Counties: Russell (to Pulaski) Path length: Injuries: Counties: Dubois The rope-like tornado lifted between Tucker Station Road and Interstate 265. A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. Path width: 60 yards Two other barns were also damaged or destroyed, and many trees were uprooted or damaged. Path width: 60 yards Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northwest of Elizabethtown, destroying businesses as it passed two miles north of that town along the miracle mile strip on US 31W. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. The tornado advanced to the northeast. Storm Data seems to only list Harrison County. Deaths: 0 Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 A home and an outbuilding had minor damage near Barnes Road, along with several downed trees. November 5, 2017 Trees were uprooted and a car was lifted and spun around. I would prefer pre civil war era though, Your email address will not be published. Deaths: Counties: Marion Deaths: 0 Path width: One single wide mobile home had siding panels blown out in several spots. Counties: Anderson, Franklin, Scott KY Notes: The tornado, with 105 mph winds,touched down approximately one mile west of Huntsville on Blaine Road where some trees were uprooted. Numerous trees were snapped along the path. Time: 12:43am EST to 12:45am EST The second of the two Jefferson County entries at NCDC lists the touchdown point with the exact same lat/lon as the liftoff point in the first Jefferson County entry. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Holland. Path width: Security cameras from a business next door captured the damage occurring as a wall of wind and water that occurred in less than half a minute. February 19, 1884 The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Time: 12:41am EDT Injuries: several A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. Deaths: Make careful observations of all electric displays, the appearance of balls of fire, the sound of thunder, the roar of the tornado, etc. Path length: 10 miles SPC has a path length of 10 milesNCDC says 15 miles. Counties: Clark IN Path length: 3.3 miles May 31, 1998 Notes: This tornado touched down 7.3 miles southwest of Payneville and skipped to 4.3 miles west of Brandenburg. Injuries: Counties: Clinton Path width: 100 yards Deaths: 0 Notes:The tornado touched down just insidethe Breckinridge-Meade County linenorth of Irvington. Counties: Perry Counties: Logan County: Harrison IN The following two tabs change content below. In subsequent research, no evidence has been found of damage in Barren County, so will only include Metcalfe County at this time. Even settlers in the 1600s described them in Massachusetts. The tornado uprooted and snapped trees as it moved east. County: Clark, IN Counties: Simpson The Louisville Daily Courier described the storm as "a whirlwind revolving leftwise." West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. F-scale: F1 Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Time: 2:00am Grazulis puts this tornado at 6:55pm. Further east along Mayhew Road a large, well-built barn was uplifted and removed from its foundation with several cedar and maple trees twisted and snapped. 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. Counties: Logan Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Path width: 300 yards The tornadosignificantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and dida lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. Path width: 60 yards The tornado then turned to the right and re-crossed the Ohio River, coming back into Louisville dissipating near the present-day intersection of Zorn Avenue and River Road after badly damaging the city water tower. F-scale: F3 Injuries: 2 The tornado was 60 yards wide with wind speeds of 140 mph, indicative of EF-3 strength. Deaths: 0 April 27, 1971 In addition, two homes on Dutch Chapel Road had significant roof damage and other structural damage, with debris thrown to the north, northeast, and east southeast. Meanwhile, siding was removed from a home at 58 Hallsdale Drive and a garage was destroyed next door at 60 Hallsdale Drive. A factory was damaged on Main Street just west of Ninth Street, in the Tobacco District. Losses totalled five million dollars in Lincoln County. Deaths: 0 Several barns were destroyed farther to the northeast. US Dept of Commerce Her body was carried about 100 yards. Injuries: 76 Injuries: 0 A two story brick home was damaged "about as complete(ly) as it could possibly be" and a man and his son were killed in the home, on the northeast corner of Payne and Logan Streets (those streets do not intersect today, so this exact location is unknown). Grazulis mentions this was probably a family of tornadoes. Path length: 4.7 mi Deaths: 0 Counties: Washington IN 3. Counties: Hardin 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. The tornado then moved east damaging the roof of another barn and uprooting or snapping at least 100 trees. Path width: Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. This occurred near the intersection of Blackberry Trail and State Highway 3. McCool placed the old lace . Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Sunny Corner. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado near Center. Additional barns were destroyed on the Wiley and Bramlett farms. EF-scale: EF1 . March 24, 1937 Path width: 13 yards Injuries: 1 Deaths: First "documented" hurricane to strike Key West. At this location, the tornado destroyed a30 by 60 foot old barn and a single wide home. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. March 18, 1925 Two people received injuries when a chimney fell on them and broke their ribs. Deaths: 9 Path width: 25 yards Notes: Trees were downed and a dozen barns were destroyed. Injuries: Time: 6:07pm F-scale: F1 Time: 4:12pm - 4:13pm EDT Time: 8:07pm EST to 8:08pm EST November 14, 1993 Notes: The most intense damage occurred near the intersection of Skylight and Cauble roads, where several hardwood trees were snapped off, numerous trees were uprooted in different directions, a farm outbuilding collapsed, and metal sheeting from a well-constructed barn was thrown 200 yards into the trees downwind. After crossing the road the tornado struck an abandoned farm house and did more tree damage. SPC and NCDC give it a path length of 9 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 8 miles. Path length: The pilots. Time: 11:45pm June 22, 2011 EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: Simpson A liquor store and two warehouses were unroofed. bodies of the children, after having been The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding. F-scale: F1 April 23, 2011 south of Kyana, near the end of the damage path. Path length: There were at least 20 injuries, one critical. Time: 5:38pm Path length: Heading east, the tornado felled several trees. Storm Data only mentions damage at the fairgrounds. Narrative: Hit the northern part of Lexington. It also destroyed several barns and outbuildings, and snapped numerous hardwood trees. Deaths: 8 F-scale: F3 Apparently the only tornado damage Grazulis could find with this event was two miles south of Springfield near the Washington/Marion County line (which is where SPC and NCDC have the tornado track's end point). July 13, 1987 were damaged or destroyed. Path length: 0.1mile For this project this tornado was mapped all the way to the SPC/NCDC ending lat/lon in LaRue County. Two women were injured by flying glass but the injuries were not serious. National Weather Service Counties: Metcalfe Injuries: Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. Time: 8:15pm May 1, 2012 Path length: Moving east-northeast, the tornado damaged roofs and snapped several large tree limbs, as well as toppling a large but rotting tree that crushed the roof of a garage. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down a mile east of Willisburg. Path length: 2.1miles This tornado moved east-northeast from near Buck Lodge, eight miles north of Gallatin. The tornado lifted just northeast of the intersection of West Mount Tabor Road and Southwest Washington School Road. F-scale: EF1 Injuries: 0 Path width: In this area the tornado was rated as an EF2 with 115 mph estimated winds. The tornado then proceeded into Rockcastle County, doing additional damage at Wildie. November 5, 2018 Moving eastward over open fields, it tore most of the roof off a barn at the end of Doug White Road, plastering insulation from the barn onto the northeast side of the adjacent home. Grazulis Narrative: Three barns and a small school were destroyed two miles south of Springfield. Most of the trees were snapped halfway up indicative of a skipping weak tornado. Path length: 5 miles Notes: This weak tornado hit the south side of a farm on Gettlefinger Road, causing a milk barn to collapse and tearing several panels off of a large metal outbuilding in addition to snapping trees in wooded areas on either side of the farm. Time: 9:00am Path length: 0.5 mile May 24, 1971 County: LaRue May 9, 1933 Path length: 7 miles This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. Notes: A tree was uprooted at the beginning of the track. However, the most catastrophic damage occurred when the tornado destroyed the Third Presbyterian Church at Walnut and Eleventh Streets. Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. Environmental Films, 1993. Path width: Deaths: Path length: 16 miles Injuries: Path width: 250yards Path width: 250 yards Path width: Deaths: 0 Deaths: Two small vortices, one 50 yards wide and the other 100 yards wide, reached speeds of 105 mph as they destroyed a large, well-built barn and two smaller outbuildings in addition to a fifth-wheel trailer. Deaths: 0 setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. Notes: A National Weather Service Survey Team in conjunction with Larue County EMA determined a second tornado just south of Miami Court and moved east through a wooded area. Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN The tornado broke into vortices at my home on KY 44 and circled around the house. Path length: Path length: Path width: May 29, 1974 Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. F-scale: F2 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. Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. However, this path would completely miss Allen County. It damaged or destroyed eight homes with several injuries. Thirty businesses were destroyed and damage totalled over ten million dollars. where it was found beneath a heavy scale The National Weather Service would like to thank volunteer general aviation pilots Mark Powers and Josh Kieffer for flying the damage path in N16NA and Austin Lassell for aerial photography. Path length: 2 miles Path width: County: Simpson Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. Path width: Counties: Dubois Counties: Jefferson IN The deadliest was on May 3, 1999. Injuries: 4 Counties: Simpson, Allen Injuries: 0 County: Madison Director Teresa Hopkins-Elam and Ward 5 City Councilman Rarchar Time: 8:25pm - 8:27pm EDT It did more damage when it reached Saint John Road, where it destroyed a home and some farm buildings. Path width: 30 yards Barns, power poles, and trees were immediately blown down. Injuries: 0 The tornado moved along Muddy Fork and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Counties: Orange, (Lawrence), Washington IN