The tornado lifted in a grove of trees about 250 yards east of the church. A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards. chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, The end of the path was surveyed east at Hwy 259 where another metal, structure was damaged and several trees where downed. Unfortunately, with the passage of time we may never know for sure for most of them. Noted discrepancies: None. The family dog was found alive under piles of rubble. Deaths: 0 A very well-built family residence took a direct hit from the EF2 tornado, with the front side of the home having the plywood exposed and with most of the shingles gone but the rest of the house fully intact due to the house having all the proper clips and braces with rebar. One home had multiple large trees uprooted with an RVtrailer and pontoon boat flipped over. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. The tornado then affected a residence, badly damaging the roof and throwing the porch of the house several yards to the northeast. F-scale: F2 Path width: April 3, 2018 Counties: Shelby At one of the destroyed trailers, a Dodge Ram pickup truck was tossed onto its side and destroyed in the opposite direction from the car (i.e., on the left side of the tornado track). An empty trailer was flipped over near this location. F-scale: F2 The tornado then lifted briefly before touching back down near the intersection of Pedigo and White Streets. Several boats were flipped over, and a large bus was pushed two feet. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. The late 1800s was a busy period for Great Lakes commerce. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Weather Radio For the first case study on outbreak sequences, we examine two weeks of nearly nonstop tornadoes. Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision one mile north of Gamaliel. After damaging several outbuildings it traveled a mile northeast where it heavily damaged two brick ranch homes on CR 200N and CR 750W, removing their roofs and collapsing an outer wall on one of them. F-scale: F1 Injuries: Injuries: Path width: Time: 5:10pm Notes: The tornado touched down along Danny Sadler Road and crossed KY 920 and KY 720, lifting near Burkhead Lane. Path length: 1.7miles The tornado lifted at the Casey County line. Notes: Storm Data says that the central and northern parts of Russellville were hardest hit, including the Kaintuck Hotel. Path width: 125yards 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. Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. Path width: 200 yards Science and Technology During the end of the tornadoes life cycle it narrowed and bounced striking several trees and knocking over several cemetery headstones and uprooted 2 large trees at the Little Clifty United Methodist Church just west of Lacon. Path length: 5 churches, 7 railroad depots, 2 public halls, 3 schools, 10 tobacco warehouses, 32 manufacturing plants and 532 dwellings were destroyed by the tornado. Notes: The tornado mostly did damage to the upper halves of several trees along its path. Path width: 50 yards May 22, 1989 Counties: Hardin The tornado continued eastward, snapping the trunks of several large trees along Butler Creek and damaging carports and a metal outbuilding along Holmes Bend Rd and Turkey Trace. Time: 8:00am Two minor injuries occurred with this tornado. Light damage was reported on Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Blvd). Path length: The tornado crossed into extreme northwest Clark County along and near Daisy Hill Road. April 23, 2011 Path length: The tornado continued on for another mile, causing occasional tree damageand dropping debris before lifting near the east end of Groce Road, where it peeled roofing material from a metal out building. Injuries: 0 Counties: Shelby The storm struck South Hill, 1.75 miles east of Ennis, and "probably" on to Riverside and Richardsville. A piece of tin roofing ended up wrapped around a tree 500 yards to the east across an open field. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Deaths: 0 June 9, 2010 This building also suffered significant roof damage. May 6, 1971 May 29, 1974 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. Of the injured, 3 were serious enough to be hospitalized. Deaths: 0 Note: Grazulis counts this as two tornadoes, with a gap in the path at the Harrison/Floyd County line. Trees were down in this location as well. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Injuries: On October 25, 1844, a tornado Deaths: Notes: This brief tornado did most of its damage at treetop level, snapping the trunks of or uprooting at least two dozen large, mature oaks and cedars and causing limb damage to many others. Notes: Touchdown was just north of West Galway Trail North in a tree line behind some houses. A few other houses in the vicinity had minor structural damage as well. May 24, 1971 Counties: Madison Grazulis places this tornado at 7:20pm. Wind speeds in the area were estimated at 170-175 mph (EF4) with a damage width of one-quarter mile. Path length: A frame home was damaged. Unable to plot, pending further research. November 5, 2018 EF-Scale:EF1 Noted discrepancies: None SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. This instrument may be read in a dug-out or a cellar as well as in a house. Time: 2:57pm Central NCDC lists only Pulaski and Rockcastle counties. March 10, 1986 Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. The tornado then did some damage to trees and a grain silo. A piece of farm equipment was thrown 200 yards as well. F-scale: F3 The tornado struck as students were arriving at school onbuses. Maximum wind speeds were 95 mph. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3Grazulis does not list it. Tornado expert Dr. Ted Fujita (or possibly students of his) surveyed the damage. Counties: Washington IN Path width: Time: 4:30pm Path width: 100 yards July 29, 1943 Using Storm Data information plus SPC's lift-off point work well for plotting this. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC lat/lon place this tornado in Mason County. Counties: Clinton Counties: Shelby SPC has a path length of 10 milesNCDC says 15 miles. April 16, 1982 Road. Path length: 2.3 miles Counties: Warren Path length: 0.7 mi Injuries: On Michael Edward Drive the garage door was blown in on a detached garage and the roof was lifted off and shifted a foot. Four houses were even blown down across the river in Jeffersonville. Time: 2:35pm Path length: June 27, 1973 County: Green EF-scale: EF1 Path width: 75yards Path length: F-scale: F1 Time: 4:12pm - 4:13pm EDT Insulation from the home was found 300 yards away. Deaths: 0 Homes were unroofed. A well constructed log cabin lost shingles. Two of the deaths were in Hardin County. Houses were severely damaged on Green Street (now Liberty Street) near Campbell. Time: 1:20am EST to 1:22am EST February 29, 2012 Counties: Jefferson KY A car was moved from one side of a building to another. Deaths: Notes: A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted north of Bretzville and Saint Anthony. Injuries: 0 Funnels were sighted by the public. At the Mayhew and Pope Road intersection there was extensive softwood and hardwood tree damage, especially around the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church at 5226 Pope Road. Path width: Residents reported a loud roar. Counties: Monroe, Cumberland (from Sumner, TN) Time: 7:12pm - 7:14pm CDT Grazulis narrative: In the Pleasureville-Defoe area a tornado destroyed three barns and a silo. Path length: 16 miles Time: 7:32pm EST Deaths: 0 Over 100 homes were severely damaged or destroyed at Junction City. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. June 2, 1875 The tornado dissipated about half a mile into Wayne County. Time: 9:00am Time: 6:00am There were also snapped trees and structural damage along Whiskey Run Road. Counties: Nelson Path width: 250 yards Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 About half a mile to the east along US 62 at the Caneyville Milling Company three large empty metal grain bins were moved off their foundations causing damage to nearby objects. May 9, 1933 November 22, 1992 F-scale: F4 Numerous trees and a grain silo weredown along the property. Lastly, the tornado struck a barn and several trees. Time: 9:54am EST Path length: 21.2 miles Path length: Path width: 100 yards Deaths: Warwick Distillery at Silver Creek lost its roof. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data takes this tornado from Rineyville to Colesburg. Narrative: Moved east-northeast seven miles north of Hartford. March 28, 1997 Time: 4:02pm July 26, 1984 Storm Data reports a plethora of seemingly significant damage. Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Path width: 20yards Path length: 3 miles Across the county numerous power poles, barns, and homes sustained damage. F-scale: F1 Time: 1:45pm Narrative: Timber and barns were destroyed four miles north of Paoli. was partly cut and pulled from her head, Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale ranking for this tornado. Path length: 0.2 mile Julia's barn's roof was blown into Georgetown Cemetery. Time: 11:07pm - 11:13pm EST It initially moved south, damaging a farm south of town on Hustonville Road. In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated. Injuries: 1 Notes: This tornado likely touched down in eastern Muhlenberg County and traveled roughly northward through western Ohio County, including the Echols, Rockport, and Hartford areas, and into far eastern Daviess County around Whitesburg. Path length: Injuries: Mobile homes and outbuildings were damaged. Deaths: Path width: 150 yards However, if you do believe we missed a true tornado, pleaselet us know. F-scale: F1 Trees were uprooted in a convergent pattern, some of which fell on power lines causing the poles to snap. Injuries: Time: 2:22pm Central Time: 4:30am Northwest of ValleyStation many softwood trees were damaged, a pine tree was snapped, and a trampoline was blown over. Time: 4:31am EST Theres no way to get an accurate account of Indians who perished in Tornadoes but there likely were considerable losses. Counties: Woodford F-scale: F3 Injuries: 0 Path width: 75yards One roof was damaged near Lebanon Junction. However the lat/lon given doesn't quite agree with that location. The ending lat/lon given is just inside Perry County as well. Path width: 50 yards 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. Path width: 800 yards His right hip was dislocated to the point where it was alongside his chest. Will plot it between New Roe and the Tennessee border. reported to be a "green-rimmed cone-shaped Time: 5:30pm Injuries: The twister first toucheddown at a home on U.S. Highway 62 just west of Goshen Church Road, tearing off shingles and uprooting a tree. As the tornado turned to the northeast, so did the RFD, and a two-and-a-half story house lost its roof in Germantown (which the 1875 newspaper described as a "remote suburb") at Mary and Logan Streets. Farther east on Electron Drive several corporations and warehouses had structural damage to roofs and the sides of buildings. F-scale: F2 Deaths: Deaths: 0 Time: 1:55am November 26, 1965 Path length: Injuries: 0 Notes: Intermittent track. 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. In 1882, after nearly 300 years of numerous observations and stories of whirlwinds, cyclones, and tornadoes, U.S. Army Signal Corps Sergeant John P. Finley was placed in charge of the investigation of tornadoes and the development of forecasting methods. By John Brocklesby (1811-1899) 157-158. EF-Scale:EF0 F-scale: F2 26 Kansas City, Missouri. Grazulis narrative: A barn was destroyed near Scottsburg. Path length: 1.4miles F-scale: F3 EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: Deaths: 0 The second home experienced significant foundation damage and the roof was completely removed. Time: 12:27am EST to 12:29am EST Time: 11:05pm Deaths: 0 Notes: A state trooper spotted an F0 tornado at the Metcalfe County Fairgrounds. April 21, 1976 Path width: It pushed a largetobacco barn 15 feet eastward, tore offits roof, and collapsed several walls. Or, if you have information on a tornado that we were unable to plot due to conflicting data among our sources,let us knowthat as well. SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC says 30 yardsGrazulis doesn't say. In Storm Data the tornado touched down six miles west of Salvisa in Mercer County (one mile east of Ballard) and moved northeast along Stratton Road, Kirkwood Road, Gash Road, and Hickory Grove Road, all of which are in Mercer County. April 20, 2011 Some of the dead were found 300 yards from where they were sleeping. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Dugansville to 1/10 of a mile east of Dugansville. Time: 12:50am - 12:51am EST The tiny twister then continued to the northeast, causing other minor tree damage to the south of Probus Lane. Path width: 250 yards F-scale: F1 The woman was badly cut by glass, and her husband was caught between fireplace bricks and a collapsed wall. Path length: SPC path length is only one mile, however. Injuries: 2 Path length: The tornado dropped small branches and leaves along its path as it continued northeast. Path width: 75yards Path length: Time: 10:31pm CST to 10:50pm CST May 18, 1995 April 30, 1852 Path width: Time: 7:18pm CDT More research would be nice, especially to determine if this tornado did continue into Grayson County or not. F-scale: F1 Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham F-scale: EF1 Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Deaths: 0 The end lat/lon listed at NCDC under the Daviess County entry is actually the end lat/lon given by SPC, in Dubois County. F-scale: F4 Deaths: Path length: 3 miles Path length: June 22, 2011 Notes: This tornado began on the south side of Frankfort and tracked to the northeast. Will plot in both Jefferson and Trimble counties, as specified by given lat/lons. Counties: Hart Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Injuries: 0 Path width: 125 yards Path width: 250yards F-scale: F2 Time: 11:35am to 11:37 am EDT Notes: The tornado touched down in eastern Garrard County south of Nina on Bethel Road. January 2, 2006 Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-southeast from east of Vincennes, passing near Hudsonville, Cumback, and Glendale. Time: 10:30am Your email address will not be published. Notes: A bow echo passed through Grayson County and quickly spun up a small tornado just south of Clarkson at 3900 Millertown Road. Path width: 100 yards Counties: Jefferson KY If possible, locate the first appearance of the funnel by a tree, house, or object close by, and, after the tornado has passed, measure the distance from the observers position to that of the tornado when first seen. February 28, 2011 First "documented" hurricane to strike Key West. There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from just east of Goshen, passing one mile north of Lagrange, and through Jericho. It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd.. An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Stony Brook Drive and Hurstbourne Parkway. Counties: Jefferson KY Notes: The tornado touched down east of Interstate 65 near Claypool. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles. Time: 10:15pm EST Path length: Homes lost their roofs along Oak Street at Sixth, between Fifth and Fourth, and at Fourth. Path length: 0.3mile F-scale: F0 Counties: Butler Notes:This short-lived spin-up occurred as a northeast-moving storm interacted with outflow winds from a southeastward-moving storm in eastern Metcalfe County. Injuries: 1 The tornado track continued at a residence on New Bethel Cloverport Rd. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. A home and a small outbuilding were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. EF-Scale: EF-0 F-scale: F2 F-scale: F1 (Library of Congress) 10. A workshop containing tools and heavy equipment was destroyed. Path length: Time: 8:15pm Time: 9:03pm Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Valley Station. Deaths: The twister damaged the roofs of several outbuildings when it touched down. August 19, 1972 A well-constructed and large factory building (Airgo Industries) was cleared to its foundation slab with numerous anchoring bolts bent in the direction of the storm. 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. Time: 11:20am EST Time: 11:35 - 11:40pm CDT County: Butler There was an uprooted tree, along with shingle, gutter, roof, and barn damage. Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile southwest of Blowing Springs to one mile northwest of Blowing Springs. More research would be nice. The tornado crossed farmland and then struck another barn near the intersection with US 31W. Deaths: Time: 4:00pm EDT Several people were trapped in these vehicles, but were later rescued. The tornado also did moderate damage to barns and destroyed several outbuildings, and moved a 2700 pound motorboat 220 feet. January 17, 2012 F-scale: F1 Deaths: The storm basically swept away coastal dwellings and caused severe economical and cultural damage due to loss of parishes and heavy destruction of trees. Deaths: Two women were killed when their shelter collapsed onto them. Path length: 3 miles April 3, 1974 A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Horse Cave and Hardyville. Narrative: Moved east, crossing the Ohio River about 6 miles "north" (upstream?) Hail up to 2 1/4 inches in diameter pounded Crescent Hill, and the stones had large "horns" on them. Path width: 40 yards Next, along KY 1607, not far from Salem Church Road and Dan Dunn Road, a silo was crumbled and some parts of a corn field were mashed sown. Path length: 24 miles Path length: 3.3 miles Path length: 3 miles Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 November 7, 1996 Deaths: 0 The tornado did its worst in Whitesville in Daviess County, damaging much of the town. Tornadoes have always been pretty intense throughout central and southern US. Also, an above ground pool half filled with water was missing. The way the Kentucky River winds through the area, the SPC track takes the tornado from near Valley View in Madison County, into southernmost Lexington in Fayette County, and then back into Madison County. Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Notes: Interspersed among straight-line wind damage was a tornado that first touched down a half mile east of Amos. At least a dozen homes were destroyed. Path length: Path length: 3 and a half miles Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 3:20pm, NCDC 2:20pm, Storm Data 4:20pm. The airport operations building had a disabled awning and post. It touched down near IN 56, crossed Beck's Mill Road, and crossed Walker Road. Injuries: 0 Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. May 18, 1995 Notes: The tornado formed just west of Interstate 65 and crossed the highway, the Hardin County Fairgrounds, and lifted just east of the intersection of First Union Church Road and Sportsman Lake Road. Injuries: 3 Grazulis narrative: Moved east from three and a half miles east of Mauckport to west of Laconia. Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast. F-scale: F2 Path width: 150 yards Counties: Henry Black and white without county lines A mobile home and three barns were destroyed. F-scale: F2 The tornado lifted just northeast of the intersection of West Mount Tabor Road and Southwest Washington School Road. Injuries: Path length: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis times this at 6:35am. Deaths: 0 Time: 1:50pm Counties: Jefferson KY However, the spring of 2011 was one of the deadliest and costliest tornado seasons on record. Path width: 300 yards People onsite reported that cows were missing and could not be located. April 25, 2015 The tornado completely lifted at Jackie Crow salvage yard with debris thrown on the top of the hill about 250 yards from the salvage yard. Injuries: 4 In these cases, a southwest-to-northeast movement of the tornado was assumed, since that is the most common direction of travel for tornadoes. Counties: Russell (to Pulaski) St. Johnsbury VT: Tornado Project of EF-Scale: EF-1 F-scale: EF3 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data say 50 yards. In this area a barn was destroyed and roof shingles were found embedded two inches deep into an oak tree. Path length: 18 miles (skipping) Damage then occurred again when a frame home's garage was torn from its foundation at 2835 Klondike Lane and was thrown 100 feet into the side of Saint Martha Catholic Church. Path width: 150 yards Deaths: Counties: Franklin Deaths: Path width: 50yards There was significant damage on the upper portion of the feed mill approximately 70 feet off the ground along with some power poles being severely bent. SPC and Grazulis give a path width of 30 yardsNCDC gives nothingStorm Data says 38 yards. Counties: Ohio, Grayson (from Hopkins and Muhlenberg) It wasn't a siren that warned Kellan Gills of a powerful tornado touching down in her Willow Grove Villas neighborhood on Wheatland Drive near 24th Avenue SE around 9:30 p.m. Adjusted track here to agree with Storm Data/Grazulis. Time: 11:25pm Counties: Jefferson IN, Trimble The tornado then moved east-northeast at tree-top level over wooded areas and farm fields, doing its next major damage a mile awaywhere it pushed a double-wide mobile home to the northwest off its blocks, breaking windows, and ripping off shingles from the roof. Grazulis narrative: At Great Crossing, four miles west of Georgetown, a small tornado destroyed a home. Path width: 100 yards A rock garden was blown 25 yards upwind. Time: 5:10am Path width: Multiple barns, garages, and outbuildingswere destroyed here as well. It then proceeded through the center of Charlestown and removed several roofs. October 31, 2018 June 16, 1987 Path width: SPC more closely agrees with Grazulis. Deaths: 0 Injuries: G. W. Bedford's barn was blown down, and an old stone house on the Clay Farm was destroyed, killing two people inside the house (Maria Johnson and a young boy). Many boats were damaged and some were totally destroyed, including a steamboat. Another information statement will follow shortly. Counties: Hart Deaths: 0 Roofs were damaged as the tornado proceeded along Main Street/KY 524. Time: 8:15pm Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Saint Catherine to one and a half miles northeast of Saint Catherine. The body of the Rev. Time: 1:29am EST to 1:34am EST Nebraska, and Iowa occurred on May EF-scale: EF2 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.
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