Notes: Intermittent track. A guide to tornado watching appeared in a book entirely about tornadoes that was published before the turn of the 20th century, and weve reproduced it below. June 7, 1985 Path width: Time: 6:00pm Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale ranking for this tornado. Notes: The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. Path width: County: Grayson F-scale: F2 July 18, 1988 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 1 Deaths: Time: 10:31pm CST to 10:50pm CST The F-scale ranking given to each tornado represents the maximum strength the tornado achieved anywhere along its pathnot necessarily in the county in which you're interested. Time: 3:00pm Path width: Injuries: 0 and injuring their mother in their home. SPC gives and endpoint lat/lon of 28.50/-85.12NCDC give 38.22/-85.45. Path width: 50yards Counties: Jefferson KY Counties: Monroe County: Hancock April 5, 2017 Injuries: 0 Path length: 1.2 miles 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. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. Path length: Time: 12:35am Counties: Madison A large metal barn with cinder block walls was destroyed. Deaths: 0 There were indications that this was an intermittent skipping tornado. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 2 After the tornado has passed, note the appearance of the houses for explosive effects. Path length: 7.1 miles May 24, 2000 April 4, 2011 Narrative: A possible tornado hit four miles north of Georgetown. Time: 4:55pm EDT - 5:19pm EDT Several barns sustained severe structural damage to the roofs. Two barns were destroyed. Injuries: 0 Injuries: There are manysources of difficultywhen listing historical tornadoes (see the "Research Notes" tab above). Path length: 11 miles (skipping) March 29, 1974 There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Counties: Hancock, Perry Time: 2:00pm Path width: 125 yards Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Deaths: 4 Several trees were uprooted. May 14, 1995 A home was unroofed, and other buildings were damaged. Path length: 2.2miles This tornado passed over a tank ten feet long, three feet wide, and twenty inches deep, full of water. In Harrison County the tornado killed a woman in her mobile home in southeast Depauw. June 27, 1973 Counties: Scott KY of the event until morning, when they Injuries: 0 April 3, 2007 Deaths: 0 A mobile home was rolled over and trees and power lines were blown down. June 19, 2011 Path length: 0.4 miles F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 May 28, 1996 Injuries: 20 Time: 3:30pm EST Path length: 9 miles Here EF1 damage, 90 mph winds, and a path width of 50 yards were estimated. Counties: Logan Tornado with speeds of up to 114mph swept up sheep and caused extensive damage to farm in Pennal. For the first case study on outbreak sequences, we examine two weeks of nearly nonstop tornadoes. Tornadoes have always been pretty intense throughout central and southern US. Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. Injuries: SPC/NCDC begin the tornado west of ScottsburgGrazulis starts it north of Scottsburg. Noted discrepancies: None Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST June 22, 2011 Path width: 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. Path length: 1/3 of a mile Deaths: 0 A 500 gallon propane tank moved to the south 3 feet and became lodged against a grain storage building. F-scale: F1 It also toppled the sign of the Green River Bait and Grocery before lifting as it crossed Knifley Rd. Be aware, however, that many tornadoes actually skip and are not necessarily in constant contact with the ground during their lifetime. F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Hardyville. The same tornado once again touched down on the east side of main street at the State Farm Insurance agency and Citizens Union Bank. At one location the tornado had embedded two by six boards firmly into the ground. bars on the bridge were bent and twisted. F-scale: F1 The tornado then hit a strip mall and Wal-Mart producing roof uplift and sign damage. March 21, 1962 Time: 12:10am Counties: Ohio He looked up into what appeared to be a hollow The first damage was to a farm on Lower Hunters Trace Road. Counties: Breckinridge Path width: A pontoon boat was flipped over. It increased in width to 250 yards and struck the Harry Owen trucking company buckling roof trusses and spreading significant debris over the Lincoln Parkway into the mobile home park. April 20, 2000 Injuries: 0 EF-Scale:EF1 F-scale: F3 Path width: 150 yards Injuries: 0 Path length: 4 miles Peak winds were estimated at 80 mphwith a maximum path width of 65 yards. Time: 4:00pm Narrative: A "bounding-type" tornado destroyed barns and stables at the Keeneland Race Track. F-scale: F0 Path width: July 13, 2015 It is hoped that further research may shed some light on the strength of these tornadoes. Time: 11:07pm - 11:13pm EST June 1, 1917 F-scale: F0 F-scale: F0 all the family. A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. April 3, 1974 Path width: EF-Scale: EF-1 Time: 2:28pm EDT Path width: 1831 - Hurricane impacted the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas on August 14th and 15th. At Stanford the sky was "filled with debris" and funnels were again sighted, along with scattered damage. Injuries: March 28, 1997 Deaths: Path width: 100 yards Grazulis lists this tornado at 8:15pm. Path length: 2 miles F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Saint Catherine to one and a half miles northeast of Saint Catherine. Grazulis probably has the more correct path width. The following two tabs change content below. Path length: 13 miles (skipping) Deaths: EF-Scale:EF-0 Time: 2:50pm EST Counties: Warren The auto body shop suffered roof damage. After destroying an older barn, the tornado ended just east of KY 55 where numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. Path length: 0.4 miles Deaths: A very well constructed large barn had its metal roofing torn off and wrapped into tree tops up to 200 yards downwind. On October 25, 1844, a tornado moved northeast from present-day Mission, Kansas, into Missouri. Deaths: Time: 4:17am EST down the river lifting water into the funnel. Path length: 10.4 miles Path width: 30 yards Counties: Clark, IN SPC and Storm Data give a path width of 100 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Path length: 8.2 miles April 13, 1876 The worst damage was at Cornishville, where seven homes, a church, and a bridge were destroyed. Unfortunately, with the passage of time we may never know for sure for most of them. The most significant damage was at Oxmoor Collision Center where there was structural damage to some steel framing and stucco. F-scale: F2 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. In this region, the tornado was an EF3 with 150 mph winds. Similarly, the NCDC end lat/lon of the first Ohio tornado is the same as the NCDC begin lat/lon of the second. Deaths: 0 Path width: 125 yards Deaths: Damage totalled $2.5 million (1890 dollars) in Jefferson County, with another half a million dollars with F2 intensity damage in Jeffersonville INalong with 20 injuries. northeast. It did minor roof damage to two homes, tossed a trampoline into a neighboring home, causing siding damage, and pushed a large travel trailer onto a minivan, heavily damaging both. June 25, 1902 The only damage described in Storm Data done directly by the tornado is the destruction of a concrete poultry house south of Dubois on IN 162 (which also sounds weird since IN 162 is not in close proximity to Dubois and is nowhere near the lat/lon given by SPC/NCDC). Path length: 7.2 miles On the night of June 8th, 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast in and near Neafus, Steff, Spring Lick, Goffs, Short Creek, Staff, and Caneyville. Trimble County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management conducted an extensive tornado survey in Trimble County. Injuries: Notes: A well-built home suffered significant damage and a shed was destroyed. Path width: 60 yards The most extensive damage was done near the end of the tornado's path, where it destroyed a mobile home, took the roof off a cinder block outbuilding, and did extensive damage to the roofs of several large barns. Counties: Hart There were also snapped trees and structural damage along Whiskey Run Road. Injuries: 60 Deaths: 0 Notes:This was an intermittent skipping tornado. June 11, 2009 Along the path, 35 homes, four trailers, 60 barns, and 79 other buildings were destroyed. January 30, 2013 Injuries: 2 Time: 7:10pm It lifted shortly after crossing China-Manville Road. Storm Data seems only to list Lawrence County, with the tornado hitting form the junction of US 50 and IN 235 to just north of Freetown. Path width: 40 yards Path width: Path length: Injuries: 5 Path length: 2 miles Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Mannsville, Burdick, Meadow Creek, and White Ridge. Path length: 0.5 mi 3. Counties: Anderson Deaths: moved northeast from present-day Mission, SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Injuries: 0 Deaths: Injuries: 6 Path length: Counties: Dubois Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Fountain Run. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. May 8, 1918 The peak wind speed was 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top level. Time: 9:57pm Deaths: The tornado weakened to F1 strength as it moved into the Tates Creek Trailer Park on the Fayette County line. It's interesting to note that the part that was destroyed was aligned north-south, so that a strong west wind, which would be typical of an RFD, would have hit it broadside. The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. F-scale: F3 Path width: 200 yards Time: 8:01pm EDT The back part of the barn was thrown to the west while a wagon in the trailer was pushed out through the barn. A 4000 pound trailer (concession trailer) was moved 30 yards, while a Ford pickup truck was moved 60 yards. Tornado Machine Plans, Weather Safety Path length: 1/2 mile Narrative: This tornado moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Fern Creek, traveling parallel to the previously mentioned tornado. Injuries: 27 F-scale: F1 Path length: 1.5 miles Path length: 0.7 mile Deaths: 1 Injuries: 5 Path length: SPC and NCDC give it a path length of 9 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give a length of 5 miles. 3. Path length: Deaths: 0 Path width: Deaths: Injuries: 0 Notes:Mostly tree damage occurred with this tornado. Time: 10:28pm Two mobile homes were destroyed. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path width of 200 yardsGrazulis and Storm Data 100 yards. Mr. Bradley made a full recovery. EF-scale: EF1 Path width: Storm Data also has it right. EF-scale: EF1 Counties: Hancock (from Daviess) Spotter Training April 20, 2011 Marble sized hail was also reported. Time: 6:18pm CDT to 6:45pm CDT EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 7:20am We truly appreciate your assistance in making this the most complete and accurate tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky! 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. Time: 2:15pm September 3, 1970 Deaths: The tornado traveled east-northeast snapping trees and power poles on County Road 850, and did its most significant damage at the intersection of Jackson Road, State Highway 62, and Swan Road about 2 miles south of the town of Chelsea. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Itcrossed Interstate 71 where it overturned a truck, and lifted 2.2 miles northeast of Campbellsburg. Path length: 2 1/2 miles One farmer lost 6 cows when a barn collapsed on them. Path length: 0.25 mile Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin A house lost its roof at 570 Dresden Avenue, with additional damage at 550 and 552 Dresden. Path width: Path length: Path width: 70 yards The touchdown occurred along a forested area which threw branches and large portions of maple and cedar trees over the road approximately 300 yards. The tornado reached its peak intensity near the intersection of Moore Road and KY 839. Path width: Noted discrepancies: None SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Storm Data 587 yards, Grazulis 800 yards. F-scale: EF1 Workers working on the home heard a loud roar while seeking shelter and observed the twister striking and uprooting some trees. Injuries: 0 Time: 11:22pm EDT Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. July 13, 1956 Time: 11:25pm EDT Path width: Time: 4:32pm EST Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 Path width: 200 yards A man was watching this tornado off to his Counties: Fayette The tornado also caused significant tree damage from the middle school north/northeast across a remote area of the northeast part of the post. Notes: Tree damage. Farther east, the tornado intensified again as it destroyed two double wide homes on Speith Road. Top Ten Deadliest Tornadoes in Texas (since 1900) NUMBER ONE - THE WACO TORNADO - MAY 11, 1953. Counties: Hardin, LaRue Counties: Scott KY Counties: Washington IN Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. Counties: Washington IN April 28, 1887 County: Garrard F-scale: F5 Time: 7:58pm EST to 7:59pm EST Deaths: Metal sheeting frombarns was thrown in excess of 400 yards downwind. Counties: Bourbon Path length: 1 mile Timothy Dawson, 10, experienced a fractured leg. Path width: 300 yards Time: 8:35pm Path length: 0.3mile F-scale: F1 Thirty homes and six businesses were destroyed at Narrows (virtually the entire village). Both of the F5 tornadoes were recorded on the same day: April 3, 1974. However, before plotting the Taylor County tornado, an F-scale must be investigated. A four-year-old girl in the house was blown 200 yards and survived with a broken leg. Path length: 5.8 miles People were injured by flying debris. Path width: Injuries: 1 September 8, 2018 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. EF-Scale:EF1 It is important to remember that the Grazulis publications list only those tornadoes that were of at least F2 strength or resulted in at least one fatality. Injuries: 0 In this area a barn was destroyed and roof shingles were found embedded two inches deep into an oak tree. Counties: Clark IN It would be far safer, if one has an inclination to such views, to deny that such a view is correct, and only to accept it after most incontestable proof. Counties: Clark IN A home was destroyed on the east side of North Fraucke Road. Injuries: It's a compilation of stories that appeared in St. Louis daily newspapers after the tornado hit.It was first published just days after the tornado hit in 1896. Path length: 4.8 miles Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the north edge of Smithfield. Deaths: 0 A severe weather outbreak in the mid-Mississippi Valley more than lived up to its well-predicted potential for strong tornadoes on Friday, December 10, taking lives and raking landscapes from Arkansas to Illinois. Path width: F-scale: F1 October 26, 2010 June 6, 1990 Path length: 16 miles Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. This year is trending higher in the number tornadoes. One boy received a broken leg. Path width: 100 yards Injuries: Tornado Information for Mississippi. Injuries: Path width: 50 yards Time: 11:45pm Time: 12:27am EST to 12:29am EST A high tension tower and other homes were damaged on Pine Drive. Along Shelburn Dr, a front porch with four columns was lifted, collapsing the columns and throwing the front half of the roof 100 yards to the northeast. March 23, 2012 Hazardous Weather Outlook April 11, 1972 Deaths: Injuries: The tornado was on the ground for about one and a half miles over the course of its 16 mile long skipping track. Deaths: 0 Counties: LaRue Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data has this tornado cross US 60, moving in a north-northeast direction. Deaths: 36 April 22, 2005 Deaths: 0 Path width: 50 yards November 22, 1992 Counties: Warren 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. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. F-scale: F1 Time: 4:45am Noted discrepancies: None Narrative: Barns or outbuildings were destroyed on eight farms. Deaths: 0 On Culls Ridge Road, the tornado strengthened to an EF-3 once again with 140 mph winds. Path width: On the whole, the evidence seems to show something like an uprush, though it seems conclusive that this is not due to a vacuum in the tornado, as many think. Intermittent tree top damage continuednear Lake Louisvilla. Counties: Logan Deaths: Storm Data says the tornado touched down between Pleasureville and Defoe and almost immediately lifted back into the clouds. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. F-scale: F1 Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. The only non-tree damage was to power poles along US 127. Path width: Houses were unroofed. March 7, 1956 F-scale: F1 March 6, 1961 The tornado entered Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn Road and Reames Dixon Road. Path length: 10 miles Deaths: 0 Many trees were snapped or uprooted, and farms in the path suffered roof and outbuilding damage. F-scale: F2 Peak winds were around 110 mph. This location suffered the worst damage with gutters, siding, and soffits ripped from buildings and deposited 30 yards away in trees. Path length: Twisters brought devastating results. Path length: This tornado is not listed in Storm Data! A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. February 24, 2018 Counties: Washington IN F-scale: F1 The pilots are associated with the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators. Path width: 30 yards Time: 8:15pm Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. May 8, 2009 May 25, 2011 Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. Path length: 2 miles Path length: 6 miles F-scale: F0 Abstract Tornadoes and waterspouts have long fascinated humankind through their presence in myths and popular beliefs and originally were believed to have supernatural causes.
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