tornadoes in the 1800s

Notes: Storm Data mentions damage two miles southwest of Glensboro. Damage was widespread along Dresden and Longfield Avenues, with damage on Longfield reported at the addresses of 812, 713, 716, and at 715 the house was "twisted." February 12, 1880 Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado two miles north of Crab Orchard. Path width: Path length: 0.3 mile The Lexington Leader mentions the tornado north of the city but doesn't say anything about any damage. Side note: Interestingly, in researching this event, we found two distinct paths of destruction across Louisville (see map). January 24, 1997 Path length: Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF1 Path length: 15 miles May 8, 2009 Time: 10:30pm Deaths: Path width: June 23, 2017 Path length: 17.4 miles There it killed eight more, including five in one family. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 3.8 miles southwest of Salem to 7.2 miles east of Salem. Path width: EF-Scale:EF1 County: Edmonson Time: 3:41pm EST Fort Knox However, Grazulis's "Kinney Station" was likely Kenney Station, which today is Monterey, located 4 miles southwest of Paris. Path width: Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 However IN 7 doesn't go northeast of Madison. All of the damage was consistent with EF-0 wind speeds between 70 and 80 mph. Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast, leveling homes near Alpha, Sumter, and Copper. From here it travelled east-northeast, snapping tree limbs as it skipped over mainly open pastureland until it reached Thomas Road. Path length: Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN Counties: Clark KY (to Powell) Injuries: 0 March 1, 2017 Time: 9:00am F-scale: F2 The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding. Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. Noted discrepancies: None Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST Deaths: 0 People were injured by flying debris. The porch roof was ripped from the home and thrown over the building, there was significant roof damage, and an above-ground pool was destroyed. One snapped tree came down onto the roof of a home and did considerable damage. Storm Data says the tornado touched down eight miles north of Carlisle on Ball Hill Road. The tornado then moved across a mixture of open farm fields and scattered forest. Counties: Monroe, Cumberland Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Counties: Clark IN, Jefferson KY This agrees with what Grazulis has. miles. Path length: 1.2 miles F-scale: F2 The twister first toucheddown at a home on U.S. Highway 62 just west of Goshen Church Road, tearing off shingles and uprooting a tree. February 19, 1884 EF-Scale:EF1 Text Products 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. Time: 12:30pm Injuries: Residents said there was a major pressure change with the tornado. F-scale: F2 Simply put, the tornado is one of the planet's most dynamic and unforgettable weather events. Notes: This tornado began near the previous event, on the east side of the same trailer park, and ended at Charlestown Pike. Half a dozen houses were damaged on Milk Street (?) Path width: 200 yards June 27, 2008 Injuries: several February 24, 2018 Counties: Butler F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 May 25, 2011 Injuries: 40 Notes:The tornado touched down on Main Street in Tell City, midway between Steuben and Winkelreid Streets, doing minor damage to one roof and bending an amateur radio antenna tower. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC provides no length, and Grazulis gives a length of 5 miles. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. May 25, 2011 Two minor injuries occurred with this tornado. Path length: F-scale: F1 Most of the structural damage occurred along Moore Road, where several mobile homes were moved considerable distances and were destroyed. Counties: Henry Injuries: 8 Injuries: Note the time of day carefully, and specify whether the time used is Eastern, Central, Mountain, or some city time. Deaths: 3 Notes: Storm Data mentions damage in County Trace Estates and on Zoneton Road east of Mount Washington. Time: 5:15pm F-scale: F1 F-scale: F0 A mother and her three children were discovered grouped in death, and in another spot a father lay dead with the mother mortally wounded, their young child placed beneath them unhurt, protected by the forms of its parents. Deaths: 0 Damage was observed along and just north of State Highway 362 near the 3-county line. Path width: 75 yards F-scale: F2 F-scale: F0 Path length: April 21, 1967 Time: 6:03pm - 6:05pm CDT Path length: 2.8 miles Injuries: 2 January 17, 2012 Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Noted discrepancies: None Path length: 22 miles A mobile home on KY 829 was lifted off its foundation and there were several trees uprooted and snapped. Several homes and a factory were damaged. Deaths: 0 Near Rich Hill, one family of seven was killed. Deaths: 0 The tornado was only on the ground forapproximately 200 yards with a path width of about 30-40 yards. Path width: Notes: This tornado touched down along the Edmonson/Warren county line between Brownsville and Bowling Green. Deaths: Many homes, trailers, outbuildings, and barns were damaged along the tornado's intermittent path. Injuries: Path width: Path width: Notes: Intermittent track. Path length: 2.6miles February 5, 2008 F-scale: F3 A mobile home was picked up, thrown, and disintegrated by the tornado. Path length: 3 and a half miles Storm Data has this tornado touch down four miles north of Frankfort and moves it to Georgetown and near Cynthiana. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? In Mercer County four homes and 26 homes were destroyed. An EF-0 tornado first touched down at the Wal-Mart parking lot on the northwest corner of the Veteran`s Parkway near I-65. Noted discrepancies: NWS calls this an F2, Grazulis says F1. Injuries: 0 Counties: Hancock, Breckinridge Narrative: One of central Kentucky's darkest days began when a tornado moved northeast from south of Knottsville to north of Patesville. Deaths: 0 Metal siding was thrown downwind up to 500 yards into the woods. Path length: 58 miles April 20, 2011 Path width: A dozen barns, two trailers, and several other buildings were destroyed in the Southville area. This historic event may have actually started in Harrison County IN, but is traditionally plotted from west of Shively, Kentucky, in western Jefferson County. Time: 4:55pm EDT - 5:19pm EDT Path width: One hundred buildings were leveled and parts of houses were found half a mile away. Time: 6:32am CDT Time: 5:10pm Counties: Jefferson KY Deaths: 0 One of these homes reflected EF4 damage and 170 mph winds. April 5, 2009 26 Kansas City, Missouri. Path length:4.1 miles Path length: March 25, 2021 Counties: Scott KY The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County near Fountain Run. This seems odd, since the tornadoes were moving to the southeast, and Crawford and Harrison counties are directly southeast of Knox and Daviess counties. Abasement crawl space door was blown out along with siding and roofdamage at 125 Spinks Drive. This included a home which was totally leveled as well as a couple of anchored down double wide trailers. Injuries: A groom was killed. The mother was blown 400 yards, and her two daughters "with arms interlocked" were blown 50 yards. On August Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. May 24, 2000 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. in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. The airport operations building had a disabled awning and post. One house was lifted and slid 65 yards off its foundation while mostly still intact. Flying debris from this building damaged another outbuilding, while columns on the southwest-facing front porch of the farm home were blown out as the porch roof was briefly elevated. Path length: Both the aerial photos and picture of the tornado relayed by the emergency manager were matched up with a radar signature indicating rotation. Notes:A barn, several outbuildings, and two trees were damaged. On Christmas Tree Road a 30 x 30 barn had significant damage south of the main tree damage. Deaths: 0 Path width: 95 yards A dumpster full of old building material was thrown 75 yards and snapped one telephone pole. Homes were said to have "vanished" near Sulphur Springs (where two people were killed) and near Falls of Rough (where three people were killed). Counties: Simpson F-scale: F2 This tank was air-tight, and had an opening in the top one foot square. A semi truck was flipped as the tornado crossed Interstate 65. Several large 2x10s and 2x8s were impaled in the ground about 50 yards from the barn. Path length: Deaths: Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Counties: Barren County: Washington, IN Path length: 1.1miles A garage onthe property was also destroyed. Path width: Path width: Path width: 300 yards Path length: Deaths: Deaths: 0 March 19, 1963 Path width: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 9:25am, Grazulis give 8:15am. Path width: 100yards F-scale: F1 County: Bullitt Winds at this location were between 90 and 95 mph. Noted discrepancies: SPC, NCDC, and Grazulis give a time of 3:45pmStorm Data says 4:45pm. Several windows were broken in an elementary school, which was in session, and flying glass injured one student on their finger. 4th ed. Notes: The highest winds with this tornado were estimated to have been 95 to 105 mph. Time: 5:50pm EF-Scale:EF2 Injuries: June 22, 2011 Deaths: 0 The path was 50 yards wide. June 12, 1989 Deaths: 0 The edge of the tornado missed downtown Russell Springs by only half a mile. F-scale: F2 The tornado then lifted briefly before touching back down near the intersection of Pedigo and White Streets. Multiple barns, garages, and outbuildingswere destroyed here as well. Path length: 0.2 mile Time: 10:25am Deaths: 6 Deaths: May 5, 1999 August 11, 1983 F-scale: F2 February 6, 2008 Germantown was hardest hit. The deadliest was on. Counties: Dubois Debris was thrown up to a quarter mile eastward into the woods. There was other F1 damage to the roofs of farm buildings and homes. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis call it an F2. Time: 1:20am EST to 1:22am EST Counties: Hardin Injuries: Injuries: 0 When the frontier reached the great plains in the mid 1800s, they were shocked by the sheer ferocity and size of the storms. Path width: 150 yards Injuries: An additional smaller chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, consistent with EF-1 damage. Blow-in insulation blew out in all directions in thehouse and the back porch resembled a snow globe. 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. F-scale: F1 March 25, 2021 Path length: 0.3 miles June 14, 1993 EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: 1 mile Counties: Green, Taylor Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale rating for this tornado. Deaths: The local townspeople were unaware Notes: At the start of the path the tornado was EF-0 strength as it damaged shingles and siding and snapped maple trees. Near Needmore trees were snapped and a section of a residence's roof was removed. Three track maps are available: zoomed in (local view), zoomed out (regional view), and a satellite map with damage points plotted. Injuries: 6 Give the names of persons killed, if any. December 21, 2013 EF-Scale:EF1 In Edmonson County, barns and a hotel were torn apart near Mammoth Cave National Park, along with the home of a cave tour guide. F-scale: F0 In this area many trees were snapped and uprooted. Now in the Mercantile you can find True West, Jesse James was the son of a Baptist minister, but he obviously took a wrong, The wagon trains first began heading west in the early 1820s with the opening of. May 26, 1989 Path width: 300 yards It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd.. An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Stony Brook Drive and Hurstbourne Parkway. Deaths: 2 Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Knox and Daviess counties. November 9, 2000 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles. Path width: A tornado swept through parts of northern Oklahoma County along the Deer Creek valley west of the Edmond area during the evening of May 5th, killing 3 people. March 2, 2012 The track of the cyclone was very narrow." Path width: 10 yards EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: LaRue, Nelson Large, heavy fuel tanks were rolled in two different directions on Mayhew Road.