tornadoes in the 1800s

Time: 11:25pm At one point, there were two distinct paths, as two funnels moved parallel to one another. Counties: Jefferson, KY Here, the tornado was an EF4 with 170 mph winds. F-scale: F1 Path width: 250 yards Time: 2:00pm Path length: 10.5 miles Time: 7:32pm EST Path length: Grazulis puts this tornado at 6:55pm. EF-scale: EF0 Time: 6:00pm The tornado traveled north-northeast along Stony Brook Drive and lifted near the intersection of Stony Brook and Laverne Drive. F-scale: F0 Path length: 0.8 miles Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down initially west of Lawrenceburg and moved into the downtown section of that city. Moving across Crawford County, the tornado widened to over a mile, missing many small communities and levelling several farms. Counties: Oldham Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. Sheet metal and shingles were lifted into trees along the route of the storm. Time: 5:30pm Would guess it was an F1, but more research is needed to get a better idea of this tornado's f-scale. Injuries: 0 Aerial photos of, damage were also taken by volunteer general aviation pilots Mark, Powers and Josh Kieffer and aerial photographer Austin Lassell in, aircraft N16NA. EF-scale: EF3 Time: 4:30pm Deaths: 0 County: Monroe Trees and telephone poles were blown down for a mile along Briar Hill Road. F-scale: F2 Narrative: This tornado hit the Kirksville and Silver Creek areas. Path width: Counties: Orange County: Clark IN Injuries: 0 Path width: In the Canmer area, Gilead Church (near the intersection of US 31E and Gilead Fairview Road) lost its roof, and debris from the roof was found two miles away. EF-Scale:EF0 Path width: It dissipated shortly thereafter. One piece of roofing lumber was found 500 feet ENE of the home. November 19, 1970 SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Injuries: EF-Scale: EF-1 Notes:A barn, several outbuildings, and two trees were damaged. Deaths: Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. 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. This location suffered the worst damage with gutters, siding, and soffits ripped from buildings and deposited 30 yards away in trees. F-scale: F2 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado on a two mile long path along Gilberts Creek from Salvisa to two miles east of Salvisa. Path width: County: Floyd Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. Deaths: 0 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. EF-scale: EF0 All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. The first home damaged was on Fourth Street opposite the park. The most significant damage occurred near the intersection of McKendree Church Road and Highway 100 where a well constructed brick house completely lost its roof. One person was severely injured, and may have died later. The vehicle landed on its tires and the driver survived, despite the top half of the car getting sheared off. The other path was parallel to the tornado and about half a mile to the north, on the west edge of downtown. in Elmont, Kansas, on June 5, 1917. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from two miles south of Shepherdsville. Injuries: Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 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. Devastating tornado could rank among deadliest in US history Several trees were uprooted. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh. Path length: 1.1 miles Notes: This fast-moving tornado began along US 421 one half mile south of the Jefferson-Ripley County line, then raced eastward, doing minor damage to a home, sucking the door out of a large garage, and taking off much of the roof off of a large tobacco barn. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado west of Shepherdsville. County: Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee) Winds in this area were estimated at 75 to 80 mph. Damage to several large metal buildings, a large barn, and a radio tower were observed south of Jasper. Path length: 1.3 miles Path length: 60 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Tornadoes are uniformily preceded by unusual heat; they are invariably accompanied by lightning and rain, and frequently by hail. The next morning the newspaper called the storm "the whirling tiger of the air". Counties: Barren But the first specific documentation of a tornado was on July 5, 1643, when John Winthrop, the Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, wrote of a violent wind that blew down many trees, lifted up the Newbury meeting house, and killed an Indian with a flying tree. Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. Path width: 250yards Time: 3:30pm Several more homes were severely damaged along this road. Path width: Deaths: 0 Neighboring homes on either side were undamaged. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Moore has been hit by 23 tornadoes since the late 1800s, according to the National Weather Service. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothingGrazulis gives 15 milesStorm Data gives 23 miles. Park Hills Shopping Center was damaged, and Pimlico Parkway and Mammoth Drive were badly hit. EF-Scale: EF-2 A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. Path width: 200 yards The "coldest" tornadoes occurred on March 12, 1986, when three F1 tornadoes were observed while temperatures were in the middle 40s. Tornadoes In The Old West - True West Magazine Path length: 1.2 miles About 30feet from the tree there was an outbuilding that had half its roofblown off and the roof remnants were found about 50 yards away. Counties: Lincoln Deaths: 0 Path width: Near the intersection of Crittenden Drive and Central Avenue a Super 8 Motel had minor roof damage. Counties: Orange Time: 4:00pm EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 46 Path length: 0.14 mile Power lines and many trees were downed, some of which fell on homes. Other homes received minor damage, and some outbuildings and carports were damaged. The 25 Deadliest U.S. Tornadoes. Early American Tornadoes Archives - ustornadoes.com Path width: 130 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Path width: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 800 yards. Time: 5:10am F-scale: F0 Time: 11:55am Injuries: F-scale: F0 At NCDC's listing for Madison County, the touchdown lat/lon is in Marshall County (near the McCracken County line) and the liftoff lat/lon is in Marshall County (same as SPC). Path length: 1 mile The motion of the air in tornadoes is spirally inward and upward, so that from each side of the track objects are drawn inward from the centre of the track, and very heavy objects are carried up in the centre. May 28, 1996 County: Henry Garages were destroyed in Senning's Park (site of Louisville's zoo at the time, located across New Cut Road from the Iroquois Amphitheater). March 18, 1925 Counties: Hardin, Nelson, Spencer EF-scale: EF1 Crossing over Lewis Road into Barren County, the roof of a sunroom was torn off of a home and an outbuilding destroyed. F-scale: F2 EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: The tornado destroyed two barns at 901 Dot Road, where it also moved heavy farm equipment, blew out exterior walls, and destroyed the home's roof. The path described above was more certainly a tornado. F-scale: F2 April 21, 1976 The second home experienced significant foundation damage and the roof was completely removed. The SPC/NCDC touchdown lat/lon is just barely inside Pulaski County. F-scale: F2 Injuries: 6 Counties: Dubois Notes: Storm data places this tornado just south of Smiths Grove. Time: 6:32am CDT Time: 9:00pm 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. Counties: Hart SPC and NCDC end the tornado in Clark County east of Mount Zion. Path length: 1.4miles May 9, 1933 Time: 3:45pm - 3:50pm EDT Path length: 2miles Notes: The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Several witnesses saw two different tornado near the Miami Court and Wobegone Way area. May 14, 1995 Path length: 10 miles F-scale: Injuries: 104 The damage was surveyed by the chief of the Louisville weather station, E. E. Unger. Injuries: 0 April 4, 2011 Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli. Just keep in mind several of these observation methods are outdated today. Notes:A National Weather Service storm survey teamconfirmeda maximum wind speed of 105 mph. Twenty-five homes were declared uninhabitable. Further research necessary. Path width: An 11-year-old boy was killed in the trailer. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado on Garrett Hollow Road. Path length: Path width: 50 yards Deaths: Time: 6:30pm Path length: Deaths: 0 Path length: 2miles Path length: 30 miles County: Taylor Three people were injured as houses were unroofed and barns destroyed. April 19, 2011 The tornado continued east across route 69 toward Cloverport, intermittently touching down and doing damage to small outbuildings. Counties: Hart Mississippi Tornados | Homefacts A man received minor injuries when a barn he was in collapsed around him. Click on a tornado or its track to find out more information about it. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Time: 7:25pm Damage to houses and other buildings was mainly to roofs and windows of the upper floors. Noted discrepancies: None County: Washington IN Path width: Metal siding was thrown 250 yards and several trees were snapped and uprooted. One day we had to move a house that had "survived" a tornado. Union Station was crushed as well. Several houses and five barns were demolished. F-scale: F1 EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 1 F-scale: F0 The tornado movedeast-northeast, skipping along a woodedarea where several trees were snapped oruprooted, then hit a mobile home onFackler Road, rolling the anchored unitseveral times, destroying the home. Path length: 9 miles Nearby straight-line wind damage in Georgetown was comparatively light. Path length: Path width: 50 yards Other homes and mobile homes were damaged. Deaths: Most of the trees were snapped halfway up indicative of a skipping weak tornado. Path width: 325 yards Injuries: 0 Time: 12:40am Time: 11:39am CST to 11:40am CST Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. EF-Scale:EF2 Storm Data says this tornado touched down a half mile south of Paynesville, and does mention that the tornado continued into Trimble County to near Mount Pleasant. Moving on from the church, the tornado tore off rooftops along Tenth, Ninth, and Eighth Streets between Chestnut Street and Broadway. Path width: At this locationa heavy metal chain fence weighing several hundred pounds was picked up and thrown 30 yards into the back of the house causing significant damage. Noted discrepancies: None Power lines were torn down. Storm Data reports damage on a farm just south of Bowling Green. His right hip was dislocated to the point where it was alongside his chest. Note: Grazulis counts this as two tornadoes, with a gap in the path at the Harrison/Floyd County line. Deaths: 0 The tornado moved from west to east, generally bounded by Kentucky Street on the north and Oak Street on the south. Injuries: 18 A large bridge five miles southwest of Salem was moved. Time: 11:46am CST to 11:50am CST June 2, 1990 Path length: 0.1mile Grazulis' path width is probably the most correct. Blow-in insulation blew out in all directions in thehouse and the back porch resembled a snow globe. F-scale: F2 Time: 2:43pm Deaths: 0 Path width: 880 yards Path width: 120 yards SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 40 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, but Grazulis does not list it (which it should be, regardless of strength, as was his practice in his 1992-1995 supplementlending support to the theory that this tornado is listed in Grazulis as the Woodford County event.) Time: 4:00am F-scale: EF3 Tornadoes: The deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history - Axios Path width: 200 yards There was extensive damage from falling brick. Time: 7:45pm If you have any tornado-related information you'd like to share with us, we'd very much like to hear from you. Injuries: One resident on Oxford Pike said, "The noise of the twister was worse than the noise of a train passing near you." SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1133 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Notes: Touchdown was on Pleasant Drive about two miles southeast of Springfield. Injuries: 0 29 and 30, 1879. A large RV was flipped overa large tractor trailer was moved about five feetand a horse trailer was thrown over 75 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC, NCDC, and Storm Data give a path length of 3 miles, Grazulis gives 6 miles. Path length: Injuries: EF-Scale:EF0 F-scale:F2 On This Day: The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 | News | National Aviation F-scale: F3 The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. 13. Notes:The tornado touched down in downtown Salem at the Salem Feed Mill on South Water Street. Path width: Injuries: 0 Fort Knox Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT Counties: Monroe To achieve this goal, several different sources of information were used. Counties: Henry Counties: Harrison IN Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. Time: 9:00am Path width: 325 yards Path length: Time: 10:03pm EDT to 10:09pm EDT Time: 11:05am EST Counties: Jefferson KY The Daily Press said, "A tornado struck the city with inconceivable energy." The tornadosignificantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and dida lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. There were some trees down further along the farmer`s field, but the tornado lifted after traveling approximately 0.6 miles where a few trees were topped where it lifted. Path length: 1.2miles Path width: Injuries: Counties: Garrard May 2, 1954 Deaths: F-scale: F1 At the end of Earl Jones Road the tornado destroyed one cinder block and wood barn and damaged the roof of another, scattering debris several hundred yards. Deaths: Injuries: 0 Time: 3:49am CST The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of KY 470. Path width: F-scale: F4 Storm Data says the tornado touched down near Slaughters in Hopkins County, proceeded to Sacramento in McLean County, and then went on to Prentiss in Ohio County. Path length: F-scale: F1 F-scale: F4 Injuries: 6 Narrative: Buildings were unroofed in downtown Lexington and at Sayre College. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile (obviously wrong), NCDC gives nothing, and Grazulis gives 20 miles. August 12, 1983 Deaths: Time: 4:30am to 4:40am EST Forty homes and 75 barns were destroyed. April 28, 1983 Deaths: 0 Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. Path length: 1/10 mile Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down in Creal, crossed KY 61, KY 2762, KY 210, entered LaRue County, hit Pleasant Ridge, entered Marion County, dissipating three miles west of Saint Joseph. Time: 1:54am EDT Time: 3:45am Injuries: 0 Path length: However, plotting historical tornado tracks is fraught with the potential for error. Grazulis lists an F2 tornado in Woodford County with eight injuries, a path length of one mile, and a path width of 200 yards on May 18, 1995 at 6:35am. The old fruit cellar behind the house may have been weakened by rain water and the sudden pressure change. Time: 4:15pm County: Cumberland Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Path width: structural damage consistent with EF-1 damage and 90 mph winds. Insulation from the home was found 300 yards away. SPC and NCDC time it at 4:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data 6:00pm. The tornado was captured on video and shared on social media, confirming the existence of the rotation and funnel. On August Deaths: Deaths: F-scale: F4 Path length: 0.5 mile Counties: Madison Path width: One would suppose that these tornadoes were likely quite weak. Path length: County: Washington, IN Cloud, Sauk Rapids, and Rice, Minnesota, on April 14, destroying much of the town of Sauk Rapids and . Trees were down in this location as well. Path width: Injuries: 0 Path length: Across the street, a one-story residence sustained roof and shingle damage with one of the front windows blown out. Counties: Garrard and Madison At that point several trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. October 18, 2007 The tornado continued to the northeast damaging another outbuilding and uprooting and snapping numerous trees before lifting. EF-scale: EF1 Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. Path length: 24 miles June 18, 1992 Time: 11:29am Injuries: 25 Path width: 250 yards Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. SPC and NCDC give a time of 3:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data give 4:00pm. Deaths: 0 Path length: June 2, 1987 Another area of significant damage was at the intersection of Highway 100 and Reeder School Road (near the Simpson/Allen County line)where a house had significant roof damage and had an exterior wall blown out. June 29, 1979 F-scale: F1 F-scale: F1 Deaths: 1 One house had its foundation shifted a few feet, and one roof was completely blown off. The tornado also uprooted numerous trees and ripped off sections of roofing from several other buildings. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 1 Path width: 40 yards Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from two miles east of Broadway to five miles east of Broadway. The length of this touchdown was .90 miles. Grazulis narrative: Hit at Becks Mill. Counties: Mercer, Woodford Time: 11:20pm EST Path length: 5 miles Path width: Deaths: 0 Deaths: Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Required fields are marked *. The tornado continued eastward, snapping the trunks of several large trees along Butler Creek and damaging carports and a metal outbuilding along Holmes Bend Rd and Turkey Trace. Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 4 Deaths: Two people, riding in a school bus, saw the tornado and took shelter in a nearby ditch. Path width: Path length: U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution's "Queries Relative Path length: 15 miles New York, Harper & Brothers, 1868. Path width: Notes: The tornado uprooted and snapped several large trees and destroyed a small shed on Daisy Hill Road north of Borden. This tornado is split into two tornadoes at SPC. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Counties: Breckinridge Counties: Perry Time: 8:35pm Counties: Madison April 3, 1974 Injuries: 58 Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Path length: 15 miles EF-Scale: EF-0 Another home was badly damaged, and several barns and outbuildings were blown down. Injuries: 5 Injuries: 2 F-scale: F1 The tiny twister then continued to the northeast, causing other minor tree damage to the south of Probus Lane. The last evidence of the tornado was at the north end of Quaker Rd, where small branches were broken. The tornado tracked to the east with extensive damage of trees along Hwy 1226. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Counties: Scott IN Homes were unroofed on both the east and west sides of the intersection of Churchill at Thirteenth. EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. Furniture from Indiana was later found in yards in Pleasure Ridge Park, KY. Deaths: Time: 11:30pm Time: 12:00am EDT Red and white oak and walnut trees were sheared off. Along Palmyra Road near Strickland Road, several trees were snapped with EF1 damage 50-100 yards wide and estimated winds of 100-110 mph. Deaths: F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Injuries: Injuries: Path length: Time: 2:25pm Counties: Woodford Path width: 50yards November 26, 1965 The tornado severely damaged or destroyed several houses and double wide mobile homes around the intersection of Nabb New Washington and Nabb Marysville. Injuries: West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. There was significant tree damage east of Main Street near Pedigo Street, Trees were facing multiple directions and there was mud spatter on the backside of homes and vehicles along Short Street to Monroe Drive. Wind speeds were estimated around 85 mph. Tragedy and triumph: Spring storms bring reminder of massive tornado

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