 14 into the early morning of May 15, 1886, Ohio's deadliest tornado outbreak of the 19th century occurred. Hundreds of trees were uprooted. Deaths: At 291 Elamond Road part of the roof of a home was peeled back with extensive siding damage. Injuries: 0 Path length: 3.3 miles Path width: Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F4 Injuries: F-scale: F2 The tornado stayed on the ground for one mile before lifting, heavily damaging a church on Dixie Highway, as well as uprooting and snapping several trees and damaging numerous homes. Flying debris from this building damaged another outbuilding, while columns on the southwest-facing front porch of the farm home were blown out as the porch roof was briefly elevated. Path width: 350 yards near Galesburg, Kansas, killing three children Structural damage was observed on one farm, where the roof was torn off a large metal outbuildingand minor damage occurred to several other buildings as a result of this debris. How strong was that tornado that took the roof from your barn back in '67? Injuries: 0 Time: 1:00pm Path length: August 5, 2022. Time: 8:01pm EDT At 4510 Chamberlain Laneon the J. W. Head farm the roof of the residence was destroyed, portions of which were found several hundred yards downstream. Path length: Counties: Boyle Counties: Garrard The first damage from the tornado took place along Eighteenth Street (today's Dixie Highway). Deaths: 0 Counties: Logan It struck a home on Liberty Road where it ripped the front porch off the home and flipped the detached metal garage. Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Counties: Grayson Deaths: 0 Injuries: 1 Time: 2:23pm EDT Counties: Henry, Shelby Deaths: 1 Time: 8:30am Injuries: Again moving over open land, the final two buildings damaged were metal outbuildings on Willis Rd and near the intersection of West Egypt Rd and Knifley Rd. Injuries: National Weather Service information only goes back to 1950, so all pre-1950 tornadoes here are necessarily fromSignificant Tornadoes 1681 - 1991and are considered "unofficial".
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