Counties: Lincoln A one room schoolhouse was destroyed. In Clark, the damage width narrowed to one-quarter mile as the tornado crossed Pixley Knob Road and decreased in intensity to EF2 with wind speeds of 115-120 mph. Path width: 130 yards The tornado entered Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn Road and Reames Dixon Road. 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. Moving on from the church, the tornado tore off rooftops along Tenth, Ninth, and Eighth Streets between Chestnut Street and Broadway. 1886 St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado outbreak - Wikipedia April 5, 1985 County: Bullitt Deaths: Deaths: F-scale: F1 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. F-scale: F1 Path width: Time: 10:53pm CDT EF-Scale: EF-0 Path length: January 2, 2006 It threw Ronnie and Timmy, Ronnie's only son, into a mud puddle with just a few scratches. Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west. June 18, 1992 Counties: Washington KY The tornado twisted and snapped several cedar trees before going across the farmers field. The tornado dissipated after snapping and uprooting a few trees between Route 79/259 and Harned Locust Hill Road. Damage was again observed along and west of Speith Road, 1/4 of a mile north of Henryville-Blue Lick Road just southwest of Henryville. Counties: Shelby Path length:5.3 miles Path width: 150 yards Counties: Edmonson January 24, 1964 Time: 5:58pm - 5:59pm EDT They also can exhibit small changes in direction and large changes in width, neither of which are indicated on these general maps. Time: 10:39am It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees and did some minor roof damage to a home. Counties: Orange Injuries: 2 Path width: 100 yards Path length: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | TORNADO STORIES The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. March 23, 2012 Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research, Andover, Kansas struck by intense damaging tornado, Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. There are hundreds of small tornadoes that are not listed here simply because they have yet to be rediscovered, and that's if they were ever even reported in the first place. At 1130 Halls Creed Road 2-inch hail occurred before the tornado, with winds of 111 mph. East of I-71 the tornado damaged outbuildings and snapped trees. The tornado had lifted the house completely off the foundation and rotated it about 3-4 feet. Counties: Anderson There was major damage to 105 more homes. F-scale: F2 Science and Technology EF-Scale:EF0 Cedar trees were snapped. May 22, 1989 Path length: 7 miles Path length: 1.9 miles Deaths: 0 SPC/NCDC stop the tornado where Grazulis starts it (Grazulis then moves it northeast for 5 miles). Trees were uprooted and a car was lifted and spun around. Counties: Garrard and Madison August 11, 1983 October 24, 1967 Counties: Anderson Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. NCDC does not include Fayette County. A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. The last visible damage was along Highway 1544just east of 1164 with some trees uprooted and twisted. February 24, 2011 EF-scale: EF1 The facility was shaped somewhat like a squat capital "H," with the relatively longer sides of the H lined up along B Street and C Street (now Bloom Street and Cardinal Boulevard), and the short connecting section parallel to First and Second Streets (the two longer sides of the "H" had been stand-alone buildings, and were subsequently connected by the short middle section of the "H"). Path length: 2.4 miles (skipping) Injuries: 0 Path width: 100 yards Notes:Four grain bins were scattered over a quarter mile, with some debris thrown up to ahalf mile away. This tornado is very oddly listed at the NCDC website. May 18, 1995 Possibly a significant tornado, comparable to a tornado in the same area March 27, 1890. SPC and NCDC give a time of 6:00pm, Storm Data gives 5:00pm, Grazulis says 6:30pm. It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the March 25, 2021 Deaths: Notes: 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. Counties: Mercer Counties: Jessamine Path length: 0.5 mile Minor injuriesto the resident. near Galesburg, Kansas, killing three children Path width: 200 yards Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.5mile Path length: Debris from the double wides was tossed around a mile downwind. Counties: Henry F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yards. Narrative: One of central Kentucky's darkest days began when a tornado moved northeast from south of Knottsville to north of Patesville. There was also widespread wind damage and large hail. Counties: Henry (to Owen) Counties: Washington IN Eyewitness narrative: I was 15 years old at the time andI lived on KY 44 just east of Elk Creek in Spencer County. Counties: Barren The old fruit cellar behind the house may have been weakened by rain water and the sudden pressure change. One lane of Interstate 65 was blocked by debris, and cars were damaged. Noted discrepancies: None The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Great Plains were from settlements near and along the Missouri River in Kansas during the mid-1800s. April 22, 1958 Straight-line winds can easily cause damage similar to a tornado, and can produce a roar similar to that of a tornado. SPC lists a path length of 19 miles, NCDC 18 miles, Grazulis 21 miles. Path width: 50yards A tornado destroyed a Union Pacific Railroad bridge on August 25, 1877 where the tracks crossed the Missouri River at Omaha leaving the wrought-iron span bent and twisted. Time: 4:43am to 4:45am EST Thirty homes and six businesses were destroyed at Narrows (virtually the entire village). April 19, 2011 Time: 5:07pm the time of tornado occurrences, and even calculated Path width: 125yards The tornado quickly grew to 3/4 of a mile wide, and uprooted an entire orchard (nearly 100 trees) on the Green Farm west of Stamping Ground. Noted discrepancies: None A severe weather outbreak in the mid-Mississippi Valley more than lived up to its well-predicted potential for strong tornadoes on Friday, December 10, taking lives and raking landscapes from Arkansas to Illinois. Path width: Path width: Time: 11:05pm Notes: This small tornado destroyed two mobile homes and did extensive roof and tree damage. Path length: 10 miles The upper part of the roof of a two story home was lifted off and thrown in various directions. No trace of his cabin was ever found. Deaths: F-scale: F1 August 20, 2016 Numerous trees were topped, and several homes were damaged. Time: 11:39am CST to 11:40am CST March 28, 1997 Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. County: Jefferson, IN April 20, 2000 Counties: Cumberland April 20, 1996 It moved north of English, struck Marengo, and went north of Milltown. The tornado continued to the northeast damaging another outbuilding and uprooting and snapping numerous trees before lifting. However, KY 541 is in Breathitt County. Path width: Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Salvisa. Time: 11:30pm The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. Path length: A single wide mobile home was pushed off of its cinder block foundation southwestward about seven feet. County: Crawford Path length: F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 In Washington County many buildings across the county were leveled. Injuries: Time: 4:05pm - 4:10pm EDT The touchdown occurred along a forested area which threw branches and large portions of maple and cedar trees over the road approximately 300 yards. This tornado moved east-northeast from near Buck Lodge, eight miles north of Gallatin. G. W. Bedford's barn was blown down, and an old stone house on the Clay Farm was destroyed, killing two people inside the house (Maria Johnson and a young boy). Several trees were blown over in Haysville. A metal roof was peeled off of a small outbuilding. Path length: Injuries: Time: 7:00pm of Louisville, knocking down trees and fences. Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. Counties: Perry, Breckinridge, Meade Injuries: Deaths: 0 Path width: 300 yards Tornado with speeds of up to 114mph swept up sheep and caused extensive damage to farm in Pennal. Farther east, 100 hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped, with notable convergence observed. Around 2:30 p.m., a volunteer found Cecilia Lloyd's wedding dress wrapped in a garment bag. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. The tornado continued northeast across the land that would become Central Park, and into Eagle Park between Ormsby and Park Avenues and Third and Fifth Streets. Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890.March 18, 1925.and April 3, 1974. March 6, 1961 Three east-facing garage doors of one of the outbuildings were blown in, and damage was sustained to the vehicles in the driveway from downed tree limbs. F-scale: F1 Deaths: Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. MACON, Ga. Tornadoes are all too familiar across the peach state. Deaths: There was other F1 damage to the roofs of farm buildings and homes. The details concerning this tornado are somewhat murky, but it appears that it touched down southwest of Georgetown where it damaged a greenhouse, and skipped to the east into far northern Fayette County. The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. F-scale: F1 A drone was used to pinpoint the exact storm end point which was about 100 yards east of Highway 1365 near a farmer's field. Fifty large trees were uprooted in Iroquois Park, and smaller trees were witnessed sailing through the air. Storm Data shows the tornado in Boyle County, and nothing in Metcalfe County. Please Contact Us. Path width: 75yards Deaths: Path width: 40yards Another trailer along Miller Road was turned on to its roof. Last updated: May21, 2021. 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. Deaths: Counties: Russell 19. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. There were some hardwood trees uprooted and parts of them fell onto homes, fences, trampolines, and swing sets. Injuries: May 3, 2021 Time: 4:00pm Counties: Lincoln Deaths: 0 Time: 2:12am CDT Injuries: 20 Mrs. Kelley's 40-year-old "Negro hired hand" was blown 300 yards to his death. Injuries: 1 Violin from the late 1800s donated to Pioneer Days Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data list 50 yards. Path width: 50 yards Time: 2:38pm CST Time: 5:00pm Kansas on June 6, 1876. Trees and telephone poles were knocked down. Narrative: A tornado near Rich Hill and Mount Olive moved northeast and swept away dwellings, large trees, horses, cattle, and other stock. Numerous trees were snapped along the path. Finley had it figured out but lost out in a power play. The tornado itself touched down on the edge of a large wooded area west of KY 527 0.4 mile south of Saint Francis. At least 44 deaths occurred at the Falls City Hall (1124 West Market Street). Path width: 50 yards The first touchdown was in an industrial area just off Millers Lane west of Dixie Highway. Counties: Fayette, Clark KY May 28, 1996 It damaged or destroyed eight homes with several injuries. Three track maps are available: zoomed in (local view), zoomed out (regional view), and a satellite map with damage points plotted. Deaths: Path width: Path width: 200 yards Farther east, there was massive deforestation on the east side of a ridge just west of and along Henryville Otisco Road. Path length: However, in some cases there was so much disagreement among the sources that it was impossible to determine the true story about a particular tornado, making it impossible to plot the tornado. Path length: Path length: 13 miles (skipping) April 28, 1994 Time: 1:40pm Notes: This tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. This was the area where 5 people were tragically killed in a mobile home. The SPC and NCDC longitude (-88.45) for this tornado is in Marshall County. Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Pictures confirm this. Time: 6:36am - 6:38am EST Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Path length: 1.1 miles Path length: 0.3miles SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Ian Livingston. Path width: 100 yards July 2, 1980 Injuries: 2 Many women and children were killed, the youngest victim being nine years old. F-scale: F1 March 24, 1937 Deaths: reported to be a "green-rimmed cone-shaped Injuries: 0 Time: 5:50pm A man was killed in a tobacco barn, and thirty people were injured in the High Grove area as at least six homes were destroyed. Path length: Deaths: Special note: Did Fujita's tornado #82 clip the southeast tip of Clinton County on April 3, 1974? Time: 11:41am CST to 11:42am CST Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. Path width: Storm Data says this tornado entered Orange County three miles south-southwest of Huron and entered Lawrence County three miles south-southeast of Huron. Path width: EF-Scale:EF2 The tornado lifted at the intersection of West Mount Tabor Road and Smedley Road. Path length: 30 miles Counties: Casey April 4, 2011 Wheat, orchard grass, strawberries, and garden crops were ruined near Smith's Grove. Grazulis takes it to just northeast of Bedford, which generally agree with a track map of the outbreak drawn up by NSSFC. Deaths: 0 March 10, 1986 NCDC gives no beginning or ending locations for this tornado. Counties: Scott, KY Its difficult to say if tornadoes have increased in frequency or strength because the study of these monster storms is still relatively young. February 5, 2008 May 30, 2004 At the edge of Lagrange three frame homes and three mobile homes were destroyed. Counties: Shelby, Franklin Counties: Hart Tornadoes 101 | National Geographic - YouTube November 5, 2017 There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Time: 5:20pm - 5:22pm CDT Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Time: 12:27am EST to 12:29am EST The tornado then proceeded into Rockcastle County, doing additional damage at Wildie. Path width: F-scale: F2 Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. Path length: Deaths: 0 County: Harrison IN Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. Path length: Deaths: 0 Counties: Logan, Warren, Allen, Barren Trimble County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management conducted an extensive tornado survey in Trimble County. February 28, 2011 Time: 5:56am Time: 2:50pm The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. Along Connersville Road the tornado lifted the roofs off of three homes, and damaged three others. Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. No evidence of furtherdamage was observed until Rawlett Lane, where some trees were snapped and uprooted. EF-Scale: EF-1 Deaths: 0 Click on a tornado or its track to find out more information about it. An Also on Slack Road a two-story house lost its entire roof. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. Counties: Logan Tornado of the week: Katie, Oklahoma dry line beast of May 9, 2016, A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s. Time: 9:20am Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 1 Path width: Deaths: Path length: 18 miles Is This the 1898 Oklahoma Tornado? | Snopes.com Path width: 30 yards Path length: May 28, 1996 The tornado was witnessed at Little Bend and was described as being about 17 yards wide while moving at about 40mph (and accompanied by large hail). Time: 9:16pm CDT SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Injuries: 58 The degree of damage suggested a mix of EF2 and EF3 damage in this area, with estimated winds of 120-150 mph. Deaths: Here comes a father borne along by his friends, who take him from his bed of death; next the mother, then the daughter and two sons -- all crushed -- mutilated -- dead!" F-scale: F1 Path width: 40 yards Injuries: 0 Path width: 50 yards Deaths: 0 Munfordville Elementary School had part of its roof removed. NCDC lists Hamilton County Illinois with an F4 at 5:20pm, agreeing perfectly with Grazulis. Time: 12:03am - 12:09amEST Time: 9:00pm Counties: Floyd F-scale: F4 The tornado lifted on the south side of Electron Drive. Path length: April 3, 1974 Time: 3:55pm Injuries: 0 Path width: Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Path length: 0.4mile Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 7:00pm, Grazulis give 7:25pm. One of these homes reflected EF4 damage and 170 mph winds. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Notes: Interspersed among straight-line wind damage was a tornado that first touched down a half mile east of Amos. May 26, 1965 The tornado then continued east across IN-37 where it uprooted and snapped several dozen trees along Old IN-37. Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. Injuries: 20 Counties: Logan Notes: There is considerable disagreement among data sources regarding the end point of this tornado (despite excellent agreement on the touchdown point).