May 31, 2001 February 5, 2008 Path length: 2 miles Time: 8:00pm Notes: Straight line winds along and north of the supercell moving through Simpson County uprooted shallow-rooted hardwood and softwood trees and destroyed a tool shed on Evans Rd. recalls the tornado that struck the railway station Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. Path width: Notes: This tornado touched down near Cecilia, blowing the roof off a barn, but only producing shingle damage on nearby residences. Time: 6:42pm Three brick houses were completely wrecked. County: Floyd Deaths: 0 Storm Prediction Center. May 27, 2004 Deaths: EF-scale: EF1 Path width: 50 yards F-scale: F0 Injuries: 15 Counties: Butler, Warren (from Muhlenberg) Elements of meteorology with questions for the examination, designed for schools and academics EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. Deaths: 4 Path length: Path length: 3.4 miles Path width: At 1598 Carter Brothers Roada riding lawn mower was thrown about 50 yards and thegarbage can flew 150 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. January 30, 2013 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. Time: 9:56pm - 9:59pm CDT Counties: Franklin It dissipated shortly thereafter. Counties: Jefferson KY Two adults were killed and thrown into a nearby pond. F-scale: F1 Counties: Madison Path length: 1.2 miles Click on a date for information about tornadoes that are known to have occurred on that day: Tornado map of southern Indiana and central Kentucky, Indiana's and Kentucky's Most Violent Tornadoes. EF-Scale:EF2 Deaths: 0 Counties: Washington KY Injuries: 0 Winds in this area were estimated at 75 to 80 mph. Deaths: F-scale: F0 Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Injury: 1 Path width: 200 yards Moving across Crawford County, the tornado widened to over a mile, missing many small communities and levelling several farms. Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. Injuries: 0 Time: 4:15pm Path length: EF-scale: EF0 It destroyed a mobile home and removed the roof from a house. Counties: Adair Deaths: The twister moved east-northeast from three miles west of New Albany and cut a swath of death and destruction through the north side of town. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F2, Grazulis does not list it. This project has so far been unable to find any damage in Marion or Jessamine Counties. April 3, 2018 Path width: 40yards Path length: 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. Narrative: One of the worst tornadoes in Kentuckiana's history. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. Injuries: 0 Counties: Harrison IN May 20, 2017 Counties: Lincoln Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give 3 injuries, Grazulis gives 6, Storm Data gives 0. Path length:5.3 miles Tree damage continued along thepath with additional EF-2 damage, occurring attwo chicken farms where a 200 yd long chicken barn was. Counties: Lincoln On Castleman Road, just north of the intersection with Carter Brothers Road, a metal shop building had its metal sheet roof taken off and thrown downwind 150 yards. Path length: They had to tear it down and build new. Deaths: A witness saw the swirl as the tornado touched down. Tornado was described as "small, yellow, and muddy looking." 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. Path width: 350 yards Injuries: 2 A one room schoolhouse was destroyed. Counties: Dubois Injuries: 58 Deaths: Path length: 0.6mile Moving eastward over open fields, it tore most of the roof off a barn at the end of Doug White Road, plastering insulation from the barn onto the northeast side of the adjacent home. Counties: Jefferson KY Injuries: F-scale: F1 A vehicle was turned over on I-65, then the tornado skipped over an area before coming down again on a subdivision to the east, with damage occurring along Belmar Dr and Meadows Dr as well as at the intersection of Kingsfield St and Crown Ct. The worst toll was in Kentucky, where Governor Andy Beshear estimated on Saturday morning that at least 70 people had been killed, perhaps more than 100. Injuries: Notes: Intermittent track. Counties: Simpson Injuries: 0 Path width: Timothy Dawson, 10, experienced a fractured leg. Deaths: 0 Note: NCDC has an entry for a F5 in Clark County IN at 2:10pm that does not appear in the SPC database nor in Grazulis. Time: 1:05pm Path width: October 18, 2007 Notes: Numerous hardwood trees were downed on a steep ridge near Elkhorn Creek. The tornado dissipated about a minute later. Path width: Tee climbed the tree and got her out. Path width: 10 yards Injuries: 0 Nearly 30 tornadoes rip across 7 states, killing 2. Time: 11:51am EDT 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. F-scale: F4 Path length: Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines Path width: Injuries: 11 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.8 miles March 18, 1925 Deaths: August 11, 1983 F-scale: F0 The tornado damaged a home on Rodgers Road, overturned two barns, and uprooted and/or twisted several trees. Injuries: 0 Path length: SPC lists a path width of 10 yards (obviously incorrect), NCDC 30 yards (obviously incorrect), and Grazulis 200 yards. The tornado then intensified as it moved east with the worst damage occurring along a 1.5 mile stretch from Highway 76 east over Oak Grove Road to Pattie Ridge Road. Notes: Near Patterson Lane and McAfee Lane between McAfee and Ebenezer a well-built barn had two walls blown out and its roof blown one-half mile downstream. Deaths: SPC list this event as an F2Grazulis does not list it. F-scale: F1 Counties: Logan (from Todd) Notes:This tornado exhibited multiple vortices as it damaged or destroyed several outbuildings and barns. Injuries: chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, The end of the path was surveyed east at Hwy 259 where another metal, structure was damaged and several trees where downed. The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Great Plains were from settlements near and along the Missouri River in Kansas during the mid-1800s. Deaths: 0 June 30, 1977 Time: 5:10pm CDT The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. The Cook Farm suffered two destroyed barns and a badly damaged house. Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Wisdom to two miles east of Edmonton. Cedar trees were the most common tree that sustained damage during this tornado. The middle school experienced the worst damage. 7. Probably meant KY 571. Deaths: Time: 8:25pm - 8:27pm EDT Path width: There was also extensive structural damage on the east side of Henryville on North Front Street and Pennsylvania Street. March 1, 2017 Path width: 70 yards As the tornado continued eastward more homes experienced minor roof damage, uprooted trees, and a large outbuilding was nearly destroyed. Counties: Shelby Counties: Butler EF-scale: EF0 F-scale: F0 F-scale: F2 February 28, 2011 Deaths: 0 EF-Scale: EF1 army cadet, was dispatched from Washington Notes: There is considerable disagreement among data sources regarding the end point of this tornado (despite excellent agreement on the touchdown point). Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from six miles south of Morgantown near KY 79, damaging or destroying three farm homes and fifteen barns. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 6 miles, Grazulis gives 7. Deaths: 0 April 11, 1972 Time: 5:34pm It continued skipping east, uprooting and snapping trees and destroying an anchored mobile home on Underwood Road. Narrative: Moved east from ten miles west of Harrodsburg. EF-scale: EF2 Path length: November 7, 1996 Near the tornado's touchdown point the twister was followed by hail that greatly damaged fruit trees. Injuries: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothingGrazulis gives 15 milesStorm Data gives 23 miles. Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.2 mile Path length: 0.23 mile Time: 6:15pm People would cross the street rather than walk by it. Path width: 100 yards Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Mannsville, Burdick, Meadow Creek, and White Ridge. Time: 6:00pm EST F-scale: F4 F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Time: 3:55pm Injuries: F-scale: F2 Path width: 250 yards April 3, 1974 It also apparently hit a cemetery and "toppled 50 tombstones". (Credit: Library of Congress . If you have information you'd like to share about either storm, please let us know. Several bowing segments within the line produced severe thunderstorm wind damage. Injuries: 0 Path width: Time: 10:35am - 10:41am EDT February 24, 2018 Deaths: Counties: Logan Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Path width: 220 yards Injuries: Deaths: Notes: Storm Data puts this on the northwest side of Priceville. The tornado moved northeast into Danville, lifting shortly after causing damage at 435 Frye's Lane south of downtown. Deaths: 0 The tornado initially touched down at 7231 IN 337. February 24, 2018 The tornado proceeded to Route 79/259 and struck a home just north of A.H. Wilson Road with EF-2 strength. There have been 62 killer tornadoes resulting in 417 fatalities. EF-scale: EF1 January 30, 2013 On Murray Roada father and son were in their milking barn when they saw the storm approach. Injuries: 0 Time: 7:23pm F-scale: F2 EF-Scale:EF1 A two-story brick home was destroyed at Lakeland. Parts of that barn were impaled into the ground 75 yards from the damage path. Injuries: 0 If the longitude is changed from SPC/NCDC's -84.08 to -85.08, it's in Shelby County. Path width: 70 yards November 10, 2002 The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County. By Elias Loomis (1811-1889) Injuries: In Metcalfe County, damage reported at Center and Sulphur Well appears to be from straight-line winds. Path length: 0.5 mile Path width: 35yards From there the tornado moved northeast. May 11, 2003 Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Deaths: 0 Storm Data and NCDC list 113 injuries, Grazulis 96. Injuries: 5 Path width: Metal roofing and siding material werescattered nearly a quarter of a mile to the east-northeast, with some of it lofted into the trees of a heavily wooded area. EF-Scale: EF-2 The twister lifted 2.4 miles east of Deputy. F-scale: F3 Counties: Hardin Time: 1:17pm Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the storm's path. A mobile home was destroyed and a conventional home was shoved 10 feet off of its foundation. Counties: Hardin Path width: Path width: 150 yards Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast and northeast from three miles south of Huffman, passing southeast of Branchville, north of Sulphur Springs and Pilot Knob, south of Sulphur and Curby, across the southeast part of DePauw, hitting two miles east of Palmyra, passing through Martinsburg, crossing the southeast half of Daisy Hill, passing between Bunker Hill and New Liberty, and ending two miles north of IN 160. The only structural damage was to a small home on the top of a hill near South Rays Fork Road. April 21, 1972 Injuries: 8 County: Washington, IN Counties: Green Besides the structural damage, about 40 large hardwood trees were uprooted along the path. Notes:The tornado touched down near the intersection of Canton Road and Howell Road. Over 150 homes were damaged or destroyed. It continued through the extreme southeast corner of Lawrence County and entered Washington County before dissipating at Spangler Hill Road. January 4, 1997 Path width: 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. A home and a small outbuilding were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. In one case, it snapped the 2-foot diameter trunk of a large cedar less than 5 feet above the ground, but lofted the tree over nearby utility poles -- which remained intact -- and deposited the tree 200 feet to the east. SPC/NCDC's lat/lon pairs start this tornado in Taylor County and end it in Washington County, crossing the entire width of Marion County in between. Path width: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. Path width: 70yards As the tornado re-entered Washington County near the intersection of Daisy Hill Road and Williams Knob Road, widespread damage occurred. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC gives nothing. It is well beyond the scope of this project to plot detailed mile-by-mile F-scale analyses of all tornadoes included on these web pages. Deaths: 0 At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. EF-Scale:EF1 About twenty other homes were damaged. Two other people died in Garrard County near Cartersville. Deaths: September 18, 1992 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Time: 6:30pm EF-scale: EF2 The tornado was witnessed at Little Bend and was described as being about 17 yards wide while moving at about 40mph (and accompanied by large hail). Damage was reported at Rockford Station (Rockford Lane and 18th Street Road -- now Dixie Highway). The storm continued to the northeast through Becknerville (where the funnel was 400 yards wide), with its sights set on Winchester. Time: 7:45pm document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. October 9, 2009 A farm home was also destroyed. Injuries: 9 F-scale: F2 Time: 4:42am April 27, 1971 Path width: 440 yards Path width: 100 yards Time: 10:28pm EDT The following two tabs change content below. F-scale: F2 The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. Path length: 18 miles F-scale: F1 Deaths: 2 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 Time: 7:03pm - 7:06pm EDT May 18, 1995 Path length: Insulation was everywhere. Injuries: At the end of Earl Jones Road the tornado destroyed one cinder block and wood barn and damaged the roof of another, scattering debris several hundred yards. Time: 11:40pm EDT Moving into Mercer County, two barns were lost on the Bond Farm. Two homes and several barns were destroyed. Seven trailers and a barn were destroyed, 15 trailers and several frame homes were damaged. The tornado then moved eastward into Huntsville where a few homes were damaged and trees were snapped along Huntsville-Quality Road. Counties: Hart, LaRue F-scale: F2 Injuries: 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. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2. Union Station was crushed as well. On Carter Brothers Road a large RV inside a metal shed was blown onto its side and the shed was destroyed. Time: 2:22pm Central 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. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from west of Deputy to two miles northeast of Madison. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Time: 4:30pm Counties: Scott KY The most significant damage was east of McKinley with several healthy trees snapped and twisted. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit the Buckley Wildlife Refuge. Path length: Path width: One single wide mobile home had siding panels blown out in several spots. In all, eight mobile homes were destroyed, with most of the damage concentrated south of McKinney. Injuries: 10 F-scale: F2 F-scale: F0 Deaths: Path width: The funnel lifted two miles north of Fairfield. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Path length: 1.1 miles Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. 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). The tornado then affected a residence, badly damaging the roof and throwing the porch of the house several yards to the northeast. Narrative: Moved east from near Rochester, unroofing a school and destroying a gym. F-scale: F3 The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give 28 injuries, Grazulis give 27. County: Taylor Are there any mini "Tornado Alleys" in this areaor in your county? EF-Scale:EF1 Path width: 50 yards It damaged several trees and knocked shingles off of houses. Path width: 300 yards F-scale: F1 January 24, 1964 It is important to remember that the Grazulis publications list only those tornadoes that were of at least F2 strength or resulted in at least one fatality. Injuries: Path length: Roofs were torn off at Ak-Sar-Ben Park. From here it travelled east-northeast, snapping tree limbs as it skipped over mainly open pastureland until it reached Thomas Road. Path length: 2 miles Injuries: 0 The press box was thrown onto the playing field and destroyed. The tornado then hit a house on the corner of Cherry and South High Street resulting in roof and siding damage along with several sections of Cleveland Pear trees snapped. Deaths: 0 A two-story house in Pewee Valley was swept ten feet off its foundation and collapsed. Barns were blown down along KY 1160 near McAfee. County: Harrison IN Time: 5:15pm November 9, 2000 Counties: Clinton Noted discrepancies: None August 25, 1972 Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. Path length: It moved north of English, struck Marengo, and went north of Milltown. Counties: Meade Path length: 2.8 miles Grazulis takes the twister from Jefferson County into Oldham County (instead of Shelby County) and on into Henry County (agreeing with SPC's database). Path length: Noted discrepancies: Storm Data also includes Jessamine County, but mentions no specific damage. Deaths: Injuries: 0 June 17, 1997 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Counties: Mercer, Woodford Time: 4:00pm EDT Winds at this location were between 85 and 90 mph with a width of 50 yards. Salvisa is in Mercer County, not Woodford. Even if using -86.45, that would put the tornado right in the city of Bowling Green, not on a farm south of town. The damaged residences of O. C. Landrum and Oscar Sims marked the edges of the devastation. Path length: 6 miles Also, a large tree on the north side of the path was snapped southward and drug 10 feet to the south. County: Marion Several trees knocked down as well. Path width: According to Storm Data, radar first showed a hook echo four miles east of Drakesboro. Football Weather, Local Information The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. Path width: 40 yards Path width: 800 yards March 23, 2012 F-scale: F1 Counties: Meade Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles southwest of Gerald to 2.4 miles west of Rome in Hoosier National Forest. Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast near Eastern State College in Richmond. A pontoon boat was flipped over. Salina was reported to look like an elephant's 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. Path length: 3.3 miles Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado two and a half miles north of Fredericksburg. Notes: The tornado mostly did damage to the upper halves of several trees along its path. F-scale: F1 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Storm Data begins this tornado between Huffman and Tarry in Perry County and lifts it a few miles northeast of Lexington in Scott County. Path length: 0.5mile This skipping, hopping tornado destroyed four homes, six mobile homes, a church, five barns, and 12 other buildings. Path length: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. 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 width: 70 yards April 28, 1983 A jeep in the driveway was blown into the house and a camper was blown from the driveway across the road with debris scattered through the field beyond. F-scale: F1 It's a compilation of stories that appeared in St. Louis daily newspapers after the tornado hit.It was first published just days after the tornado hit in 1896. In some cases, the various sources disagreed so strongly with each other that a good faith effort to plot the tornado in question was impossible. Path length: 16 miles Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Grazulis narrative: A small tornado demolished a barn and carried the barn timbers a half mile away from the barn site. 1835 - Major hurricane passed near Key West on September 14th and 15th. Injuries: Counties: Nelson Five planes were destroyed. Path length: Counties: Woodford Deaths: 0 Notes: This small tornado touched down just south of Danny Sadler Road west of KY 920. May 21, 2010 F-scale: An 11-year-old boy was killed in the trailer. Deaths: 0 Path width: 100 yards Numerous trees were blown down, snapped, or uprooted. Deaths: 0 Path width: 100 yards Counties: Boyle Deaths: 0 Path length: 1 mile A house on Middle Road had a tin roof blown off and thrown 200 yards.