tornadoes in the 1800s

10. Counties: Metcalfe County: Washington, IN Counties: Madison Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut. Injuries: A semi truck was flipped as the tornado crossed Interstate 65. Nevertheless, the city and the surrounding area see hundreds of less apocalyptic tornadoes a year. Notes: A tornado with winds to 85 mph struck about three-quarters of a mile north-northeast of Seventy-Six. Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. Narrative: Buildings were unroofed in downtown Lexington and at Sayre College. Deaths: Fifteen homes were destroyed March 28, 1997 Pieces of clothing, blankets, sheets, metal siding, and roofing were wrapped around uprooted trees and hanging from power lines. Path length: Deaths: Time: 4:01pm EST Deaths: A home and a small outbuilding were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. July 28, 1972 Path length: 15 miles Path length: July 26, 1984 Injuries: 9 The tornado then traveled over a ridge and intensified as it hit State Route 135 at Dutch Creek Road. F-scale: F1 Path length: F-scale: F3 Injuries: Parts of the barn, including insulation and sheet metal, were thrown into the trees. Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski (and on into Rockcastle and Laurel) Injuries: 0 Counties: Barren the Union Pacific Railroad bridge that crossed Path length: EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: Lincoln The tornado spent its last fury in the Happy Acre area, causing damage along Goose Creek, near Friendship Church, and on the southern end of Bethany Ridge where chickens were stripped of their feathers. One barn was destroyed and another had the roof blown off. Counties: Hart SPC and NCDC give a path length of 58 miles, Grazulis give 35 miles (skipping), Storm Data gives 60 miles. Path width: 150 yards Additional tree damage was observed as the tornado moved east- northeast across farmland. Counties: Bullitt Counties: Washington IN, Clark IN EF-scale: EF0 Whether it's a comment on our data, notification of a tornado you witnessed but do not see listed here, or if you would like to pass along your own personal encounter with a tornado, please feel free tosend us an e-mail. The warehouse of Mr. Tarr was completely destroyed. Counties: Jefferson IN (to Switzerland, Ohio IN, Dearborn) A stable was destroyed and a frame home "was knocked higher than a kite" on Harney between Fifteenth and Sixteenth (just east of today's California Park). A trailer was demolished, and farm buildings were destroyed. It touched down at the end of Arlington Drive at the floodwall and moved east-northeast, crossing I-65 between exits one and two, then crossed Tenth Street and lifted near the end of Plaza Drive. F-scale: EF3 June 2, 1990 Required fields are marked *. The tornado may have again weakened or lifted as the storm crossed Blue Ridge Manor and Anchorage. One significant goal of this project is to develop the most accurate, reliable, and useful tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky. F-scale: EF1 Path length: 5. It moved east-southeast, uprooting and snappingtrees near the intersection of Hwy 62 and Goshen Church Rd, along with damaging some small outbuildings. Using NCDC's lat/lons this comes out rather strange. Path width: 1200 yards The result: 116 fatalities, more than 350 homes and businesses leveled and close to 850 people injured. Time: 6:00pm Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. Path length: 1.7 miles Path length: 1.8miles Counties: Hancock Path length: 0.23 mile Time: 10:34pm Time: 3:38pm - 3:41pm EST Counties: Jefferson KY Damage was confined to IMS Lane. April 3, 1989 The tornado was rated EF3 here with 150 mph winds and a damage width of one-third mile. Counties: Warren Notes: This small tornado touched down near the intersection of Iron Mountain Road and Kidd Road where it heavily damaged a barn, then moved east-northeast over open farmland before hitting a farm on the west side of Center Three Springs Road. Path length: 4 miles (skipping) Path width: 75 yards Two trailers were destroyed, and pieces were carried for a mile. Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado formed three and a half miles southwest of Rineyville on KY 1375, went through Rineyville, and lifted three miles northeast of Rineyville. Losses totalled five million dollars in Lincoln County. Time: 9:20pm EDT Injuries: 1 Timber between the river and Eighteenth Street Road along Greenwood Road was observed to have been felled pointing to a common center. This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. Injuries: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Wisdom to two miles east of Edmonton. 11 tornadoes were spawned by 2 squall lines that crossed the state. It initially moved south, damaging a farm south of town on Hustonville Road. Deaths: 0 The park was badly damaged, just 12 days before the season's Opening Day. Path width: April 22, 2011 The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Deaths: Time: 1:36am EDT to 1:38am EDT Notes: The tornado began at the Butler/Grayson County line just north of Dog Creek Road and ended near the intersection of J. D. Hudson Road and Coats Road. Neighboring homes on either side were undamaged. Adjusted track here to agree with Storm Data/Grazulis. Path width: 250 yards However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Hammett Hill Road. F-scale: F0 Noted discrepancies: None June 6, 1990 Deaths: 4 The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. In addition, an outbuilding lost part of its roof and debris struck a residence causing cracked masonry and dented drywall inside the structure. Most of the roof was lifted up and over power lines that were 20 feet above the ground 150 feetdistant from the house. Notes: Storm Data has this tornado cross US 60, moving in a north-northeast direction. Injuries: 7 Fort Campbell Counties: Casey It is very essential that one divests himself of every preconceived notion about the whirling, sucking, or any other action of a tornado. Counties: Mercer Injuries: 270 Here, large chunks of 5- or 6-inch thickasphalt from an approximately4-by-4-yard section of roadway were blown 10 to 30 yards into the adjacent grass next to the road. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. County: Mercer spread about the "night phantom that appeared Path length: Less than one mile Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this tornado at 11:10pm. Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Notes: (From internal Weather Bureau memo and from newspaper clippings) Eight homes destroyed, 29 damaged. Notes: A National Weather Service Survey Team in conjunction with Larue County EMA determined a second tornado just south of Miami Court and moved east through a wooded area. Counties: Hardin EF-Scale: EF-1 The tornado severely damaged or destroyed several houses and double wide mobile homes around the intersection of Nabb New Washington and Nabb Marysville. Deaths: 0 May 13, 1998 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in a field along KY 103 a mile north of Auburn. SPC and NCDC list one injury, Grazulis lists four. Time: 7:25pm One of the buildings had its doors blown in, on another the metal roof was peeled back, and the third was leveled and blown 300 yards downwind. A home was unroofed and tenant homes and barns were destroyed. If the observer is a thousand feet or more away from the funnel, or cannot see distinctly trees or objects in it or near it, he should not try to make detailed observations of the whirl, or any thing else at the tornado. Ian Livingston. Time: 8:53pm EDT Another dozen or so homes, along with barns and outbuildings, sustained heavy damage. Counties: Dubois (from Knox, Daviess, and Martin) Path width: Grazulis narrative: Moved north-northeast from five miles southwest of Hustonville, passing through Junction City and ending at the south end of Lake Herrington northeast of Danville. Cedar trees were snapped. Noted discrepancies: SPC's lat/lon do not agree with NCDC's narrative. Injuries: 25 Path width: Path width: 25 yards Path length: 0.6mile Time: 12:48am Counties: Grayson Two barns were destroyed. EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: 6 miles At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. Grazulis lists this storm at 5:45pm. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 County: Hancock EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 11 Hail up to 2 1/4 inches in diameter pounded Crescent Hill, and the stones had large "horns" on them. Path width: Path width: 100yards Will use more logical SPC lat/lons for plotting. Three small homes were blown down. F-scale: F2 Time: 7:40pm See if any debris or objects have been carried in any case toward the west or south-west on the north side of the track, and measure the distance. Time: 1:25pm Time: 2:00am Counties: Washington IN Noted discrepancies: None At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. June 27, 1973 The Louisville Daily Courier described the storm as "a whirlwind revolving leftwise." Apparently the same tornado continued northeastward into Henry County. Notes:A very narrow and intense damage path of rotating winds of90-95 mph was embedded within a 3-mile wide area of straight-linewinds. Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Boyle Deaths: 0 June 12, 2004 Time: 9:20am Path width: Time: 4:55pm Time: 10:50pm EDT to 10:55pm EDT The tornado moved east-northeast to Hi-Grove Hill Road where the strongest (100 mph) winds occurred. Kansas, into Missouri. F-scale: F2 CoCoRaHS F-scale: F0 Path length: Deaths: 0 Notes:This very small, skipping tornado did its damage primarily on hilltops between Sparks Ferry Road and the intersection of IN135 and Lewellen Road. Notes: A well-built home suffered significant damage and a shed was destroyed. Path length: Path width: Deaths: Time: 11:59pm EDT November 22, 1992 Deaths: 1 New York, 1851. The two-story eight-room main residence was "torn from its foundations" and reduced to a pile of rubble. tornado: [noun] a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F4 Deaths: 0 Christ Church on Churchill Downs had some roof and siding damage. Low end EF-2 damage was observed. Time: 12:28am EDT May 8, 2003 Injuries: 0 As it crossed Winkelreid Street between 10th and 11th Streets, it buckled in a large overhead door and caused minor damage to the roof of the Indiana Southern Power building.

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tornadoes in the 1800s