tornadoes in the 1800s

March 2, 2012 The length of this touchdown was .80 miles. Deaths: February 21, 1993 Deaths: 0 Three houses were destroyed and five were damaged. Path length:2 miles March 27, 1890 Time: 2:43pm Counties: Logan Many women and children were killed, the youngest victim being nine years old. November 10, 2002 Time: 4:34pm Path length: Counties: Anderson, Woodford Time: 12:35am - 12:37am CST Path width: April 20, 1986 Time: 7:35pm April 20, 2011 A 60'x43' barn that had been recently remodeled and upgraded had three walls blown out. army cadet, was dispatched from Washington Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management and an aerial survey conducted by pilots from the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviatorsconfirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down on Willard Wilson Road in southern Trimble county at 401 PM EST. Moore has been hit by 23 tornadoes since the late 1800s, according to the National Weather Service. EF-Scale:EF1 A path length of 14 miles would take this tornado out of Metcalfe County, so the SPC path length is used here. Counties: Green, Adair Deaths: 0 Time: 4:17am EST Notes: A tornado touched down near the corner of Bramers and Campground roads. F-scale: F0 Path length: 3.2 miles The tornado apparently lifted and crossed Elizabeth-New Middletown Road and headed east into a wooded area. Path width: 880 yards Counties: Perry, Crawford, Harrison IN, Washington IN, Clark IN, Scott IN F-scale: EF0 Photographs are particularly welcome. April 20, 1996 Injuries: It damaged 3 to 4 barns and snapped numerous trees along its 1.1 mile path. Streets that suffered damage (other than those listed above): Atokad Park, Aztec Circle, Big Ben Court, Carlsbad Court, Carriage Lane, Custer Drive, Custer Lake Court, Dale Drive, East Hills Drive, Glacier Court, Golden Gate Park, Mount Rainier Drive, Packanack Court, Personality Court, Pipestone Court, Rocky Mount Court, Stephen Foster Drive, Shoal Lake Drive, Squires Circle, Squires Road, Tates Brook Drive, Travis Court, Tuscaloosa Lane, Woodview Drive, and Yosemite Circle. Pictures confirm this. The path described above was more certainly a tornado. The tornado lifted near Anchorage after cutting a narrow path through the south suburbs of Louisville. NCDC's lat/lons are wrong. Path length: 1/2 mile SPC/NCDC stop this tornado at Salvisa, but Grazulis takes it into Anderson County, ending it one mile east of Ballard. F-scale: F2 Cannot find Creal on any map. Deaths: Path width: 100 yards Injuries: August 19, 1999 The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. Path width: 150 yards "When I flipped one of the steaks and it didn't come back down, I knew it was time to go inside." Noted discrepancies: None It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd., where the tornado ended. Noted discrepancies: Grazulis and Storm Data list this tornado at 6:40pmSPC and NCDC say 5:40pm. Time: 4:00pm Injuries: They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Counties: Hardin 11 tornadoes were spawned by 2 squall lines that crossed the state. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | TORNADO STORIES Deaths: In older events, the number of tornadoes officially counted is likely underestimated. Path length: Damage was reported at Rockford Station (Rockford Lane and 18th Street Road -- now Dixie Highway). Deaths: The vehicle landed on its tires and the driver survived, despite the top half of the car getting sheared off. Time: 12:45pm Path length: 1.1 miles Injuries: Time: 8:00pm Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east. Path length: 0.2 miles Counties: Clark IN, Scott IN, Jefferson IN (to Ripley) Notes: This weak tornado did tree damage as it briefly touched down along Mount Pleasant Road northwest of Bedford, snapping upper-level tree branches in a narrow path. Time: 7:05pm County: Warren Path width: Moving along to the northeast, the Muir area was next in line (near the intersection of KY 1970 and KY 1973 today). Most of the injuries were in the Gilpin-Mount Olive area. March 22, 1991 F-scale: F2 In the Alabama town of Cordova, Paula Hastings and her husband survived an April 27 twister by hiding in the basement of their stone-and-masonry home, which dates to the 1800s. Path length: From here, the tornado raced east-northeast over more fields, where it snapped the tops off a few trees before it hit the next farm, at Milky Way Lane on Mt. Deaths: 0 Path length: 1.5 miles On October 25th, 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. A couple of garage doors were dented in. EF-Scale:EF0 Time: 7:19pm CDT Path length: 14 miles The tornado touched down near the Horseshoe Ford Road and Horseshoe Bend Road intersection. A groom was killed. EF-Scale: EF-1 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path width: 300 yards 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. Injuries: 0 Several trees were uprooted. Counties: Lincoln (from Pulaski) Path width: 70 yards Notes: Grazulis' path width is probably the most correct. Path width: 350 yards Houses were unroofed. SPC gives a path length of 79 milesNCDC gives 81 miles (including 54 miles in Scott County, which is impossible), and Grazulis gives 36 miles. Counties: Clinton (to Wayne) Just east of I-65 a house trailer was lifted and deposited 100 feet away. A "queer greenish light" was reported before the storm hit. Path length: 1.3miles Damage in Roundhill and Reedyville may have been from straight-line winds or a separate small tornado. Path width: 250 yards Several businesses were damaged in the Broadway and Lakeview Drive area. Path width: 220 yards Injuries: Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Marble sized hail was also reported. Path width: 25 yards The tornado was only on the ground forapproximately 200 yards with a path width of about 30-40 yards. EF-scale: EF3 On This Day: The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 | News | National Counties: Logan (from Todd) Injuries: 0 Path width: 150 yards Path length: 3 miles Path length: 0.25 mile Counties: Cumberland March 27, 2017 Blacksmith shops on Preston "near the railroad crossing (?) Counties: LaRue Deaths: Several witnesses saw two different tornado near the Miami Court and Wobegone Way area. Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST Path width: Deaths: 1 Path length:0.1 mile Path width: 700 yards SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 7:00pm, Grazulis give 7:25pm. Click here for a map showing the approximate path of the tornado through Winchester. Deaths: Deaths: April 3, 1974 Time: 3:30pm F-scale: F2 Path length: 10.7 miles SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list one injuryGrazulis lists none. Most of the injuries were in a church that was torn apart and collapsed during evening services. June 18, 1992 Fences were torn down as well. Path width: Unfortunately, with the passage of time we may never know for sure for most of them. The tornado may have begun to skip intermittently through some woods east of KY 79 as only a few trees lost some limbs near the intersection of Delmar Lindsey Lane and Lawrence Hayes Road. Path width: Time: 6:06pm - 6:21pm CDT Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck near Troy. Path width: The tornado appears to have travelled in an east-southeasterly direction. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from near Hackley and Cottonburg, passing just north of Richmond, and lifting east of Mount Sterling. Maximum wind speeds were 95 mph. Time: 6:07pm Notes: This tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees along its path and heavily damaged a metal outbuilding on North Spangler Hill Road before dissipating near the intersection of North Spangler Hill Road and North White River Road. Most of the wind damage was between 85 and 95 mph. Notes: This tornado touched down just north of Adairville. Path length: 10 miles (skipping) Winds at this location were between 90 and 95 mph. The injuries were in trailers. Path width: Counties: Butler Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 Counties: Nelson 7. Path width: 125yards Path width: 60 yards Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. Here, buildings containing several businesses were severely damaged. Counties: Clark, IN Deaths: Path width: F-scale: F2 March 16, 1963 The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. Between 1890 and 2011, the city, which is located near the heart of "tornado alley," was hit by a . Path length: 2.25 miles Fort Campbell Path length: 4 miles Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. The side of a two-story home was torn off. EF-Scale: EF-0 Path width: Path length: 0.1 mile EF-Scale: EF-1 Deaths: Injuries: Time: 11:41pm - 11:45pm EST On Culls Ridge Road, the tornado strengthened to an EF-3 once again with 140 mph winds. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile southwest of Blowing Springs to one mile northwest of Blowing Springs. One of the houses, a prefabricated home set on a concrete slab, "could not be found". Time: 8:10pm EST to 8:12pm EST Deaths: 0 Time: 1:00pm EF-Scale:EF0 Residents at the house said they could feel the intense pressure and everything trying to suck out of the house. Counties: Breckinridge Deaths: It has been decided, to the best of our ability, that these events were due to straight-line winds. May 28, 1996 Injuries: 30 Deaths: 0 All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. Wonder if this formed in the remnants of Hurricane Lili? Grazulis narrative: A tornado was intermittently on the ground about five miles east of Bowling Green. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck just south of Franklinton. 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. County: Cumberland At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. Time: 6:15pm Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado on Lincoln Park Road. About twenty other homes were damaged. The tornado dissipated about a minute later. Counties: Harrison KY The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. to conduct a damage survey. Injuries: 0 Another stand of 50 hardwood trees was uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to the porch and roof of a home. Tornado with speeds of up to 114mph swept up sheep and caused extensive damage to farm in Pennal. 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. County: Trimble The twister may have lifted briefly as it crossed Shelbyville Road very near Eight Mile House (which was unaffected). F-scale: F1 If information was available indicating that the tornado made a significant turn along its path, then that was included (such as the tornado of November 7, 1996 inLogan County). Injuries: 0 Time: 3:50pm Injuries: 30 EF-Scale: EF1 Path length: Counties: Metcalfe Mud was spattered onto the north-facing front of the home, where a porch column support was also moved slightly. Injuries: 0 Injuries: May 8, 2009 Time: 9:15pm - 9:16pm CST The tornado destroyed two barns at 901 Dot Road, where it also moved heavy farm equipment, blew out exterior walls, and destroyed the home's roof. May 8, 1969 April 19, 2011 Path length: 0.2 mile Several more homes were severely damaged along this road. hay roll southeast over a fence. Path width: 150 yards Injuries: Wednesday's tornado hit . County: Clinton Counties: Mercer Path length: 1.4miles Multiple vortices may have been visible. The woman was badly cut by glass, and her husband was caught between fireplace bricks and a collapsed wall. Storm Data mentions only that this tornado "touched down briefly" near where I-75 crosses the Fayette/Madison County line. The first theories explaining weather phenomena as having natural causes were proposed by ancient Greek natural philosophers. Injuries: 8 Time: 6:15pm Sheet metal and shingles were lifted into trees along the route of the storm. A multi-business building was hit by the tornado with a large portion of its roof lifted and dropped on the Dinner Bell restaurant. Counties: Jefferson IN (to Switzerland, Ohio IN, Dearborn) Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Riffe and along a ten mile long path from one mile northwest of Dunnville to Gilpin. Injuries: F-scale: F1 Counties: Warren In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Deaths: F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: None EF-Scale: EF2 Deaths: 0 EF-Scale: EF0 Path length: 3 miles Three chimneys of the Orange County Courthouse collapsed, most likely when hit by roof debris. Counties: Floyd Counties: Logan Nicholas has had the fewest, with only 2. Deaths: 0 A tobacco warehouse was demolished on the southwest side of town. Deaths: Further research necessary. Both places of damage listed by Grazulis are on the Henry/Shelby county line. 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. Some tornadoes had no F-scale ranking assigned to them. Thirty homes were destroyed, with F4 damage and deaths in southwest Madison County, mostly near Richmond. August 12, 1983 F-scale: F1 Path length: Notes: This tornado touched down at Churchill Downs with EF-1 strength and wind speeds of up to 105 mph. March 20, 1982 Injuries: 0 Time: 7:58pm EST to 7:59pm EST Injuries: This was largely thanks to increased instances of tornado disasters given an expanding and westward moving population. Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 The tornado lifted near this location. Path width: 75 yards Time: 8:10pm February 7, 1904 Deaths: Give the names of persons killed, if any. March 19, 1943 Notes:The tornado touched down two separate times. F-scale: F1 April 22, 2005 Notes: A large barn was destroyed. One would suppose that these tornadoes were likely quite weak. Path length: 12 miles The tornado may have then turned to the left (northeast) as it caused F2-level damage to a two-story brick dwelling near the corner of Breckinridge and Preston. The tornado skipped east-northeast for nearly 9 miles across primarily open fields. Path length: 3.3 miles Deaths: 0 Path width: 50 yards SPC gives a path length of 38 miles, NCDC gives 33 miles, Storm Data says 40 miles, Grazulis lists a skipping path of 23 miles. Time: 10:44pm EDT The most significant damage was at Oxmoor Collision Center where there was structural damage to some steel framing and stucco. F-scale: F0 West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. Counties: Scott IN On the following dates tornadoes occurred while temperatures were in the 50 to 55 degree range: Map of Approximate Fatality Locations Since 1830, Tornado Maps of Southern Indiana/Central Kentucky: A firefighter with the Westport Volunteer Fire Department saw the tornado begin on Eighteen Mile Creek Road, and proceed into Westport. Path width: Injuries: It touched down on Buck Lane, struck KY 1978, crossed Georgetown Road, and struck near Citation Boulevard. Path length: 0.4 miles Path width: County: Marion Injuries: This tornado is very oddly listed at the NCDC website. Path width: 100 yards Cottages were destroyed on the southeast corner of Churchill and Twelfth. May 28, 1996 F-scale:F2 Injuries: So far, it doesn't look like it Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit the Buckley Wildlife Refuge. A chicken house weighing hundreds of pounds was rolled over and moved several feet. Counties: Scott KY Injuries: 26 Kansas City, Missouri. High tension wires were down and trees snapped along West End Road just north of Shanks Hill Road. north from the doorway of his home when F-scale: F0 Time: 5:42am EST Witnesses said that the main tornado broke into two vortices, the larger one of which hit the house to our west while the other went to the east and damaged a farm on Carl Monroe Road just south of KY 44. Path width: Thirty-four homes were damaged. There were a few twisted trees on both sides of the highway and the tornado lifted just to the northeast of the road. Time: 4:45pm EDT Path width: 100 yards Notes: The tornado began just southwest of Lake Spring Road where a couple of trees were snapped or uprooted and a 24 x36 barn experienced extensive roof panel damage. Further down on Willard Wilson road, another 30 by 50 foot barn was collapsed and a 400 pound 4-wheeler was moved 30 feet. April 3, 1974 Injuries: 0 Path width: 100 yards One home was destroyed and 15 were damaged. EF-Scale:EF0 Cattle and horses were killed. Tornado Machine Plans, Weather Safety At least three homes were damaged, two from trees falling on them, with minor roofing damage to a third. Path length: . F-scale: F2 Notes: This tornado touched down along the Daviess County line near Gatewood and did primarily tree and power line damage as it headed northeast. F-scale: F3 near Galesburg, Kansas, killing three children The twister then moved into the cemetery and inflicted terrible damage to trees and monuments. One home was unroofed. That portion of her hair left Path width: 100 yards Counties: Logan Path length: 1 mile Path length: Spotter Training October 18, 2007 Deaths: 0 Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. Narrative: Tornado hit Big Spring. At those locations the brick facade of each building was pushed out. Deaths: 0 Time: 8:30pm (approx.) Time: 1:51am EST to 1:52am EST Deaths: 0 Grazulis narrative: Moved east from near Trapp, across Hidden Valley and Virden Ridge to the Black Creek area. SPC gives and endpoint lat/lon of 28.50/-85.12NCDC give 38.22/-85.45. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest. There was minor damage along Inverness Avenue northeast of Iroquois Park. Time: 9:15am Deaths: 0 Last updated: May21, 2021. As it reached 961 east of Alvaton in Warren County, it spawned an EF1 tornado with winds estimated at 95 mph destroying a barn and tool shed. Injuries: 5 Iseeo recalled hearing a roar that sounded like a buffalo in rutting season. March 1, 1997 Numerous trees were uprooted near a pasture east of Port Royal-English Road. Counties: Meade The tornado moved north-northeast and northeast through the Parkland neighborhood (Twenty-eighth and Dumesnil), leveling a few homes. Storm Data says "F1 or F2". 1-Stop Severe Forecast Time: 9:00am Time: 10:30pm Notes: Trees and a tobacco barn were damaged. Counties: Lincoln Deaths: SPC path length is only one mile, however. Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. A house was leveled as well, with the furniture carried over half a mile away. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis says F2. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Deaths: 0 Time: 3:47am F-scale: F1 Several vehicle windows were smashed. EF-Scale: EF-2 A very well constructed large barn had its metal roofing torn off and wrapped into tree tops up to 200 yards downwind. February 6, 2008 1880s scientists didn't use terms like "wind shear" or "cold front," but they did observe that tornadoes affecting "central states of the Union" occurred when winds of different temperatures collided. Path length: 1.4 miles The tornado was, photographed from Ekron, looking southwestward. Path length: Path width: F-scale: F0 Winds at this location were between 85 and 90 mph with a width of 50 yards. May 5, 1996 F-scale: F4 The next damage was concentrated about a quarter mile south of Water Tower Road, just west of IN135. Path length: 0.5 miles Time: 3:26am Moore, Oklahoma Slammed by Five Tornadoes in Five Years - NBC News Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Time: 9:00pm Path width: 100 yards 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F0 March 1, 2017 Notes: Storm Data takes this from four miles north of Leitchfield, across northeastern Leitchfield, to four miles east of Leitchfield. Deaths: Notes: This tornado touched down along Old Greensburg Road just west of the intersection of US 68 and KY 323, where it immediately destroyed small outbuildings. Path length: 4.7 miles A home was unroofed, and other buildings were damaged. Path width: 65yards Counties: Grayson Notes: This tornado began on the county line near Roland, then crossed US 150 into Roland and onto CR 275N. Noted discrepancies: None Up to 100 people may have been injured in Russell County. April 28, 1994 Counties: Shelby June 1, 1917 Injuries: 25 It did F1 damage to at least three businesses, six homes, and numerous barns and outbuildings. F-scale: F0 F-scale: A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s Path width: 440 yards Path length: 11 miles County: Green Injuries: Deaths: 0 Plotted on Gaffney Road as close to the given lat/lon as possible. Noted discrepancies: None Time: The tornado ended approximately 400 yards from Highway 1544 near theintersection of 1164. 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. EF-scale: EF1 Path length: 2 miles A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. November 9, 2000 LMK Warning Area Grazulis narrative: Tornado damaged some homes at New Bethel. Counties: Boyle, Mercer May 27, 2004 F-scale: F0 Notes:This very small, skipping tornado did its damage primarily on hilltops between Sparks Ferry Road and the intersection of IN135 and Lewellen Road. July 5, 1987 Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT Notes: Ten trees were uprooted, blown over, or snapped on either side of Route 66 north of Oriole. Time: 6:04am - 6:05am EST F-scale: F2 The tornado snapped and uprooted trees, destroyed a mobile home, and caused roof damage to a number of homes. Time: 6:00pm EF-Scale:EF1 May 18, 1995 Counties: Shelby County: Adair Deaths: 0 The second home in the path of the tornado was badly damaged and a paper bill from the home was lifted into the tornado and carried 35 miles to the northeast into Powell County, landing in the yard of a National Weather Service employee. The twister lifted in a field a couple of hundred yards downwind. Counties: Adair Near Kirksville one home was demolished and another lost its roof. Injuries: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. Sources for the tornado information presented here includetheNational Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website,Storm Data(the official National Weather Service storm report publication),Significant Tornadoes 1681 - 1991by Thomas P. Grazulis, andSignificant Tornadoes Update 1992 - 1995also by Thomas P. Grazulis. October 26, 2010 F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado destroyed two barns in the Fairfield area. Time: 4:40pm May 17, 2003 Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. The building collapsed with 200 people inside; 75 at a lodge meeting on the upper floor and 125 children with their mothers taking dancing lessons on the lower floor. Will plot it between New Roe and the Tennessee border. Counties: Hancock Injuries: 0 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. Injuries: 0

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