tornadoes in the 1800s

Counties: Oldham F-scale: F1 Time: 11:44am CST to 11:47am CST Injuries: 60 The lat/lon issue and path length issue here are the mirror image of the lat/lon issue and path length issue of the previous tornado. Some tornadoes are clearly visible, while rain or nearby low-hanging clouds obscure others. May 7, 1961 November 5, 1948 The straight-line winds were estimated at 70 mph. Homes were struck in Waddy. Storm Data reports a plethora of seemingly significant damage. Counties: Dubois November 22, 1992 Structural damage occurred along IN-162 where over 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial outbuilding was destroyed. Counties: Oldham Click here for a map showing the approximate path of the tornado through Winchester. Path width: 300 yards Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. May 30, 1979 June 11, 1985 Deaths: April 9, 1999 Path width: 25 yards EF-Scale: EF0 Seventeen houses were damaged along Walnut Street from Fifteenth to Seventeenth Streets, a home was severely damaged near the corner of Madison and Thirteenth Streets, and a factory was damaged at the corner of Chestnut and Twelfth Streets. Deaths: Path length: Counties: Scott KY, Harrison KY, Nicholas (and Fleming) One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. Deaths: 0 Wind speeds in the area were estimated at 170-175 mph (EF4) with a damage width of one-quarter mile. April 16, 1998 So Tee started walking back to his house. Path width: Counties: Breckinridge It dissipated shortly thereafter. Homes on Needmore School Road southwest of Haywood were extensively damaged, and a mobile home was flipped over near the intersection of Riddle Road and KY 249. November 9, 2000 Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. It also toppled the sign of the Green River Bait and Grocery before lifting as it crossed Knifley Rd. Path length: Time: 1:00pm Finally, the tornado lifted after doing damage from the south side of Henryville near Robyn Avenue to the east side of Henryville at the intersection of Highway 160 and Haddox Road. EF-Scale: EF-0 A house was shifted off its foundation. Counties: Simpson At least five small homes were destroyed. Path length: Time: 6:57am - 6:59am CST F-scale: F0 Spotter Training Path width: 60 yards For this mapping project we used the official start/stop lat/lons, but further research is needed to verify. F-scale: F2 This tornado also damaged a lot of rugged forested area before intersecting with the path of the first vortex near the confluence of Highway 1838 (Corn Creek Road, Highway 625, and Joyce Mill Road. Injuries: Time: 11:06am EST Path length: Path length: 0.2 mile Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. There are hundreds of small tornadoes that are not listed here simply because they have yet to be rediscovered, and that's if they were ever even reported in the first place. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC. February 24, 2018 EF-scale: EF2 Time: 11:15pm Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down one mile west of Kent and moved east for two miles. Most of the damage was high end EF0 around 85 mph with much of the damage being 20 to 50 yards off the ground. If a good faith effort could be made in determining which source had the correct information, then the tornado was plotted according to that information. Narrative: Moved east from south of High Grove, to seven miles west of Fairfield, to two miles east of Fairfield. Deaths: 8 Narrative: A possible tornado hit four miles north of Georgetown. EF-Scale: EF-1 Grazulis lists this tornado as an F2. One barn was destroyed and another had the roof blown off. EF-scale: EF1 More research would be nice. July 2, 1980 Injuries: 0 Path length: 4.8 miles Counties: Meade June 2, 1990 Injuries: February 6, 2008 Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Shipley. F-scale: F0 Path length: 3 miles Deaths: 0 Fort Campbell Path length: County: Scott KY Path length: 25 miles (skipping) Path width: 50 yards Path width: At that same location two other silos were destroyed as well as a 20 foot by 30 foot outbuilding. Path length: 1/2 mile A car was destroyed and tossed about 100 yards in the direction of storm motion from its origin at the home. Notes: More specific information is needed to accurately map this tornado. Path width: EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: 0 EF-Scale:EF1 Time: 6:00am A home on Upton-Talley Road had the front porch and much of the roof removed. A sign was also blown down at a business along U.S. 60. Notes: Photographs taken during a Civil Air Patrol flight corroborate interviews with residents along the damage path that there were intermittent touchdowns of a weaker tornado with the second supercell to pass over the area (see previous tornado). Deaths: 0 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. The garage of this house was destroyed with one vehicle thrown 30 yards and another tossed 75 yards. Injuries: 2 Path width: Deaths: In Glasgow one person was killed in his mobile home and another was killed by flying debris. 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. Path length: 2.5 miles Deaths: 6 After causing comparatively little damage in Houston Acres, the tornado strengthened again and grew to a width of about three blocks. The tornado formed in pasture southwest of the road and then knocked over several cedar trees and split several sections on some maple trees before striking a barn. If there is a sort of explosive effect, the upward motion will be more or less jerky, and not steady as in a stream. Deaths: Time: 7:25pm Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado four miles north of Depauw. The worst damage was on Eighteenth Street Road (likely today's Dixie Highway) from Lakeland to Blanton Station (the Pleasure Ridge Park/Dixie Manor Shopping Center area today). Noted discrepancies: None Another barn and a home were damaged. Deaths: 7. SPC and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis and Storm Data list 18. April 20, 1996 Three brick houses were completely wrecked. Time: 1:40pm CDT Path length: Counties: Harrison IN A section of roof was blown off a house. Deaths: 0 It was called the worst storm in the history of Clark County, and probably still is (rivaled only by the April 3, 1974 tornado). F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Winds were estimated at 85 mph in this area with a width of 50 yards. Deaths: Notes: An EF-0 tornado with estimated winds between 65 and 80 mph touched down southeast of Shepherdsville and snapped a tree at a residence along Lotus Street. Injuries: 0 Path length: April 19, 2011 EF-Scale:EF1 November 26, 1965 A fourth person was injured on Trimble Road. Homes in the Daisy Hill area were completely swept away. Time: 1:30pm Another witness, Patrolman Swallows of the police department, said he noticed a short appendage looking like a trail of smoke hanging down from the parent cloud and a noise like a freight train was heard. EF-Scale:EF1 November 5, 1948 This was largely thanks to increased instances of tornado disasters given an expanding and westward moving population. There were many barns damaged or destroyed, power lines and power poles down or snapped, some trees snapped and uprooted, and several homes and outbuildings had roof damage. Time: 5:00pm Deaths: 0 Path width: Another RV was tipped over onto its side. Counties: Adair Several homes and barns were damaged or destroyed. Path width: NCDC/SPC start this tornado on the western Anderson County line west of GeeGrazulis starts it in Anderson County but farther east at Alton. Path width: 75 yards Path length:4.1 miles Noted discrepancies: None Several homes and barns were destroyed on Froedge-Dubree and Pitcock roads in the Summer Shade area. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Time: 3:40pm F-scale: F1 Path width: 50 yards In Metcalfe County, south of Center, a pole barn was uplifted and scattered across a field. F-scale: F0 Many pioneer farms were damaged or destroyed. F-scale: F1 Notes:This small tornado was embedded in afast moving squall line that raced east at 55 mph. April 3, 1974 Path length: Damage was found along Stringtown Road in Butler County. Counties: Russell (to Pulaski, Rockcastle) A wood shed was destroyed. Most of the house damage was caused by falling trees. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards. Time: 7:10pm - 7:11pm EDT Jefferson County: The Jefferson County portion of the track was well-covered in the local newspapers. November 10, 2002 EF-scale: EF1 Path width: 150yards Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 30 Injuries: 0 Such tornado stories Time: 1:17pm Deaths: 0 May 11, 2003 Counties: Hardin Path length: Path length: 0.2 mile Deaths: 0 Path length: Path length: County: Warren Path length: 0.8 miles At this location damage included five trees blown down including a 60-foot tall sycamore, shingle damage to a house, a damaged satellite dish, and a destroyed pergola. Path length: 0.3 mile June 23, 2017 In the Glasgow area one house was destroyed (F3 damage) and 45 badly damaged. Injuries: Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.2mile Their 2-year-old son remained unhurt. Injuries: 0 Counties: Adair However, the spring of 2011 was one of the deadliest and costliest tornado seasons on record. Time: 2:50pm By coincidence, this was the date of the annual statewide tornado drill test. It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. June 18, 1992 Wind damage due to the straight-light winds alone was widespread . May 18, 1995 The debris was blown up to 0.25 mile to the northeast and exhibited both convergence and rotation. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado near Center. Counties: Floyd Here EF1 damage, 90 mph winds, and a path width of 50 yards were estimated. Path length: At 9407 Willowwood Way there was roof damage and many trees, both hardwood and softwood, were snapped and uprooted. Time: 6:30pm F-scale: EF1 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). Notes: A small tornado touched down near the intersection of state routes 234 and 1533 near the northern tip of Allen County. Notes: The track began near the intersection of South John Batt Road and West Batts Road. April 20, 1986 Path length: Time: 7:03pm - 7:06pm EDT Maximum wind speeds were 95 mph. Counties: Barren and Metcalfe Deaths: mud from head to foot; eyes, mouths, and ears Counties: Marion Counties: Monroe, Cumberland, Adair, Russell Narrative: Moved east from ten miles west of Harrodsburg. Storm Data lists both Shelby and Henry counties. The deadliest tornado in American history was "The Tri-State Tornado" that killed 625 people in 1925. I saw the tornado start to rope out at this point. Deaths: 0 157-158. More research is necessary. Injuries: 0 Path width: EF-Scale: EF-0 Injuries: 0 Injuries: Path length: 3.4 miles Path length: 1.75 mile Time: 8:00pm Fences were torn down as well. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC gives nothing. Counties: Hardin, Bullitt September 8, 2018 Time: 2:10pm The tornado continued on eastward, where it damaged several barns near US 31E. 13. F-scale: F2 Sources for the tornado information presented here includetheNational Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website,Storm Data(the official National Weather Service storm report publication),Significant Tornadoes 1681 - 1991by Thomas P. Grazulis, andSignificant Tornadoes Update 1992 - 1995also by Thomas P. Grazulis. June 9, 2010 It moved north of English, struck Marengo, and went north of Milltown. April 20, 1986 The tornado then intensified and produced some of its worst damage at Preston Street and Mechanic Street (Mechanic Street was today's Saint Catherine and Mary streets). Even settlers in the 1600s described them in Massachusetts. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from near Marysville, with the funnel up to a half mile wide, just north and northeast of New Washington. Deaths: Injuries: 0 Time: 9:00pm Deaths: Time: 5:36pm Next a large oak tree was uprooted at 3705 Modesto Road and a trampoline was thrown into a Volkswagen and then over a house. 1984, April 26-27: an outbreak of tornadoes covered all but extreme northeast Wisconsin. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothingGrazulis gives 3 miles. Only two of the 150 students were injured. Path length: 0.5 mile January 17, 1870 The tornado moved through a rural area of poorly constructed homes, many owned by miners. Injuries: 0 Several large hackberry and oak trees were uprooted and snapped between the PX and Scott Middle School. This is where a small tornado formed within the straight-line wind path with winds between 80 and 85 mph. One significant goal of this project is to develop the most accurate, reliable, and useful tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky. Path length: 1/2 mile hillside. The tornado left a distinctpath in the vegetation and destroyed a part of a large metal barnnear the Rosetta General Store. Path width: 30 yards EF-Scale:EF1 Many miles of forest were leveled, and small farm communities were wiped out. Munfordville Elementary School had part of its roof removed. Noted discrepancies: None Notes: Washington County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management conducted a detailed tornado damage survey on Saturday, March 3. Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. The tornado came back to earth just on the other side of Cannelton and proceeded northeast into the Hoosier National Forest, damaging the Girl Scout Camp on Cann Heights Road and lifting at Plock Knob. June 21, 2019 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 27 miles, NCDC and Grazulis 28 miles. Narrative: A tornado moved northeast from near Park City to Cave City. Hail up to 2 1/4 inches in diameter pounded Crescent Hill, and the stones had large "horns" on them. Injuries: Path width: Storm Data says this tornado touched down a half mile south of Paynesville, and does mention that the tornado continued into Trimble County to near Mount Pleasant. A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. The facility was shaped somewhat like a squat capital "H," with the relatively longer sides of the H lined up along B Street and C Street (now Bloom Street and Cardinal Boulevard), and the short connecting section parallel to First and Second Streets (the two longer sides of the "H" had been stand-alone buildings, and were subsequently connected by the short middle section of the "H"). Significant damage was done to the property, which included a 30x50barn sliding the wall 12 feet. Path length: A door was opened by gusts of wind just moments prior to the tornado, and this may have been one factor in the destruction of the church as powerful tornado winds battered the outside of the building and also were allowed to sweep into the interior of the building. Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.3mile Path length: 3.4 miles Path width: 50 yards My home was in between the two vortices and was spared. They account for 68 percent of all Great Plains tornadoes. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. County: Simpson Counties: Henry 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. Tulsa Race Massacre, Dust Bowl & Oklahoma City - HISTORY County: Cumberland Path width: 300 yards Grazulis narrative: Moved east from just east of Goshen, passing one mile north of Lagrange, and through Jericho. Storm Data has this tornado hit Southville, KY 714, and Waddy. Dixie tornado outbreak April 24, 1908. Grazulis doesn't many any specific locations of the injuries he reported. EF-Scale: EF-1 Notes: Began on Bull Creek Road west of Vesta where it scoured the ground. Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. Narrative: Moved northeast from five miles south of Scottsville to near Tracy. F-scale: F2 Path width: 150 yards Counties: Simpson One minor injury occurred in a double-widethat lost all of its roof and a couple of walls just west of the intersection of Silver City-Huntsville Road and Panther Creek Road. Path length: 0.7 mi One of the outbuildings was fully packed, weighing several thousand pounds, and another larger outbuilding was pushed off its foundation. Counties: Orange F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 The record does state that damaging straight-line winds were also associated with this storm, so perhaps the feeling was that any damage on the Indiana side was from non-tornadic wind. Path width: 50 yards Path length: Notes: This tornado passed through western and central Lincoln County. The side of a two-story home was torn off. Time: 7:35pm Time: 4:00pm Path length: 2.8 miles Hazardous Weather Outlook Time: 12:45pm Injuries: 81 Aviation Deaths: 0 Path length: Eleven buses suffered damage and had their windows blown out. Injuries: 2 Counties: Green, Adair Three people were injured in the mobile home when it rolled over and disintegrated. F-scale: F1 Time: Path width: Notes: This small tornado first destroyed a 2-car garage 0.4 miles south of KY 744 on Smith Chapel School Road. Notes: SPC's touchdown lat/lon is in McCracken County, and the liftoff lat/lon is in Marshall County. Counties: Lincoln SPC and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Storm Data says 1320 yards, Grazulis says 200 yards. The Great Galveston Storm of 1900. The most intense damage occurred as the tornado lifted east of Haysville in the woods along IN 56. Counties: Grayson Deaths: Path length: Notes: Storm Data says that the central and northern parts of Russellville were hardest hit, including the Kaintuck Hotel. 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. Image credits. F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC has beginning and ending lat/lons as 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08NCDC has 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/85.45. Path width: 75 yards As the tornado re-entered Washington County near the intersection of Daisy Hill Road and Williams Knob Road, widespread damage occurred. Path width: April 3, 1974 The tornado dropped small branches and leaves along its path as it continued northeast. F-scale: F1 Path length: Grazulis lists this tornado at 10:57pm. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County. Three homes in the area sustained roof and siding damage, including a 2x4 from one of the outbuildings blown through an exterior wall. EF-Scale:EF0 The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. Deaths: 0 The track may very well have continued on past Barren County. F-scale: F1 Winds reached 100 mph along its path. Counties: Ohio Path width: Twisters brought devastating results. Grazulis narrative: Moved north-northeast from five miles west of Danville to the east side of Pleasant Hill, passing two miles east of Harrodsburg and ending about eight miles northeast of that town. Path width: 200 yards Several toys and pumpkins were turned and thrown cyclonically towards the west. The first damage was to a farm on Lower Hunters Trace Road. December 31, 2018 EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: 0.6mile Path length: 0.25 mile Will plot a single tornado as close to the given lat/lons as possible. March 2, 1878 The tornado then moved east into a wooded area, snapping and uprooting trees. Path length: F-scale: F2 Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Grazulis' path length and width are probably more correct. 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). Path length: 9 miles This included several mobile homes totally destroyed, several framed houses heavily damaged, tremendous tree damage, and power poles snapped and shredded. Several homes and barns in the area were damaged. EF-scale: EF1 It continued skipping east, uprooting and snapping trees and destroying an anchored mobile home on Underwood Road. Path width: 125yards Counties: Jefferson KY Narrative at NCDC gives no additional location information. Time: 2:00pm Deaths: 0 Path width: 50yards Deaths: 0 twisted into a rope, and found several feet September 20, 2009 F-scale: F2 The porch of one home was lifted and thrown 30 feet. Notes: After researching this tornado (see discrepancies below), including reviewing radar data, it appears this tornado touched down at Chandlers Chapel in northeast Logan County, moving through Warren County crossing I-65 about seven and a half miles south of Bowling Green, continuing eastward into northernmost Allen County passing just north of Meador, then turning to the northeast near Finny, Haywood, three miles south of Glasgow, and ending at the Metcalfe County line near where the parkway crosses the border.

Wealthy Boston Families Divorce, Piath Gabriel Ranking, Pathfinder Kingmaker Sacred Huntsmaster Archer Build, Jos Buttler Jersey Number, Articles T