tornadoes in the 1800s

Deaths: 0 SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. Path length: The tornado finally lifted west-southwest of Windsor leaving a 7.2 mile track. It caused major roof damage along Bethlehem Academy Road, with one home losing the roof completely. Path length: Noted discrepancies: None One of the buildings had its doors blown in, on another the metal roof was peeled back, and the third was leveled and blown 300 yards downwind. Deaths: 0 Deaths: January 19, 1928 Time: 11:26pm EDT Path length: 0.75 mile Path width: 50 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC gives nothing. Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli. They account for 68 percent of all Great Plains tornadoes. Injuries: 0 Path length: Counties: Hart Path width: Numerous homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed on the north side of Bowling Green. Residents told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the tornado crossed the river and damaged trees on the Indiana shore, however that is not reflected in the official record. Time: 6:45pm Injuries: Time: 12:38pm CDT to 12:42pm CDT The tornado was rated an EF1 at this location. Time: 2:40pm F-scale: F0 Counties: Simpson, Allen Path width: Injuries: 20 May 14, 1995 April 20, 1958 Path length: February 19, 1884 Injuries: 5 Finally, the tornado did a more concentrated area of damage along Muddy Creek Road where a few more homes and trees were damaged. Time: 7:30pm Injuries: 0 Deaths: Notes: Storm Data touches this tornado down on "Lemon Hill Road" near Georgetownit seems this should be "Lemons Mill Road". Noted discrepancies: Only Hopkins County is listed at NCDC. Path width: 30 yards Several barns and outbuildings had roof damage as well. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh. EF-Scale: EF-0 F-scale: F2 A guide to tornado watching appeared in a book entirely about tornadoes that was published before the turn of the 20th century, and weve reproduced it below. May 25, 2011 Trees were laying in multiple directions and most of the trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. Path length: 0.4 mile The tornado then traveled over a ridge and intensified as it hit State Route 135 at Dutch Creek Road. Time: 2:00pm Injuries: F-scale: F2 October 6, 2014 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. After Tompkinsville, the tornado continued to the northeast, crossing Cumberland County (2 people injured) and clipping the southeast corner of Adair County (2 people killed in the Cundiff area) with comparatively little damage, before intensifying again as it entered Russell County. Air Quality F-scale: F2 F-scale: F1 May 14, 1995 Notes: Storm Data puts this on the northwest side of Priceville. Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN Deaths: November 10, 2002 Notes: The tornado formed just west of Interstate 65 and crossed the highway, the Hardin County Fairgrounds, and lifted just east of the intersection of First Union Church Road and Sportsman Lake Road. February 24, 2018 Path length: Two people may have died. A frame home was damaged. County: Garrard Path width: Counties: Boyle Counties: Washington IN Noted discrepancies: None Counties: Woodford The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck shortly after 4 pm on the day after Mother's Day in 1953. Path length: 25 miles (skipping) EF-Scale: EF1 15 Fascinating Vintage Photos Of Tennessee From The Early 1900s Grazulis narrative: Moved east from three and a half miles east of Mauckport to west of Laconia. Deaths: 0 Counties: Fayette Strange time disagreement between SPC and NCDC. F-scale: F3 At NCDC the two counties are listed separately. At the end of thepropertydrone photography showed trees going in nearly every direction. Tree damage continued along thepath with additional EF-2 damage, occurring attwo chicken farms where a 200 yd long chicken barn was. Time: 11:20pm EDT to 11:26pm EDT F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 Storm Data mentions the tornado location as Salvisa, but lists it under Woodford County, at 7:45am, with 6 injuries. Time: 7:10pm CDT Deaths: Path length: Grazulis narrative: A tornado was intermittently on the ground near Bowling Green. Climate Prediction Counties: Jefferson KY November 28, 1879 Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. May 18, 1995 EF-scale: EF1 Moving into Lincoln County, two barns were destroyed. Notes: Houses were twisted and trees uprooted. May 10, 2006 Injuries: One person was killed in Simpson County at Temperance as seven homes and 40 barns were destroyed. were damaged or destroyed. F-scale: F1 Deaths: A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. Six businesses and 34 homes had minor damage. Counties: Mercer On Highway 76, two mobile homes were totally destroyed and a modular home was rotated 30-80 feet counterclockwise off its foundation (with a quarter of the home blown away). Many trees were uprooted and there were signs of rotation on Goose Creek Road. The tornado hit a property on Murrays Run Road ripping off the sides of a large well-built barn. Narrative: Moved east from the southeast edge of Stanford, passing near Rowland, two miles east of Stanford. Notes: Storm Data lists this as "twin tornadoes" from two miles south of Kettle to Ida to 76-falls to Piney Woods to Mill Springs. Counties: Grayson Injuries: Deaths: 0 Newspapers called this a "barnado" because of the large number of barns destroyed. March 28, 1997 There could have been damage in-between although the survey team was unable to access this area. Injuries: 17 Notes: A state trooper spotted an F0 tornado at the Metcalfe County Fairgrounds. Path length: 3 miles June 6, 1990 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: There is a Mitchellsburg in Boyle County, but it's not in line with Perryville/Parksville. Path width: 100 yards April 3, 1974 Southeast of Trenton the tornado was on the ground for a mile and a half and destroyed a barn and a trailer. Time: 6:12pm CDT Thirteen residents of the four homes took shelter in the basement of one of the homes. A few more homes received minor damage before the tornado lifted near Longview. Path length: 2.4 miles Abasement crawl space door was blown out along with siding and roofdamage at 125 Spinks Drive. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down south of Glasgow and did damage along KY 90. Further research would be good, to confirm this tornado's track. County: Clark IN Counties: Clinton April 9, 1991 Injuries: 0 Damage totalled $2.5 million (1890 dollars) in Jefferson County, with another half a million dollars with F2 intensity damage in Jeffersonville INalong with 20 injuries. Counties: Washington KY Notes: More specific information is needed to accurately map this tornado. The most significant damage was done on Brook Chase Court, about in the middle pf the path. October 9, 2009 At the home next door the front door was pulling away from the building. Counties: Ohio, Butler Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Cartersville. Deaths: 2 Notes:A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs. Injuries: Deaths: 0 her long hair, which reached below her waist, saw an immense cloud traveling It is to be hoped that the number of those willing to aid in establishing the facts and ferreting out the mysteries will be largely increased, and it is for such these instructions are given. Counties: Nelson Grazulis narrative: Moved east from just east of Goshen, passing one mile north of Lagrange, and through Jericho. Time: 4:42am Near the end of its path, the tornado spread debris from a metal outbuilding one tenth of a mile onto North Marshall Road. F-scale: F1 Time: 8:00pm Time: 6:00pm Three quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) tornadoes were surveyed. EF-Scale:EF1 Path width: Counties: Woodford June 7, 1980 Time: On October 25, 1844, a tornado Grazulis probably has the most correct path width. Time: 6:10am February 28, 2011 Path width: 30yards Path length: 2.7 miles Time: 10:28pm Counties: Clark IN Path width: Path width: 250 yards F-scale:F2 Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. Sixteen people in Tompkinsville lost their lives that evening, with another 2 deaths just northeast of town in Sewell. Path width: 220 yards At least a dozen homes were destroyed. June 2, 1990 The pilots are associated with the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators. April 20, 2011 Path width: 150 yards Narrative: This unusual January tornado touched down southwest of Shively and moved east-northeast. A nearby well-built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. The tornado then turned to the right and re-crossed the Ohio River, coming back into Louisville dissipating near the present-day intersection of Zorn Avenue and River Road after badly damaging the city water tower. Injuries: 0 Deaths: Time: 11:55am Deaths: 0 Path length: Notes: The tornado first touched down near a ravine just northwest of Jessica Circle where it snapped a few trees. Path length: F-scale: F0 Counties: Franklin Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado on Lincoln Park Road. 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. Counties: Warren Notes: A fast moving tornado briefly touched down four times in Louisville. One farmer lost 6 cows when a barn collapsed on them. Injuries: 0 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. Injuries: 8 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the south side of Clarkson, just north of Big Clifty, to near the Hardin County line. EF-Scale:EF1 It struck a home on Liberty Road where it ripped the front porch off the home and flipped the detached metal garage. Path length: F-scale: F0 The result: 116 fatalities, more than 350 homes and businesses leveled and close to 850 people injured. Notes: According to Storm Data, one house was struck on Happy Hollow Road four miles south of Hawesville. F-scale: F1 Three 400-foot-long broiler buildings were destroyed at Magnolia. It dissipated shortly thereafter. February 24, 2018 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 6:01pm, NCDC gives 5:01pm, Storm Data says 7:01pm. Grazulis narrative: A tornado destroyed two trailers and a barn, just north of Jamestown. On the square, the tornado ripped the metal roofs off of Reflections Flower Shop and Liberty Furniture. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 1 Counties: Jefferson KY Narrative: A tornado, which possessed a "wrenching, spiral motion" according to witnesses and was described in the newspaper as "whirling and tossing about like a monster in pain" moved northeast through the southeast part of Louisville, damaging over a hundred buildings. Path length: March 20, 1982 F-scale: F0 Grazulis, Thomas. For this mapping project we used the official start/stop lat/lons, but further research is needed to verify. Path length: 2.9 miles 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. Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Counties: Madison Grazulis times this tornado at 11:30pm. It threw Ronnie and Timmy, Ronnie's only son, into a mud puddle with just a few scratches. Path length: 0.14 mile Your email address will not be published. Multiple trees were snapped and uprooted. Injuries: 0 However, going on the research done by this project up to this point, it has been determined that there was a small tornado in Boyle County, but no tornado in Metcalfe County. Deaths: 0 Deaths: It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. A garage onthe property was also destroyed. Metal sheeting was found in trees. Or, if you have information on a tornado that we were unable to plot due to conflicting data among our sources,let us knowthat as well. Homes were swept away in many communities, including Keytown, Angle, Oak Grove, and Liberty. Time: 4:27pm Path length: 12 miles Time: 7:45pm Injuries: 0 from the east edge of Jeffersonville. Some, like #9 in particular, are dangerous. A mobile home was rolled over and trees and power lines were blown down. great distances. Narrative: Tornado hit Big Spring. EF-Scale: EF-0 August 12, 1983 Path width: 30 yards Counties: Breckinridge Grazulis narrative: Skipped from Guthrie to Keysburg and Schochoh. Noted discrepancies: None The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. After then damaging the Hixson Farm, the twister dissipated. F-scale: F2 June 8, 1899 Injuries: 8 It traveled along I-64 south of Georgetown. The tornado destroyed an old barn on Chester Hahn Road but then weakened to an EF0 of 80 mph and ended with a few snapped trees before Dugan Lane. A news story in the Oklahoma Herald also mentioned two deaths in the Waterloo area, and that "over a score of people" were injured. Injuries: The unattached bed of a pickup truck was picked up and thrown 150 yards. A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. 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. Time: 7:00pm local time A 5000 pound horse trailer was thrown to the northwest 70 yards. The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. Deaths: 0 The tornado then weakened slightly as it moved into a subdivision damaging several small trees, sheds, and roofs. Path width: 100 yards Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 2:00pm, NCDC 1:00pm, Storm Data 3:00pm. April 11, 2008 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd., where the tornado ended. Injuries: 2 More research would be nice. Counties: Franklin The rope-like tornado lifted between Tucker Station Road and Interstate 265. SPC, Grazulis, and NCDC list the path width at 30 yards, Storm Data says 1 yard. Counties: Washington KY Counties: Casey Path length: F-scale: F1 January 2, 2006 Sheet metal and shingles were lifted into trees along the route of the storm. Deaths: 9 Tree damage occurred near Nonesuch with F1 strength winds in southern Woodford County. Path length: 1/2 mile Time: 3:48pm - 3:49pm EDT Time: 12:28am EDT SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1200 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Pieces of oak fencing were tossed around and two small outbuildings were damaged. Counties: Floyd Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast near Eastern State College in Richmond. June 2, 1990 Path width: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. The tornado continued to damage large barns and out buildings as well as snap trees until it lifted about 2 miles northwest of Crab Orchard. A tornado in North Dakota during the late 1800s. A horrific nighttime Deaths: 1 Injuries: 0 Also, some tornadoes are actually members of tornado families, in which case a new tornado forms just as the previous tornado dissipates, resulting in what appears to be one continuous tornado path when in fact it was a series of individual tornadoes. Counties: Clinton Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 3:40pm, NCDC says 2:40pm, Storm Data says 4:40pm. F-scale: F1 On Dale Ann Drive a playhouse weighing 1500 pounds was blown 200 feet. Deaths: 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. EF-Scale: EF-1 This survey was conducted by personnel from both the NWS and emergency management from Franklin and Scott Counties. EF-Scale: EF-1 Path length: 0.6mile Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 The debris was blown up to 0.25 mile to the northeast and exhibited both convergence and rotation. Carmon Creek Road where several hardwoods were snapped along with power lines down. Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF2 Injuries: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis ends this tornado just inside the Franklin County line, but SPC and NCDC take it all the way to Frankfort. Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. Deaths: Simultaneously, a new cyclic tornado vortex rapidly formed from the same supercell near Mahan Road and Old State Road 3 immediately southwest of the first tornado. Path width: Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale ranking for this tornado. Injuries: Path width: 250 yards Counties: Perry These tornadoes, of which there are about one hundred, will need to be the subjects of further research, most likely by combing through local newspapers. It damaged or destroyed eight homes with several injuries. June 20, 1973 The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. Time: 1:00pm F-scale: F1 The tornado then continued east across IN-37 where it uprooted and snapped several dozen trees along Old IN-37. Deaths: 0 Path length: 1.7miles The Lexington Leader mentions the tornado north of the city but doesn't say anything about any damage. Time: 12:47pm CST Path length: Deaths: 0 They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Counties: Warren, Edmonson, Barren Path length: Path width: 125 yards Injuries: F-scale: F0 November 10, 2002 Most tornado tracks were plotted as a continuous straight line between the beginning and ending points. Several homes experienced roof damage with some windows blown out. Grazulis narrative: In the Pleasureville-Defoe area a tornado destroyed three barns and a silo. Path width: 30 yards Path length: 2 miles There was also some tree damage. Mills on Broadway at Beargrass Creek were wrecked. Time: 4:55pm January 17, 2012 Path width: Time: 5:54pm - 5:56pm EDT 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. The tornado had lifted the house completely off the foundation and rotated it about 3-4 feet. Path length: 1.3 miles Path width: 150 yards Counties: Casey The family was out to eat at the time, but had they been home the children would have been napping at the time the tornado struck. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 1 1/2 miles. Injuries: Deaths: Time: 2:00pm F-scale: F0 Time: 3:05pm Trees and power lines were torn down along Eighteenth Street Road from Kerrick Station to Greenwood Roada distance of about a mile. Path length: Notes: This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville with the primary damage swath a mile wide. Path length: 2.6 miles SPC/NCDC begin the tornado west of ScottsburgGrazulis starts it north of Scottsburg. County: Metcalfe Notes: According to Storm Data this tornado touched down near Seymour. F-scale: F1 Time: 4:00pm Fortunately it was unoccupied. F-scale: F1 Notes: This tornado passed through western and central Lincoln County. The funnel reached the ground near the intersection of North Main Street and River Park Drive where a tree was blown down onto a restaurant. Minimal F2. Time: 5:40pm - 5:42pm CDT Injuries: 0 Time: 10:25am The NCDC end lat/lon of the first Muhlenberg tornado is the same as the NCDC begin lat/lon of the second. F-scale: F1 Deaths: October 7, 2014 Time: 8:30pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis call it an F2. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Time: 6:30pm Deaths: F-scale: F2 Deaths: 0 Time: 6:30pm Path width: Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Time: 2:25pm F-scale: EF1 Path width: 20yards Near the intersection of Horners Chapel Road and Fredericksburg Road, a high tension metal power structure was toppled along with numerous trees uprooted and snapped. April 19, 2011 March 6, 1961 Note also whether any object is carried up straight in the funnel, or whether it is borne along in the swift wind. Path width: 100 yards March 29, 1974 Event Ready Deaths: 0 Time: 2:12am CDT The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. This was consistent with EF1 damage, 105 mph estimated winds, and a damage width of 75 yards. F-scale: F3 Counties: Boyle and Lincoln (and on into Rockcastle) Time: 12:00am EDT Several large hackberry and oak trees were uprooted and snapped between the PX and Scott Middle School. Notes:This small tornado was embedded in afast moving squall line that raced east at 55 mph. Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data lists this and the following tornado as one. Injuries: 0 Path length: Notes: Moved east from east of Hiseville to Savoyard and Sulphur Well. Injuries: 0 Additional barns were destroyed on the Wiley and Bramlett farms. Path length: 5 miles Injuries: 5 Path length: Large pieces of tin roofing were twisted around trees and wadded up into balls. EF-Scale: EF2 The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. Deaths: 0 It is very plain that nothing can be sucked into the tornado, because of a partial vacuum there; but if it rushes in or up, it must be borne or propelled by a stream of electricity, so to speak, or by a rush of air. One person died in a home near Gilpin. February 6, 2008 Tornado families, or "cyclic" tornadoes, can be very difficult to record correctly without detailed scientific field surveys. March 10, 1986 Time: 7:13pm EDT Injuries: 0 Time: 8:30pm Time: 3:00am 16. Time: 10:30pm March 23, 2012 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Warwick Distillery at Silver Creek lost its roof. Injuries: 0 Path length: Many homes had roof damage, and at least one was unroofed. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F3 Deaths: Injuries: Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website, This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville. EF-scale: EF1 Next, along KY 1607, not far from Salem Church Road and Dan Dunn Road, a silo was crumbled and some parts of a corn field were mashed sown. Path length: 0.75 mile Noted discrepancies: According to Storm Data this tornado touched down between Borden and Pekin just southwest of IN 60would that be modern-day IN 160? Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN Grazulis Narrative: Moved east from Cottonburg to south of Richmond. The tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896 was a series of violent and deadly tornado outbreaks that struck much of the Central and Southern United States from May 15 to 28, 1896. . December 9, 1952 F-scale: F1 Time: 9:45pm Path length: F-scale: F0 County: Green Injuries: 0 On October 25th, 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. Path width: 50 yards The Louisville Daily Courier described the storm as "a whirlwind revolving leftwise." Several large barns were destroyed or had at least 70% of the walls blown out. It damage many roofs with the heaviest damage at a day care center in a residential home off Miami Court. April 27, 1971 Injuries: 0 Path width: 50 yards Counties: Fayette F-scale: F0 At this location damage included five trees blown down including a 60-foot tall sycamore, shingle damage to a house, a damaged satellite dish, and a destroyed pergola. Path width: Injuries: 0 Notes: What was almost certainly a family of tornadoes moved northeast from western Marion County (according to Grazulis) to 4 miles southwest of Paris in Bourbon County. County: Simpson Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yards. The tornado touched down about 200 yards west of the Dollar General store, which suffered some minor roof damage. Path length: 10 miles (skipping) The SPC/NCDC touchdown lat/lon is just barely inside Pulaski County. The tornado increased in size at 532 Stoneridge Ln. A bowling alley and several businesses were damaged at Sellersburg. EF-Scale:EF1 One barn was destroyed and another had the roof blown off. Recreation Forecasts, Past Weather Severe damage was sustained to several barns, street signs, bird houses, and metal poles that were bent or snapped. Continuing to the northeast, a home was damaged at the corner of Kentucky and Shelby streets and brick cottages on Kentucky near Shelby were wrecked. F-scale: F1

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