Path length:
In one case, it snapped the 2-foot diameter trunk of a large cedar less than 5 feet above the ground, but lofted the tree over nearby utility poles -- which remained intact -- and deposited the tree 200 feet to the east. Path length: 1/2 mile
Path length: 1.1 miles
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Notes: A small tornado traveled from northwest of Cyclone to south of Cyclone, damaging a few buildings and felling trees. Fifty citizens were injured in Monroe County. Numerous outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Path length: 0.2 miles
Path length:
Deaths: 4
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. EF-Scale: EF-1
An infant was killed and two people were injured as their trailer was destroyed. F-scale: F2
Counties: Bullitt
Counties: Boyle
Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. The tornado proceeded to the northeast across the southeastern section of Churchill Downs -- click here to see a map of how close the tornado came to the twin spires (the path of the tornado is outlined by the thick white lines). Time: 12:08am
Path length: 22 miles
Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC call this an F1, Grazulis says F2. Deaths: 0
Deaths:
April 28, 2002
Notes: This tornado began near the previous event, on the east side of the same trailer park, and ended at Charlestown Pike. Deaths: 0
Path length: 1 mile
Path length:
EF-scale: EF1
April 20, 1986
Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. An occupantof the home reported he was descending the
It tore the back end off of a large barn there and collapsed a 60-foot tall silo, then crossedthe road and snapped several trees. Time: 12:46am EST to 12:52am EST
Death counts for events in the 1800s and early 1900s should be treated as estimates, since recordkeeping of tornado deaths was erratic back then. of the event until morning, when they For now will map using SPC coordinates, ending the tornado just northwest of Leitchfield. "It's been through many, many owners over a hundred-some years," Mr. Brown said. Minimal F2. Injuries: 1
Time: 9:34pm - 9:35pm EDT
Path length: 3 miles
Deaths:
May 6, 1971
At least three locations along the path of this storm support the occurrence of a tornado of EF-1 intensity, with maximum winds approaching 110 mph, an intermittent path length of 6.5 miles, and a damage path width of 60 yards. Path length:
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Path width: 100 yards
It lifted near the IN 64/I-64 interchange, near Edwardsville. A Kubota UTV weighing 2500 pounds was moved 30 yards and rotated 180 degrees. Deaths: 0
October 7, 2014
Path length:
EF-Scale:EF1
Path length: 0.7 miles
Aerial photography from a NOAA NWS drone showed distinct swirls along several farmers' properties with damage to a half dozen barns and numerous uprooted and snapped trees. Straight-line winds can easily cause damage similar to a tornado, and can produce a roar similar to that of a tornado. F-scale: F1
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Thomas P. Grazulis, and his master work Significant Tornadoes 1680 - 1991 and its supplement Significant Tornadoes 1992 - 1995. Will plot into Adair County. Notes: Grazulis/NCDC seem more believable here. The Cook Farm suffered two destroyed barns and a badly damaged house. Counties: Hart
However, the most catastrophic damage occurred when the tornado destroyed the Third Presbyterian Church at Walnut and Eleventh Streets. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Injuries: 0
Several large branches were downed near this home as well. Clark County and Scott County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Clark County Emergency Management conducted an exhaustive tornado damage survey on Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4. County: Scott, IN
Path width: 800 yards
Path length: 3.5 miles
Injuries: 0
Injuries: 0
A treatise on meteorology with a collection of meteorological tables March 27, 1890
Notes: The NWS storm survey team found many areas of straight line wind damage across northern Bourbon County, and one specific tornado path within the straight line wind damage. Notes:The tornado touched down in a corn field near Morrison Park Road, just east of Tompkinsville Road. Time: 3:45pm - 3:50pm EDT
F-scale:F2
Notes: Storm Data mentions damage two miles southwest of Glensboro. July 13, 2015
Deaths:
F-scale: F0
Time: 4:25pm
Path width:
The tornado touchdown was very brief and lifted at the intersection of Cedar Sink Road and Brownsville Road just inside the southwestern border of Mammoth Cave National Park. Deaths:
EF-Scale: EF-0
It has been decided, to the best of our ability, that these events were due to straight-line winds. Path width: 25yards
Deaths: 0
Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at the intersection of Georgetown and Greenville roads. Four people in the area were treated for minor injuries. EF-Scale: EF-0
Fifty homes were damaged or destroyed, mostly in and near Cave City. EF-Scale: EF-1
This distance from Dugansville would put it in Washington County. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just east of Blocher and traveled to the north side of Madison from Shun Pike to Audubon Pike. F-scale: F1
At least one barn was destroyed. Counties: Casey
Counties: Franklin
A dozen trees were snapped, uprooted, and twisted. Path length:
County: Bullitt
F-scale: F2
A moments reflection will show that this could have been done only by the insertion of the funnel into the opening one foot square. Counties: Woodford
F-scale: F1
EF-Scale: EF1
Path width: 125 yards
The tornado continued east-northeast in far northwest Clark County on Dan Gray Road where the twister leveled many well-built homes and caused extensive tree damage. F-scale: F0
Path width: 440 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC gave this an F3, Grazulis gives an F2. Path width: 50 yards
Tropical Cyclones of the 1800s. Time: 5:41am - 5:47am EST
A well constructed log cabin lost shingles. Deaths: 0
Path length: 5 miles
Our neighbors between us and the creek lost their roof, which landed 300 yards to the east of their home mostly intact. May 30, 2004
Excerpt from, The Tornado, a Fact and Theory Paper, by H.A. April 3, 1974
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck near Keene. Notes: Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the northern bank of Indian Creek two miles northeast of Corydon. Two people were hospitalized. Counties: Clark IN
This area is just northwest of the US 421 and I-71 junction near the Trimble/Henry county line. Most of the Indiana damage was from wind-driven hail. Noted discrepancies: None
Path width: 33 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. October 6, 2014
Path length:
Injuries: 0
Counties: Washington IN
Many pioneer farms EF-scale: EF1
A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Counties: Mercer, Woodford, Jessamine, Fayette
April 22, 1887
Notes: Touched down at DuPont where it removed the roof from a home and threw a woman 2,000 feet resulting in serious injuries. F-scale: F1
Path length: 23 miles
The tornado struck the north portion of Westport Bend Commerce Park, snapping and bending several trees. Time: 2:00pm
Injuries: 0
July 13, 2015
Deaths: 0
May 5, 1996
April 5, 2017
February 29, 2012
Path width:
Deaths: 0
Path width: 60 yards
If the barometer is an aneroid, the face should be gently tapped before each observation. SPC's endpoint lat/lon is in Trimble County. Time: 11:15pm
F-scale: F1
Time: 4:00pm
F-scale: F2
Notes: Ten trees were uprooted, blown over, or snapped on either side of Route 66 north of Oriole. The relatively new Signal Service (a forerunner of the National Weather Service) tracked storms using telegrams, passing weather . June 19, 2011
Damage was confined to IMS Lane. Deaths:
Path length: 7 miles
Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. The next morning the newspaper called the storm "the whirling tiger of the air". Deaths:
Time: 1:00pm
Path length: 0.75 mile
Injuries: 0
Counties: Butler
It went into a wooded area narrowing in Miami Court to about 75 yards and becoming more elevated.
U.S. Tornado History: Early American thought presented in textbooks of Injuries: 1
April 23, 1970
Path length: 0.5 mile
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. Six frame homes were damaged. Counties: Grayson
Path width:
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down a mile east of Willisburg. A pontoon boat was flipped over. Injuries: 0
Fences were torn down as well. 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). April 11, 1972
Injuries: 0
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. Path width: 60 yards
Most of the injuries were in a church that was torn apart and collapsed during evening services. Deaths: 0
The tornado tracked to the east with extensive damage of trees along Hwy 1226. Path length:
April 3, 1974
Counties: Hardin, Bullitt
Path width: 30 yards
F-scale: F4
saw pieces of the home scattered across the are associated with the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators. Counties: Meade
Deaths: 0
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.) Injuries: 0
Counties: Washington IN
The damage was surveyed by the chief of the Louisville weather station, E. E. Unger. Deaths: 0
Deaths: 0
Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Grazulis Narrative: Tornado moved from "Husto" to "Kinney Station". Injuries: 0
Time: 7:00pm
Injuries:
Time: 11:06am EST
Path width: 400 yards
Deaths: 3
NCDC's county-by-county lat/lons result in a very strange path. It snapped several pine trees before dissipating. May 1, 2012
Path width:
Large hardwood trees were uprooted along the tornado's path towards Utica. March 28, 1997
October 16, 1925
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: None
Path length: 7 miles
According to witnesses, the tornado was "cone-shaped and had a large black cloud at its top, coming out of the west. F-scale: F1
Counties: Scott KY
EF-scale: EF1
Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. EF-Scale: EF-1
EF-Scale: EF1
Injuries: 0
Grazulis, Thomas. Injuries: 0
One in the Livonia, Smedley, and Salem areas, and the other in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area. Some of the dead were found 300 yards from where they were sleeping. Time: 4:30pm
The tornado touched down about 200 yards west of the Dollar General store, which suffered some minor roof damage. Also on Slack Road a two-story house lost its entire roof. The tornado then weakened considerably, and the only significant damage done in Elizabethtown was power lines getting ripped down on North Dixie Highway. SPC and NCDC give a path length of six miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 5. Injuries: 14
Injuries:
Across the street the tornado did extensive roof damage to a family house and barn. Path length: 9 miles
Barns and outhouses were levelled, roofs were blown off, and a car was overturned. Time: 10:28pm
Injuries: 2
Path length:
April 1, 1970
Counties: Clark, IN
A well-anchored 50x20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Injuries: 16
Time: 8:15pm
The whirl appears to originate in the higher regions of the atmosphere, and as it increases in violence, to descend; its base gradually approaching until it touches the earth.. Path width:
The most significant damage was at Oxmoor Collision Center where there was structural damage to some steel framing and stucco. A couple of houses and two church buildings sustained roof damage. The tornado here was rated EF4 with estimated wind speeds of 170 mph and a damage width of one-third mile. Time: 11:30am
South Hill, where several people were injured and trailers were swept away, and Dunbar were especially hard hit. Counties: Henry
At around the same time during the mid-1800s textbooks began to describe the phenomenon and what was believed to be behind it. Local Programs. hay roll southeast over a fence. Insulation from the home was found 300 yards away.
1800s Tornadoes Archives - ustornadoes.com November 7, 1996
Time: 11:59pm EDT
March 10, 1986
EF-Scale: EF-1
County: Clinton (to Wayne)
Will map as such, but further research would be helpful. April 27, 1971
Counties: Harrison KY (to Robertson)
Path length:
Using this data, we cannot assume that there were more tornadoes in this area than in the plains during this time because the movement West did not begin in force until the 1800s. Time: 2:28pm EDT
Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham
Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Injuries:
May 28, 1996
Twisters brought devastating results. Counties: Hardin
Five planes were destroyed. They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. April 27, 2011
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from west of Gold City to east of Smiths Grove. Path length: 0.5 miles
Injuries: 8
Injuries: 0
Counties: Metcalfe, Adair
Notes: This tornado destroyed or heavily damaged two shop buildings at a construction company. Near the end of its path, the tornado spread debris from a metal outbuilding one tenth of a mile onto North Marshall Road. County: Simpson
EF-scale: EF1
Injuries:
F-scale: F1
Notes: This weak tornado did tree damage as it briefly touched down along Mount Pleasant Road northwest of Bedford, snapping upper-level tree branches in a narrow path. This occurred near the intersection of Blackberry Trail and State Highway 3. Another challenge is coming up with a complete database. Notes: The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph. Path width: 100 yards
Path width:
Forecast Discussion Notes: This was one of the worst tornadoes ever to strike Lexington. Path length: 28 miles
November 9, 2000
The funnel passed near Stamping Ground and lifted near Sadieville. Would tend to believe Storm Data's width. June 2, 1990
The most significant damage was east of McKinley with several healthy trees snapped and twisted. Counties: Logan, Warren (from Todd)
Path length: 2miles
After crossing Cave River Valley Road and White River Road the tornado took outabout 50 softwood trees. F-scale: F1