tornadoes in the 1800s

The final damage occurred at the intersection of US 68 and Palestine Road. One boy received a broken leg. Time: 12:45pm The most significant damage occurred on Jones Lane where 100 mph winds destroyed two large barns along with small outbuildings. Path width: 60yards Counties: Adair F-scale: F1 Injuries: May 25, 2011 Injuries: F-scale: F1 On the west side of Thomas Road, the tornado reached its greatest intensityand size, with winds of 100 mph. There have been . Time: Deaths: 0 At least 44 deaths occurred at the Falls City Hall (1124 West Market Street). Notes: Tree damage. The funnel may have been aloft over Fairfield. December 4, 1916 Counties: Barren August 1, 1979 The rest of the damage along the path was restricted to trees. The twister struck several homes lifting many roof structures off of Wildwood Drive and Sportmans Lake Road. May need to re-visit this with SPC's lat/lons. November 25, 1973 Strong winds, possibly a result of a phenomenon known as a "rear flank downdraft" or RFD, blew down the length of Magnolia Street from Twelfth to Third. F-scale: F1 Greensburg's industrial park suffered the worst damage when a brick building suffered exterior and interior damage. Insulation was everywhere. Injuries: 18 Injuries: 0 Time: 5:45pm F-scale: F0 Counties: Adair Noted discrepancies: SPC's lat/lon do not agree with NCDC's narrative. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2. There was a number of cedar trees that were sheared off half way up. Grazulis lists this at 4:40pm. F-scale: F0 Path length: Path length: 1/2 mile F-scale: F2 The tornado then lifted briefly before touching back down near the intersection of Pedigo and White Streets. Deaths: Time: 6:25pm This was consistent with EF1 damage and 105-110mph estimated winds. Notes: Washington County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management conducted a detailed tornado damage survey on Saturday, March 3. Noted discrepancies: There is a coding error in the SPC database here. Path width: March 25, 2021 Notes: This tornado touched down southeast of Adairville and lifted 2.5 miles east of Adairville. Deaths: 0 Time: 11:45pm The tornado tracked northeast to near the intersection of Hurstbourne Lane and Brownsboro Roadwhere it briefly lifted. July 26, 1984 Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down near US 127 and moved northeast. Injuries: F-scale: F2 Time: 8:00am The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. SPC gives a path length of 38 milesNCDC says 39 milesGrazulis 30 milesStorm Data 35 miles. F-scale: F0 The tornado skipped as it moved to the east-northeast with more substantial damage along KY 1544 in Rosine. Deaths: Counties: Scott, IN Path length: 18 miles Several trees were toppled in a forest on the southwest portion of the path. Path length: Counties: Ohio It damaged a row of trees behind a home and removed some flashing on the home. Time: Time: 11:47pm EDT Numerous trees were blown down, snapped, or uprooted. There were three homes destroyed in Kentucky, and $200,000 damage. Time: 4:40am (Grazulis and Storm Data list the touchdown at "Cottonwood", by which they probably mean "Cottonburg", which is west of Richmond two miles east of the Garrard County line.) The tornado tracked to the north of Paynesville and south of Lee Bottom, extensively damaging forests in southern Jefferson County before crossing the Ohio River into Trimble County, Kentucky. Injuries: Narrative: Moved northeast at Laconia, ripping the roof and a wall off the Laconia school. Time: 7:45pm This tornado is split into two tornadoes at SPC. Counties: Logan, Warren (from Todd) Path length: 2.6miles Path width: 75 yards Tornado stories are handed down through generations of families. Deaths: 1 Path length: A man received minor injuries when a barn he was in collapsed around him. The damaged residences of O. C. Landrum and Oscar Sims marked the edges of the devastation. Counties: Orange (from Martin, to Lawrence) The tornado advanced to the northeast. 6. F-scale: F2 Damage was reported at Rockford Station (Rockford Lane and 18th Street Road -- now Dixie Highway). Storm Prediction Center. Path length: 7 miles The lat/lon given at SPC and NCDC for this tornado is in Nicholas County. November 9, 2000 F-scale: F1 F-scale: F1 The tornado apparently lifted and crossed Elizabeth-New Middletown Road and headed east into a wooded area. Minor damage to buildings occurred just, on the western outskirts of Cloverport, then the tornado lifted over, the town, touching down again less than a mile east of the, community, where numerous hardwood trees were observed to be, uprooted from aerial photos. It threw a 10,000 pound large grain silo leg. Injuries: 0 County: Taylor Path length: Time: 10:50am - 10:51am CDT Injuries: 5 Warwick Distillery at Silver Creek lost its roof. EF-scale: EF2 New Richmond tornado June 12, 1899. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis doesn't know. Counties: Fayette Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. Now in the Mercantile you can find True West, Jesse James was the son of a Baptist minister, but he obviously took a wrong, The wagon trains first began heading west in the early 1820s with the opening of. January 4, 1997 Cottages were destroyed at Churchill and Eleventh and a brick house was blown down just south of that intersection. Counties: Washington, KY Deaths: 0 Notes: This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville with the primary damage swath a mile wide. Path length: 0.1 mile Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy A couple in a vehicle on US 127 was trapped when trees fell across the highway both north and south of them. Further to the northeast it destroyed another barn and damaged the roof of a house. A large barn was destroyed, trees were felled, and the doors and siding were pulled off of a barn along Finney Road. A large barn on KY 1009 had two walls blown out with debris thrown over half a mile downwind into Wayne County. Counties: Green Path length: 1.2 miles Aftermath of Galveston, Texas hurricane of 1900. Path width: 220 yards Path length: 3.5 miles The tornado moved northeast and produced major damage in Rosetta where it destroyed the Fountain of Faith Church. EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 5:00pm F-scale: F1 EF-scale: EF2 Houses were damaged at Churchill and Fourth, and the Baptist Orphan's Home lost its roof at Churchill and First. Southeast of Trenton the tornado was on the ground for a mile and a half and destroyed a barn and a trailer. Path width: Deaths: 0 The tornado continued to the Tennessee state line. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from Lee's Lick to west of Cynthiana, east of Poindexter, ending near Claysville. A small well-constructed shed was pushed over onto its side, and another small shed was destroyed. EF-Scale: EF-1 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Grazulis narrative: Sixteen homes and 12 barns were damaged along the north edge of Shelbyville. Path length: The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. Injuries: 0 Time: 7:10pm EDT to 7:11pm EDT Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. Deaths: 0 The "coldest" tornadoes occurred on March 12, 1986, when three F1 tornadoes were observed while temperatures were in the middle 40s. Minimal F2. Deaths: Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Path length: 2.1miles Path width: It was noted in the local press that the tornado never left the ground along its 15 mile path, and made a "clean sweep" of the earth. Click on a county name to see a map of every known tornado track in that county. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Eckerty. In the Rockport and Echols area the tornado was up to a quarter mile wide. Cannot find Michelsville on any map. Injuries: 5 The twister lifted 2.4 miles east of Deputy. 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. Path width: 40 yards Injuries: 104 Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down briefly two miles southeast of Glasgow "destroying" 13 trailers and 34 frame homes as well as feed mills and silos. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 250 yardsNCDC says 400 yardsStorm Data has up to 450 yards. Two trailers were destroyed, and pieces were carried for a mile. The Board of Trade organized a relief committee to oversee the recovery, and the Board also authorized $15,000 in pensions to widows and orphans of the storm. At about the same time a truck was flipped over at 2420 Cavelle Avenue. Counties: Franklin Path width: Path length: More research reveals that this very small tornado hit the Kenneth Hardcastle property between Hardcastle and Greenhill east-southeast of Bowling Green. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC and Storm Data says 50 yards. The tornado touched down about a half mile west of 1598 Carter Brothers Road. Counties: Simpson, Warren, Barren driven into the flesh.". His narrative: "A trained spotter saw a tornado near Salvisa. April 4, 2011 Counties: Allen, Monroe (from Macon, TN) Notes: The tornado touched down east of Interstate 65 near Claypool. Barns, power poles, and trees were immediately blown down. Residents reported a loud roar. In Mercer County four homes and 26 homes were destroyed. Time: 5:49pm Central Path length: 0.9 mile Text Products Time: 4:42am November 10, 2002 EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Russell Injuries: 40 Thirty-four homes were damaged. Time: 9:20pm EDT Counties: LaRue It did F1 damage to at least three businesses, six homes, and numerous barns and outbuildings. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the Brooks Hill neighborhood. Time: 5:30pm Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from west of Deputy to two miles northeast of Madison. Deaths: Time: 5:45am Many pioneer farms Path width: 200 yards Path length: Time: 3:45pm Path width: Near IN 203 and North Bethlehem Road several trees were down and agricultural buildings and residential roofs were damaged. Time: 10:03pm EDT to 10:09pm EDT Besides the structural damage, about 40 large hardwood trees were uprooted along the path. Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. Counties: Breckinridge, Meade June 17, 1997 Time: 1:17pm F-scale: F0 F-scale: F1 The tornado touched down two separate times. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville.