Winds in this area were estimated to be between 90 and 95 mph. Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: 0 F-scale: F3 June 18, 1992 Path width: 100 yards One of the most famous tornado stories Path length: 16 miles Time: 7:57pm Time: 8:30pm (approx.) A house lost its roof at 570 Dresden Avenue, with additional damage at 550 and 552 Dresden. EF-Scale: EF-1 F-scale: F0 Tornadoes In The Old West - True West Magazine Path width: 300 yards Time: 4:15pm Significant numbers of large trees were snapped and/or uprooted as the tornado crossed US 27. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path width: 150 yards Deaths: 0 Deaths: Deaths: Counties: Breckinridge Mayor James Speed ordered all businesses in the city closed the next day. Here EF1 damage, 90 mph winds, and a path width of 50 yards were estimated. Path width: A small well-constructed shed was pushed over onto its side, and another small shed was destroyed. February 24, 2011 Path length: 11 miles Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 32 miles, NCDC 31 miles. Winds estimated at 175mph near Glasgow damaged or destroyed 35 mobile homes and 25 barns. Narrative: Moved northeast from four miles south of Eminence, passing one mile north of Pleasureville. Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. Injuries: 0 Counties: Franklin April 20, 1986 Injuries: 0 It damaged three more barns and uprooted more trees along Montpelier Rd. F-scale: F0 F-scale: F0 The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. Another barn was destroyed, and every shingle was blown off a well constructed roof. Notes: The tornado first touched down north of Russell Springs in northern Russell County west of Highway 127 where it did minor damage to trees, barns, and outbuildings. The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. Deaths: 0 It damaged trailers and downed many trees. Path width: Counties: Spencer Path length: 1 mile Storm Data seems to then continue the tornado into Hardin County to Colesburg (or could that be part of the tornado listed at 3:45pm from Hardin to Spencer counties?). Path width: Path width: 300 yards Injuries: 20 Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. Notes: Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the northern bank of Indian Creek two miles northeast of Corydon. Path width: 120 yards Counties: Hardin Deaths: 0 Injuries: Path length: 9 miles Counties: Simpson Injuries: 0 Three 400-foot-long broiler buildings were destroyed at Magnolia. Four houses were even blown down across the river in Jeffersonville. Path length: A total of 51 homes, 33 barns, three churches, four trailers, and 100 other buildings were destroyed, and fifty more homes had major damage. F-scale: F1 April 19, 2011 Unable to plot, pending further research. Grazulis narrative: Sixteen homes and 12 barns were damaged along the north edge of Shelbyville. Notes: This brief twister destroyed two barns and did heavy damage to several other barns and homes. Path length: 33miles May 30, 2004 The edge of the tornado missed downtown Russell Springs by only half a mile. Path length: 0.75 mile Immediately east of the highway, tremendous structural damage was observed. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in a field along KY 103 a mile north of Auburn. Time: 9:21pm - 9:24pm CST Deaths: 4 Path width: Notes: Damage with this tornado occurred along Old Union Chapel Road of IN 62 nearT&T Auto. From there, the tornado crossed into Jefferson County, Indiana. April 4, 1892 F-scale: F1 Counties: Madison Counties: Jefferson KY Items of Interest The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck shortly after 4 pm on the day after Mother's Day in 1953. The tornado crossed I-65 at Exit 71. The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. F-scale: F1 The tornado rapidly narrowed to a rope-like structure and ended as an EF1 with 90-95 mph winds and an 80 yard wide path. Deaths: 0 The first observed damage was near Round Knob in the Clark State Forest. Farther east, the tornado intensified again as it destroyed two double wide homes on Speith Road. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F3 A 30x50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. Grazulis has the tornado starting in Muhlenberg County east of Greenville and he lifts it at Hartford in Ohio County (nowhere near the SPC/NCDC lat/lon). A "queer greenish light" was reported before the storm hit. Here, the tornado was an EF4 with 170 mph winds. June 2, 1990 Counties: Dubois The tornado was only on the ground forapproximately 200 yards with a path width of about 30-40 yards. Path length: October 26, 2010 Path width: Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. At this time will not plot any tornadoes in Washington County. Path width: 880 yards The ending lat/lon given is just inside Perry County as well. Numerous trees and a grain silo weredown along the property. Path length: 6miles A sign was also blown down at a business along U.S. 60. Counties: Simpson, Allen It's been mapped here according to the information in Storm Data, but additional research would be helpful. Path width: 150 yards EF-Scale: EF-0 Path length: 3 miles Unfortunately, with the passage of time we may never know for sure for most of them. Time: 6:05am - 6:07am EST Path length: The National Weather Service out of Peachtree City has just issued a Tornado Warning for Forsyth County and Cherokee County until 4:30 p.m. Deaths: Injuries: 122 EF-Scale:EF0 The storm crossed IN 66 into a cemetery and trailer court. 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. 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. Injuries: 10 March 28, 1997 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Middleton. Path width: This may explain why some county seats seem to have a disproportionate number of tornadoes near them on these maps (such as three tornadoes with identical latitude/longitude pairs inFrankfortand the plethora of tornadoes inBowling Green). 1886: Ohio's Deadliest Tornadoes of the 19th Century The funnel may have been aloft over Fairfield. Barns and outhouses were levelled, roofs were blown off, and a car was overturned. EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 0 Backyard storm shelters become relics of the past - Deseret News Storm Data mentions that this tornado crossed into Kentucky from Perry Countyhitting Irvington, two miles east northeast of Cloverport, and two and a half miles south of Garrett. April 8, 2020 March 18, 1925 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck near Keene. Notes: The tornado touched down four miles northwest of Dunnville and skipped along ridgetops to the east-southeast, exiting Casey County at Mintonville. Time: 10:30pm Central time Path length: Path width: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothingGrazulis gives 3 miles. hillside. Path length: 34 miles (skipping) Counties: Metcalfe Path width: F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1Grazulis calls it an F2. Time: 11:35pm Deaths: 1 Path length: F-scale: June 6, 1966 Path length: 2.5miles Path width: 50 yards The side of the track on which the observer stood should be given. The middle school experienced the worst damage. Path width: 150 yards US Dept of Commerce The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution's "Queries Relative Plotted according to NCDC's narrative. Between April and June 2011 tornadoes killed more than 580 people and caused over $21 billion dollars in economic damages. October 1, 1977 Time: Noon In Hart County the tornado and its attendant straight-line winds mowed down a path five miles wide. June 19, 2011 Special note should be made of a cloud of dust and its general appearance. Injuries: 0 in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. Path length: The tornado track continued at a residence on New Bethel Cloverport Rd. Deaths: Path width: 800 yards Deaths: 0 July 10, 2015 Path width: 50 yards The tornado may have skipped a few times along its path. EF-Scale: EF-2 At the 2400 block of WG Talley Road was the most significant damage of the entire survey. County: Clark IN April 6, 1988 The tornado twisted and snapped several cedar trees before going across the farmers field. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. F-scale: F4 Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the storm's path. Counties: Orange Path length: 1.4 miles Notes: A small tornado touched down in the back yard of a home about a quarter mile west of the caution light on IN 60 in Borden and uprooted trees and caused roof damage to the home. Counties: Washington IN made for good press, and together they Path width: 100 yards Path length: 1.75 mile Narrative: Moved northeast, destroying five homes and damaging a dozen others at Columbia. A treatise on meteorology with a collection of meteorological tables Path length: 0.7 mi Injuries: 30 Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. March 28, 1997 Deaths: 0 Time: 11:47pm EDT County: Madison Four tornadoes accomplished that feat: one on March 27, 1890two on March 18, 1925and one on May 9, 1933. 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. Counties: Fayette "Husto" was possibly Huston, named for a local landowner with that name, though it is unclear exactly where Huston was located, though it may have been where Paris sits today. There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. One mobile home rolled over onto a vehicle but the three occupants were unhurt. Next to that location a baseball field had the metal roofs blown off the cinder block dugout with a number of cinder blocks blown several feet east of the dugout. Counties: Woodford As soon as the mid-1800s, the government began collecting data on tornadoes. The tornado also did moderate damage to barns and destroyed several outbuildings, and moved a 2700 pound motorboat 220 feet. A house had its windows blown in on its southwest side. As settlement advanced, tornadoes were reported from New England, through the Old South, and into the Old Northwest (present-day Midwest, Ohio Valley, Lakes region). A well-anchored 50x20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives lat/lon pairs as 37.98/-85.72, 0/0NCDC gives 37.38/-85.38, 37.35/-82.95. Path length: July 27, 1997 Deaths: November 5, 2018 Counties: Mercer, Woodford Storm Data has this tornado hit Southville, KY 714, and Waddy. Noted discrepancies: None. F-scale: F1 Injuries: 2 April 20, 2011 Injuries: Livestock was killed and cars and farm machinery were destroyed. Time: 7:45pm Several trees were knocked down or snapped. July 13, 2015 Sheds were destroyed and trees uprooted. F-scale: F2 There was also some tree damage. March 28, 1997 SPC starts the tornado in Madison County just south of Valley View, which is in Madison County near the point where Madison, Jessamine, and Fayette counties meet (but definitely in Madison County). Interspersed with the straight line wind damage was at least one tornado in western Allen County north of and paralleling KY 585. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 1 Narrative: A possible tornado hit four miles north of Georgetown. Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile west of Dugansville to 9/10 of a mile west of Dugansville. 4th ed. One resident on Oxford Pike said, "The noise of the twister was worse than the noise of a train passing near you." Deaths: 0 Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. Time: 3:55pm Path width: 75yards Boyle County Stockyards lost roofs. Time: 4:25pm This continued along Graveltown Road. EF-Scale: EF-0 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. The tornado crossed the Ohio River from Jefferson County, Indiana and narrowed to about 200 yards wide. A door was opened by gusts of wind just moments prior to the tornado, and this may have been one factor in the destruction of the church as powerful tornado winds battered the outside of the building and also were allowed to sweep into the interior of the building. June 22, 2011 Time: 4:00pm The garage doors were bent and pushed in. SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Path length: 0.2 miles Time: 3:28pm 1-Stop Climate Deaths: 0 Time: 3:30pm Numerous barns and outbuildings were destroyed with their siding thrown 500 yards. Deaths: 0 Notes: The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. F-scale: F2 Time: 8:16pm Path width: 70yards On October 25 th , 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF0 Time: 6:15pm Deaths: The "bounding" tornado, and accompanying high winds, unroofed or damaged four homes, 31 barns, and fifty other buildings. This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. Deaths: Injuries: Path length:3.6 miles Counties: Hardin Counties: Harrison, IN Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 0 Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. Injuries: 1 Deaths: 0 Notes: A tornado touched down near the corner of Bramers and Campground roads. Taken circa 1939 in Eastern Tennessee. Storm Data says the tornado touched down eight miles north of Carlisle on Ball Hill Road. Injuries: The tornado next removed the roof of an older building next to the cafe and a garage behind the cafe. F-scale: F0 F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit the Buckley Wildlife Refuge. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 9:25am, Grazulis give 8:15am. Counties: Monroe, Cumberland Notes: Storm Data says the hardest hit areas were Apalona and Branchville. Counties: Butler (from Muhlenberg) Storm Data says this tornado entered Orange County three miles south-southwest of Huron and entered Lawrence County three miles south-southeast of Huron. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Three small homes were blown down. The tornado continued to strengthen just east of Exit 19 of Interstate 65 in a heavily industrialized area. Time: 7:45pm A new 24 foot travel trailer was destroyed. Time: 1:10am Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 4:40pm, Grazulis and Storm Data give 5:40pm. The first damage observed was of EF1 intensity, and the tornado grew to EF2 intensity before reaching the Madison County line. Injuries: 14 Injuries: 2 It threw Ronnie and Timmy, Ronnie's only son, into a mud puddle with just a few scratches. Path width: A high tension tower and other homes were damaged on Pine Drive. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this tornado touched down at Beech Bend Park four miles northwest of Bowling Greenshould say northeast. Path length: Grazulis narrative: Hit two miles east of Clarkson. May 28, 1996 Path length: F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 Path length: 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: [Offsite link: 19th-Century Storm Chasers Took the First Tornado Photographs]. Path length: 32 miles April 25, 2015 Texas was on April 15, 1879, near Dallas, injuring Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile northwest of Versailles to one mile north of Versailles. The tornado then finally began to weaken and it dissipated about four miles shy of Paris. The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. Tornado intensity is described by the fscale. Noted discrepancies: SPC and Storm Data list both Taylor and Washington countiesNCDC lists only Taylor CountyGrazulis lists only Washington County. Notes: An EF-0 tornado touched down at the Madison Municipal Airport. Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with an aerial damage survey performed by pilots David Katz and Gary Katz and photographer Tom Boucher from the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down in northern Henry county on Friday, March 2nd. Path width: 230 yards County: Harrison IN Path length: 2.2 mile Injuries: Path width: 75 yards A large, well constructed barn was destroyed. A child was killed as a two-story hilltop home was leveled and swept away. Deaths: 0 Required fields are marked *. As the tornado passed along southeast of Branchville it killed again. At the corner of Maple Road and Galene Drive a significant portion of a large oak tree split off and was thrust into a wall of Tully School.