The facility was shaped somewhat like a squat capital "H," with the relatively longer sides of the H lined up along B Street and C Street (now Bloom Street and Cardinal Boulevard), and the short connecting section parallel to First and Second Streets (the two longer sides of the "H" had been stand-alone buildings, and were subsequently connected by the short middle section of the "H"). Hundreds of trees were uprooted. Injuries: 0 Path width: 250 yards Path width: 150 yards F-scale: F0 Deaths: Path length: Counties: Orange Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: Path width: Injuries: 0 Path length: 37 miles (skipping) June 15, 1964 Berea College was damaged. Grazulis narrative: Tornado touched down in Edmonton then moved east-northeast along KY 80 to the Adair County line. Your email address will not be published. The likelihood of tornado involvement seemed to begin near Gilpin, continued east, passing south of Eubank, and ending in northern Laurel County. Path length: 13 miles (skipping) All lat/lons are roughly in alignment with each other and with the Grayson County lat/lons. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of one mile, NCDC and Storm Data say 14 miles. Notes: This tornado touched down three miles northeast of Huntingburg, destroying a barn and blowing several outbuildings off their foundation. Storm Data says "F1 or F2". The violent tornado also seriously damaged several homes on the north side of State Highway 160. Counties: Jessamine Path length: 0.1 mile There was mention of tornado damage in Smithfield and just outside New Castle in Henry County. EF-Scale:EF2 Time: 4:02pm EST Path length: 2.5 miles (skipping) Path length: Metal roofing on a barn was blown off and pushed a few hundred yards downwind into the woods. Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down near US 127 and moved northeast. It appears that tornadoes may have also struck Franklin, Anderson, and Fayette Counties on this day. F-scale: F1 Abasement crawl space door was blown out along with siding and roofdamage at 125 Spinks Drive. Counties: Madison Counties: Fayette November 5, 2018 October 6, 2014 Injuries: 1 Path width: 300 yards Path length: 3.2 miles Funnels were sighted by the public. Path length: 5 miles March 1, 2017 In August 1883, in the aftermath of one of the worst tornadoes in Midwest history, an agnostic country doctor and the leader of a Catholic teaching order . Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-southeast from four miles east of Drakesboro, to near Ennis, South Hill, and Riverside. September 18, 1992 Oklahoma. Path width: 100 yards Deaths: 0 Path length: Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 40 yards, NCDC lists 123 yards, Storm Data says 125 yards. We hope you enjoy the fruits of our labor in these pages, and find the information both entertaining and useful. It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. April 20, 2000 Deaths: 0 Path length: It is hoped that further research may shed some light on the strength of these tornadoes. Pictures confirm this. At this location damage included five trees blown down including a 60-foot tall sycamore, shingle damage to a house, a damaged satellite dish, and a destroyed pergola. April 7, 2015 Injuries: Deaths: 0 Path width: F-scale: F1 Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down briefly two miles southeast of Glasgow "destroying" 13 trailers and 34 frame homes as well as feed mills and silos. Injuries: 5 Time: 6:13pm - 6:17pm CDT tornado: [noun] a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land. Deaths: 0 Time: 4:00pm EDT Multiple power lines were down in this area as well. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just north of Campbellsburg, then northeast of Tucker Station, then near Port Royal near the Carroll County line. The family survivedthe tornado by sheltering in a 3-foot crawl space. from the east edge of Jeffersonville. According to witnesses, the tornado was "cone-shaped and had a large black cloud at its top, coming out of the west. April 19, 2011 March 27, 1890 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. This was consistent with EF1 damage and 105-110mph estimated winds. Time: 8:00am EF-Scale: EF-1 Harrison County, Indiana, has had the most F5 tornadoes (2). Time: 7:27pm EDT 1880s scientists didn't use terms like "wind shear" or "cold front," but they did observe that tornadoes affecting "central states of the Union" occurred when winds of different temperatures collided. Path length: 14 miles Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. However, two boys at the home were hurt. A high tension tower and other homes were damaged on Pine Drive. EF-Scale: EF1 Injuries: 0 Injuries: March 14, 2019 Both were destroyed. Injuries: 0 Counties: Harrison IN The deadliest was on. Notes:Several trees were toppled in a forest on the southwest portion of the path. While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado four miles south of Corydon. Counties: Garrard Time: 3:00pm Path width: 50yards F-scale: F2 Time: 6:15am Counties: Dubois Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck just south of Franklinton. Counties: Warren Counties: Harrison IN Injuries: 0 April 3, 2018 Originally, the head of the National Weather Service in Lexington, Jim Speray, claimed that the damage was done by a downburst rather than by a tornado, with winds of 100 to 200 mph. Notes: Touched down at the Kroger's store at 2200 Brownsboro Road. Time: 1:29am EST to 1:34am EST Counties: Adair 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. A storage building was lifted up and thrown across Broadway. June 2, 1990 Time: 12:35am - 12:37am CST Counties: Logan Path width: Power lines were torn down. Time: 3:30pm EST Deaths: 0 A farm home was also destroyed. April 20, 1958 Deaths: Path length: A 30'x40' garage was significantly damaged and a large beam from the garage was thrown into the side of the home adjacent to the garage. The rest of the damage along the path was restricted to trees. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down eleven miles northeast of Standiford Field and traveled northeast for three miles. Time: 10:44pm EDT Grazulis lists this tornado at 6:15pm. Deaths: Deaths: 0 New York, NDC Hodges, 1890. Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Mrs. Herrick's boarding house was nearly demolished, and the Paris Flour Mill's roof was damaged. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 32 miles, Grazulis give 35 miles, Storm Data 22 miles. As settlement advanced, tornadoes were reported from New England, through the Old South, and into the Old Northwest (present-day Midwest, Ohio Valley, Lakes region). Time: Midnight sulfurous odors, and objects being carried EF-Scale: EF-2 Injuries: There were at least 20 injuries, one critical. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Alton, passing along the south and southeast edge of Frankfort, where homes were leveled and four people were killed. F-scale: EF0 It holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km), longest duration at . Notes: A small tornado traveled from northwest of Cyclone to south of Cyclone, damaging a few buildings and felling trees. Path length:3.6 miles Notes: This tornado began on the south side of Frankfort and tracked to the northeast. Path width: 880 yards Deaths: 4 Path length: 3 miles Path length: 1 mile Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down two miles east of Adairsville and moved northeast for two miles. Time: 5:30pm April 11, 2008 destroying the house and killing him. Several residents on Dutch Chapel Road heard a distinct "freight train roar" and their ears popped, along with zero visibility during torrential rain when the storm struck. Notes: The tornado initially touched down on the northwest side of a large family home and farm on Fairfield Road. Tales Time: 3:17pm EDT - 3:27pm EDT Time: 5:15pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path width: 30 yards The tornado then affected a residence, badly damaging the roof and throwing the porch of the house several yards to the northeast. Counties: Madison SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards. I always liked hearin bout 1800s tornadoes. If the observer is a thousand feet or more away from the funnel, or cannot see distinctly trees or objects in it or near it, he should not try to make detailed observations of the whirl, or any thing else at the tornado. Injuries: 20 Injuries: 122 Injuries: In the southeastern corner of Washington County the tornado struck the town of Martinsburg, destroying 38 of the town's 48 homes. A Kiowa named Iseeo told an anthropologist his people called them Mankayia. A frame cottage was entirely destroyed and a three-story brick residence lost its facade along Churchill between Fifteenth and Fourteenth. Counties: Shelby Path length: Trees and telephone poles were knocked down. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. Time: 4:30pm February 6, 2008 Will plot it as an F1. Path width: Path width: 75yards Deaths: 0 In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Counties: Butler A home on Upton-Talley Road had the front porch and much of the roof removed. 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. May 18, 1995 Mr. Grazulis' data were largely responsible for pre-1950 information presented here. The first touchdown was in an industrial area just off Millers Lane west of Dixie Highway. Path length: 3.5 miles Injuries: 1 F-scale: F2 EF-scale: EF0 F-scale: F3 Eleven buses suffered damage and had their windows blown out. This year is trending higher in the number tornadoes. Lives are forever changed, and sometimes ended, by tornadoes. County: Scott, IN The tornado was about three blocks wide in Charlestown. (SPC's lat/lon is actually in Nelson County). Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 Counties: Henry Deaths: 0 F-scale:F2 Path length: 15 miles Injuries: Several other vehicles hadwindows broken out. Injuries: The War of 1812 was ongoing, and the British had just defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24 and reached Washington. Path length: Path length: 1.6mile The hailstones had "long icicles" on them. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis gives nothing. Deaths: Path width: 100 yards On the fairgrounds the tornado struck a large livestock barn as well as the fairgrounds' restaurant. This damage is consistent with an, The tornado continued east to near B Flood road with additional. Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital lost part of its roof at Twelfth, roofs were lost at Sixth, and homes were damaged at Fourth and Third. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 14 miles, Grazulis give 28 miles. Path width: The tornado lifted at the intersection of West Mount Tabor Road and Smedley Road. 2. April 20, 1986 Time: 12:26pm CDT to 12:30pm CDT On the square, the tornado ripped the metal roofs off of Reflections Flower Shop and Liberty Furniture. Counties: Adair A dozen barns, two trailers, and several other buildings were destroyed in the Southville area. Trees blocked the Louisville-Pewee Valley road for two miles. June 7, 1980 Deaths: 0 A mobile home was picked up, thrown, and disintegrated by the tornado. As the tornado neared Stamping Ground, it narrowed to 1/4 mile wide, and then lifted just northeast of town. It moved east-southeast, uprooting and snappingtrees near the intersection of Hwy 62 and Goshen Church Rd, along with damaging some small outbuildings. 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. April 20, 2000 SPC gives a path length of 38 miles, NCDC gives 33 miles, Storm Data says 40 miles, Grazulis lists a skipping path of 23 miles. Injuries: 5 Path width: The woman was badly cut by glass, and her husband was caught between fireplace bricks and a collapsed wall. June 6, 1990 Science and Technology Time: 7:40pm Path length: Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. Injuries: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Wisdom to two miles east of Edmonton. Injuries: Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Path width: 150 yards It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list one injuryGrazulis lists none. Path length:4.1 miles Time: 5:40pm - 5:42pm CDT Many buildings, homes, and trailers were severely damaged. In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . June 18, 1992 Counties: Hancock Noted discrepancies: At NCDC Scott County is listed twice and Harrison and Nicholas counties are not included. On Brownstown Road, many homes were severely damaged especially on the north side of the tornado track with estimated speeds of 150 mph (EF3). Greensburg, Kansas, who witnessed the inside He wrote that "the Time: 11:32pm CST to 11:43pm CST Counties: Warren Path width: 100yards Path width: 800 yards June 2, 1990 Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Shipley. Deaths: 0 Time: 11:35 - 11:40pm CDT This tornado moved east-northeast from near Buck Lodge, eight miles north of Gallatin. The SPC/NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Oho County but makes no sense for a tornado coming from Hopkins and McLean counties, especially without passing through Muhlenberg County. Path width: 200 yards Injuries: County: Floyd This area is just northwest of the US 421 and I-71 junction near the Trimble/Henry county line. F-scale: F2 Special note should be made of a cloud of dust and its general appearance. F-scale: EF1 Path length: 5 miles Time: 8:07pm EST to 8:08pm EST One home was unroofed, at the corner of North Church Street and West Haysville Road. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Counties: Warren Another woman was killed in her home two miles east of Palmyra. Path length:0.1 mile Path width: 250 yards SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. This instrument may be read in a dug-out or a cellar as well as in a house. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Injuries: 0 Two mobile homes were destroyed. Injuries: 1 This included several healthy hickory trees which were snapped. Drone footage of corn near the barns showed multiple streaks of converging winds in an area approximately 100 yards in width. Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website, This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville. F-scale: F1 May 31, 2001 The pilots were associated with the Kentuckiana, Volunteer Aviators. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 133 yards, Grazulis 300 yards. Path width: 200 yards A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. F-scale: F2 F-scale: F1 Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF-0 March 23, 1893 April 19, 2011 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 500 yards, Grazulis nothing. May 28, 1996 He later changed his ruling to an F2 tornado. Path length: 2.8 miles EF-Scale:EF1 April 5, 2017 Counties: Green, LaRue, Marion Path width: Injuries: 2 A total of 51 homes, 33 barns, three churches, four trailers, and 100 other buildings were destroyed, and fifty more homes had major damage. Tornado intensity is described by the fscale. Path length: 0.2 mile The tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged homes on Kurtz Drive and at the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Hiseville on Buck Williams Road. Time: 4:25pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. Time: 4:25pm Counties: Orange An occupantof the home reported he was descending the Time: 6:00pm Damage was reported at Rockford Station (Rockford Lane and 18th Street Road -- now Dixie Highway). EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 1 In Metcalfe County, south of Center, a pole barn was uplifted and scattered across a field. Mr Hammonds, another policeman on duty at the time of the storm, said that he noticed nothing like a funnel, but he observed a violent rotation apparently about a vertical axis in a black ominous looking cloud associated with the storm. EF-Scale:EF0 SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Time: 4:31am EST Livestock was killed and cars and farm machinery were destroyed. Injuries: A man received minor injuries when a barn he was in collapsed around him. Noted discrepancies: None F-scale: F3 Theowner sustained only minor injuries as herolled over with his house, crawling outof a hole after it settled. Deaths: 0 Injuries: Injuries: Counties: Nelson Abasement crawl space door was blown out along with siding and roofdamage at 125 Spinks Drive. Deaths: 0 June 29, 1979 Path length: 6.5 miles However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Hammett Hill Road. Path width: 50 yards tornado struck the Baker home just outside The single lat/lon SPC gives is indeed in Shelby County, but very close to the county line. A large bridge five miles southwest of Salem was moved. Path width: Path length: 0.5 mile Time: 10:34pm Path length: Another trailer along Miller Road was turned on to its roof. Farther north along Deatsville Road, a resident lost a large section of a tree and had minor siding damage along the east side of his home. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. A small branch was driven into the side of a car and a chimney was knocked down from the side of a house. Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted. Path width: Time: 1:44pm - 1:46pm EDT Path width: 30 yards 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. Deaths: Time: 9:20pm EDT Deaths: Injuries: Path width: 75yards A mobile home and three barns were destroyed. F-scale: F0 Counties: Ohio, Grayson (from Hopkins and Muhlenberg) They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. F-scale: F4 Deaths: 0 A 4000 pound trailer (concession trailer) was moved 30 yards, while a Ford pickup truck was moved 60 yards. About forty other homes had minor damage. The final damage was that of an unroofed house at the corner of Breckenridge and Fifth Streets. Time: 4:55pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. It appears to have touched down at Hike's Point along Taylorsville Road and Brown's Lane. F-scale: F1 Time: 12:30pm April 20, 2011 Counties: Edmonson (from Pendleton and Bracken). Deaths: 0 Path length: National Weather Service information only goes back to 1950, so all pre-1950 tornadoes here are necessarily fromSignificant Tornadoes 1681 - 1991and are considered "unofficial". EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. Narrative: Moved east from two miles north of Greenville to near Powderly and to southeast of Rochester. Injuries: 0 The tornado then intensified and produced some of its worst damage at Preston Street and Mechanic Street (Mechanic Street was today's Saint Catherine and Mary streets). Time: 2:50pm June 30, 1977 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from just northeast of Henryville, passing near Nabb, hitting Hanover and North Madison and the northwest edge of China, passing northwest of Canaan and ending three miles west of Cross Plains. The outbreak generated at least 18 tornadoes, four of which were violent, including the St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado, an F4 tornado that tore through the cities of St. Counties: Green, Taylor A trailer was demolished, and the occupants were severely injured. EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 8:00am An EF-0 tornado first touched down at the Wal-Mart parking lot on the northwest corner of the Veteran`s Parkway near I-65. Path width: The following two tabs change content below. F-scale: F2 F-scale: F1 Time: 12:50am EST to 12:52am EST Path width: 50 yards Maximum wind speeds were 95 mph. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. Many trees were uprooted and a few were snapped.