Nobody knew about it until the next morning when they saw the scattered debris causing tales of a night phantom.. Deaths: This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. Injuries: The edge of the tornado missed downtown Russell Springs by only half a mile. University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. Deaths: At the edge of Lagrange three frame homes and three mobile homes were destroyed. The tornado lifted 1.5 miles east-southeast of Center, Kentucky. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Deaths: 0 County: Washington, IN Damage was confined to IMS Lane. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage in County Trace Estates and on Zoneton Road east of Mount Washington. The tornado severely damaged or destroyed several houses and double wide mobile homes around the intersection of Nabb New Washington and Nabb Marysville. Counties: Metcalfe, Monroe Counties: Warren Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis says F2. Time: 11:29pm - 11:34pm EST The tornado proceeded to Route 79/259 and struck a home just north of A.H. Wilson Road with EF-2 strength. Eight smokestacks were toppled at a canning plant, and the roof was ripped off a house. Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Deaths: 0 Path width: Path length: Path length: 5 miles May 2, 2006 Many trees were blown down. Looking at the map it seems more logical that the Knox/Daviess tornado would be first, followed by the Crawford/Harrison tornado. Two barns were destroyed and a well-built one story home sufferedsignificant roof and side damage. In Metcalfe County, south of Center, a pole barn was uplifted and scattered across a field. Residents were not home at the time of the tornado at the other homes destroyed along its path. The garage of this house was destroyed with one vehicle thrown 30 yards and another tossed 75 yards. Counties: Madison, Fayette The most concentrated damage was along Colville Road, down Endicott Lane, and over to the Steele Ford Road area. Path length: 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. The front porch of a nearby home was briefly raised, causing the supports to fall out. It damage many roofs with the heaviest damage at a day care center in a residential home off Miami Court. This tornado touched down near Hickory Flat Road just south of its intersection with Hickory Flat-Ridge Road in Simpson County where about a dozen trees were uprooted. Counties: Bullitt It appears that tornadoes may have also struck Franklin, Anderson, and Fayette Counties on this day. Injuries: Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. F-scale: F0 Power lines and many trees were downed, some of which fell on homes. F-scale: F1 Time: 9:00pm Path length: F-scale: F2 Special note: Did Fujita's tornado #82 clip the southeast tip of Clinton County on April 3, 1974? Counties: Perry IN About a hundred homes were unroofed or damaged. Time: 9:35am Time: 8:30pm Storm Data begins this tornado in Grayson County east of Tan Yard, takes it through Caneyville, north of Leitchfield, to Big Clifty. Path width: Nicholas has had the fewest, with only 2. Deaths: 0 Path length: 11 miles Notes: According to Storm Data this tornado touched down near Seymour. Deaths: 0 Path width: Path length: 15 miles Path length: 15 miles Time: 10:33pm - 10:35pm CST Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado near Stowersbut can't find a Stowers on any map. SPC/NCDC's lat/lon pairs start this tornado in Taylor County and end it in Washington County, crossing the entire width of Marion County in between. March 20, 1882 washed for days, were still covered with specks Path length: May 27 . Spotter Training Time: 5:50pm Counties: Orange Blacksmith shops on Preston "near the railroad crossing (?) The tornado ripped the roof off of a brick home there. Major tornado disasters during the spring and summer of 1860 resurfaced previous concerns about tornadoes, and by 1862 the Smithsonian distributed circulars alerting people to their dangers. Thetornado continued skipping along thenorthwest side of Sandy Hill Rd, damagingoutbuildings on another farm, beforecrossing KY highway 261 at Guston Rd. F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 Time: 4:00pm Injuries: 0 Simultaneously, a new cyclic tornado vortex rapidly formed from the same supercell near Mahan Road and Old State Road 3 immediately southwest of the first tornado. A custom-builthome had exterior wall damage in the master bedroom with adjacentbathroom. Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. came from Mr. Will Keller, a farmer near 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. July 11, 1986 This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. It damaged trailers and downed many trees. April 2, 1983 Injuries: 58 The track of the cyclone was very narrow." Time: 4:30pm Listed in Storm Data in Clark County near New Washington. Time: 3:00pm Lexington newspapers stated that the "cyclone did great damage," including unroofing J. L. Taylor's clothing store across the street from the courthouse in Paris. Counties: Harrison IN Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Second and Jackson Streets in Tompkinsville. Path width: Path width: 100 yards The only damage to the home, however, was minor roof damage from a branch falling on it. SPC list this event as an F2Grazulis does not list it. EF-Scale: EF1 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Palestine. Counties: Henry Injuries: County: Green constitute a distinctive folklore. Insulation was found in nearby trees. Time: 2:14pm EDT One trailer roof was thrown 65 yards. March 24, 1921 Deaths: 0 April 20, 2000 Path width: Deaths: 1 Path width: 40 yards Deaths: 0 Counties: Clark, IN Path width: 100yards Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. My home was in between the two vortices and was spared. Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Henry County. Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. Time: 10:15pm A horrific nighttime tornado struck the Baker home just . Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: Only one structure was destroyed in Fayette County, which was a barn on the Scott Farm when the tornado was about 200 yards wide and less than a minute old. Three quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes were surveyed. The tornado first uprooted a small tree and then shifted a small shed off of its foundation. Several boats were flipped over, and a large bus was pushed two feet. Path length: [Offsite link: 19th-Century Storm Chasers Took the First Tornado Photographs]. Injuries: 6 Notes: This tornado touched down at the entrance of Westport Woods Apartments. In Harrison County the tornado killed a woman in her mobile home in southeast Depauw. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down eleven miles northeast of Standiford Field and traveled northeast for three miles. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from east of Russell Springs, to Salem, and to Faubush. Time: 10:15pm EST Texas was on April 15, 1879, near Dallas, injuring SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 1 1/2 miles. Time: 6:00pm Injuries: 0 Counties: Perry In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . A sign was also blown down at a business along U.S. 60. Counties: Allen, Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe (from Sumner TN) Injuries: 3 Deaths: Path length: 17 miles Injuries: Path length: 15 miles The most significant damage was at Oxmoor Collision Center where there was structural damage to some steel framing and stucco. EF-Scale:EF0 Deaths: 0 Injuries: several, some serious Time: 10:52pm - 10:56pm CST Counties: Clinton The tornado produced sporadic damage across farmland mainly in terms of trees, with more concentrated damage along Plum Run Road. Narrative: This tornado moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Fern Creek, traveling parallel to the previously mentioned tornado. Southeast of Trenton the tornado was on the ground for a mile and a half and destroyed a barn and a trailer. June 3, 1996 Counties: Green, Adair SPC and NCDC list a path width of 20 yards, Grazulis says 50 yards, Storm Data 14 yards. Two cars and a truck were destroyed, and a 400-gallon water tank was moved three-quarters of a mile. Grazulis has the tornado starting in Muhlenberg County east of Greenville and he lifts it at Hartford in Ohio County (nowhere near the SPC/NCDC lat/lon). On October 25, 1844, a tornado Black and white without county lines Path width: 250 yards Path width: 30 yards Path width: 150 yards Injuries: 0 March 16, 1982 Deaths: 3 Deaths: Injuries: F-scale: F2 Deaths: 76 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. The tornado moved through a rural area of poorly constructed homes, many owned by miners. Annual distribution of tornadoes, by month, Actual number of tornadoes each year since 1830, Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines, Color-coded by F-Scale with county lines and time zones, Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Injuries: 0 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. her long hair, which reached below her waist, Deaths: Narrative: From one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever to strike central Kentucky. F-scale: F1 Time: 5:49pm Central There is the utmost danger of seeing the tornado do what we think it ought to do. April 19, 2011 NWS It continued through the extreme southeast corner of Lawrence County and entered Washington County before dissipating at Spangler Hill Road. Injuries: Injuries: The barn sufferedroof and door damage. April 19, 2011 EF-Scale:EF1 Time: 10:53am - 10:54am EDT The worst damage was at Cornishville, where seven homes, a church, and a bridge were destroyed. F-scale: F0 Path width: 100yards Hanover College was torn apart, sustaining ten million dollars in damage, with a few students injured. The tornado destroyed two barns at 901 Dot Road, where it also moved heavy farm equipment, blew out exterior walls, and destroyed the home's roof. Path length: February 5, 2008 Injuries: Path width: 50 yards Grazulis' width is probably most correct. Winds peaked here at 100 mph. Deaths: 0 Time: 6:15pm Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. April 11, 2008 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). February 24, 2011 Path width: 200 yards Path width: Time: 7:23pm Tropical Cyclones of the 1800s. Path width: EF-scale: EF2 Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Notes: This tornado touched down near Cecilia, blowing the roof off a barn, but only producing shingle damage on nearby residences. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh. Narrative: Moved north, passing seven miles west of Russellville. Environmental Films, 1993. Another home was completely demolished and thrown downwind several hundred yards, within which there were 3 fatalities. Excerpt from, The Tornado, a Fact and Theory Paper, by H.A. Deaths: Path width: 300 yards Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Fountain Run. F-scale: F3 June 26, 2018 Here, large chunks of 5- or 6-inch thickasphalt from an approximately4-by-4-yard section of roadway were blown 10 to 30 yards into the adjacent grass next to the road. Counties: Dubois As it moved, into Warren County, it damaged barn roofs and produced golf ball size, hail which penetrated siding on numerous vinyl sided houses. Harrison County, Indiana, has had the most F5 tornadoes (2). Side note: Interestingly, in researching this event, we found two distinct paths of destruction across Louisville (see map). F-scale: June 1830 County: Monroe Deaths: 0 November 5, 2017 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 4 Two of the snapped trees landed on pick-up trucks. Minor injuriesto the resident. Two adults were killed and thrown into a nearby pond. Counties: Floyd St. Johnsbury VT: Tornado Project of Time: 12:03am - 12:09amEST Notes: This tornado touched down near Pilot Knob. F-scale: F3 October 18, 2007 Path width: Injuries: 0 Twelve other homes and a church were damaged, and two barns were destroyed. Deaths: 0 I saw the tornado start to rope out at this point. Injuries: 0 A vehicle was turned over on I-65, then the tornado skipped over an area before coming down again on a subdivision to the east, with damage occurring along Belmar Dr and Meadows Dr as well as at the intersection of Kingsfield St and Crown Ct. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. The tornado initially touched down at 7231 IN 337. Counties: Warren Path length: Path width: 200yards Path width: In these cases, a southwest-to-northeast movement of the tornado was assumed, since that is the most common direction of travel for tornadoes. Path width: Noted discrepancies: NCDC gives no liftoff lat/lon. It also toppled the sign of the Green River Bait and Grocery before lifting as it crossed Knifley Rd. Path length: 1.9 mile Several trees were knocked down or snapped. Image credits. April 20, 2011 Path width: 300 yards Four people in the area were treated for minor injuries. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT Deaths: 0 Path width: bars on the bridge were bent and twisted. Trees were felled onto a farmhouse and a SUV just north of the silo, destroying the SUV and doing extensive damage to the home. On the fairgrounds the tornado struck a large livestock barn as well as the fairgrounds' restaurant. Further research necessary. Time: 12:12pm Injuries: Path width: It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Time: 5:15pm Counties: Adair Deaths: County: LaRue The last evidence of a tornado was at a house on Point Pleasant Road where the tornado blew in a garage door. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC call this an F2Grazulis does not list it. Counties: Clark KY Notes: This tornado began on the county line near Roland, then crossed US 150 into Roland and onto CR 275N. Injuries: 0 Injuries: Proceeding to the east, some of the most concentrated damage was done along Harney and Churchill Streets (both now Saint Catherine) from Sixteenth Street to Tenth Street. EF-Scale:EF1 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis gives nothing. Time: 11:26pm EDT Another area of significant damage was at the intersection of Highway 100 and Reeder School Road (near the Simpson/Allen County line)where a house had significant roof damage and had an exterior wall blown out. A total of 51 homes, 33 barns, three churches, four trailers, and 100 other buildings were destroyed, and fifty more homes had major damage. F-scale: EF1 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 10 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data say 50 yards. Path Width: 50 yards Injuries: 0 Path length: Path length: Path length: Mobile homes and outbuildings were damaged. Time: 7:06am Injuries: Narrative: This unusual January tornado touched down southwest of Shively and moved east-northeast. Eight homes were destroyed, but some walls were left standing on all of them. The tornado then weakened slightly as it moved into a subdivision damaging several small trees, sheds, and roofs. Counties: Jefferson KY Winds at this location were between 85 and 90 mph with a width of 50 yards. Path width: January 29, 2008 About 50 vehicles in a car dealership lot were totaled. In addition to being an interesting read on its own, one can also compare it to queries sent by the Smithsonian Institution about 30 years prior to get a sense of where tornado thought was moving at the time. Time: 4:20am Path length: 2miles Deaths: 25 Five other occupants of the mobile home were injured. Time: 6:00pm April 5, 2017 Path length: 1.2 miles Deaths: 0 May 8, 1918 Path length: 1/2 mile Time: 4:30am Counties: Crawford Counties: Hardin Deaths: Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1/10 of a mile southwest of Deputy to 3.9 miles northeast of Deputy. EF-Scale: EF-0 September 20, 2009 SPC and NCDC end the tornado in Clark County east of Mount Zion. Notes: Two hundred trees were uprooted on a ridge top near the end of Dug Road north of Burkesville. Time: 3:45pm Some roofs on the southwest side of Nicholasville had the tin rolled or twisted toward the northeast. November 22, 1992 Mayor James Speed ordered all businesses in the city closed the next day. Time: 2:43pm Trees were torn down and rooftops damaged in this area. F-scale: F1 Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF1 One family residence on the west side of the road was severely damaged, reflecting EF3 damage with 150 mph winds. Deaths: 0 Many women and children were killed, the youngest victim being nine years old. Deaths: 0 A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. Around 2:30 p.m., a volunteer found Cecilia Lloyd's wedding dress wrapped in a garment bag. Narrative: Moved east from the southeast edge of Stanford, passing near Rowland, two miles east of Stanford. As the tornado moved east it strengthened to EF-2 intensity near the intersection of Floyd Street and Central Avenue where a large industrial building was heavily damaged. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile north of Georgetown to 2.8 miles east southeast of Georgetown. The tornado lifted slightly and passed over Hawesville as a funnel cloud (though 75 mph winds still did damage in town). F-scale: F1 spread about the "night phantom that appeared Path width: 60 yards Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the south side of Huntingburg. Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Thunderstorms are expected to hit the . Time: 4:26am Path length: 4 miles (skipping) Time: 8:00am Counties: Bullitt Counties: Warren twenty-five people. EF-Scale: EF-1 Here the tornado tore multiple metal roof panels off a barn, blew the southward-facing overhead doors of a garage in, and tore the entrance door off the garage on the west side. Path length: EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 5:54pm - 5:56pm EDT Time: 4:25pm to 4:30pm Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. The length of this touchdown was .80 miles. Deaths: 0 Injuries: By Elias Loomis (1811-1889) Deaths: 0 Notes: Touchdown was two miles north of Campbellsburg. The cab of a small pickup was crushed by debris and the vehicle was blown onto KY 969. Time: 2:45am Time: 6:04pm Path length: 1 mile SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yardsGrazulis and Storm Data 100 yards. Counties: Breckinridge Notes:A National Weather Service storm survey teamconfirmeda maximum wind speed of 105 mph. Damage was intermittent along the 2.2 mile long, 60 yard wide path. April 27, 2011 April 26, 2011 August 9, 1987 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. 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: 3:45am Path length: A mother and four children died in one home on the Laurel County side of the Rockcastle River, fifteen miles northwest of London. EF-Scale:EF1 The tornado stayed on the ground for one mile before lifting, heavily damaging a church on Dixie Highway, as well as uprooting and snapping several trees and damaging numerous homes. Hourly Observations Narrative: Moved northeast along the southeast edge of Cecilia. Path width: F-scale: F2 Two vehicles in the parking lot were thrown about 20 yards and flipped over. It's been mapped here according to the information in Storm Data, but additional research would be helpful. The storm struck South Hill, 1.75 miles east of Ennis, and "probably" on to Riverside and Richardsville.
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