The church was scheduled to be dedicated the following Sunday. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 400 yards, Grazulis says 100 yards. Path width: 440 yards EF-scale: EF2 Notes: Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the northern bank of Indian Creek two miles northeast of Corydon. Counties: Warren Injuries: several, some serious January 2, 2006 EF-Scale:EF2 Path width: Injuries: 0 Notes: Fifteen to twenty homes were destroyed, mainly in the Temple Hill area. F-scale: May 13, 1998 Counties: Allen Trees and power poles were snapped between Oregon and Ebenezer. F-scale: F2 However, this path would completely miss Allen County. County: Hardin There was also some tree damage. Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. Deaths: 76 Path width: 10 yards Noted discrepancies: Storm Data puts this tornado two and a half miles north of Fredericksburg. The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck shortly after 4 pm on the day after Mother's Day in 1953. Notes: Storm Data takes this from four miles north of Leitchfield, across northeastern Leitchfield, to four miles east of Leitchfield. McCool placed the old lace . Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. The tornado crossed Paoli Pike just north of I-265 and caused roof damage at the Knob Point Apartments. March 29, 1974 Counties: Logan Deaths: 0 The storm crossed IN 66 into a cemetery and trailer court. A car was moved from one side of a building to another. Injuries: 0 Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Boyle May 1886 was a deadly month in Ohio weather. Path width: 40 yards Path width: April 7, 2015 where 2 structures were destroyed. Path width: Six-by-six inch posts were snapped and piled up, while metal sheeting was blown about a quarter of a mile away. F-scale: F0 Path length: 16.4 miles A house was damaged, and a corn crib was destroyed. Deaths: 0 Counties: Fayette Path length: Less than 440 yards Counties: Barren, Metcalfe A small shed was lofted out of its yard and became entangled in utility lines 30 yards to the northeast. From there the tornado moved northeast. moved northeast from present-day Mission, Counties: Floyd SPC and NCDC give only a touchdown point (which agrees with Grazulis' touchdown point), but no lift-off point. May 14, 1995 Path width: 300yards Mills on Broadway at Beargrass Creek were wrecked. Time: 8:00am Fifty large trees were uprooted in Iroquois Park, and smaller trees were witnessed sailing through the air. Security cameras from a business next door captured the damage occurring as a wall of wind and water that occurred in less than half a minute. Counties: Washington IN County: Bourbon EF-Scale:EF1 June 7, 1980 In addition, two homes on Dutch Chapel Road had significant roof damage and other structural damage, with debris thrown to the north, northeast, and east southeast. Path length: 9 miles Path width: 100 yards Houses were unroofed. Deaths: Path length: 0.2 miles Injuries: 0 Path length: Injuries: 9 January 2, 2006 Deaths: Path width: Path length: Counties: Warren Deaths: Deaths: Counties: Lincoln County: Adair That one killed 36 and injured 583. Tornadoes are meteorological monsters that have a powerful effect on anything that stands in their way. The worst damage mentioned in Storm Data is the destruction of a barn and three farm buildings, along with scattered roof damage and a "wrecked" trailer. Here, EF3-EF4 damage was estimated with winds of 150-170 mph. SPC's endpoint lat/lon is in Trimble County. About a dozen expensive homes were destroyed in affluent suburbs of northeast Louisville. There was an uprooted tree, along with shingle, gutter, roof, and barn damage. August 25, 1972 Deaths: Injuries: Deaths: It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Brooks and Doswell (2002) discussed the long-term history of tornado deaths, drawing on the work of Grazulis (1993) (Grazulis, T. P., 1993: Significant Tornadoes, 1680-1991. Injuries: 0 Time: 7:05pm Path length: 0.6 mile Time: 6:50pm One home was destroyed and 15 were damaged. F-scale: F4 Path width: June 2, 1987 The tornado was about three blocks wide in Charlestown. Injuries: 0 Residents said there was a major pressure change with the tornado. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from west of Deputy to two miles northeast of Madison. The tornado traveled from Clark County, Indiana across extreme southeast Scott County and into far southern Jefferson County. Time: 12:45pm EF-scale: EF0 Time: 9:00pm Path width: 440 yards F-scale: F1 Path width: 250 yards Deaths: 1 January 2, 2006 SPC gives one point, just northeast of KY 390 northwest of Bohon. Counties: Scott KY At this point, prefer to plot this tornado only in Mercer County. Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Deaths: 3 Path width: 200 yards Injuries: 7 Counties: Edmonson (from Pendleton and Bracken). April 15, 1994 Counties: Clark KY F-scale: F1 After then damaging the Hixson Farm, the twister dissipated. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville. Path length: 0.25 mile Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Storm Data give no F-scale ranking for this tornado. It wasn't until the 1800s that advances, For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United, A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s, Historic outbreak sequences: Five major tornado events during the second half of May 1896, New Jerseys deadliest twister and the first scientific tornado study in the United States, U.S. Tornado History: Early American thought presented in textbooks of the 1800s, U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institutions Queries Relative to Tornadoes, circa 1860s, Understanding basic tornadic radar signatures, Into the Storm: 10 best and worst movie moments for a tornado nerd. F-scale: F1 Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Time: 4:41am April 20, 1996 Finley recorded March 27, 1890 The path was 150 yards long and 75 yards wide. Counties: Hancock Further research suggests that the Boyle County tornado did indeed happen as described above. Deaths: This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. The two vortices came together on the north side of KY 44 across from my house and destroyed a large tobacco barn. April 4, 2011 Path width: Notes: An EF-0 tornado struck Bogard Lane about four miles southwest of Mount Washington at 11:51am. Noted discrepancies: None Several houses and five barns were demolished. One home was unroofed. Injuries: Time: 5:00pm Noted discrepancies: None The tornado lifted briefly before dropping back down on the east side of Pewee Valley near Five Forks Drive. F-scale: F0 Four homes were destroyed and several others damaged two miles north of Carefree, injuring several people. Time: 3:40pm April 24, 2010 Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 6.3 miles south southwest of Salem, to Pekin, to 1.3 miles southeast of Pekin, to 2.7 miles northwest of Charlestown, to 3.1 miles southeast of Charlestown. Time: 5:53pm Deaths: 0 The tornado then moved eastward into Huntsville where a few homes were damaged and trees were snapped along Huntsville-Quality Road. Notes: The tornado destroyed a trailer and an outbuilding along Hansborough Road. Path length: 2.5 miles (skipping) Path width: Path width: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Counties: Clark IN Time: 1:10am The NCDC end lat/lon of the first Muhlenberg tornado is the same as the NCDC begin lat/lon of the second. Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks. Path length: 1.5 miles F-scale: F3 Path length: Deaths: 0 Time: 12:20pm CST Path width: 25yards This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. Notes: Storm Data says Pellyton was hard hittornado went from Portland to one mile northeast of Pellyton. F-scale: F1 The funnel reached the ground near the intersection of North Main Street and River Park Drive where a tree was blown down onto a restaurant. Injuries: 6 Grazulis narrative: Moved east from two miles south of Shepherdsville. Grazulis takes it to just northeast of Bedford, which generally agree with a track map of the outbreak drawn up by NSSFC. Path length: F-scale: F2 The tornado then damaged an outbuilding and numerous trees as it headed east toward the intersection of Double Or Nothing Road and Radio Tower Road. Time: 7:00pm Jefferson County: The Jefferson County portion of the track was well-covered in the local newspapers. Several witnesses observed the tornado and it was captured on video. Path width: April 3, 1974 Injuries: The Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Deaths: Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast. Path width: 100 yards Path width: 50 yards Time: 12:40am EDT Path width: Two of the snapped trees landed on pick-up trucks. Nearly a complete roof of one outbuilding was project 1/2 mile to the east. November 5, 2018 Time: 4:40pm Notes: A fast moving tornado briefly touched down four times in Louisville. Injuries: Injuries: The tornado first touched down on the south side of Fredericksburg just south of U.S. 150 where several trees were snapped off. Counties: Marion Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path length of 10 miles, Grazulis says 14 miles. The only structural damage was to a small home on the top of a hill near South Rays Fork Road. Deaths: Injuries: 1 Injuries: 0 Deaths: This historic event may have actually started in Harrison County IN, but is traditionally plotted from west of Shively, Kentucky, in western Jefferson County. The Morris Gass Farm also received damage. Deaths: 0 Many buildings, homes, and trailers were severely damaged. Notes: The tornado touched down along Danny Sadler Road and crossed KY 920 and KY 720, lifting near Burkhead Lane. F-scale: F2 Losses on one Oldham County farm amounted to $200,000. Path length: 1 mile Counties: Logan Notes:A barn, several outbuildings, and two trees were damaged. Path width: 100 yards F-scale: F2 EF-Scale:EF1 The tornado lifted near this location. Further research is necessary. One trailer roof was thrown 65 yards. Deaths: Path width: Time:12:07am EDT Deaths: 0 January 17, 2012 Storm Data moved this tornado from three miles northwest of Horse Cave to five miles northwest of Horse Cave. Continuing to the east-southeast, the tornado downed numerous trees in a cyclonic pattern on both sides of Spencer-Hamilton Road south of Loretto. Trees were laying in multiple directions and most of the trees were twisted, snapped, or uprooted. A brick building was unroofed and had a wall blown down. Time: 8:00pm Injuries: 0 Time: 7:50pm Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 The owner of the house was upstairs sleeping when he felt his ears popping, then a large roar of wind on top of the house and bricks fell on his bed. County: Boyle Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 21 milesGrazulis give 18 miles. 26 Kansas City, Missouri. The back part of the barn was thrown to the west while a wagon in the trailer was pushed out through the barn. April 3, 1974 F-scale: F2 Injuries: 1 Path length: 18 miles Path width: 350 yards NOTE: Having happened before the era of comprehensive damage surveys, some of these events may have been composed of multiple tornadoes along a damage path. Deaths: 0 Path length: 16 miles The tornado moved north-northeast and northeast through the Parkland neighborhood (Twenty-eighth and Dumesnil), leveling a few homes. Path width: Counties: Harrison IN F-scale: F1 Time: 6:30pm Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF1 A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Time: 2:19pm The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. Other than mud spattering from the south-southwest on the back corner of the brick one-story home, no other evidence of wind was observed, as no shingles were damaged. EF-Scale:EF0 Deaths: 0 Injuries: Counties: Oldham County: Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee) Counties: Boyle and Lincoln (and on into Rockcastle) Damage continued to the east along and south of Hurst Road in extreme southeast Washington County. A rural school was destroyed, as was a large church and several barns. Time: 7:00pm There were 134 "uninhabitable" homes. Path width: Lat/lon given place it in Sumner County, Tennessee. Path length: Several residents on Dutch Chapel Road heard a distinct "freight train roar" and their ears popped, along with zero visibility during torrential rain when the storm struck. At Orchard Lake Boulevard and Fallen Apple Lane trees were blown down and laid out in north, northeast, and south directions. Time: 8:10pm Hundreds of trees were uprooted. The tornado formed about a mile northeast of Temple Hill just south of Barbour Road. On the night of June 8th, 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. SPC and NCDC give a time of 9:20am, Grazulis has 10:30am, and Storm Data says 10:07am. Deaths: Path length: 0.6miles Time: 7:12pm - 7:14pm CDT Eagle Park was Louisville's baseball park before the new one to the south was constructed. F-scale: F2 Storm Data lists only Jefferson and Henry counties. F-scale: F1 Time: 4:34pm Houses were damaged at Churchill and Fourth, and the Baptist Orphan's Home lost its roof at Churchill and First. Roofs were torn off at Ak-Sar-Ben Park. Noted discrepancies: None Three people were killed in a home near Alpha and two in a home near Sumter. Counties: Garrard, Madison, Clark KY Injuries: 60 It did more damage when it reached Saint John Road, where it destroyed a home and some farm buildings. Trees were snapped and uprooted along US 68 throughout the path. The twisting nature of the winds was clearly revealed when the bodies of the Tyree family were found 75 yards south of their home site, and the bodies of the Redeford family were discovered 100 yards north of the spot where their home had stood. August 5, 2022. However, when the tornado entered the city of Louisville it was 200 yards wide and grew to 500 yards wide as it plowed through the central business district downtown. Union Station was crushed as well. The side of a two-story home was torn off. Counties: Breckinridge Time: 6:49am EST SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Noted discrepancies: SPC has beginning and ending lat/lons as 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08NCDC has 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/85.45. If SPC/NCDC's lat/lon is changed from -85.92 to -84.92, it is placed in Franklin County. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Eckerty. Several large hackberry and oak trees were uprooted and snapped between the PX and Scott Middle School. July 10, 2015 In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread panic. Path length: 3.3 miles Notes: Storm Data places this tornado about five and a half miles southwest of Rome in Hoosier National Forest. Path length: 20 miles Injuries: Path length: 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. Injuries: 0 The first theories explaining weather phenomena as having natural causes were proposed by ancient Greek natural philosophers. Injuries: 15 The tornado may have dipped very briefly to earth again on or near Cincinnati Road south of Double Culvert, though no specific damage reports have been found from that area. Counties: Marion May 23, 2000 County: Jefferson, IN When a large, black cloud moved towards them the warriors dismounted and prepared for a hard rain. Large power poles were snapped. Several toys and pumpkins were turned and thrown cyclonically towards the west. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Great Plains were from settlements near and Injuries: SPC and Storm Data give a path width of 100 yards, NCDC gives nothing. One person became paralyzed from the neck down, and a 4 year old child suffered a fractured skull and broken leg. Path length: Path width: The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Path width: 25 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis ranks it as an F2. EF-Scale: EF-1 Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. Injuries: Time: 3:49am CST Notes:This tornado did damage along Calvary Road where a mobile home was destroyed and a small shed slid off its foundation. Occasional uprooted and snapped trees occurred for an additional 5 miles before the tornado dissipated after destroying a 40 by 50 foot tool shed 1.6 miles south-southeast of Celestine. Counties: Logan Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. Injuries: 0 March 20, 1976 Path length: There was about $250,000 (1971) damage done in Danville. F-scale: F1 A two-story pole tobacco barn was also destroyed. Counties: Warren Counties: Fayette, Bourbon Deaths: 0 The tornado destroyed nine cottages as well as the county fairgrounds. Path length: 0.6mile February 29, 2012 Path length: 0.4 miles Counties: Franklin SPC path length is only one mile, however. The tornado struck the north portion of Westport Bend Commerce Park, snapping and bending several trees. Counties: Jefferson KY, Bullitt, Spencer Injuries: 8 Injuries: Path width: 15. Time: 6:10am Noted discrepancies: Only Hopkins County is listed at NCDC. April 20, 2000 F-scale: F0 Three houses and four barns were blown into the Barren River at Thomas Landing, injuring ten people. It then grew in width and intensity as it crossed Highway 1365 and uprooted, snapped and twisted over 200 trees in a heavily forested area around a deep karst ravine. March 23, 2012 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 17 yards, Grazulis lists 20 yards, Storm Data says 33 yards. Time: 2:30pm County: Edmonson March 24, 1921 Path length: The family survivedthe tornado by sheltering in a 3-foot crawl space. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Path length: March 18, 1925 Injuries: 0 Path length: 2.4 miles (skipping) The tornado then crossed the road where a brick facade home lost part of its outer wall, suffered roof damage, and was struck by debris. F-scale: F1 Narrative: Moved east from the southeast edge of Stanford, passing near Rowland, two miles east of Stanford. Path length: 1.8 miles Counties: Henry Time: 6:50pm Path length: The church itself was leveled. Lives are forever changed, and sometimes ended, by tornadoes. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. 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). April 11, 2008 April 20, 1996 Grazulis Narrative: Moved east from Cottonburg to south of Richmond. June 3, 1996 F-scale: F4 Path length: No further damage occurred to the east of this location as the tornado dissipated. Time: 10:00am The NCDC begin location and end location (8 miles southwest of Albany) also places this tornado in Tennessee, or, depending on the degree of "southwest", in the middle of Dale Hollow Lake. Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. County: Edmonson Time: 4:01pm EST Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.7 miles southwest of Dugansville to 1.6 miles southwest of Dugansville, or half a mile east of Tablow. The likelihood of tornado involvement seemed to begin near Gilpin, continued east, passing south of Eubank, and ending in northern Laurel County. April 12, 2019 Deaths: Path width: 50 yards Deaths: 0 Injuries: Dozens of buildings and hundreds of trees were destroyed in Louisville. Time: 2:15pm Some roofs on the southwest side of Nicholasville had the tin rolled or twisted toward the northeast. Notes: A weak squall line tornado briefly touched down along IN 135, doing minor damage to several residences and downing several trees three miles northeast of Hillgrove. F-scale: F2 Path length: 6miles Injuries: Noted discrepancies: Storm Data lists this and the following tornado as one. Time: 4:10-4:16pm CST April 3, 1974 F-scale: F3 From here it travelled east-northeast, snapping tree limbs as it skipped over mainly open pastureland until it reached Thomas Road. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. 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. There were a couple of areas where it fully descended to the surface and caused more widespread damage. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage in County Trace Estates and on Zoneton Road east of Mount Washington. Injuries: 5 The cab of a small pickup was crushed by debris and the vehicle was blown onto KY 969. Noted discrepancies: SPC has a path length of 41 miles, NCDC has 31 miles, Grazulis says 29 miles. Counties: Spencer Counties: Lincoln Time: 11:22pm EDT Several barns sustained severe structural damage to the roofs. F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Richardsville. Time: 9:45pm Notes: This tornado began on the south side of Frankfort and tracked to the northeast. April 24, 1955 Counties: Butler Iseeo recalled hearing a roar that sounded like a buffalo in rutting season. Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT Path length: 2miles It lifted just north of KY 744. In all, more than 175 storms - including wind and hail - were recorded, with the bulk of them being in Kansas, Oklahoma . Damage was severe at Saint Helens, with one house completely removed except for one interior room. Another challenge is coming up with a complete database. Deaths: 0 It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC provides no length, and Grazulis gives a length of 5 miles. May 10, 2016 Deaths: Counties: Clark IN EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 9:00pm Notes: Touchdown was two miles north of Campbellsburg. Path length: Deaths: 0 Counties: Scott KY EF-Scale: EF-0 Injuries: 0 Counties: Hart Regional Weather Map