Jefferson County, Kentucky and Clark County, Indiana have had the most F4's (5). Path width:
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June 21, 2019
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Path length: 2.2 mile
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Storm Data mentions that this tornado crossed into Kentucky from Perry Countyhitting Irvington, two miles east northeast of Cloverport, and two and a half miles south of Garrett. This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. Counties: Washington IN
Time: 8:15pm
Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. F-scale: F1
The last visible damage was along Highway 1544just east of 1164 with some trees uprooted and twisted. Counties: Garrard
Path length: 1.6mile
Path width: 125yards
Significant Tornadoes. EF-Scale:EF1
A custom-builthome had exterior wall damage in the master bedroom with adjacentbathroom. The survey team estimated well over 500 trees in a 1 mile stretch uprooted, snapped, or pushed over. April 27, 1971
Path length: 1 mile
The cyclone moved from south to north "over the lower edge" of Paris. Deaths: 0
A barn was slightly damaged in the South Hudson neighborhood, a barn was damaged on Fountain Avenue, and the home of Sheriff Deputy Murphy on Clayton Avenue lost its two chimneys and suffered other roof damage as well. Large pieces of tin roofing were twisted around trees and wadded up into balls. It did more damage when it reached Saint John Road, where it destroyed a home and some farm buildings. April 3, 1974
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Counties: Russell
At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from Tanyard to south of Caneyville, passing north of Leitchfield and ending near Big Clifty. Path length:
The details concerning this tornado are somewhat murky, but it appears that it touched down southwest of Georgetown where it damaged a greenhouse, and skipped to the east into far northern Fayette County. April 11, 1972
His narrative: "A trained spotter saw a tornado near Salvisa. Time: 7:15pm
Time: 5:58pm - 6:00pm CDT
Counties: Bourbon
This damage is consistent with an EF-2 tornado and 110 to 115 mph winds. Notes: The tornado touched down four miles northwest of Dunnville and skipped along ridgetops to the east-southeast, exiting Casey County at Mintonville. Deaths: 0
Path width: 1200 yards
Time: 4:00pm
Injuries: 0
Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Salvisa. Deaths:
Path width: 100 yards
Injuries: 4
Path width: 25 yards
F-scale: F0
Some tornadoes are clearly visible, while rain or nearby low-hanging clouds obscure others. Deaths: 0
Injuries:
After skipping over an additional mile of farmland, it destroyed a silo and damaged an outbuilding on CR 300N. Time: 8:00pm
EF-Scale: EF-1
Time: 9:38pm EDT
April 11, 2008
May 28, 1996
Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this tornado as having occurred at 3:00amStorm Data lists it at 3:45amSPC lists it at 3:45pm. EF-Scale: EF-1
It damaged a large working garage and damaged two homes off of Highway 916 including a new well, almost finished new constructed home which experienced significant exterior wall damage. SPC starts the tornado in Madison County just south of Valley View, which is in Madison County near the point where Madison, Jessamine, and Fayette counties meet (but definitely in Madison County). Hazardous Weather Outlook A more concentrated area of damage then occurred as the tornado crossed Saloma Road and moved roughly parallel to and just north of Upper Miller Park Road. The tornado continued southward for another two-tenths of a mile, downing trees along Campground Rd before lifting. Counties: Dubois
Path width: 200 yards
It struck a home on Liberty Road where it ripped the front porch off the home and flipped the detached metal garage. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 49 miles, Grazulis gives one mile, Storm Data says 50 miles. Deaths:
Neither SPC nor NCDC list this tornado. F-scale: F2
However IN 7 doesn't go northeast of Madison. EF-Scale:EF1
A chicken house was blown away, killing 92 of the 100 chickens within. July 13, 1987
Time: 11:59pm EDT
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The toll in the church was about 18 to 20 dead, out of the 55 who were in the church at the time. Deaths: 0
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SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards. Injuries: 30
Injuries: 40
Deaths: 0
Time: 10:52pm - 10:56pm CST
Deaths: 0
Time: 4:30pm
It went into a wooded area narrowing in Miami Court to about 75 yards and becoming more elevated. Local Climate Pages Path width:
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F-scale: F3
Counties: Boyle
Deaths: 0
F-scale: F1
Path length: 6.5 miles
May 24, 1971
F-scale: F2
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SPC and NCDC list only a touchdown pointno lift-off point is given. April 28, 1887
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Injuries: 0
Storm Data mentions only that this tornado "touched down briefly" near where I-75 crosses the Fayette/Madison County line. Time: 7:05pm
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F-scale: F1
Counties: Jefferson IN
A car was tossed several hundred yards. Trees were laying in multiple directions and most of the trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. Across the road a metal livestock building was destroyed. April 21, 1963
Deaths: 0
Notes: The tornado mostly did damage to the upper halves of several trees along its path. Deaths: 0
If the observer is within a hundred feet of the tornado on the north side, he need have no fear, and may carefully examine all objects flying just above the ground. Path length:
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Deaths: 2
A brick house on Twelfth between Churchill and Oldham was blown down. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives an endpoint longitude of -85.75, NCDC gives -85.78. Injuries:
Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. F-scale: F3
Counties: Henry
F-scale: F0
Noted discrepancies: NCDC only includes LaRue County. EF-Scale: EF-2
Counties: Madison
Time: 3:45am
Path length: 6 miles
Local Climate Page Notes: The initial touchdown was on the western edge of Cumberland City. Notes: The touchdown point was on the east side of Harrodsburg and it caused three walls of a warehouse to collapse. The most significant damage was at Oxmoor Collision Center where there was structural damage to some steel framing and stucco. Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw. Path width:
Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. April 5, 2009
A parlor rug from the house that lost its roof was later found in Phil Arbuckle's pasture, torn to rags, a mile away. Counties: Hardin
Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. The tornado next touched down along US 31W north of Bonnieville, where it heavily damaged or destroyed several more barns and mobile homes. Debris was thrown up to a quarter mile eastward into the woods. April 20, 2000
Some witnesses thought there might have been a small tornado, but no credible eye-witness accounts of a visible funnel were received. Central U.S. On the night of June 8, , 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Time: 11:35pm
Injuries: 25
Time: 1:25pm
Counties: Madison, Fayette
Counties: Hart
Time: 11:29pm - 11:34pm EST
Path width: 200 yards
Path width: 250 yards
Deaths: 0
Deaths: 0
F-scale: F2
The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Path length:
March 28, 1997
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Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast across the south part of Hodgenville. Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
F-scale: F2
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from one mile southwest of Little York to Austin. The observer reports that the tornado sucked all the water out of this tank. Path width:
Notes: Touchdown was on a hill along KY 1822 where a large hay barn was destroyed, amedium sized barn was damaged, and fencing was destroyed. Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. Path length:
Two trailers, two cars, and ten barns were destroyed. Path length: 0.6 miles
F-scale: F1
May 17, 1999
It appears that tornadoes may have also struck Franklin, Anderson, and Fayette Counties on this day. March 12, 1986
Path width: 150 yards
The tornado traveled north-northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. Counties: Butler (from Muhlenberg)
Time: 3:40pm
Notes: Though local news accounts reported "heavy damage in western Franklin County," the first specific point of damage this project has been able to find so far has been at the Capital City Airport, so will begin the track there. More research is necessary. Time: 11:35am to 11:37 am EDT
Deaths: 0
[Offsite link: 19th-Century Storm Chasers Took the First Tornado Photographs]. F-scale: F3
Path width: 200 yards
County: Washington, IN
Trees were blown down in the steep valleys as well as on the hilltops. Path length: 0.6 mile
The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County. A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. Barns were destroyed five miles east of town. Path length: 11 miles
F-scale: F1
Injuries: 0
Path width:110 yards
Counties: Anderson
Counties: Henry
Injuries: 0
Time: 8:25pm
weight. February 24, 2011
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Path width: 20 yards
Tornadoes, power outages as storm crosses Texas, More from KWKT - FOX 44 Trending now Severe Weather Warnings . One-half mile east of IN-162, numerous outbuildings were damaged and a small grain hopper was toppled. Deaths: 0
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The top image is a drawing of an undated tornado (likely from the early 1800s or prior), as seen in Significant Tornadoes: 1680-1991 (Thomas Grazulis), p. 550. Counties: Woodford
Path length: 2 miles
Notes: This tornado touched down in an open field and headed northeast toward Mahogany Lane. F-scale: F0
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For example, the tornado that struck Jefferson KY and Oldham counties on April 3, 1974 was rated as an F-4, so the entire path of the tornado is plotted at F-4 strength even though the tornado was not at that strength for its entire lifetime. December 31, 2018
July 18, 1988
Notes: One well-constructed home lost its roof, two barns were demolished, and numerous trees were felled.
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F-scale: F1
Special note: Did Fujita's tornado #82 clip the southeast tip of Clinton County on April 3, 1974? Time: afternoon
White's Distillery's roof was blown "out of sight." Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from five miles southeast of Salem. The tornado lifted around 3:27pm near the intersection of Campground Road and Ralph Avenue. Injuries: 0
The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. Injuries: 0
Path width: 200 yards
A couple of trees were snapped. Notes:This tornado caused minor damage to the roofs of two houses and significant damage to the roofof another house. Deaths:
County: Jefferson, KY
Other homes received minor damage, and some outbuildings and carports were damaged. Beyond the initial touchdown area, only minor roof damage and tree damage in the form of uprooted trees and snapped trunks, occurred before the funnel lifted at Childress Road. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 440 yards, Grazulis lists 400 yards. It is very plain that nothing can be sucked into the tornado, because of a partial vacuum there; but if it rushes in or up, it must be borne or propelled by a stream of electricity, so to speak, or by a rush of air. County: Orange
Path length: 0.2 mile
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May 12, 1978
The existence of such opposing currents is fully proved by the observation of aeronauts, as well as by those of observers at the surface of the globe. Time: 11:00am EST
Time: 12:12pm EST
Barns and the L&N roundhouse were flattened. There are about 1,200 tornadoes in the U.S each year, and about 60 people die each year, mostly from flying or falling debris. Path length:
A tornado formed from these conditions, devastating most of the town and much of the outlying rural area. Deaths: 7
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. EF-scale: EF1
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, and Grazulis and Storm Data 250 yards. Deaths: 0
EF-scale: EF1
Deaths: 0
County: LaRue
F-scale: F2
Fifty citizens were injured in Monroe County. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. Path width: 440 yards
Notes:This small tornado destroyed one outbuilding in addition to uprooting and snapping limbs on several trees in a very narrow path near the community of Breeding. The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Redeford's wife was carried 150 yards to a pond on the land belonging to L. P. Hagan. Counties: Jessamine
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Storm Data only mentions Scott, Harrison, and Fleming counties (which doesn't make sense since Nicholas County is between Harrison and Fleming counties). At the edge of Lagrange three frame homes and three mobile homes were destroyed. Path length:
Injuries: 0
Narrative: A complex series of tornadoes and downbursts produced over $350,000 damage in a nine-county area of central Kentucky. Hail up to 2 1/4 inches in diameter pounded Crescent Hill, and the stones had large "horns" on them. Injuries: 0
Injuries: 0
Narrative: Moved east-northeast, passing north of Bardstown, killing people in three different homes. Injuries:
Time: 4:15pm
Path length: 5.1miles
Injuries: 0
Path width: 100 yards
This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. Narrative: Moved north, passing seven miles west of Russellville. Path width: 400 yards
Notes: A home was moved off its foundation and lost a wall on "Guy Hadley" (Hadley Shearer?) Counties: Garrard
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Counties: Dubois
Notes: Most of the damage caused by this tornado was concentrated in the Flood Road area, as it intensified while moving to the northeast. Injuries: 0
Sightseers started arriving the next day, and the Guard was called to control the crowds. Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. Injuries: 2
Wind damage was spread across about a six mile wide swath south through east of town, with a small tornado embedded within. Path length:
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Several other homes suffered some degree of roof damage. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Deaths:
Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. Path length: 1.5 miles
SPC lat/lon ends the tornado southwest of Lexington, rather than northeast. January 2, 2006
A large bridge five miles southwest of Salem was moved. Counties: Harrison IN
Counties: Metcalfe
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. F-scale: EF2
Noted discrepancies: None
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Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. A pillar of flame shot skyward when the vortex of the twister struck the Kelley residence." Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. Power poles were torn down along New Cut Road. Counties: Jessamine, Fayette
Deaths: 0
William Johnson's residence on Muir Pike was "piled upon its foundations and partly blown away." Injuries: 0
Path length: 18 miles (skipping)
In Harrison County the tornado killed a woman in her mobile home in southeast Depauw. This was the area where 5 people were tragically killed in a mobile home. Time: 9:40pm
Path length: 21.2 miles
F-scale: F2
SPC and NCDC end the tornado in Clark County east of Mount Zion. Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 8 miles
Path width: 880 yards
Debris from this building was observed one-half to three-quarters of a mile downwind. 7. Both were destroyed. Path length: 10.7 miles
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Will map as such, but further research would be helpful. Time: 5:47pm
March 24, 1937
The tornado was only on the ground forapproximately 200 yards with a path width of about 30-40 yards. SPC and NCDC give only a touchdown point (which agrees with Grazulis' touchdown point), but no lift-off point. Path length: 14 miles
Counties: Mercer
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It was the worst disaster seen in Louisville up to that time. Counties: Metcalfe
Time: 11:39pm EDT
Time: 2:03pm - 2:05pm EDT
The tornado crossed into southern Woodford County just north of Mundys Landing. Time: 11:40pm EDT
It damaged a few more barns and trees before lifting about half a mile southwest of Cynthiana. The tornado grew to about two blocks wide and tore the roof off of a home at 4503 Zeta Court, dropping it in the back yard. The tornado continued east across the Knobs toward Binford Rd, where it took multiple trees down. Injuries: 0
Counties: Hart
Time: 6:20pm
Injuries: 0
Path width: 75 yards
Time: 6:45am - 6:54am EDT
Many homes along the damage path had roof damage. Time: 2:05am
Notes: Storm Data mentions damage between US 68 and Russell Creek. F-scale: F1
Path length: 7.1 miles
Climate Prediction Notes:This tornado touched down in a wooded area midway between J Riggs Rd and Copelin Rd north of KY728, snapping trees as it moved southeast along a hay fieldwhere it destroyed two 1200 lb hay bales and rolled numerous others up to a tenth of a mile into a soybean field and uphill onto a knoll. Besides trees being twisted and turned in multiple directions, there was leafand mud spattering on several homes in opposite directions of the storm movement. EF-Scale: EF1
EF-Scale:EF0
Most of the damage was to trees, and there was some minor structural damage to two farms. Trees blocked the Louisville-Pewee Valley road for two miles. Time: 9:54pm EDT
Notes: The tornadobegan at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. Power lines and power poles were downed. F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Time: 2:40pm
Immediately east of the highway, tremendous structural damage was observed. Injuries: 0
Continuing to the east-southeast, the tornado downed numerous trees in a cyclonic pattern on both sides of Spencer-Hamilton Road south of Loretto. May 22, 1989
All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. Noted discrepancies: None
The building collapsed with 200 people inside; 75 at a lodge meeting on the upper floor and 125 children with their mothers taking dancing lessons on the lower floor. One resident lost twenty softwoodand hardwood trees, The tornado lifted just east of Hawley Gibson Road, twisting several trees on a farm there. Path width: 800 yards
11. Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
One person was killed in Simpson County at Temperance as seven homes and 40 barns were destroyed. It damaged or destroyed eight homes with several injuries. Injuries:
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Path width: 400 yards
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Path width: 100 yards
We have plotted it according to Storm Data. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. Finally, the tornado did a more concentrated area of damage along Muddy Creek Road where a few more homes and trees were damaged. Deaths: 0
A mother and four children died in one home on the Laurel County side of the Rockcastle River, fifteen miles northwest of London. Counties: Washington IN
F-scale: F2
Path width: 75 yards
Time: 4:34pm
Time: 4:25pm
F-scale: F0
Mrs. Kelley's 40-year-old "Negro hired hand" was blown 300 yards to his death. Give an estimate of the loss to buildings, also specifying the number of buildings destroyed and their characters as to strength, etc. Injuries: 0
Injuries:
"Husto" was possibly Huston, named for a local landowner with that name, though it is unclear exactly where Huston was located, though it may have been where Paris sits today. The F4 damage occurred from north of Irvington, into Indiana. Time: 2:15pm
Will plot a single tornado as close to the given lat/lons as possible. Injuries: 2 (known)
Deaths: 0
Metal roofing on a barn was blown off and pushed a few hundred yards downwind into the woods. Path length: 12 miles
Grazulis narrative: At Blueberry Hill, two barns were "blown up and flattened" by a tornado that touched down south of Lexington. Parts of the barn, including insulation and sheet metal, were thrown into the trees. Narrative: A tornado hit near Boat Island on the Barren River. F-scale: F4
At least 27 people died in Tennessee. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down near where I-64 crosses the Jefferson/Shelby county line, moving on to the Governor's Manor Shopping Center in Shelbyville. Deaths: 0
There are hundreds of small tornadoes that are not listed here simply because they have yet to be rediscovered, and that's if they were ever even reported in the first place. Moving along to the northeast, the Muir area was next in line (near the intersection of KY 1970 and KY 1973 today). 10. EF-Scale: EF-1
Counties: Warren
Path width: 75 yards
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April 22, 1887
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Alvin York at General Jackson's tomb. Counties: Clark IN
Time: 2:00pm
Deaths: 1
Storm Data lists it in Shelby County. October 9, 2009
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. A 2 x 8 impaled a concrete grain silo. County: Butler
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The worst damage mentioned in Storm Data is the destruction of a barn and three farm buildings, along with scattered roof damage and a "wrecked" trailer. Path length: 1 mile
April 3, 1974
Path length: 3.2 miles
February 28, 2011
Deaths:
Cecilia was one of six in Winterset who died as a result of the tornado. Both the aerial photos and picture of the, tornado relayed by the emergency manager were matched up with a, radar signature indicating rotation. Injuries:
March 28, 1997
Notes: The tornado touched down along Danny Sadler Road and crossed KY 920 and KY 720, lifting near Burkhead Lane. hay roll southeast over a fence. County: Scott, KY (from Owen)
Path width: 250 yards
The F4 rating isbased on a single leveled home south of Caneyville
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After crossing the square, the tornado continued moving east-northeast for another one and a quarter miles, snapping and uprooting trees and causing minor roof damage to several homes. This included several healthy hickory trees which were snapped. Notes: This tornado destroyed or heavily damaged two shop buildings at a construction company. At the intersection of Highway 1164 and 1544 at the Cedar GroveChurch there was roof damage to the church and many trees weretwisted and uprooted. Path length: 20 miles
An injured person at Pewee Valley may have died several weeks later. 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. The tornado touched down briefly along this path and moved an at least 500 pound dumpster 35 feet southeast. Notes: This tornado touched down along the Daviess County line near Gatewood and did primarily tree and power line damage as it headed northeast. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles east of Waterford.