Time: 11:20pm EDT to 11:26pm EDT Injuries: 7 F-scale: F2 At that point several trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis says F1. SPC lists 86 injuries, NCDC 53, Grazulis 76, Storm Data 95. Deaths: A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. Deaths: 11 Injuries: 5 February 6, 2008 The roof was torn off of the Tarr Distillery at 899 Manchester Street. Time: 3:00pm Path width: Notes: On Route 1401 southeast of Harned a large well constructed barn, 30x50x80 feet, lost roof panels that were thrown 200 yards. April 20, 2011 Path width: 100 yards November 10, 2002 Injuries: 0 What to do during a tornado? | 13wmaz.com Whether it's a comment on our data, notification of a tornado you witnessed but do not see listed here, or if you would like to pass along your own personal encounter with a tornado, please feel free tosend us an e-mail. April 2, 2006 F-scale: F2 September 20, 2009 Path width: Residents reported a loud roar. They also can exhibit small changes in direction and large changes in width, neither of which are indicated on these general maps. Injuries: 0 April 5, 2017 Path width: 180 yards Mapping tornado tracks is not as easy as it sounds. F-scale: F0 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 F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. Counties: Trimble Path length: Deaths: It damaged a row of trees behind a home and removed some flashing on the home. Injuries: 0 Injuries: A 16-inch rafter was driven into the ground. The head of the weather service office in Louisville, O. K. Anderson, surveyed the damage and said there was no doubt in his mind that it was a small, bounding tornado. Two occupants of the mobile home were injured. Path length: Injuries: 0 F-scale: F2 Path length: 9 miles Deaths: Path width: 50 yards Counties: Harrison IN Time: 7:45pm A tornado leveled trees and unroofed houses along a track 400 yards wide "at Paris" or "near Paris" (depending on the source used). On the night of June 8th, 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. April 20, 2000 Injuries: 60 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 50 yards, NCDC and Storm Data list 150 yards. The following two tabs change content below. Injuries: 0 Time: 5:36pm Notes: Though this tornado was weak it had a fairly long path from four miles south southwest of Little York to five miles north northeast of Austin. On Dale Ann Drive a playhouse weighing 1500 pounds was blown 200 feet. This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. It damaged trailers and downed many trees. Injuries: 0 Path width: 100 yards Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast across the south part of Hodgenville. The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County, Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with, maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the, Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. By Elias Loomis (1811-1889) Insulation was thrown from north to southeast. Damage in Roundhill and Reedyville may have been from straight-line winds or a separate small tornado. SPC and NCDC give no F-scale rating, and it's not listed in Grazulis. Injuries: 72 (70 in Russell County, 2 in Pulaski County) June 26, 2013 Continuing to the northeast, at a home east of Gaines Road the owner reported that the water was evacuated out of all four toilets in the building as the tornado passed by. Time: 10:50am Path width: 100 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 3:20pm, NCDC 2:20pm, Storm Data 4:20pm. EF-Scale: EF-0 Deaths: 1 Notes: The tornado touched down 7.7 miles south of French Lick just west of Tony's Marina near IN 145. Injuries: 2 EF-Scale: EF1 At the end of thepropertydrone photography showed trees going in nearly every direction. November 18, 2017 They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. Injuries: 3 Deaths: 0 Path width: 70 yards Injuries: Time: 2:54am EDT Path length: Path width: Injuries: 10 Counties: Hardin Barns, power poles, and trees were immediately blown down. Time: 2:00am Path length: 45 miles (probably a family of skipping tornadoes) Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Path length: 20 miles F-scale: F0 Path width: F-scale: F1 Time: 11:29am Counties: Scott, KY Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck on Gaffney Road. Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. October 7, 2014 County: Logan Time: 9:15pm - 9:16pm CST Time: 7:45pm Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile west of Dugansville to 9/10 of a mile west of Dugansville. Path length: 2.5 miles March 2, 1878 F-scale: F1 On April 14-15, 1886, a destructive tornado outbreak affected portions of the Midwestern and Southern United States. Path width: 40 yards Injuries: 0 destroyed and hundreds of chickens were killed and/or lost. March 16, 1942 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. Path width: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck near Lewisport. Here a 9-year-old boy was partially scalped and suffered a fractured skull. Path length: 0.3 mile May 17, 2003 Time: 2:10pm Tag: 1800s Tornadoes. The only structural damage was to a small home on the top of a hill near South Rays Fork Road. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County. Counties: Madison We are working on a new method to display this information, and hope to have it finalized in 2022. On the family's cemetery, several tombstones were knocked over and one headstone was destroyed. Path width: 120 yards F-scale: F2 June 9, 2010 F-scale: F1 Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 2 EF-Scale:EF1 A dairy farming operation lost several barns, along with some trees that were uprooted. along the Missouri River in Kansas during the Injuries: 0 Narrative at NCDC gives no additional location information. A Mr. Joseph Bradley, while assisting in removing victims from the rubble immediately after the storm, had his eye cut out by a hatchet wielded by a nearby person removing fallen rafters. The tornado movedeast-northeast, skipping along a woodedarea where several trees were snapped oruprooted, then hit a mobile home onFackler Road, rolling the anchored unitseveral times, destroying the home. It appears that tornadoes may have also struck Franklin, Anderson, and Fayette Counties on this day. Deaths: 0 The tornado then moved east into a wooded area, snapping and uprooting trees. Injuries: SPC/NCDC end it on the northwest side of Leitchfield. A barn behind the house collapsed and another outbuilding lost its walls. Path length: 0.7mile Path width: EF-Scale:EF0 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC and Storm Data says 50 yards. Injuries: Path length: Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. The most significant damage occurred near the end of the path near Prices Mill Road where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof. Path length: 2.2 miles Notes: The tornado uprooted and snapped several large trees and destroyed a small shed on Daisy Hill Road north of Borden. Counties: Marion Path length: Time: 1:30pm Path width: 250yards Path length: 0.23 mile The SPC/NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Oho County but makes no sense for a tornado coming from Hopkins and McLean counties, especially without passing through Muhlenberg County. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just north of Campbellsburg, then northeast of Tucker Station, then near Port Royal near the Carroll County line. On June 8, 1966, an F5 tornado ripped through Topeka, passing over Burnett's Mound . Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.9 miles Path length: 30 miles Counties: Harrison IN Time: 5:10pm CDT Injuries: 1 EF-Scale:EF1 About forty other homes had minor damage. Injuries: 0 Time: 6:45pm CDT Deaths: Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. The corpse of the husband was found entangled in a barbed wire fence, having been blown about one hundred yards. Deaths: F-scale: F1 Deaths: Cedar trees were snapped. Here the tornado was estimated at EF2 with 115mph winds. A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. April 5, 2017 Path width: 300yards F-scale: F0 Three trees were knocked down or snapped northeast of the shop, with the last evidence of a tornado about 150 yards farther down. February 29, 2012 Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. Time: 9:00am SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Time: 4:40pm Path width: 200 yards The tornado briefly made about a 25 degree turn to the northeast just before dissipating and causing some roof damage and tree damage at its end point. The Morris Gass Farm also received damage. Path width: Notes:The tornado touched down just insidethe Breckinridge-Meade County linenorth of Irvington. Time: 1:25pm Counties: Ohio (from McLean and Hopkins) Injuries: 0 Path length: 4.5 miles (skipping) 2. Deaths: 0 County: Scott, KY Path length: 1.2 miles EF-Scale: EF-2 Injuries: February 5, 2008 Path width: Path length: 5 miles Two residents survived in an underground tornado shelter where they took refuge having heard of the warning via sirens and phone calls 3-5 minutes before the tornado destroyed their homes. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Path width: 9 Apr 2022. Path width: 880 yards The twister may have lifted briefly as it crossed Shelbyville Road very near Eight Mile House (which was unaffected). Path length: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile northwest of Versailles to one mile north of Versailles. Jim Barnes of 1448 Canonero Drive said he was grilling steaks in his driveway. The tornadotouched down for a second time at 41 El Retiro Ln where the pathwidth increased to 50 yards and the winds speed increased to 90-95mph. EF-scale: EF1 Notes: The tornado first touched down about 0.8 miles southwest of Stanford. Time: 10:15pm Lat/lon pair given by SPC disagrees with this storm striking Perryville. Grazulis narrative: Moved from three miles south of Cromwell to near Gilstrap. May 2, 2006 Time: 12:50am EST to 12:52am EST SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. F-scale: F0 A one room schoolhouse was destroyed. EF-scale: EF1 F-scale: Notes: Houses were twisted and trees uprooted. EF-Scale: EF-0 Weather Alert: Tornado Warning now issued in Forsyth County Path width: 30yards Path width: Injuries: 8 Path width: 200 yards EF-Scale: EF1 Injuries: The tornado spent its last fury in the Happy Acre area, causing damage along Goose Creek, near Friendship Church, and on the southern end of Bethany Ridge where chickens were stripped of their feathers. March 6, 1961 In the Alabama town of Cordova, Paula Hastings and her husband survived an April 27 twister by hiding in the basement of their stone-and-masonry home, which dates to the 1800s. It touched down on Buck Lane, struck KY 1978, crossed Georgetown Road, and struck near Citation Boulevard. A moments reflection will show that this could have been done only by the insertion of the funnel into the opening one foot square. 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: There have been . Counties: Orange Counties: Madison April 20, 2011 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Time: 6:30pm Counties: Fayette Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from Allensville (which is actually in Todd County, but is very close to the Logan County line) to Corinth. Path length: 7.1 miles Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. It did F1 damage to at least three businesses, six homes, and numerous barns and outbuildings. Path width: 15 yards Several trees knocked down as well. Here are five of the worst natural disasters to wreak havoc on U.S. soil. Counties: Simpson Narrative: Moved east from south of High Grove, to seven miles west of Fairfield, to two miles east of Fairfield. Path length: 6.5 miles F-scale: F4 One manufactured home was thrown 50 feet into a tree and fence with a man inside it. Path width: 250 yards Notes:An NWS survey team has confirmed an EF-0 tornado touch down east of Elizabeth in Harrison County, Indiana. Path length: 1.6mile A truck and horse trailer weremoved 50 feet and twisted. Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890March 18, 1925and April 3, 1974. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. The path Grazulis describes seems to keep the tornado just barely inside Nelson County, though it does indeed come very close to the Bullitt County line. Counties: Anderson Path length: 3.3 miles Berea College was damaged. Path length: 5 miles Path length: 0.25 mile Notes: The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. The tornado destroyed two barns and one mobile home in addition to doing considerable roof damage to six outbuildings along Ebenezer Road and KY 61 southeast of Greensburg. Deaths: 0 EF-Scale: EF0 Path length: 1.6 miles Deaths: Deaths: Counties: Spencer Path length: F-scale: F2 Path length: Narrative: Moved east from two miles north of Greenville to near Powderly and to southeast of Rochester. Injuries: 0 Path width: 75 yards The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. EF-Scale: EF1 Path length: 2.8 miles Notes: This tornado touched down southeast of Adairville and lifted 2.5 miles east of Adairville. Counties: Hardin One, on the left side of the path, was shifted south, and the other, to the right of the path, was shifted north. Injuries: 10 Injuries: The worst damage occurred north-northeast of Adairsville where the tornado crossed Route 663. Time: 3:05pm Path length: 6 miles 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. 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes - Storm Prediction Center F-scale: F5 Notes: Washington County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management conducted a detailed tornado damage survey on Saturday, March 3. Injuries: 4 Injuries: 0 The. Injuries: 0 Injuries: Injuries: 1 Mayor James Speed ordered all businesses in the city closed the next day. Path length: A home and an outbuilding had minor damage near Barnes Road, along with several downed trees. Injuries: Time: Deaths: 0 This was consistent with EF1 damage, 105 mph estimated winds, and a damage width of 75 yards. Path width: F-scale: F4 Time: 1:51am EST to 1:52am EST Counties: Grayson Counties: Meade Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 30 yards, NCDC says 20 yards. Counties: Jessamine, Fayette Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. The Salem School was damaged. A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Several residents on Dutch Chapel Road heard a distinct "freight train roar" and their ears popped, along with zero visibility during torrential rain when the storm struck. Deaths: County: Adair Path length: 12 miles Path length: 0.8 miles Further research suggests that the Boyle County tornado did indeed happen as described above. July 22, 1973 Injuries: 1 Wonder if this formed in the remnants of Hurricane Lili? For example, the tornado that struck Jefferson KY and Oldham counties on April 3, 1974 was rated as an F-4, so the entire path of the tornado is plotted at F-4 strength even though the tornado was not at that strength for its entire lifetime. Counties: Warren Path width: 50 yards Use the filter button (top right corner) to filter by date, month, year, or EF rating. Path length: 9 miles Injuries: Path width: The tornado then weakened as it moved into southern Casey County where it damaged more trees, barns, and outbuildings. Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 Injuries: 0 At around the same time during the mid-1800s textbooks began to describe the phenomenon and what was believed to be behind it. Notes: Grazulis' path width is probably the most correct. The National Weather Service has no official tornado record prior to 1950, and other sources for early tornadoes do not list every tornado that has occurred. Special note: Did Fujita's tornado #82 clip the southeast tip of Clinton County on April 3, 1974? EF-scale: EF2 Path width: 300 yards Injuries: Time: 1:08am EST to 1:12am EST Time: 2:35pm The tornado dissipated after striking Harrod's Creek, Kentucky. Path length: 0.1 mile Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. November 18, 1957 Path width: 250 yards Click here for a detailed map of the approximate path of the tornado. Deaths: Deaths: The four deaths were in two separate Indiana farm homes. EF-Scale:EF1 The exact end point of the tornado was difficult to determine as it went into a thickly wooded area with limited access. Time: 5:25pm F-scale: F0 Narrative: One of the worst tornadoes in Kentuckiana's history. Path width: F-scale: F1 Time: 3:55pm Time: 12:45pm F-scale: F1 We have plotted it according to Storm Data. Counties: Allen, Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe (from Sumner TN) Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 32 miles, NCDC 31 miles. Metal roofing material was lofted into nearby trees and spread up to a quarter mile to the east. It touched down on the Brunfield Farm. EF-Scale: EF1 Counties: Simpson Notes:The tornado touched down in a corn field near Morrison Park Road, just east of Tompkinsville Road. Time: 11:15pm Path length: Deaths: 0 Path length: 8 miles It tore the back end off of a large barn there and collapsed a 60-foot tall silo, then crossedthe road and snapped several trees. Some, like #9 in particular, are dangerous. Deaths: Path width: Storm Data only mentions damage at the fairgrounds. Path width: Injuries: 0 Ten people were injured in rural Boyle County. An elderly man and a child were killed in a home two miles west of Berea. Storm Prediction Center April 4, 2011 Path length: 0.5 mile County: Butler Time: 8:25pm - 8:27pm EDT Path width: 1200 yards The worst damage, near the upper bound of EF1 around 105 mph, was done to a well-constructed home west of Mintonville. Injuries: 0 The most concentrated damage was at 1630 SW Washington School Rd. F-scale: F1 The tornado also caused significant tree damage from the middle school north/northeast across a remote area of the northeast part of the post. Injuries: Path length: 2.2miles Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south to .7 miles east of Hardinsburg. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing.