tornadoes in the 1800s

monster wave. County: Henry The tornado continued east to near B Flood road with additional structural damage consistent with EF-1 damage and 90 mph winds. The pilots were associated with the Kentuckiana, Volunteer Aviators. Here, EF3-EF4 damage was estimated with winds of 150-170 mph. Path width: 50 yards Deaths: 0 November 25, 1973 Path width: Path length: The lat/lon for this tornado at SPC is in Tennessee. Counties: Grayson Notes:This was an intermittent skipping tornado. It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Deaths: 0 A 40 ft by 50 ft outbuilding was destroyed in the vicinity of the grain silo, with siding thrown up to 500 yards downwind. F-scale: F0 The tornado continued east across the Knobs toward Binford Rd, where it took multiple trees down. Path width: It destroyed a mobile home and removed the roof from a house. May 26, 1989 Injuries: 5 May 28, 1996 Will use more logical SPC lat/lons for plotting. Nearly a complete roof of one outbuilding was project 1/2 mile to the east. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 39 miles, Grazulis gives 45 miles, and Storm Data says 25 miles. Minimal F2. Oregon Road was blocked by felled trees from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted. Around 2:30 p.m., a volunteer found Cecilia Lloyd's wedding dress wrapped in a garment bag. The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. Path length: 7 miles Counties: Warren Path width: Two mobile homes were destroyed. Counties: Washington IN F-scale: F2 Notes: A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted north of Bretzville and Saint Anthony. Path length: Injuries: 0 County: Marion SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. Grazulis narrative: Two farms were struck, and one was completely destroyed three miles north of Burkesville. Path width: Barns on either side of the path were damaged with the debris thrown clockwise, showing an anticyclonic rotation. Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy Time: 8:00pm Path width: The observed damage width was one-third of a mile with estimated winds of 170 mph (EF4). It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. May 19, 2017 Counties: Orange Time: 2:00pm Time: 9:00pm Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. Deaths: 0 There was a very concentrated area of trees snapped, along with a gutter ripped off a house and power line down. Counties: Jefferson KY Deaths: Only two of the 150 students were injured. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. May 1, 2012 April 20, 2000 Path length: 2.5 miles January 30, 2013 Also in Scottsburg trees were felled and roofs were damaged. Notes: The tornadobegan at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. Path width: Some tornadoes are clearly visible, while rain or nearby low-hanging clouds obscure others. The Jonas Weil Farm on Briar Hill Road suffered an unroofed home, two miles of destroyed fence, and 500 felled trees. Path width: 75 yards Grazulis Narrative: A house and a garage were destroyed at New Washington. A barn was picked up and scattered over 60 to 70 acres. March 2, 2012 County: Taylor Notes: Trees and a tobacco barn were damaged. Using NCDC's lat/lons this comes out rather strange. Time: 11:00am There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Path width: 150 yards Notes: Hard to believe and F3 tornado with a path length and width as small as what SPC gives. A steady watch of the needle may show any sudden fluctuation too rapid to be caught by reading the barometer. Narrative: Buildings were unroofed in downtown Lexington and at Sayre College. 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. People died in seven different homes north of Caneyville, Millwood, Leitchfield, Clarkson, and Summit. The Louisville Daily Courier described the storm as "a whirlwind revolving leftwise." 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. Path width: 75 yards Notes: The EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Center, Kentucky near Herbert Hodges Road. Deaths: 0 Deaths: They last only from fifteen to sixty to seventy seconds, their breadth varies from a few rods to several hundred yards, and it is probable that the length of their track rarely exceeds twenty-five miles. Fortunately it was unoccupied. County: Hardin The tornado began in the vicinity of Tates Creek Road and Man O War Boulevard. At the home next door the front door was pulling away from the building. County: Jefferson, IN The storm continued to the east and apparently lifted off the ground as the ground surface descended into a small valley along Ruckriegel Parkway and Chenoweth Run. April 21, 1972 Deaths: 0 County: Metcalfe Path length:5.3 miles A small branch was driven into the side of a car and a chimney was knocked down from the side of a house. Grazulis narrative: Tornado touched down in Edmonton then moved east-northeast along KY 80 to the Adair County line. At one point, there were two distinct paths, as two funnels moved parallel to one another. EF-scale: EF1 Injuries: Injuries: 6 Four people were killed near Tracy Lane, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. Path length: 3.3 miles The tornado then crossed IN 145 and moved into the marina. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 2. Pay particular attention to the direction of the trees, making a separate observation on the south side, in the centre, and on the north side. Time: 3:10pm Counties: Meade Path width: A horrific nighttime Please try another search. Deaths: National Weather Service Deaths: 3 Deaths: 0 Deaths: May 18, 1995 Time: 6:15pm Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: EF-Scale:EF0 Path length: A convenience store was destroyed along US 31W. Time: 3:59am County: Harrison KY Nebraska, and Iowa occurred on May Southeast of Trenton the tornado was on the ground for a mile and a half and destroyed a barn and a trailer. Counties: Nicholas Path length: 40 miles A "substantial" brick church was leveled, as were many barns. Damage then occurred again when a frame home's garage was torn from its foundation at 2835 Klondike Lane and was thrown 100 feet into the side of Saint Martha Catholic Church. Injuries: 15 Insulation was thrown from north to southeast. It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd., where the tornado ended. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. From there, the tornado crossed into Jefferson County, Indiana. April 20, 2011 Path length: 0.7 miles More tree and power line damage was along KY 585 near Shores Road. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. The last evidence of the tornado was at the north end of Quaker Rd, where small branches were broken. Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST At least a dozen homes were destroyed. Science and Technology The funnel lifted two miles north of Fairfield. The tornado snapped large limbs from the tree canopy in this area and likely was not in total contact with the ground. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: None. There was also some shingle damage to some of the buildings near the high school track. Counties: Madison Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from just northeast of Henryville, passing near Nabb, hitting Hanover and North Madison and the northwest edge of China, passing northwest of Canaan and ending three miles west of Cross Plains. Path width: 40yards During the end of the tornadoes life cycle it narrowed and bounced striking several trees and knocking over several cemetery headstones and uprooted 2 large trees at the Little Clifty United Methodist Church just west of Lacon. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. April 19, 2011 Path length: Path length: Deaths: 0 Finley had it figured out but lost out in a power play. EF-Scale:EF1 F-scale: F0 Counties: LaRue Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Time: 7:40pm EST to 7:50pm EST 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. A 60'x43' barn that had been recently remodeled and upgraded had three walls blown out. Path width: Path length: 1.9 mile Time: 4:05pm - 4:10pm EDT One of the best illustrations of this has just come to hand from the storm at Bradshaw, Neb. Deaths: County: Monroe Deaths: Time: 6:04pm Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin Counties: Warren The tornado moved east-northeast to Hi-Grove Hill Road where the strongest (100 mph) winds occurred. The following two tabs change content below. Path length: 6 miles Injuries: 1 At 1130 Halls Creed Road 2-inch hail occurred before the tornado, with winds of 111 mph. Time: 11:16pm EST May 14, 1995 Notes: The tornado initially touched down on the northwest side of a large family home and farm on Fairfield Road. Injuries: 0 There were three homes destroyed in Kentucky, and $200,000 damage. Injuries: 0 Time: 6:00pm The only specific damage mentioned by the Courier-Journal from either of these potential tornadoes is a mobile home losing its roof at Smedley. Counties: Shelby The airport operations building had a disabled awning and post. 1880s scientists didn't use terms like "wind shear" or "cold front," but they did observe that tornadoes affecting "central states of the Union" occurred when winds of different temperatures collided. Click here for a detailed map of the approximate path of the tornado. Time: 4:00am Grazulis ends this tornado closer to Riverside, SPC and NCDC end it closer to Richardsville (both in Warren County). May 28, 1996 Injuries: 2 May 8, 2009 The F4 rating isbased on a single leveled home south of Caneyville April 19, 2011 Multi-story downtown buildings were hit by the tornado and subsequently collapsed. Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. EF-Scale:EF1 A total of five homes sustained extensive damage, and two homes suffered minor damage. The maps presented in these web pages have been constructed with as high a degree of accuracy as possible. F-scale: F3 F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 F-scale: F2 Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from just east of Standiford Field to Smithfield and New Castle. April 21, 1963 Time: 6:15am In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Grazulis has this tornado touch down ten minutes before the previous one (listed above). Deaths: 0 Many other homes and buildings were damaged. A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. The tornado formed about a mile northeast of Temple Hill just south of Barbour Road. Path width: 33 yards Time: 6:42pm Near the end of the track a house's roof was partially torn off a gravel from the driveway was lifted and pelted into the side of the house. Path length: 15 miles F-scale: EF-scale: EF1 They got under some heavy equipment for shelterand the barn came down around them. Time: 4:00pm EDT Several residents reported a loud roar, their ears popped, and there was zero visibility in torrential rain when the storm struck. The last observed damage in Washington County was near S. Flatwood Road in a wooded area before the tornado entered Clark County. Injuries: 1 The tornado was rated EF3 here with 150 mph winds and a damage width of one-third mile. July 11, 1986 Injuries: Deaths: Counties: Clark IN In the 1300's in England and Europe, there was massive storm that killed around 100,000 people (if i recall correctly). Deaths: 0 12. Counties: Scott KY The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. Path length: Counties: Scott KY, Harrison KY, Nicholas (and Fleming) Notes: Storm Data places this tornado two miles southeast of Lebanon. F-scale: EF1 85 mph winds. Deaths: 0 Just south of 362 in Clark County, two additional homes and power poles were damaged greatly. January 24, 1997 County: Simpson Path width: Injuries: 0 Counties: Adair Deaths: 0 Time: 3:16pm CDT Injuries: 0 Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. Three track maps are available: zoomed in (local view), zoomed out (regional view), and a satellite map with damage points plotted. There was mention of tornado damage in Smithfield and just outside New Castle in Henry County. Path length: 1 mile May 30, 2004 January 30, 2013 Injuries: Injuries: Damage totaled $1,500,000 as 500 homes were destroyed, along with two schools and many other buildings. County: LaRue Drone Captures Devastation in Small Texas Town Injuries: 0 Injuries: Injuries: 0 The Norman Roundup Club will serve as a hub for reuniting valuables tossed around by Sunday night's tornado and their owners. F-scale: F1 Notes: Sporadic twisting tree damage was found between Mount Carmel and McKinley towards the White River. Path width: Injuries: 7 Deaths: 2 May need to re-visit this with SPC's lat/lons. The garage of this house was destroyed with one vehicle thrown 30 yards and another tossed 75 yards. May 24, 2000 September 20, 2009 Storm Data mentions that this tornado crossed into Kentucky from Perry Countyhitting Irvington, two miles east northeast of Cloverport, and two and a half miles south of Garrett. Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.7 mi Path width: Path length: 0.6 mile Time: 6:30pm Counties: Perry The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding. While a large tree next to their home crushed a pickup truck as it came down, their home sustained minimal damage. Again, pleasee-mail usif you can help with the proper placement of any tornadoes. Narrative: One of the most devastating tornadoes to ever strike Kentucky. The tornado was captured on video and shared on social media, confirming the existence of the rotation and funnel. Path length: Injuries: 28 Noted discrepancies: SPC and Grazulis list 6 deaths for this tornado, NCDC lists 5. Path length: EF-Scale: EF-0 At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. EF-Scale: EF-1 SPC and Storm Data give a time of 12:10am, NCDC gives 12:06am. Grazulis narrative: At Great Crossing, four miles west of Georgetown, a small tornado destroyed a home. Injuries: 0 November 7, 1996 A bowling alley and several businesses were damaged at Sellersburg. October 26, 2010 May 9, 1933 Storm Data says this tornado moved from southwest of Ferdinand to Siberia (Siberia proper is actually in Perry County, just over the county line). A tornado formed from these conditions, devastating most of the town and much of the outlying rural area. Counties: Franklin County: Warren, Barren Deaths: Injuries: Explore Every Tornado Across the United States Since 1980 Through This It continued to do tree-top damage in a heavily wooded area as it moved east, then tore roof panels off of several hog barns on the south end of A Mills Road. Path width: 150 yards Path width: 600 yards Path length: 1 mile An older, well built barn with sturdy cedar poles sustained significant side panel damage. Time: 8:47pm Path length: 60 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Notes: Several trees were uprooted along West CR 390S. beneath a nearby tree. Path length: 1.4 miles Time: 4:30pm Path length: Deaths: 2 Injuries: Path width: Path width: 125 yards Deaths: Continuing to the northeast, at a home east of Gaines Road the owner reported that the water was evacuated out of all four toilets in the building as the tornado passed by. Tulsa Race Massacre, Dust Bowl & Oklahoma City - HISTORY F-scale: F2 Storm Data lists this tornado as having struck both Metcalfe and Adair counties, touching down a mile west of Summer Shade at the intersection of KY 90 and Milam Clark Road, crossing KY 90 and KY 640, KY 163 south of Goodluck, lifting just north of Breeding. Time: 6:45am - 6:54am EDT June 23, 1992 Early American Tornadoes Archives - ustornadoes.com Deaths: 0 Many buildings, homes, and trailers were severely damaged. Deaths: 0 County: Meade, Hardin Please select one of the following: Noted discrepancies: SPC has this storm moving from McCracken County directly into Madison County, which is geographically impossible. Next it snapped and uprooting some trees and doing some roof damage to a couple of homes before lifting 200 yards downwind. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 7 Path length: 5 miles If a good faith effort could be made in determining which source had the correct information, then the tornado was plotted according to that information. Deaths: 6 Tornadic damage continued east of Cox Ferry Road. There was about $250,000 (1971) damage done in Danville. the Missouri River at Omaha. Notes: The touchdown point was on the east side of Harrodsburg and it caused three walls of a warehouse to collapse. The debris field from the two homes extended into a farmer's field up to a quarter mile downwind with several boards and bricks thrust into the ground. A one month old 64'x56' barn with 6' footers in concrete was destroyed. The vortex quickly intensified to EF3 strength as it crossed the south portion of the town of Marysville, severely damaging several homes. Path length: A note should be made of the width of the greatest destruction, not including houses unroofed on the borders; also the length of the path where it was most destructive, and the distance from the point at which it first struck the earth to the point at which it left the earth during the time of the greatest destruction. Hammonville was struck. Time: 10:30am Deaths: 0 February 24, 2011 After possibly weakening or lifting in Jessamine County, the tornado slammed into eastern sections of Fayette County with renewed vigor. Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. Injuries: Injuries: Noted discrepancies: There is a coding error in the SPC database here. Path width: 700 yards Noted discrepancies: None January 17, 1870 The warehouse of Mr. Tarr was completely destroyed. Cannot plot this tornado without further research. March 4, 1955 Path width: 220 yards Deaths: 76 A custom-builthome had exterior wall damage in the master bedroom with adjacentbathroom. F-scale: F3 Other barns and homes were unroofed. February 25, 2018 Grazulis narrative: A tornado destroyed two trailers and a barn, just north of Jamestown. Notes: The tornado destroyed a shed when it touched down along North CR 200W west of Haysville. A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. The likelihood of tornado involvement seemed to begin near Gilpin, continued east, passing south of Eubank, and ending in northern Laurel County. Path length: 4.6mile Counties: Orange Significant Tornadoes. Path length: Counties: Henry EF-scale: EF0 If information was available indicating that the tornado made a significant turn along its path, then that was included (such as the tornado of November 7, 1996 inLogan County). Narrative: Moved east-northeast from seven miles northwest of Hartford. Finally, the tornado traveled to F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: SPC's lat/lon do not agree with NCDC's narrative. July 13, 2015 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 May 28, 1996 Minimal F2. Cedar trees were snapped. On the whole, the evidence seems to show something like an uprush, though it seems conclusive that this is not due to a vacuum in the tornado, as many think. Notes: Though this tornado was weak it had a fairly long path from four miles south southwest of Little York to five miles north northeast of Austin. The head of the weather service office in Louisville, O. K. Anderson, surveyed the damage and said there was no doubt in his mind that it was a small, bounding tornado. Miller farm. This was the area where 5 people were tragically killed in a mobile home. April 21, 1972 Path width: 150 yards Grazulis probably has the most correct path width. Deaths: 0 The vehicle landed on its tires and the driver survived, despite the top half of the car getting sheared off. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. Winds were about 90 mph along Monroe Drive. Path width: 150 yards The tornado dissipated about half a mile into Wayne County. March 18, 1925 Path width: 250yards Multiple pine, ash, and oak trees were snapped and uprooted. Path length:2.7 miles May 22, 1989 Injuries: 1 Path length: 1.1miles The tornado traveled from Clark County, Indiana across extreme southeast Scott County and into far southern Jefferson County. It was described as a green-rimmed cone-shaped tornado which rose and fell moving like a monster wave.. As soon as the mid-1800s, the government began collecting data on tornadoes. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Path width: 100 yards The Lexington Leader mentions the tornado north of the city but doesn't say anything about any damage. The tornado then moved east damaging the roof of another barn and uprooting or snapping at least 100 trees. It is most likely the following event. Color-coded by F-Scale with county lines and time zones Grazulis narrative: Skipped from Guthrie to Keysburg and Schochoh. Injuries: 0 The actual tornado probably touched down just west of Lexington Road about 3/4 of a mile northwest of the Fayette County line. Time: 2:00pm Deaths: EF-Scale:EF0 It took down several fences, with evidence of cyclonic circulation. Notes: This tornado touched down just north of Adairville. Time: 11:22pm EDT Injuries: 0 There are manysources of difficultywhen listing historical tornadoes (see the "Research Notes" tab above). Deaths: 0 The tornado's worst damage then occurred in the 3800 block of Southern Parkway, with walls blown out of homes at the addresses of 3833, 3831, 3855, 3844, 3848, and 3850. There were also snapped trees and structural damage along Whiskey Run Road. Narrative: Coincidentally enough, a tornado hit Lincoln County on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Notes: The tornado touched down just to the southwest of KY 1899 (Mulberry Pike), crossing into Springhill Estates subdivision. West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. Narrative: Timber and barns were destroyed four miles north of Paoli. Path width: 100 yards He described in graphic detail the "agonies of Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 3:20pm, NCDC 2:20pm, Storm Data 4:20pm. Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 5:38pm, NCDC gives 4:38pm, Storm Data says 6:38pm. Injuries: 0 Nearly 30 tornadoes rip across 7 states, killing 2. April 22, 1887 Path length: 1 mile March 19, 1963 Four people in the area were treated for minor injuries. Counties: Bullitt F-scale: F1 saw an immense cloud traveling Counties: Dubois Time: 2:14pm EDT Counties: Warren Deaths: 0 There were several outbuildings and two pole barns destroyed as well. Noted discrepancies: None Farther east on Electron Drive several corporations and warehouses had structural damage to roofs and the sides of buildings. Counties: Fayette SPC gives and endpoint lat/lon of 28.50/-85.12NCDC give 38.22/-85.45. Mankayia was a great medicine horse or horse-like spirit. Tornadoes in the Old West and Tornadoes Today - Blogger Injuries: Counties: Meade Counties: Henry Power lines were leaning over Route 79/259. Time: afternoon Time: 4:25pm Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today. Wednesday's tornado hit . Path length: In this area, several well-built brick homes were destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and windows were broken. May 25, 2011 It did more damage when it reached Saint John Road, where it destroyed a home and some farm buildings. Path width: As the tornado re-entered Washington County near the intersection of Daisy Hill Road and Williams Knob Road, widespread damage occurred. The tornado touched down at approximately 3:38 PMEST, and the initial damage included snapped and twisted trees just west of Hwy 421. F-scale: F4 June 27, 2008 A house was leveled as well, with the furniture carried over half a mile away. Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. Time: 9:34pm EDT Time: 8:01pm EDT Deaths: 0 Injury: 1 The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. Counties: Spencer This tornado also damaged a lot of rugged forested area before intersecting with the path of the first vortex near the confluence of Highway 1838 (Corn Creek Road, Highway 625, and Joyce Mill Road. F-scale: F2 Time: 1:30pm Time: 12:00am EDT Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3Grazulis gives it an F2. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from just east of Goshen, passing one mile north of Lagrange, and through Jericho. Deaths: 1 Noted discrepancies: Grazulis takes this tornado into Hardin County, though he says the damage ended at Big Clifty, which is in Grayson County about two miles from the Hardin County line. Farther north along Deatsville Road, a resident lost a large section of a tree and had minor siding damage along the east side of his home.

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