Path width: 25 yards Deaths: Grazulis ends this tornado closer to Riverside, SPC and NCDC end it closer to Richardsville (both in Warren County). Injuries: November 7, 1996 Path length: Deaths: 0 The tornado moved east-northeast to Hi-Grove Hill Road where the strongest (100 mph) winds occurred. Path length: Time: 8:00pm Path length: 0.2 mile This survey was conducted by personnel from both the NWS and emergency management from Franklin and Scott Counties. Injuries: 0 Jim Barnes of 1448 Canonero Drive said he was grilling steaks in his driveway. SPC/NCDC stop this tornado at Salvisa, but Grazulis takes it into Anderson County, ending it one mile east of Ballard. Path length: Path width: 30 yards Notes: A strong thunderstorm passed through Georgetown in the pre-dawn hours. Path width: 400 yards He was medically airlifted to Louisville. Injuries: 0 Path length: 2 miles Path length: 14 miles Injuries: 10 Counties: Franklin Counties: Hardin, Nelson, Spencer There was other F1 damage to the roofs of farm buildings and homes. A cinder block storage building was toppled. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Riffe and along a ten mile long path from one mile northwest of Dunnville to Gilpin. A stable was destroyed and a frame home "was knocked higher than a kite" on Harney between Fifteenth and Sixteenth (just east of today's California Park). Notes: A small tornado touched down in the back yard of a home about a quarter mile west of the caution light on IN 60 in Borden and uprooted trees and caused roof damage to the home. Homes were struck in Waddy. Path width: 200 yards Path length: Counties: Metcalfe Time: 5:34pm Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved east, destroying barns and badly damaging two farm houses near Turkey Foot. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at the intersection of Georgetown and Greenville roads. Deaths: 0 Grazulis lists an F2 tornado in Woodford County with eight injuries, a path length of one mile, and a path width of 200 yards on May 18, 1995 at 6:35am. Deaths: Counties: Russell F-scale: F1 Path length: Just keep in mind several of these observation methods are outdated today. The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore. EF-Scale:EF1 County: Marion Grazulis narrative: Grazulis gives a lengthy description of this tornado, but does not give any information about Orange County, most likely since the tornado just barely clipped the corner of the county and went through an extremely rural, wooded area that is virtually unpopulated. SPC and NCDC give a time of 3:00pm, Grazulis 2:30pm. Injuries: Path length: 1.2 miles The tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Road. Injuries: 0 Would tend to believe Storm Data's width. April 5, 1985 Path width: 100 yards Injuries: Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST Low pressure was centered over southeast Kansas with a warm front reaching due east, along the Kentucky/Tennessee border. EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 4:30pm Path width: Deaths: Path length: Less than one mile In 1882, after nearly 300 years of numerous observations and stories of whirlwinds, cyclones, and tornadoes, U.S. Army Signal Corps Sergeant John P. Finley was placed in charge of the investigation of tornadoes and the development of forecasting methods. In this area a barn was destroyed and roof shingles were found embedded two inches deep into an oak tree. The tornado skipped eastward, damaging the Juniper Hills Golf Course and blowing the roof off of the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System building on Versailles Road. A Short History of the Mayo Clinic. The Cook Hazelip Building in Smith's Grove was unroofed. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. The tornado then struck the south buildings of the Henryville middle and high school complex, with severe damage and 170 mph winds (EF4). Will go ahead and list 96 injuries for this tornado since that number is known for Cumberland and Clinton counties, and Wayne County is not in this project's area of concern. November 25, 1973 The deadliest was on. SPC and NCDC give a path width of 430 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis does not include Madison County. Path width: 150 yards The roof was torn off of the Tarr Distillery at 899 Manchester Street. Path width: 350 yards Time: 6:15pm Deaths: 0 Counties: Floyd, Clark IN Counties: Casey Counties: Jefferson KY The Masonic Home for Widows and Orphans was located where DuPont Manual High School is today. Time: 5:10pm One of these homes reflected EF4 damage and 170 mph winds. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 3 F-scale: F3 Counties: Shelby 1886 St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado outbreak - Wikipedia EF-Scale:EF1 County: Clinton Time: 1:45pm The path ended at Blue River. Path width: Time: 8:15pm Path width: 100 yards Accounts of tornadoes or tornado-like winds have been noted throughout English history back to around 1,000 AD. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 1 Injuries: SPC gives a path length of 20 milesNCDC gives 21 milesGrazulis give 29 miles. Injuries: 0 SPC and NCDC give a time of 9:20am, Grazulis has 10:30am, and Storm Data says 10:07am. EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: 0 The greatest damage occurred in thistwo block area, where up to a dozenoutbuildings were destroyed or heavilydamaged, and sections of roofing werelifted off homes and garages. Deaths: Counties: Casey April 4, 1892 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 800 yards. Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. Path width: 300yards The tornado was rated an EF1 at this location. It lifted just north of KY 744. January 30, 2013 EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 7:24am - 7:28am CST Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Injuries: Counties: Clark IN, Jefferson KY Trees were blown down in Saint John. January 17, 1870 Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. F-scale: F1 Counties: Clark, IN Counties: Clark IN and Jefferson KY Path length: Path width: 50 yards End lat/lon takes this tornado into Adair County, which agrees with NCDC narrative. 17th century. May 28, 1996 June 10, 2013 Notes:This tree-top level tornado did all of its damage 20 to 30 feet above ground. Time: 6:50pm 6. F-scale: F2 Injuries: several, some serious July 26, 1984 Deaths: 0 SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 9:25am, Grazulis give 8:15am. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down eleven miles northeast of Standiford Field and traveled northeast for three miles. Twisters brought devastating results. Injuries: Deaths: 7 Injuries: 0 Time: 8:29pm - 8:36pm CDT Path width: 75 yards One of the outbuildings was fully packed, weighing several thousand pounds, and another larger outbuilding was pushed off its foundation. Time: 2:00pm Counties: Madison, Fayette Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from McKinney to Crab Orchard. The tornado crossed into southern Woodford County just north of Mundys Landing. Counties: Barren Injuries: 0 Counties: Jefferson IN (to Switzerland, Ohio IN, Dearborn) Path width: 50 yards January 30, 2013 Notes: Storm Data has this tornado cross US 60, moving in a north-northeast direction. F-scale: F0 The adjoining garage lost its roof and its doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. 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. April 24, 1955 Deaths: Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 400 yards, Grazulis says 100 yards. At the home next door the front door was pulling away from the building. Counties: Harrison IN April 27, 1971 Their home had only broken windows. Path length: 5 miles Deaths: EF-scale: EF2 Path length: EF-scale: EF2 The tornado crossed the Ohio River from Jefferson County, Indiana and narrowed to about 200 yards wide. Farther east on Webster Road another residence sustained significant roof, gutter, and siding damage. This agrees with what Grazulis has. March 23, 1917 Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted. Notes: Storm Data begins this tornado on the west side of Simpsonville. EF-Scale: EF-1 Some roofs on the southwest side of Nicholasville had the tin rolled or twisted toward the northeast. Notes: This fast-moving tornado began along US 421 one half mile south of the Jefferson-Ripley County line, then raced eastward, doing minor damage to a home, sucking the door out of a large garage, and taking off much of the roof off of a large tobacco barn. Overall, 845 homes were damaged, and 200 of them near-F3. F-scale: F2 Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Galena to Sellersburg, passing through Floyds Knobs and Hamburg. Notes: This tornado began one mile northeast of Flaherty, damaged buildings at the intersection of US 60 and KY 1882, and lifted in western Fort Knox near Camp Carlson. The tornado then finally began to weaken and it dissipated about four miles shy of Paris. County: Scott, KY (from Owen) Injuries: Five other occupants of the mobile home were injured. Time: 3:08pm Deaths: A tornado appears as a rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour. F-scale: F0 Path width: Injuries: Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 June 27, 1973 There were several snapped trees along with roofing damage at several homes before more extensive structural damage occurred at 5250 KY 558. Tornadoes and severe winds strike central US as another round of rain Time: 12:30pm Path length: 1.3miles Deaths: F-scale: F0 Notes: The door of a house was blown out about four miles northeast of Ferdinand, near the start of the tornado path. Path width: A few trees were snapped as well. The father was taken to the hospital in critical condition but the son was OK. As the twister crossed Murray Roadand Elk Creek it was about 300 yards wide. Counties: Allen, Monroe (from Macon, TN) Path length: They found Glinda up in trees about 100 yards in front of her trailer. Fences were torn down as well. Other building debris from the largest structure was blown to the northwest, and the south and east-facing walls of a number of structures were spattered with leaves and other ground-based vegetation. Path width: Path length: 2.3 miles County: Bourbon F-scale: F2 Environmental Films, 1993. EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Harrison IN Time: 7:58pm EST to 7:59pm EST Path width: Path length: 1.5 miles Path length: 1/3 of a mile Path length: 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. On Simler Road, there was consistent snapped tree damage anda camper that had been tossed and flipped over and several barns received extensive damage. Homes were wrecked near Kuykendall's Store west of Bowling Green and in Davenport on Barren River Pike. Injuries: 0 Path width: 300 yards Several homes and barns were destroyed on Froedge-Dubree and Pitcock roads in the Summer Shade area. The late 1800s was a busy period for Great Lakes commerce. Local Climate Pages F-scale: F0 The tornado blew the roof off of a house and threw it about 125 yards downwind. County: Perry Grazulis doesn't many any specific locations of the injuries he reported. Time: 6:30pm Injuries: 58 A small garage was completely destroyed with only minor damage to its contents. Multiple power lines were down in this area as well. 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. Time: 4:34pm Losses totalled five million dollars in Lincoln County. Will plot in Orange County according to the Storm Data description. Deaths: 0 Path length: 1.6miles F-scale: F2 Pieces of clothing, blankets, sheets, metal siding, and roofing were wrapped around uprooted trees and hanging from power lines. One barn was destroyed, and others were damaged. F-scale: F1 According to witnesses, the tornado was "cone-shaped and had a large black cloud at its top, coming out of the west. Counties: Franklin Notes: Storm Data says this struck Peyton Ridge. Numerous trees and a grain silo weredown along the property. Injuries: Deaths: 0 Path length: 1.3 miles January 17, 2012 Path width: Deaths: Path width: 150 yards Path length: ). It snapped several pine trees before dissipating. Deaths: Path width: Deaths: Deaths: Path width: 125 yards Plotted on Gaffney Road as close to the given lat/lon as possible. Path width: 150 yards A second tornado touched down just south of Woebegone Way in a wooded area. 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. EF-Scale:EF1 However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Hammett Hill Road. Counties: Anderson For now will map using SPC coordinates, ending the tornado just northwest of Leitchfield. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis doesn't know. at Shelby Street. May 21, 2010 A chicken house was blown away, killing 92 of the 100 chickens within. In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated. Time: 9:30pm CDT The observed damage width was one-third of a mile with estimated winds of 170 mph (EF4). EF-scale: EF0 Notes: Most of the damage caused by this tornado was concentrated in the Flood Road area, as it intensified while moving to the northeast. Deaths: 0 Atlantic hurricane seasons. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast, leveling homes near Alpha, Sumter, and Copper. Sep. 16, 2016. The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. Time: 9:03pm January 17, 2012 The tornado itself touched down on the edge of a large wooded area west of KY 527 0.4 mile south of Saint Francis. EF-Scale: EF1 Path width: 100yards A brick building was unroofed and had a wall blown down. The tornado entered the city of Campbellsville when it crossed KY 210 and uprooted trees and damaged buildings near the intersection of Hodgenville Road and Vintage Lane. Path length: 10 miles Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 0 Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli. EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Monroe Deaths: 0 With a population of over two million, the city's infrastructure would be devastated in the event of a severe tornado. Grazulis lists this storm at 5:45pm. NOTE: Having happened before the era of comprehensive damage surveys, some of these events may have been composed of multiple tornadoes along a damage path. Counties: Cumberland, Clinton (to Wayne) F-scale: F2 SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1200 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.7 miles southwest of Dugansville to 1.6 miles southwest of Dugansville, or half a mile east of Tablow. Counties: Shelby Noted discrepancies: SPC lists the beginning and ending lat/lons as 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/-85.45NCDC has 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08. Deaths: 0 Finally, the tornado traveled to Deaths: 2 F-scale: F2 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. Time: 2:25pm Large, heavy fuel tanks were rolled in two different directions on Mayhew Road. Path length: 1 mile Deaths: 0 Path width: 150 yards The twister first toucheddown at a home on U.S. Highway 62 just west of Goshen Church Road, tearing off shingles and uprooting a tree. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 250 yardsNCDC says 400 yardsStorm Data has up to 450 yards. Injuries: 25 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. Deaths: This tornado did damage along Calvary Road where a mobile home was destroyed and a small shed slid off its foundation. Path length: Twelve homes were destroyed near Alton. F-scale: F0 Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. Path length: Notes: Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the northern bank of Indian Creek two miles northeast of Corydon. At that same location two other silos were destroyed as well as a 20 foot by 30 foot outbuilding. Continuing to the northeast, a large metal carport was lifted and blown 50 feet north into neighboring trees, and more tree limbs were snapped, while a vinyl fence was blown northwest, as was a large trampoline and a patio umbrella, which was entangled in utility lines northwest of its origin. Path length: 19. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Counties: Warren November 26, 1965 According to the National Weather Service, over 1300 tornadoes touched down across the United States just last year. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles southwest of Gerald to 2.4 miles west of Rome in Hoosier National Forest. Trees were uprooted in a convergent pattern, some of which fell on power lines causing the poles to snap. Homes and other buildings were unroofed at Crab Orchard Springs. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just south of Shipley. EF-scale: EF1 Path width: 50 yards April 28, 2002 Time: 12:10am The tornado crossed KY 829 and then crossed KY 1009 with extensive tree damage along both sides of the road. Time: 2:00pm Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, and Grazulis and Storm Data 250 yards. Deaths: 0 Counties: Jefferson IN F-scale: F1 August 19, 1999 Thetornado continued skipping along thenorthwest side of Sandy Hill Rd, damagingoutbuildings on another farm, beforecrossing KY highway 261 at Guston Rd. Pieces of oak fencing were tossed around and two small outbuildings were damaged. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 133 yards, Grazulis 300 yards. Injuries: 6 Path length: SPC and NCDC give a path width of 60 yards, Grazulis give 80 yards, Storm Data give 75 yards. Path length: Nicholas has had the fewest, with only 2. F-scale: EF1 Notes: A large swath of hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted three miles north of Huntingburg. Time: 12:35pm Two homes were destroyed here along with three outbuildings. Time: 10:30pm Central time Deaths: 4 There are manysources of difficultywhen listing historical tornadoes (see the "Research Notes" tab above). The tornado was very narrow along Rogers Campground Road, likely no more than 50 yards wide. The tornado hit a property on Murrays Run Road ripping off the sides of a large well-built barn. The mother was blown 400 yards, and her two daughters "with arms interlocked" were blown 50 yards. Counties: Grayson June 23, 1984 Path length: 1 mile Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Pellyton to a mile southeast of Pellyton. Time: 6:09am EDT A man was watching this tornado off to his The tornado traveled from Clark County, Indiana across extreme southeast Scott County and into far southern Jefferson County. Injuries: 0 This is one of the earliest photos of a Fall Creek Falls inhabitant. F-scale: F0 Damage in Roundhill and Reedyville may have been from straight-line winds or a separate small tornado. SPC lists a path width of 10 yards (obviously incorrect), NCDC 30 yards (obviously incorrect), and Grazulis 200 yards. Path length: October 7, 2014 One man was killed in Butler County, running from a house to a barn. Path width: This day's wind damage throughout the state of Kentucky totalled $1,000,000. Theres no way to get an accurate account of Indians who perished in Tornadoes but there likely were considerable losses. Texas was on April 15, 1879, near Dallas, injuring in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. This vortex intensified and merged with the primary circulation. Union Station was crushed as well. Time: 3:55pm Notes: In the Duff area several homes suffered minor damage and numerous trees, both softwood and hardwood, were snapped or uprooted. Path length: Counties: Hancock, Perry (from Daviess) Time: 2:20pm Path width: Counties: Hart March 28, 1997 Injuries: 60 Deaths: Our neighbors between us and the creek lost their roof, which landed 300 yards to the east of their home mostly intact. County: Hart Notes: A barn was destroyed and several trees were blown down west of Columbia. EF-scale: EF1 John Park Finley, a young Path width: 100 yards F-scale: F1 Counties: Metcalfe Time: 2:22pm Central Counties: Lincoln (from Pulaski) There have been . F-scale: F1 Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. The outbreak generated at least 18 tornadoes, four of which were violent, including the St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado, an F4 tornado that tore through the cities of St. Path length: 0.1 mile Deaths: 0 Path width: 400 yards November 19, 1970 Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the storm's path. Deaths: 0 The tornado continued to snap trees and damage outbuildings on its way northeast, scattering debris a quarter mile downwind. April 16, 1982 Path width: Winds at this location were between 90 and 95 mph. Unable to plot, pending further research. Insulation was thrown from north to southeast. F-scale: F2 April 20, 1996 A couple of houses and two church buildings sustained roof damage. Injuries: County: Barren Counties: Edmonson 20. Drone footage clearly showed trees lying in multiple directions. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck just south of Franklinton. Time: 8:31am A car was blown off the road, over a fence, and into a field. SPC lists a path length of 19 miles, NCDC 18 miles, Grazulis 21 miles. Path length: 15 miles An air handler was blown off of the roof of JCK Enterprises and thrown 125 yards. Path width: 300 yards Injuries: 0 W. A. Mitchell of the Lexington Weather Bureau office felt that the damage was straight-line winds (why he felt this way is unknown, and this project will instead agree with Grazulis that this was a true tornado). Injuries: At 2592 Highland Church Road (Highland General Baptist Church) there was significant brick damage on the west, south, and east sides of the church dueto open vents. Injuries: 0 Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Path width: 1200 yards Counties: Ohio (from McLean and Hopkins) Time: 9:21pm - 9:24pm CST Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Four homes, four trailers, and many outbuildings were destroyed. Notes: Though local news accounts reported "heavy damage in western Franklin County," the first specific point of damage this project has been able to find so far has been at the Capital City Airport, so will begin the track there.