Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this storm struck on Irvine Road. F-scale: F2 May 2, 1954 Notes:A brief tornado touchdown was embedded at the end of a longer axis of straight line winds about 6.2 miles SE of Brownsville. Click on a tornado or its track to find out more information about it. Counties: Orange Injuries: 10 Injuries: F-scale: EF2 April 20, 2011 March 1, 2017 F-scale: F1 Time: 11:41am CST to 11:42am CST County: Green Time: 8:10pm EST to 8:12pm EST Noted discrepancies: Grazulis does not include Shelby County. Deaths: Deaths: Deaths: Path width: SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1200 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 0 Path width: Time: 2:20pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Path length: June 25, 1902 Jefferson County: The Jefferson County portion of the track was well-covered in the local newspapers. Path width: 100 yards Time: 3:26am Five other occupants of the mobile home were injured. Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from just east of Standiford Field to Smithfield and New Castle. Homes were said to have "vanished" near Sulphur Springs (where two people were killed) and near Falls of Rough (where three people were killed). Here comes a father borne along by his friends, who take him from his bed of death; next the mother, then the daughter and two sons -- all crushed -- mutilated -- dead!" Deaths: Several outbuildings were destroyed or damaged. The end lat/lon given by NCDC for Shelby County is actually located in Henry County. Three east-facing garage doors of one of the outbuildings were blown in, and damage was sustained to the vehicles in the driveway from downed tree limbs. Noted discrepancies: SPC has this storm moving from McCracken County directly into Madison County, which is geographically impossible. Incredible tree damage also occurred just west of Pine Drive as the tornado traveled up a ridge. Counties: Scott KY June 19, 2011 Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. Path width: All lat/lons are roughly in alignment with each other and with the Grayson County lat/lons. June 2, 1990 Warehouses were unroofed along Stoner's Creek. Counties: Shelby Time: 2:38pm - 2:44pm EDT Path width: End lat/lon takes this tornado into Adair County, which agrees with NCDC narrative. Several large hackberry and oak trees were uprooted and snapped between the PX and Scott Middle School. Two occupants of the mobile home were injured. Path length: 3 1/2 miles Homes and other buildings were unroofed at Crab Orchard Springs. Counties: Jefferson KY The debris was blown up to 0.25 mile to the northeast and exhibited both convergence and rotation. Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN, Scott IN, Jefferson IN, Trimble Injuries: 0 Grazulis narrative: A tornado destroyed two trailers and a barn, just north of Jamestown. Path width: 400 yards Deaths: 0 A couple of trees were snapped. Another area of significant damage was at the intersection of Highway 100 and Reeder School Road (near the Simpson/Allen County line)where a house had significant roof damage and had an exterior wall blown out. F-scale: F1 Path length: Time: 4:30pm Injuries: Path length: 60 miles (skipping) Injuries: 0 Path width: Time: 12:50am EST to 12:52am EST This was consistent with EF1 damage, 105 mph estimated winds, and a damage width of 75 yards. Two school buses were ripped off their chassis. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC call this an F2Grazulis does not list it. Notes: Aerial photos were matched perfectly with radar signatures to determine that the initial start point of the tornado occurred 4.5 miles south southwest of Hawesville in Hancock County along route 2181. At about the same time a truck was flipped over at 2420 Cavelle Avenue. It destroyed five barns on the east side of the road. Path width: 800 yards Notes:This tree-top level tornado did all of its damage 20 to 30 feet above ground. Noted discrepancies: NWS calls this an F2, Grazulis says F1. Counties: Barren Noted discrepancies: None March 1, 2017 F-scale: F1 County: Perry County: Butler 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. Injuries: 0 Path width: Counties: Ohio Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 4.7 miles northeast of the Lexington airport to one and a half miles southeast of Greendale. Time: 7:45pm The early American history of tornadoes is full of enthralling stories as well as peeks into the science of the time. The width of the observed damage straddling the Washington-Clark County line was estimated to be one-third to one-half mile wide, although the width of the most concentrated damage was narrower. Deaths: 2 Injuries: 0 Path width: 350yards Path length: Injuries: 0 Several buildings were damaged. The lack of an F-scale is frustrating. 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. Time: 12:35am - 12:37am CST NCDC or Grazulis must have the better path lengthSPC entry looks to be an entry error. Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Near the end of its path two small barns were destroyed and two homes sustained roof damage. In this area, several large barns, garages, and outbuildings were either destroyed or sustained significant damage, with debris thrown to the north, northeast, and east. County: Allen Path length: 45 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Path width: 150 yards Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 County: Orange If you have information you'd like to share about either storm, please let us know. Windows were blown out, a cart corral was blown into a vehicle, and a power pole was blown down. Counties: Hancock (from Daviess) Deaths: 0 January 19, 1928 January 17, 2012 A tornado swept through parts of northern Oklahoma County along the Deer Creek valley west of the Edmond area during the evening of May 5th, killing 3 people. A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. Path width: 60 yards Path width: 220 yards F-scale: F1 Near Talley, the tornado lifted the roof off of a home. Path length: 16 miles Path width: A trailer was demolished east of Savoyard, in which a woman named Glinda Jeffries was killed. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 The tornado continued to the Tennessee state line. Time: 4:00pm 14. County: Meade, Hardin The tornado moved northeast, streaming debris in a cyclonic pattern and into a nearby automotive repair shop that had one door blown in and another blown out. Black and white without county lines May 29, 1974 Time: 2:14pm EDT Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. Path width: 125yards Black and white with county lines Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. Grazulis narrative: Near New Washington a small tornado leveled two barns and damaged a farm house. The body of the Rev. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. Path width: Many miles of forest were leveled, and small farm communities were wiped out. Path width: 300 yards Deaths: Notes: Touchdown was west of KY 639 south of Wago. Barns and outhouses were levelled, roofs were blown off, and a car was overturned. Tornado Threat Forecast: January 29-30, 2013. F-scale: F0 Time: 10:50am Path width: 40 yards Deaths: 0 At the intersection of Mortimer Station Road and MarriahChurch Road trees were snapped and several homes experienced shingle, siding, and roof damage. Eight homes were destroyed, but some walls were left standing on all of them. Injuries: 0 The tornado continued northeast across the land that would become Central Park, and into Eagle Park between Ormsby and Park Avenues and Third and Fifth Streets. June 13, 1970 Path width: 100yards Path length: Path length: 25 miles (skipping) Noted discrepancies: None Ending lat/lon at SPC is over the Ohio River. They last only from fifteen to sixty to seventy seconds, their breadth varies from a few rods to several hundred yards, and it is probable that the length of their track rarely exceeds twenty-five miles. SPC gives a path length of 20 milesNCDC gives 21 milesGrazulis give 29 miles. and six were damaged by what was Injuries: Deaths: Injuries: Counties: Madison Deaths: Time: 5:12pm - 5:13pm CDT County: Harrison KY 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. Path width: 150yards There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. Path length: Injuries: 2 Path length: On US 127 cars were blown off the road and damaged. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. Counties: Anderson, Woodford F-scale: F2 F-scale: F2 Multiple vortices may have been visible. F-scale: F0 A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards. F-scale: F0 Path width: Numerous trees were snapped along the path. Injuries: Counties: Warren EF-Scale: EF0 Time: 9:45am Path width: 440 yards EF-Scale: EF-1 Noted discrepancies: SPC has no entry for fatalitiesNCDC lists zeroStorm Data lists one. Counties: Lincoln Path length: July 11, 1986 Counties: Jefferson, KY Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Time: 6:45pm CDT But the first specific documentation of a tornado was on July 5, 1643, when John Winthrop, the Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, wrote of a violent wind that blew down many trees, lifted up the Newbury meeting house, and killed an Indian with a flying tree. Narrative: Tornado touched down about a mile southwest of Canmer and moved to the east-northeast. Narrative: Moved southeast along the edge of Henryville. Along with the destroyed homes, one large Oak tree was downed along with several other smaller trees. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: Only Martin, Orange, and Lawrence are listed in this SPC entry. EF-Scale: EF1 Path length: 1/2 mile Counties: Logan Path length: 1.5miles F-scale: F2 Previous: Tall Tales | Contents | Next: Trickster, 2011 University of NebraskaLincolnImages are Path width: 100 yards Deaths: 0 December 21, 2013 Counties: Breckinridge January 10, 2008 June 22, 2011 EF-Scale: EF-2 Path length: November 10, 2002 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. SPC and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Storm Data says 1320 yards, Grazulis says 200 yards. Time: 7:00pm Injuries: The tornado continued east to near B Flood road with additional structural damage consistent with EF-1 damage and 90 mph winds. Another nighttime tornado struck A rock garden was blown 25 yards upwind. Counties: Mercer Path width: 100yards Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data say 50 yards. Path width: 616 yards Path width: 50 yards Injuries: Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin Injuries: 98 F-scale: F3 Counties: Franklin Path length: F-scale: F3 Time: 9:00pm We truly appreciate your assistance in making this the most complete and accurate tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky! Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. The tornado increased in width to 200 yards on Wobegon Way significantly damaging several homes. Time: 2:25pm County: Floyd Narrative: Coincidentally enough, a tornado hit Lincoln County on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Counties: Perry Counties: Nelson If one has a barograph, its record will be of the utmost value. Four people were killed near Tracy Lane, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. Probably meant KY 571. Injuries: 11 F-scale: F2 There was also extensive structural damage on the east side of Henryville on North Front Street and Pennsylvania Street. July 26, 1984 In addition, we can only know about the tornadoes that were reported to us. EF-scale: EF2 Deaths: March 27, 1890 F-scale: F1 Never more than 50 yards wide, the first evidence of the tornado touching down was one mile south of the water tower on Thomas Lane, where it downed several large branches that blocked the road. Twenty-five homes were declared uninhabitable. Damage was also observed along Charlane Parkway and Dell Road. Path length:2.7 miles Deaths: 0 Counties: Green It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. The debris pattern from the four outbuildings and nearby trees with snapped trunks and limbs showed clear cyclonic rotation. Injuries: 15 SPC lists a path length of 27 miles, NCDC 28 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data 30 miles. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, but Grazulis does not list it. Time: 10:44pm EDT Counties: Washington IN Path length: 9 miles Path width: Will not disagree with the official strength ranking of F3, but it sounds like this tornado was a minimal F3 at best. Deaths: Injuries: Debris was thrown 500 yards away. Deaths: 0 Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890.March 18, 1925.and April 3, 1974. A very well constructed large barn had its metal roofing torn off and wrapped into tree tops up to 200 yards downwind. F-scale: F1 F-scale: F2 F-scale: F1 April 5, 2017 Deaths: 0 The tornado grew in strength very rapidly, and after traveling only about a mile it crossed Boone Creek and completely swept away a house on the Clark County side of the creek. Counties: Metcalfe, Adair Counties: Clark KY The tornado then struck the south buildings of the Henryville middle and high school complex, with severe damage and 170 mph winds (EF4). EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. Most public buildings were destroyed. Time: 7:13pm EDT Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website, This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville. EF-Scale: EF-1 Would guess it was an F1, but more research is needed to get a better idea of this tornado's f-scale. F-scale: F1 Path length: 4 miles Each year about 56 people are killed by tornadoes. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. EF-scale: EF2 Path width: 73 yards Injuries: 0 Path length: 3 miles Injuries: Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast in and near Neafus, Steff, Spring Lick, Goffs, Short Creek, Staff, and Caneyville. Path width: 100 yards No homes were leveled there, but the tornado intensified as it passed north of Madison, and killed seven people in that area. Time: 10:25pm EDT Time: 12:03am - 12:09amEST Event Ready Time: 7:16am-7:28am EDT EF-Scale:EF0 Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Deaths: 0 Path length: SPC/NCDC start this tornado at Savoyard in Metcalfe CountyGrazulis and Storm Data start it "east of Hiseville" with Grazulis starting it in Barren County but Storm Data only mentioning Metcalfe County (Hiseville is three miles inside Barren County) on KY 314. Insulation and metal siding were thrown in multiple directions. Time: 12:38am EST to 12:40am EST Time: 11:29pm - 11:34pm EST Several houses and five barns were demolished. Cedar trees were the most common tree that sustained damage during this tornado. Deaths: Time: 10:22pm EDT Storm Data begins this tornado at Cottonburg, moving it to two miles north of Whitehall and beyond. Deaths: Grazulis narrative: A new brick home was destroyed and the neighboring home was unroofed in a brief touchdown in Radcliff. Numerous vehicles near the repair shop sustained damage when hit by large debris from barns to the southwest. Path width: It took down several fences, with evidence of cyclonic circulation. Path width: Time: 4:30am Notes: Tree damage and other debris. Time: 3:17pm EDT - 3:27pm EDT July 29, 1943 On April 14-15, 1886, a destructive tornado outbreak affected portions of the Midwestern and Southern United States. April 19, 2011 April 15, 1994 October 26, 2010 August 11, 1983 Counties: Crawford Notes:This very small tornado touched down on top of an older wooden barn on KY 289 just south of the intersection with US68. 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. Path width: 75 yards One resident on Oxford Pike said, "The noise of the twister was worse than the noise of a train passing near you." F-scale: F4 The tornado formed about a mile northeast of Temple Hill just south of Barbour Road. Path width: Injuries: 1 This tornado caused primarily tree damage, and also tore the roof off of a large barn. A 125 pound chimney was blown 60 yards away. June 25, 2018 Counties: Washington IN Counties: Hart SPC has a path length of 10 milesNCDC says 15 miles. Time: 1:51am EST to 1:52am EST Notes: This tornado destroyed or heavily damaged two shop buildings at a construction company. Path length: 1/10 of a mile Path width: Debris from the double wides was tossed around a mile downwind. Path length: 0.2 mile Time: 6:45pm Path width: 170 yards Time: 1:54am EDT Path length: Path width: Homes were struck in Waddy. The tornado first uprooted a small tree and then shifted a small shed off of its foundation. Edmond. Text Products F-scale: F0 These tornadoes were plotted in grey with the annotation "F?". Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. Path width: 400 yards April 2, 1989 Injuries: Injuries: 0 Notes:The tornado touched down near the intersection of I-264 and Brownsboro Road. Four people were killed in Allen County as at least three homes were destroyed. Counties: Dubois F-scale: F1 Some tornadoes are clearly visible, while rain or nearby low-hanging clouds obscure others. Injuries: One farmer witnessed a "funnel shaped cloud accompanied by a roar" like a truck at Silver Creek. It then tore the porch off the east side of a home on the south side of US 68/80, depositing debris into nearby woods. Path length: F-scale: F1 Counties: Edmonson (from Pendleton and Bracken). Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Noted discrepancies: Grazulis does not include Madison County. Accounts of tornadoes or tornado-like winds have been noted throughout English history back to around 1,000 AD. Counties: Breckinridge, Hardin F-scale: EF1 Grazulis narrative: Skipped northeast from 6 1/2 miles southeast of Trenton to southwest of Allensville to near Lickskillet to near Auburn and Richardsville. A few more homes received minor damage before the tornado lifted near Longview. Path length: 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. Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT Counties: Logan, Warren (from Todd) Injuries: 250 Time: 4:17am EST Within this area of high winds, an F3 tornado swept from about two miles northwest of Cecelia to three miles east of Elizabethtown. ). Counties: Casey Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at the intersection of Georgetown and Greenville roads. F-scale: F1 Notes: The tornado developed in a subdivision in Goshen and traveled to the east northeast. June 15, 1964 Path length: 0.5 miles Deaths: 0 Path length: Path length: 8 miles November 5, 2017 Path width: 250 yards Injuries: 0 Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved southeast from three miles southeast of the intersection of I-65 and the Cumberland Parkway. Deaths: 2 (Mr and Mrs Bulon Swanson) April 20, 2011 3. 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. The tornado crossed into Oldham County, moving through Orchard Grass Hills and lifting at the northern tip of Clore Lane. Path length: 9 miles Counties: Garrard William Johnson's residence on Muir Pike was "piled upon its foundations and partly blown away." Time: 4:00am Counties: Woodford A truck and horse trailer weremoved 50 feet and twisted. Path width: 30 yards EF-Scale:EF1 Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. As the tornado moved east it strengthened to EF-2 intensity near the intersection of Floyd Street and Central Avenue where a large industrial building was heavily damaged. F-scale: F2 Injuries: Grazulis lists this at 4:40pm. Path width: Mapping tornado tracks is not as easy as it sounds. April 4, 2011 May 8, 2009 Deaths: 0 Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast across the south part of Hodgenville. F-scale: F1 EF-scale: EF3 Injuries: 0 This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. Path width: 40 yards Injuries: The final damage occurred at the intersection of US 68 and Palestine Road. June 27, 2008 November 5, 2018 EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 0 In the late 1800s, meteorology was still in its infancy. Notes: This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville with the primary damage swath a mile wide. One of the outbuildings was fully packed, weighing several thousand pounds, and another larger outbuilding was pushed off its foundation. May 14, 1995 McCool placed the old lace . February 10, 1959 Time: 3:45am June 23, 1992 In Hart County the tornado and its attendant straight-line winds mowed down a path five miles wide. F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 Path length: 2.3 miles SPC, Grazulis, and NCDC list the path width at 30 yards, Storm Data says 1 yard. Deaths: 0 There was extensive damage from falling brick. F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 Time: 6:12pm CDT The tornado lifted on the south side of Electron Drive. The lat/lon given at SPC and NCDC for this tornado is in Nicholas County. Injuries: A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. Path width: Counties: Jefferson IN, Trimble Path width: 30 yards Time: 1:47am EST Questions? Path width: April 7, 2006 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Counties: Clark KY For this project this tornado was mapped all the way to the SPC/NCDC ending lat/lon in LaRue County. A small outbuilding was also destroyed. September 18, 1992 Deaths: 0 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville. How strong was that tornado that took the roof from your barn back in '67? Counties: Butler (from Muhlenberg) Counties: Grayson May 17, 1999 Possibly a significant tornado, comparable to a tornado in the same area March 27, 1890. Continuing over open fields, itnext hit several residences along Hill,Mulberry, and South Mulberry streetsbefore crossing U.S. Highway 231 andcausing minor roof damage to the PostOffice. A ranch style home suffered significant damage. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from Southville to east of Waddy. Some children were killed on their way home from school. Counties: Mercer Grazulis does not include Grayson County. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Fifteen homes were destroyed Three outbuildings and a well-constructed barn were destroyed.
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