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The tornado was, photographed from Ekron, looking southwestward. The "coldest" tornadoes occurred on March 12, 1986, when three F1 tornadoes were observed while temperatures were in the middle 40s. Injuries: 40
The existence of such opposing currents is fully proved by the observation of aeronauts, as well as by those of observers at the surface of the globe. Time: 4:25pm
Counties: Ohio
Winds increased to95 mph with a width of 225 yards. F-scale: F1
Storm Data only mentions damage at the fairgrounds. County: LaRue
Path width:
Path width: 25yards
Deaths: 0
County: Bullitt
This skipping, hopping tornado destroyed four homes, six mobile homes, a church, five barns, and 12 other buildings. Path length: 5 miles
The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. Injuries: 0
EF-Scale: EF0
After crossing Cave River Valley Road and White River Road the tornado took outabout 50 softwood trees. EF-Scale: EF-1
A trailer was demolished, and the occupants were severely injured. Near KY 100 the twister destroyed a barn and threw debris about a quarter mile. Path width: 1200 yards
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado lifted at Wisdom. Path length: 15 miles
Path length: 1.6mile
November 9, 2000
Path width: 30 yards
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. June 16, 1997
F-scale: F1
A swing set was thrown from the back of the house to the front. Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. Tornado was described as "small, yellow, and muddy looking." Simply put, the tornado is one of the planet's most dynamic and unforgettable weather events. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 32 miles, NCDC 31 miles. Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Lake Celina where one tree was uprooted and others were snapped. Path length: 1 mile
Time: 7:54pm
Counties: Henry
March 1, 2017
(Storm Data says this tornado struck three and a half miles northeast of Versailles at Maplewood Farm.) It traveled to the northeast across Lemons Mill Road and then to the north-northeast along Crumbaugh Road, across Paris Pike, and up Old Oxford Road, dissipating before reaching Cynthiana Road. The garage doors were bent and pushed in. The tornado lasted for a minute or less. Injuries:
November 5, 1948
However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Hammett Hill Road. Path width: 800 yards
The lat/lon for this tornado at SPC is in Tennessee. Counties: Dubois
May 17, 2003
Path length:
F-scale: EF0
Path width: 880 yards
Counties: Crawford
F-scale: F1
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. The same tornado once again touched down on the east side of main street at the State Farm Insurance agency and Citizens Union Bank. EF-scale: EF2
Park Hills Shopping Center was damaged, and Pimlico Parkway and Mammoth Drive were badly hit. Deaths: 0
Path width: 400 yards
Path length: 2.1miles
The worst damage of the event occurred just before the tornado dissipated, when it removed the roof and broke the windows of a home owned by Lewis Oliver on Old Oxford Road. Counties: Floyd
EF-Scale:EF1
Storm Prediction Center. Deaths:
F-scale: F0
Path length: 5 miles
Path width: 40 yards
St. Johnsbury VT: Tornado Project of Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Path length:2 miles
Local Climate Pages Farther east, there was massive deforestation on the east side of a ridge just west of and along Henryville Otisco Road. Deaths: 6
Deaths: 0
The tornado lifted briefly before dropping back down on the east side of Pewee Valley near Five Forks Drive. F-scale: F2
May 21, 1990
Counties: Warren
Path length: 15 miles
Time: 5:45pm
However the lat/lon given doesn't quite agree with that location. The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Notes: This tornado touched down 6 miles southeast of Columbia along Dale Morrison Road. May 11, 2003
Deaths:
Mud was spattered onto the north-facing front of the home, where a porch column support was also moved slightly. Narrative: One of central Kentucky's darkest days began when a tornado moved northeast from south of Knottsville to north of Patesville. Path width: 100 yards
Injuries:
Injuries: 0
With more people coming in contact with tornadoes more often, large organizations like the Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research. Notes: Tornado touched down on the Charles Caldwell Farm 3.5 miles southwest of Danville on Lebanon Road. Path length: 1/2 mile
Farm buildings were destroyed. Injuries:
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just east of Blocher and traveled to the north side of Madison from Shun Pike to Audubon Pike. The whirl appears to originate in the higher regions of the atmosphere, and as it increases in violence, to descend; its base gradually approaching until it touches the earth.. Injuries: 0
Notes:A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs. March 28, 1997
Path width: 150 yards
Path width: 350yards
The twister first struck Pleasant Ridge on the southwest side of town, which was a neighborhood of pre-fab housing built for war effort employees. At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. 1 world thing: The deadliest tornado in the world hit Bangladesh on April 26, 1989 and killed an estimated 1,300 people and injured another 12,000 people. Path length:
More research would be nice, to confirm its location and to get a better handle on path width and length. At the end of the path a house suffered roof damage, a 30 foot by 50 foot shed was destroyed, and a small grain bin was twisted and thrown 100 feet. EF-Scale:EF1
Time: 6:36am - 6:38am EST
Path length: 3 miles
This damage. Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. 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. Injuries: 0
F-scale: F1
Path width:
Path length: 0.5mile
Counties: Green
June 13, 1987
Time: 11:22pm EDT
Deaths: 0
This day's wind damage throughout the state of Kentucky totalled $1,000,000. Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT
EF-Scale: EF-1
One man was killed in Butler County, running from a house to a barn. As the tornado crossed Cemetery Road it damaged a home. Path width: 75 yards
Occupants of a mobile home witnessed the tornado as it approached from the west, and they took shelter in their bathroom. Injuries: 5
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). F-scale: F0
Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from near Milltown, passing near Depauw and Ramsey. Path width:
Mapping tornado tracks is not as easy as it sounds. Counties: Adair
Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Injuries: 0
Injuries: 6
May 18, 1995
Narrative: Hit the northern part of Lexington. Counties: Anderson
Counties: Grayson
It also apparently hit a cemetery and "toppled 50 tombstones". Notes: The tornado touched down along Danny Sadler Road and crossed KY 920 and KY 720, lifting near Burkhead Lane. Counties: Shelby
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If the tornado could not be cross-referenced in Grazulis, the tornado was plotted where the National Weather Service latitude/longitude pair specified. Deaths: 0
Path width:
At this tornado's touchdown point in Ohio County a witness said it "swerved" as it approached his house, just grazing the home but destroying the garage and a nearby barn. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. A tied-down trailer was overturned. SPC, Storm Data, and Grazulis give a path length of 8 miles, NCDC gives 9. Time:
Path length:
Noted discrepancies: None
Counties: Fayette, Clark KY
A man was watching this tornado off to his Path width: 150 yards
In Edmonson County, barns and a hotel were torn apart near Mammoth Cave National Park, along with the home of a cave tour guide. Salina was reported to look like an elephant's Will plot with official lat/lon but additional research would be nice. Louisville, KY6201 Theiler LaneLouisville, KY 40229-1476502-969-8842Comments? Deaths:
Counties: Mercer
There have been 62 killer tornadoes resulting in 417 fatalities. It reached its peak strength on Sirocco Road where a carport attached to a house blew across a field, trees were snapped or uprooted, a barn door was blown in, and shingles were blown off of a nearby house. Fort Knox Path length:
F-scale: F1
Deaths:
Floods killed 28 people at Xenia on May 12, and two days later, from late on the night of May 14 into the early morning of May 15, 1886, Ohio's deadliest tornado outbreak of the 19th century occurred. Path width: 13 yards
F-scale: F2
The family said that they heard all the doors in the house shut tightly and heard a distinct roar. March 20, 1882
Counties: Monroe, Cumberland
April 24, 2010
Path width:200 yards
Notes:The tornado touched down just insidethe Breckinridge-Meade County linenorth of Irvington. Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today. Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. EF-Scale: EF-1
Many trees were blown down. Numerous outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Counties: Meade
On October 25, , 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. Path width: 10 yards
The two-story eight-room main residence was "torn from its foundations" and reduced to a pile of rubble. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. The tornado then crossed the Ohio River and moved into Harrods Creek. Path width: 215 yards
The end lat/lon listed at NCDC under the Daviess County entry is actually the end lat/lon given by SPC, in Dubois County. Path width:
F-scale: F4
Time: 12:35pm
Counties: Barren
Grazulis puts this tornado at 6:55pm. Path width: 150 yards
Two people were killed Thursday in the Florida Panhandle when their mobile home was toppled by a suspected tornado, one of nearly 30 that hit . If the observer is within a hundred feet of the tornado on the north side, he need have no fear, and may carefully examine all objects flying just above the ground. Path length:3.9 miles
Path width:
Injuries: 0
Deaths:
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. A well-constructed concrete workshop was heavily damaged with a 3500 pound roof blown 45 yards away. Insulation was caked onto the entire back side of the house opposite the direction of travel of the tornado. Notes:This tree-top level tornado did all of its damage 20 to 30 feet above ground. Counties: Marion
July 18, 1971
EF-scale: EF2
February 6, 2008
Deaths:
EF-Scale:EF1
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. This damage is consistent with an EF-2 tornado and 110 to 115 mph winds. SPC and NCDC list one injury, Grazulis lists four. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1/10 of a mile southwest of Deputy to 3.9 miles northeast of Deputy. Grazulis narrative: Moved southeast from three miles southeast of the intersection of I-65 and the Cumberland Parkway. Strange time disagreement between SPC and NCDC. Immediately after hitting this building and downing trees in a nearby cemetery, it crossed US 62 and did additional tree damage as it moved through a wooded area. Path width: 300 yards
Path length:
Time: 6:00pm
Injuries: 18
Garages were destroyed in Senning's Park (site of Louisville's zoo at the time, located across New Cut Road from the Iroquois Amphitheater). Winds were estimated at 85 mph in this area with a width of 50 yards. Path width:
Storm Data also has it right. Injuries: 1
One house had its foundation shifted a few feet, and one roof was completely blown off. Grazulis lists this tornado at 10:57pm. Path width:
Deaths: 0
County: Russell, Casey
The Great Galveston Storm of 1900. Counties: Clark, IN
F-scale: F1
County: Casey
F-scale: F0
Injuries:
Grazulis narrative: Near Allendale three trailers and three barns were destroyed in a brief touchdown. Deaths: 0
The most concentrated damage was along Dutch Chapel Road where about half a dozen large barns, garages, and outbuildings were either destroyed or sustained significant damage. Path width:
Counties: Warren
Overall, 845 homes were damaged, and 200 of them near-F3. Deaths:
The storm increased in width to 200 years and struck several single and double wide mobile homes south of Millerstown road. Time: 6:50pm
Path length: 0.9 miles
Time: 5:55am
Aviation Injuries: 58
Iseeo was returning from a raid against the Utes when they encountered a tornado near the Washita River in Oklahoma. Counties: Harrison IN
Path width:
Grazulis narrative:
May 17, 1999
County: Butler
Aftermath of Galveston, Texas hurricane of 1900. 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. It is interesting to note that if a line is drawn connecting those three damage points, the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion were in the direct path of this tornado, and the funnel cloud associated with the tornado may have gone directly over those two landmarks. Deaths: 0
Deaths:
Path length: 0.6mile
Injuries:
County: LaRue
Path length: 1.4 miles
Time: 9:55am EST
F-scale: F0
March 18, 1925
The Turney, Clark, and Company livery stable was blown across the street. Path width:
The distance across Marion County is about 14 miles. Time: 5:47pm
Counties: Orange
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