tornadoes in the 1800s

County: Hart In some cases sources were contradictory with one another. Berea College was damaged. F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 This agrees with what Grazulis has. A freezer was reportedly carried half a mile from the home site. Two large barns had pieces of tin roofing ripped off and thrown. After Mud Lick the tornado strengthened and damaged homes, barns, and trees on its way to Rockbridge. Several homes received shingle damage along with more snapped and uprooted trees. F-scale:F2 Counties: Clinton Injuries: 18 Notes: The initial touchdown was on the western edge of Cumberland City. While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. Two small vortices, one 50 yards wide and the other 100 yards wide, reached speeds of 105 mph as they destroyed a large, well-built barn and two smaller outbuildings in addition to a fifth-wheel trailer. March 20, 1882 Path width: 400 yards Time: 11:29pm - 11:34pm EST Grazulis narrative: A barn was destroyed near Scottsburg. EF-scale: EF1 August 27, 1854 F-scale: F2 Path length: Path length: 45 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Notes: This tornado hit about three and a half miles north northeast of Jeffersonville in Sunset Trailer Park where two dozen trailers were damaged. According to Storm Data this tornado touched down two miles north of Russell Springs (Grazulis starts it east of Russell Springs). It took down several fences, with evidence of cyclonic circulation. Time: 7:15pm F4) PDF, Current Hazards March 23, 1917 An HEAT.gov Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Path length: 3.3 miles Time: 3:00pm Notes: A bow echo passed through Grayson County and quickly spun up a small tornado just south of Clarkson at 3900 Millertown Road. Time: 7:10pm EDT to 7:11pm EDT Advisory/Warning Criteria, Radar Injuries: Many farm buildings were damaged, and one farm was almost completely blown away. Time: 6:07pm Noted discrepancies: None The tornado appears to have travelled in an east-southeasterly direction. Time: 2:30pm Salvisa is in Mercer County, not Woodford. Two occupants of the mobile home were injured. Deaths: 0 See also PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Tornadoes. Counties: Woodford Notes: Storm Data locates this tornado three miles northeast of Lebanon. F-scale: F2 The record does state that damaging straight-line winds were also associated with this storm, so perhaps the feeling was that any damage on the Indiana side was from non-tornadic wind. Station History July20, 2018 May 30, 2004 Injuries: 0 January 29, 2008 One of the women injured in this tornado would be killed by another tornado on March 19, 1963. Counties: Dubois Also, the storm brought extremely heavy rain that caused Beargrass Creek to flood, but the rains were generally welcome as the region had been suffering through a severe drought. Several buildings were unroofed. The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. Path width: her long hair, which reached below her waist, 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. Time: 6:30pm Numerous trees were blown down, snapped, or uprooted. Time: 4:24pm Counties: Hart Path width: Noted discrepancies: None EF-Scale: EF-2 Injuries: 0 The longest tornado path ever recorded in this region was 60 miles. February 6, 2008 Noted discrepancies: At NCDC Scott County is listed twice and Harrison and Nicholas counties are not included. Counties: Shelby Here, buildings containing several businesses were severely damaged. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Injuries: 0 At this location, the tornado was estimated to be of EF3 strength with 150 mph winds. County: Crawford November 19, 1970 Two cars and a truck were destroyed, and a 400-gallon water tank was moved three-quarters of a mile. One person was killed in Scott County. Counties: Washington IN, (Jackson), Scott IN, Jefferson IN July 11, 1986 October 9, 2009 Time:12:07am EDT Time: 3:45pm Path width: 200 yards May 28, 1996 Anoutbuilding, previously used to make brooms, next to the house hadsignificant damage when a large tree fell on top of it. Counties: Lincoln May 18, 1995 The second storm, which pummeled the recently devastated area with hail up to the size of softballs, followed nearly the same path as the first supercell. Moving on from the church, the tornado tore off rooftops along Tenth, Ninth, and Eighth Streets between Chestnut Street and Broadway. Debris was thrown 500 yards away. November 5, 1948 Path width: Note the appearance of the clouds in the distance, whether they roll upward, come together from the north and south, or any other phenomenon connected with them. Path length: Path length: Thirty businesses were destroyed and damage totalled over ten million dollars. Deaths: The next morning the newspaper called the storm "the whirling tiger of the air". Injuries: 15 Deaths: Path width: Wilmington, Current Conditions Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Noted discrepancies: NCDC only includes LaRue County. Path width: 250 yards SPC more closely agrees with Grazulis. This tank was air-tight, and had an opening in the top one foot square. EF-Scale:EF1 Again, pleasee-mail usif you can help with the proper placement of any tornadoes. The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County. Storm Data says the tornado touched down eight miles north of Carlisle on Ball Hill Road. January 19, 1928 Deaths: Path length: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down on the Ohio River 8.4 miles northeast of Louisville, moved through the Springhurst area of Louisville, struck the Indian Springs Country Club, and lifted 12.6 miles northeast of Louisville. There were many barns damaged or destroyed, power lines and poles down or snapped, and many softwood and hardwood trees snapped, twisted, and uprooted. Notes:The first evidence of tornado damage was just south of US 421 where the tornado passed between two farms. April 27, 1971 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. the time of tornado occurrences, and even calculated Deaths: Deaths: 0 Injuries: The tornado moved to the northeast through present-day Saint Regis Park and Hurstbourne. Time: 1:30pm Time: 4:25pm Path length: Injuries: A 20x30 barn was also destroyed, and a third small barn along the path was damaged. Path length: On October 25, 1844, a tornado Counties: Grayson Counties: Simpson An elderly woman escaped injury because she was sitting in the only part of her home where the ceiling remained intact after her roof blew away and a wall collapsed 15 feet from her. Trees blocked the Louisville-Pewee Valley road for two miles. Grazulis narrative: Moved east in Richmond, destroying a barn and a nightclub. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. A barn was damaged and a house unroofed on the Terhune Farm, barns were blown down on the Quartz and Shelton Farms, a house and a barn were lost on the Sanford Farm, and the home of Kye Crossfield at Ebenezer was destroyed. Injuries: The tornado traveled east-northeast snapping trees and power poles on County Road 850, and did its most significant damage at the intersection of Jackson Road, State Highway 62, and Swan Road about 2 miles south of the town of Chelsea. Deaths: 2 Path length: Time: 6:02pm CDT February 19, 1888 Path width: Counties: Monroe Counties: Barren May 10, 2016 Notes: The EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Center, Kentucky near Herbert Hodges Road. Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with an aerial damage survey performed by pilots David Katz and Gary Katz and photographer Tom Boucher from the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down in northern Henry county on Friday, March 2nd. F-scale: F2 8. Path length: This included several healthy hickory trees which were snapped. Noted discrepancies: None Time: 7:15pm Deaths: Time: 3:45am EF-Scale: EF-0 Noted discrepancies: Grazulis takes this tornado into Hardin County, though he says the damage ended at Big Clifty, which is in Grayson County about two miles from the Hardin County line. Path width: 100 yards May 8, 1969 F-scale: F1 Path length: The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. Deaths: April 3, 1989 It touched down just east of Old US 60 near the Breckinridge Emergency Management Center. F-scale: F2 Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from five miles southeast of Salem. According to the (Lexington) Weekly Press, the roof of "Mr. Sharp's house on the hill" was removed, and two chimneys were destroyed at the home of Mr. Bassett. Path width: 100 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give 28 injuries, Grazulis give 27. Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research, Andover, Kansas struck by intense damaging tornado, Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011. Notes: The tornado first touched down just north of Duff east of County Road 650W. EF-Scale: EF-2 Path width: 30 yards Most of the injuries were in the Gilpin-Mount Olive area. Injuries: Deaths: Deaths: Deaths: Injuries: 1 April 27, 2011 Path length: 1 mile in Elmont, Kansas, on June 5, 1917. Time: 9:21pm - 9:24pm CST Path width: Time: 8:29pm - 8:36pm CDT The adjoining garage lost its roof and its doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. A number of these homes were swept away. Time: 11:22pm EDT Time: 2:55am Deaths: 0 Time: 12:38pm CDT to 12:42pm CDT 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. F-scale: F2 There is at least one Indian account of a tornado. Funnels were sighted by the public. Another dozen or so homes, along with barns and outbuildings, sustained heavy damage. Dixie tornado outbreak April 24, 1908. The car ended up in the living room of the home. Counties: Jefferson KY It continued skipping east, uprooting and snapping trees and destroying an anchored mobile home on Underwood Road. Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west. June 22, 2011 F-scale: F2 Counties: Hart Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles southwest of Gerald to 2.4 miles west of Rome in Hoosier National Forest. Injuries: Several cars were blown off US 127, resulting in injuries. Path width: 50 yards Notes: There is considerable disagreement among data sources regarding the end point of this tornado (despite excellent agreement on the touchdown point). Injuries: 0 Additional research necessary! Path width: A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. Path width: County: Metcalfe A cinder block storage building was toppled. The tornado first touched down along Justin`s Trail in the Southwind Estates subdivision. EF-Scale: EF0 Deaths: 0 A 14" diameter pine tree was snapped and moved about 45 yards downwind as well. May 18, 1995 Here, it caused minor damage to some homes, destroyed a barn, and damaged the roof of another. Injuries: 15 September 14, 1984 Path width: October 18, 2007 The tornado lifted just shy of the Ohio River near the end of Fulton Road. 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 Noted discrepancies: None All of the damage was consistent with, 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. Injuries: Path length: Deaths: February 28, 2011 Narrative: Moved northeast at Laconia, ripping the roof and a wall off the Laconia school. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just north of Berea, then moved northeast for four miles. One home was unroofed. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado in Lucas. Time: 4:45pm EDT Many miles of forest were leveled, and small farm communities were wiped out. Path length: It then crossed Sweeney lane. Moving into Lincoln County, two barns were destroyed. On either side of the tornado track straight-line wind damage extended out 100 yards with limbs and trees blown down. Deaths: 0 The List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 18th century encompasses all known Atlantic tropical cyclones from 1700 to 1799. Path length: 2 miles As storm systems moved across Texas Tuesday, a tornado wrecked havoc on the small town of Salado,shredding homes and leaving a debris trail in its wake. Path width: 100 yards Path length: 2 miles Most tornado tracks were plotted as a continuous straight line between the beginning and ending points. The width of observable damage increased to one-quarter to one-third of a mile. One of the trees along Gracie Lane fell on power lines, tearing them down. Most of the structural damage occurred along Moore Road, where several mobile homes were moved considerable distances and were destroyed. Going by the beginning lat/lon in Logan County and the ending lat/lon in Barren County, the track would go through the south side of Glasgow and would end at the Barren/Metcalfe county line, which agrees with the narrative given at NCDC. Time: 6:00pm Trees also fell on at least two outbuildings. Counties: Henry Insulation was found in nearby trees. January 17, 2012 EF-scale: EF1 The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. Injuries: Fifteen homes were destroyed Deaths: 76 Counties: Clinton Numerous pallets loaded with mulch and topsoil were thrown or shifted several yards. ticket window was blown into a nearby field, Path width: 400 yards Deaths: No evidence of furtherdamage was observed until Rawlett Lane, where some trees were snapped and uprooted. Grazulis lists this tornado as an F2. Time: 6:04pm Path length: Counties: Hardin Time: 6:29pm Injuries: 0 Counties: Harrison IN Noted discrepancies: NCDC does not give a liftoff lat/lon. Another woman was killed in her home two miles east of Palmyra. The Stockyard Farm Supply Company on South Johnson Street sustained roof damage. Path length: 0.75 mile June 27, 2008 February 6, 2008 A very well constructed large barn had its metal roofing torn off and wrapped into tree tops up to 200 yards downwind. Munfordville Elementary School had part of its roof removed. Notes:The tornado touched down in a corn field near Morrison Park Road, just east of Tompkinsville Road. A couple of garage doors were dented in. Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham More than a dozen uprooted and snapped trees were observed around the Tucker House Bed and Breakfast at 2406 Tucker Station Road. Notes: Touched down at the Kroger's store at 2200 Brownsboro Road. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado destroyed two barns in the Fairfield area. F-scale: F1 The family survivedthe tornado by sheltering in a 3-foot crawl space. SPC gives a path length of 36 miles, NCDC gives 35 miles, Grazulis 38 miles. Counties: Perry document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Time: 10:28pm 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. SPC and NCDC give only a touchdown point (which agrees with Grazulis' touchdown point), but no lift-off point. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Pellyton to a mile southeast of Pellyton. Path length: Path width: 300 yards Path width: 75 yards Path width: 50 yards Path width: 75 yards Deaths: 0 A 30x50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. F-scale: F0 November 5, 2017 Path width: 30 yards Path width: 30 yards Path length: 1/2 mile Notes: (This information was discovered on an internal Weather Bureau memo from Charles E. Hardy at WSO Lexington) The violent storm moved from the southwest part of Nicholasville near Shun Pike and reached the center of the city near the police station at Oak and Main. Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast in and near Neafus, Steff, Spring Lick, Goffs, Short Creek, Staff, and Caneyville. Deaths: 0 Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC lat/lon is actually in Robertson County. Path length: 4.7 miles Counties: Hart Path width: Injuries: 104 Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. Drone footage clearly showed trees lying in multiple directions. The tornado apparently lifted and crossed Elizabeth-New Middletown Road and headed east into a wooded area. Counties: Jefferson KY May 11, 2003 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. Path width: 150 yards Counties: Adair One of these homes reflected EF4 damage and 170 mph winds. Path length: Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. SPC gives a width of 10 yards, NCDC provides no width, and Grazulis gives 100 yards. Time: 8:15pm Counties: Hardin Path length: However, Grazulis's "Kinney Station" was likely Kenney Station, which today is Monterey, located 4 miles southwest of Paris. SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yardsGrazulis nothing. Counties: Hancock, Perry Time: 11:59am F-scale: F1 Narrative: One "substantial" home and four barns were destroyed as a tornado moved northeast at Sonora. The worst damage occurred north-northeast of Adairsville where the tornado crossed Route 663. Path length: Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw. In Edmonson County, barns and a hotel were torn apart near Mammoth Cave National Park, along with the home of a cave tour guide. Path length: 9 miles February 6, 2008 Counties: Breckinridge, Meade, Harrison IN Path length: 0.3 mile Noted discrepancies: Storm Data mentions damage on Black Jack Road in southeast Radcliff. It's just the way the wind patterns work. Deaths: 3 Path width: 70 yards Path width: 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. December 21, 2013 The tornado's worst damage then occurred in the 3800 block of Southern Parkway, with walls blown out of homes at the addresses of 3833, 3831, 3855, 3844, 3848, and 3850. April 5, 2017 Time: 4:00pm Injuries: 0 It is interesting to note that if a line is drawn connecting those three damage points, the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion were in the direct path of this tornado, and the funnel cloud associated with the tornado may have gone directly over those two landmarks. Counties: Mercer Path width: 225 yards Wind speeds in this location were estimated to be 100 mph. Deaths: 0 Time: 5:37pm - 5:45pm EDT Path length: Counties: Woodford Injuries: Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. Path width: 100 yards Deaths: 0 April 3, 1974 Injuries: Two adults were killed and thrown into a nearby pond.

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