tornadoes in the 1800s

Path length:2.7 miles Path length: 0.2 mile Noted discrepancies: None Additional tree damage was observed as the tornado moved east- northeast across farmland. Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. March 6, 1961 Scores of trees were downed, along with power lines. Time: 9:00pm Injuries: October 18, 2007 Deaths: F-scale: F1 Deaths: Path length: 0.25 mile Injuries: 9 It then struck Meadowside Apartments and Cody Lane. The old fruit cellar behind the house may have been weakened by rain water and the sudden pressure change. The most significant damage occurred near the end of the path near Prices Mill Road where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof. Path width: Path width: 300 yards Time: 3:04pm CDT - 3:11pm EDT The newspaper also mentions light damage on Nantucket Drive and Melbourne Way in the southwest part of the city, and a tree that was blown down somewhere on Emerson Drive. Storm Data says this tornado entered Orange County three miles south-southwest of Huron and entered Lawrence County three miles south-southeast of Huron. Time: Counties: Logan A nearby house was lifted bodily from its foundation, power lines were torn down, and a white leghorn rooster was stripped of its feathers. Many other buildings were damaged. Deaths: Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST Path length: Injuries: 0 Beyond the initial touchdown area, only minor roof damage and tree damage in the form of uprooted trees and snapped trunks, occurred before the funnel lifted at Childress Road. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Path length: 1/2 mile It then took a large section of roofing off the Paoli Police Department building on West Main Street before snapping several trees along Lick Creek as it moved east-northeast toward the city square. Originally, the head of the National Weather Service in Lexington, Jim Speray, claimed that the damage was done by a downburst rather than by a tornado, with winds of 100 to 200 mph. One hundred buildings were leveled and parts of houses were found half a mile away. Low end EF-2 damage was observed. F-scale: F1 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? hillside. Eight smokestacks were toppled at a canning plant, and the roof was ripped off a house. Please Contact Us. April 3, 1974 Path width: Time: 5:00pm Across the county numerous power poles, barns, and homes sustained damage. A home and a small outbuilding were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. County: Taylor May 25, 1973 Injuries: 10 January 24, 1964 The arch over the northern gateway was blown over. F-scale: F2 Counties: Spencer The other path was parallel to the tornado and about half a mile to the north, on the west edge of downtown. Deaths: Farther east on Electron Drive several corporations and warehouses had structural damage to roofs and the sides of buildings. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Path length: He described in graphic detail the "agonies of A sign was also blown down at a, 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. Structural damage was observed on one farm, where the roof was torn off a large metal outbuildingand minor damage occurred to several other buildings as a result of this debris. The vortex quickly intensified to EF3 strength as it crossed the south portion of the town of Marysville, severely damaging several homes. 26 USA Cities Most Likely To Be Hit By A Tornado - TheTravel An eyewitness reported seeing a black mass with debris moving horizontally. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 7 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 8 miles. Path width: 60 yards Path width: Deaths: Narrative: Hit the northern part of Lexington. Path length: Path length: 1.7miles July20, 2018 Path width: 60yards Path length: 0.2mile Notes: This tornado touched down near Flippin and inflicted EF-1 damage on trees between Flippin and Mud Lick. In Mercer County four homes and 26 homes were destroyed. Path length: The car ended up in the living room of the home. This project has so far been unable to find any damage in Marion or Jessamine Counties. Some children were killed on their way home from school. Injuries: 0 The tornado then reformed and crossed I-265 and continued to the east-northeast through several subdivisions north and northeast of Fincastle. Path width: 100 yards The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. Counties: Monroe Path width: 50 yards F-scale: F1 Trees were blown down on Chilesburg Road, and many trees and fences were torn down on the John E. Madden Farm on Winchester Road about four miles out of Lexington (roughly where Winchester Road meets I-75 today). Counties: Mercer the Union Pacific Railroad bridge that crossed SPC list this event as an F2Grazulis does not list it. A witness on a high spot on East Broadway witnessed the tornado decimate the Patio/Muddy Creek Pike area around 6pm. If SPC/NCDC's lat/lon is changed from -85.92 to -84.92, it is placed in Franklin County. Cedar tree damage was rather extensive with many cedars snapped. Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Mrs. Carson's roof was carried across the street. Tornado Alerts: A tornado . Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Power lines were leaning over Route 79/259. F-scale: F1 A store at the intersection of Brownsboro Road and Ballardsville Road was unroofed. April 20, 2011 Time: 6:10pm Narrative: Moved east-northeast from north of Caneyville to near Summit. Path width: F-scale: EF1 Path length: Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Warwick Distillery at Silver Creek lost its roof. Path width: 200 yards A large barn on KY 1009 had two walls blown out with debris thrown over half a mile downwind into Wayne County. Tornado History - National Weather Service Notes:Most of the damage was to trees. In all, eight mobile homes were destroyed, with most of the damage concentrated south of McKinney. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. 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. Notes: A family of tornadoes and downbursts moved from six miles west of Bowling Green to beyond Munfordville. Deaths: Injuries: 20 Path length: 0.9 mile Injuries: Deaths: 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. Injuries: 0 Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. May 25, 2011 The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Path length: Path length: 1.9 mile Time: 8:25pm EF-Scale:EF2 Trimble County is included at NCDC, with begin and end lat/lons identical to each other and to the end lat/lon given at NCDC for Jefferson County. Injuries: 0 victims: "All of the parties were covered with A house was leveled as well, with the furniture carried over half a mile away. Debris from this building was observed one-half to three-quarters of a mile downwind. The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. Time: 5:10pm Counties: Madison The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of KY 470. The Fokker F-28 . March 28, 1997 The metal sheeting was thrown in a northwesterly to northeasterly direction. Counties: Jefferson KY Going by the beginning lat/lon in Logan County and the ending lat/lon in Barren County, the track would go through the south side of Glasgow and would end at the Barren/Metcalfe county line, which agrees with the narrative given at NCDC. The tornadosignificantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and dida lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. Injuries: 0 Jefferson County: The Jefferson County portion of the track was well-covered in the local newspapers. The most intense tornado damage occurred shortly after touchdown where 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. Counties: Barren The tornado was 1/4 mile wide in Mercer County. Counties: Casey Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN, Scott IN, Jefferson IN, Trimble 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. The tornado pushed in garage doors at an industrial building along Ring Road. Notes: The tornadobegan at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Path length: 5.7 miles Path length: 0.8 miles May 30, 1979 A house along the path had a window blown out and the metal roof peeled back. Injuries: EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 3:53pm Time: 5:30pm Deaths: 0 Counties: Hardin Injuries: 1 Counties: Clark IN and Jefferson KY June 11, 1985 EF-scale: EF2 Path width: Path length: About 50 homes and 60 barns were destroyed, and 40 of those were at Mannsville, with seven of them leveled to the ground. April 21, 1967 The Millers saw the vortex recede upward into the main cloud. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 April 7, 2006 Deaths: 0 Path width: Deaths: 0 1831 - Hurricane impacted the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas on August 14th and 15th. Path width: Injuries: Path width: Counties: Shelby Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from Allensville (which is actually in Todd County, but is very close to the Logan County line) to Corinth. Storm Data says most damage was in and around Eastern State College in Richmond. Notes: The tornado touched down four miles northwest of Dunnville and skipped along ridgetops to the east-southeast, exiting Casey County at Mintonville. The tornado increased in size at 532 Stoneridge Ln. Path length: Counties: Lincoln It was described as a green-rimmed cone-shaped tornado which rose and fell moving like a monster wave.. On the north side of Tompkinsville it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. Counties: Harrison IN, Floyd, Clark IN, Jefferson KY Path length: 32 miles Storm Data says this twister touched down at Bonnieville in Hart County and moved to Magnolia in LaRue County before lifting. 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. Counties: Washington, KY A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. F-scale: EF1 July 5, 1987 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis ranks it as an F2 (albeit "minimal"). County: Metcalfe Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Path width: 100yards The tornado left a distinctpath in the vegetation and destroyed a part of a large metal barnnear the Rosetta General Store. April 5, 2017 Trees and power lines were torn down along Eighteenth Street Road from Kerrick Station to Greenwood Roada distance of about a mile. Deaths: 2 Will map as such, but further research would be helpful. Deaths: 0 Eight homes were destroyed, but some walls were left standing on all of them. Path width: 73 yards Path width: Path width: Here a 9-year-old boy was partially scalped and suffered a fractured skull. Path width: 100yards Time: 5:11pm - 5:13pm CDT Time: 10:45am Kansas, into Missouri. Injuries: 0 The SPC/NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Oho County but makes no sense for a tornado coming from Hopkins and McLean counties, especially without passing through Muhlenberg County. Path width: 150 yards Path width: 200 yards Debris could be seen in the air swirling around the funnel. About 100 people were left homeless in Clark County. F-scale: F1 Injuries: 270 Farm buildings were destroyed. Path width: 60 yards F-scale: F0 Notes: This tornado touched down just north of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Mount Washington Road, and lifted just northeast of the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Long Rifle Lane. 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. Path length: 1.5 miles Path length: 0.8 miles The second squall line moved into western Wisconsin late in . Path width: 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. Path length: EF-scale: EF2 A groom was killed. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. SPC, Grazulis, and NCDC list the path width at 30 yards, Storm Data says 1 yard. EF-Scale: EF-1 F-scale: F2 Path width: Multiple barns, garages, and outbuildingswere destroyed here as well. February 6, 2008 Counties: Hart Path length: The tornado lifted 1.5 miles east-southeast of Center, Kentucky. Time: 5:30pm Time: 6:15pm Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile east of Smithfield to five miles east-northeast of Eminence. July 11, 1986 County: Trimble EF-Scale: EF1 Narrative: Moved northeast from near Cartersville to north of Berea. The tornado crossed US 421 and continued northeast. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. April 19, 2011 Deaths: 0 Injuries: SPC and Grazulis give a path width of 30 yardsNCDC gives nothingStorm Data says 38 yards. Counties: Simpson If there is an uprush in the tornado, it ought to be easily told; and the appearance will be very different from that if the object or house is borne along by the wind, and afterward inclined upward. Also, the tornado in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area may be the tornado listed next, which is officially placed just across the border in far northern Harrison County. Notes: Touched down at the Kroger's store at 2200 Brownsboro Road. Path width: Time: 11:39pm EDT Path width: 150 yards Time: 6:30pm The father was taken to the hospital in critical condition but the son was OK. As the twister crossed Murray Roadand Elk Creek it was about 300 yards wide. October 7, 2014 EF-Scale: EF1 March 2, 2012 Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. Path length: Deaths: Their 2-year-old son remained unhurt. Time: 11:50 Time: 7:06am Twenty-five homes were declared uninhabitable. Narrative: A possible tornado hit four miles north of Georgetown. Time: 7:20am Tornadic damage continued east of Cox Ferry Road. March 20, 1976 January 30, 2013 Another stand of 50 hardwood trees was uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to the porch and roof of a home. Path width: 440 yards Path width: A large grain bin was demolished and an anchored mobile home was pushed off of its foundation. Notes: A National Weather Service Survey Team in conjunction with Larue County EMA determined a tornado began near Kyle Lane which is 2 miles west of Hodgenville. Path width: Path length: Notes: Numerous windows and chimneys were damaged in downtown Greensburg. Counties: Crawford F-scale: F1 Path length: Debris was thrown up to a quarter mile eastward into the woods. Lat/lon given place it in Sumner County, Tennessee. Many pioneer farms were damaged or destroyed. Deaths: Path length: 1 mile Time: 4:00pm Path width: Time:12:07am EDT A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards. At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. It destroyed a cinder block outbuilding and took a 100 foot section of roofing off of a large metal outbuilding. June 18, 1992 A more concentrated area of damage then occurred as the tornado crossed Saloma Road and moved roughly parallel to and just north of Upper Miller Park Road. A home near the intersection of Montpelier Rd and Old Montpelier Rd sustained minor siding damage. Deaths: Injuries: 1 EF-Scale: EF-1 April 20, 2011 EF-Scale: EF1 Deaths: Counties: Lincoln Continuing to the northeast and north-northeast the tornado killed people as it passed along the edge of China. Injuries: 0 Notes: Aerial photos were matched perfectly with radar signatures to determine that the initial start point of the tornado occurred 4.5 miles south southwest of Hawesville in Hancock County along route 2181. Grazulis Narrative: Notes: A tornado touched down near the corner of Bramers and Campground roads. Path width: 300 yards Proceeding to the east, some of the most concentrated damage was done along Harney and Churchill Streets (both now Saint Catherine) from Sixteenth Street to Tenth Street. Two people received injuries when a chimney fell on them and broke their ribs. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. F-scale: F2 Several trees were snapped along the narrow path. Path length: 30 miles January 10, 2008 Counties: Jefferson KY Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Shipley. Path width: 30 yards Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Injuries: 44 One would suppose that these tornadoes were likely quite weak. Notes: The tornado began along IN 37 where it uprooted and snapped several trees. Deaths: 0 1. The deadliest tornado in American history was "The Tri-State Tornado" that killed 625 people in 1925. Time: 12:38am EST to 12:40am EST Time: 5:25pm Counties: Trimble 9. Injuries: There have been . Path length: 4.6mile F-scale: F1 The tornado reached its peak strength, high-end F3 (possibly F4) over a four-mile stretch of eastern Fayette County. Just east of I-65 a house trailer was lifted and deposited 100 feet away. Path length: June 27, 1973 October 24, 1967 Injuries: Counties: Harrison KY (to Robertson) Wrought-iron Counties: Taylor April 27, 1971 Path width: 35 yards Path length: 1.2 mile Environmental Films, 1993. April 20, 2011 Deaths: 0 February 6, 2008 Deaths: Near Lake Street some trees were felled and some monuments were overturned in Maple Grove Cemetery. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado two and a half miles west southwest of Happy Landing. Counties: Clinton 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. EF-Scale: EF-2 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.2 miles south of New Amsterdam into New Amsterdam. If one has a barograph, its record will be of the utmost value. Previous: Tall Tales | Contents | Next: Trickster, 2011 University of NebraskaLincolnImages are Eyewitness narrative: I was 15 years old at the time andI lived on KY 44 just east of Elk Creek in Spencer County. Time: 4:24pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of one mile, NCDC and Storm Data say 14 miles. However, plotting historical tornado tracks is fraught with the potential for error. SPC gives a path length of 38 milesNCDC says 39 milesGrazulis 30 milesStorm Data 35 miles. Path length: 1.2 miles EF-Scale: EF1 Injuries: 0 Notes: Several homes and outbuildings were damaged between Cartwright and Narvel. F-scale: F1 Deaths: February 29, 2012 Deaths: 0 Counties: Clark Injuries: 0 washed for days, were still covered with specks Injuries: 0 A barn "exploded", killing thirty chickens. At 1130 Halls Creed Road 2-inch hail occurred before the tornado, with winds of 111 mph. Injuries: The most significant damage along this segment was in Celestine near Ellsworth Road. The tornado dissipated as it approached the east shore of the channel. Counties: Hancock, Breckinridge Time: 7:50pm F-scale: F4 Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. Time: 6:30pm Counties: Clinton April 11, 2008 A 5000 pound horse trailer was thrown to the northwest 70 yards. The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore. EF-scale: EF0 Path width: 75yards Time: 6:00am This agrees with what Grazulis has. One man was killed in Butler County, running from a house to a barn. The first was a large brick ranch homewhich had most of the north half of its roof torn off, and insulation spread eastward in a narrow path. A 60x30 foot barn was damaged with parts of it thrown 400 yards toward the east, northeast, and southeast. Notes: Storm Data says Pellyton was hard hittornado went from Portland to one mile northeast of Pellyton. Path length: 2.9 miles Injuries: A neighbor along Deatsville Road had a tree fall and crush a trampoline. Counties: Jefferson KY Path width: 800 yards Path length: Tag: 1800s Tornadoes. Hundreds of trees were uprooted. Path width: 150 yards Further research necessary. There was an uprooted tree, along with shingle, gutter, roof, and barn damage. F-scale: F1 Deaths: The tornado touched down about 200 yards west of the Dollar General store, which suffered some minor roof damage. There was minor tree damage near Spring Valley Road and Woodhaven Drive indicating wind speeds of 85 mph. Time: 8:00pm F-scale: F0 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Counties: Trimble Deaths: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile northeast of Sharpsville to two miles northeast of Sharpsville. Path length: 0.4mile Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF0 No trace of his cabin was ever found. weight. Injuries: 56 A second building, a large two-story brick industrial building 1/2 mile east, had about 20 percent of its metal roof peeled off. A tornado was reported near Dallas, Texas on April 15th, 1879 that destroyed more than a dozen homes and injured twenty-five people. The tornado then struck the south buildings of the Henryville middle and high school complex, with severe damage and 170 mph winds (EF4). Path length: 0.5 mile Deaths: 0 This rain-wrapped tornado was only on the ground for about a minute, with most of its damage limited to large limbs and weaker tree trunks being snapped. I saw the tornado start to rope out at this point. Counties: Nelson Along Shelburn Dr, a front porch with four columns was lifted, collapsing the columns and throwing the front half of the roof 100 yards to the northeast. The tornado dissipated about half a mile into Wayne County. March 1, 1997 Time: 5:04pm CDT An occupantof the home reported he was descending the Time: 9:34pm EDT Path width: 50 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC gives lat/lon pairs as 37.98/-85.72, 0/0NCDC gives 37.38/-85.38, 37.35/-82.95. Time: 2:36pm - 2:38pm EDT Path length: 2.2miles Counties: Warren Injuries: 6 Many buildings, homes, and trailers were severely damaged. Injuries: 0 Counties: Clark IN The tornado traveled north-northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. SPC and NCDC list only a touchdown pointno lift-off point is given. Time: 8:00am near Galesburg, Kansas, killing three children The outbreak generated at least 18 tornadoes, four of which were violent, including the St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado, an F4 tornado that tore through the cities of St. August 11, 1983 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. June 2, 1990 The tornado continued east-northeast in far northwest Clark County on Dan Gray Road where the twister leveled many well-built homes and caused extensive tree damage.

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tornadoes in the 1800s

tornadoes in the 1800s