Counties: Hardin Injuries: 20 Deaths: Many buildings, homes, and trailers were severely damaged. their respective owners. Deaths: Incredible tree damage also occurred just west of Pine Drive as the tornado traveled up a ridge. Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. October 31, 2018 Time: 4:42am Time: 7:25pm January 24, 1997 EF-scale: EF1 Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 20 yards, NCDC says 27 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. F-scale: F3 F-scale: F1 EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. Several trees were uprooted. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage two miles southwest of Glensboro. Will plot it as an F1. Injuries: 0 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.) Notes: Storm Data says the hardest hit areas were Apalona and Branchville. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Path width: 50 yards Grazulis lists this tornado at 6:15pm. Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Path length: 16 miles Time: 2:55am EF-scale: EF2 Injuries: 2 Counties: Scott KY, Fayette Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles east of Waterford. Narrative at NCDC gives no additional location information. Path width: F-scale: F3 Further east in the 500 block of Kara Court there was significant tree damage with the back of a house being uplifted and insulation being thrown upwind and downwind around the back of the house. The pilots are associated with the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators. Structural damage occurred along IN-162 where over 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial outbuilding was destroyed. Deaths: Counties: Shelby Time: 6:20pm EF-Scale: EF-2 Storm Data mentions that the tornado was small and the worst damage seems to have been the destruction of a barn. The way the Kentucky River winds through the area, the SPC track takes the tornado from near Valley View in Madison County, into southernmost Lexington in Fayette County, and then back into Madison County. EF-Scale:EF0 Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. Time: 7:45pm Another barn was destroyed, and every shingle was blown off a well constructed roof. Counties: Scott KY, Harrison KY, Nicholas (and Fleming) Path width: The deadliest was on May 3, 1999. Time: 3:00pm Path width: April 22, 2005 F-scale: F1 April 3, 1974 Deaths: Counties: Hardin F-scale: F0 Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST F-scale: F1 Time: Noon Injuries: 0 Counties: Warren Notes: The tornado touched down on the north side of Electron Drive at Ampere Drive just to the northeast of the end point of the previous tornado. Path width: 100 yards June 12, 2004 F-scale:F2 Grazulis takes the twister from Jefferson County into Oldham County (instead of Shelby County) and on into Henry County (agreeing with SPC's database). Counties: Warren At least three homes were damaged, two from trees falling on them, with minor roofing damage to a third. F-scale: F2 Notes: The tornado touched down east of Interstate 65 near Claypool. October 6, 2014 Grazulis narrative: At Blueberry Hill, two barns were "blown up and flattened" by a tornado that touched down south of Lexington. Grazulis lists this storm at 5:45pm. Path width: 400 yards Path width: More research is necessary. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the south side of Clarkson, just north of Big Clifty, to near the Hardin County line. Path width: 150yards A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. January 2, 2006 In the Alabama town of Cordova, Paula Hastings and her husband survived an April 27 twister by hiding in the basement of their stone-and-masonry home, which dates to the 1800s. A car was overturned on Main Street. Time: 11:59pm EDT Injuries: 0 Injuries occurred when three trailers were destroyed. Counties: Bourbon EF-scale: EF1 Outside of these points, weak trees were felled, signs were blown over, and minor roof damage occurred. The result: 116 fatalities, more than 350 homes and businesses leveled and close to 850 people injured. As it crossed Paper Mill Road the inflow winds into the tornado pulled off siding from nearby houses and moved light objects several hundred feet. Injuries: 98 Deaths: Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted. Path length: 28 miles It is hoped that further research may shed some light on the strength of these tornadoes. Three trees were knocked down or snapped northeast of the shop, with the last evidence of a tornado about 150 yards farther down. Path length: 1/3 of a mile Injuries: 4 Deaths: 0 Deaths: Path length: 1.4miles The storm then lifted but came back down at the eastern edge of town. Somewhat lighter damage was noted on Personality Court, Sundart Drive, Centre Parkway, and River Park Drive in Gainesway. May 10, 2016 Path width: There itdestroyed a large garage and pushed a double-wide manufactured home off its foundation. Deaths: Path length: 45 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Notes: This tornado touched down near Flippin and inflicted EF-1 damage on trees between Flippin and Mud Lick. In Hartford two children were hospitalized when their trailer was overturned. F-scale: F0 EF-Scale:EF0 Deaths: 0 The lat/lon issue and path length issue here are the mirror image of the lat/lon issue and path length issue of the previous tornado. Time: 5:56am Counties: Fayette The tornado caused major damage to 44 homes and two businesses. Almost all of the information for this post came from the book The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896. Injuries: Path length: 1 mile The side of a two-story home was torn off. injured watchman on the east bank of the river Path length: Injuries: 0 Path width: 220 yards Counties: Metcalfe Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck on Gaffney Road. F-scale: F0 Notes: Intermittent track. Injuries: 0 Path length: Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST Notes: The tornado initially touched down near the Hardin-LaRue County line between routes 210 and 61 just north of Tonieville. It's just the way the wind patterns work. May 1, 2012 June 18, 1992 Deaths: Damage continued east into Allen County with the last evidence of damage at Walker Chapel Road about a mile south of Highway 100. A home was unroofed, and other buildings were damaged. The back part of the barn was thrown to the west while a wagon in the trailer was pushed out through the barn. F-scale: F4 May 23, 2000 Injuries: A total of five homes sustained extensive damage, and two homes suffered minor damage. Deaths: 0 The tornado felled trees in varying directions, one of which crashed into a mobile home killing the occupant. The tornado was rated an EF1 at this location. A single wide mobile home was pushed off of its cinder block foundation southwestward about seven feet. Injuries: 81 On Carter Brothers Road a large RV inside a metal shed was blown onto its side and the shed was destroyed. F-scale: F0 Metal sheeting was found in trees. Looking at the map it seems more logical that the Knox/Daviess tornado would be first, followed by the Crawford/Harrison tornado. Path width: Path width: 50 yards Path width: 800 yards To the north of the barn and home, it tossed a 1500 lb. Notes: An EF-0 tornado touched down at the Madison Municipal Airport. Deaths: Injuries: 0 Path length: Time: 5:11pm - 5:13pm CDT F-scale: F2 Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast from seven miles southwest of Salem to near Little York. F-scale: F1 Proceeding into Bourbon County, the house of Rodes Donald had two rooms blown away, the Dudley School was moved four feet off its foundation, fifty trees were blown down on the Ewing Farm, and the Spears Farm on Stewart Road was damaged. EF-scale: EF2 Counties: Jefferson IN Deaths: 0 Path width: Notes:The tornado touched down in downtown Salem at the Salem Feed Mill on South Water Street. Time: 12:08am Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." April 19, 2011 Straight-line winds tore down trees and power poles and damaged barns at Howe Valley, Franklin Cross Roads, Cecilia, Patterson, Tabb (four miles west of Elizabethtown on US 62), Glendale, Sonora, and on Springfield Road three miles east of Elizabethtown. Injuries: 7 Path length: Deaths: 0 Path width: F-scale: F0 July20, 2018 Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Time: 4:34pm Path length: F-scale: F2 A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. Path length: 4.7 miles His narrative: "A trained spotter saw a tornado near Salvisa. Noted discrepancies: None Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F1, Grazulis calls it an F2. The tornado moved into far southeast Washington County before reappearing in Clark County. The only structural damage was to a small home on the top of a hill near South Rays Fork Road. Injuries: 0 Injuries: Counties: Grayson One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. Careful note should be made of hail, size of stones, width of track, situation with respect to the main track, etc. Path width: 880 yards Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding. At that property, a pole barn was completely destroyed and thrown in different directions. County: Simpson Time: 11:26pm EDT Injuries: 0 Path width: 13 yards "When I flipped one of the steaks and it didn't come back down, I knew it was time to go inside." Path width: Time: 8:00pm Deaths: F-scale: F1 Counties: Scott, IN The high school roof was lifted and some top floor exterior walls collapsed. F-scale: F1 Injuries: The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Injuries: 76 Path length: 14 miles At least one barn was destroyed. Clark County and Scott County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Clark County Emergency Management conducted an exhaustive tornado damage survey on Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4. Counties: Marion The tornado tracked to the east with extensive damage of trees along Hwy 1226. Path length: 2 miles Deaths: 0 Path width: 50 yards Deaths: 0 July 30, 2009 Notes: The tornado touched down 7.7 miles south of French Lick just west of Tony's Marina near IN 145. January 21, 1959 It moved north of English, struck Marengo, and went north of Milltown. SPC and NCDC list one injury, Grazulis lists four. Counties: Clark, IN Time: 2:15pm Path length: 2.1miles 11 tornadoes were spawned by 2 squall lines that crossed the state. September 3, 1970 Counties: Lincoln Path width: Two days after the tornado the tracks were still blocked beginning at O'Bannon Station. Counties: Jefferson KY Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 14 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 15. Deaths: 0 Path width: 50yards Counties: Logan EF-Scale: EF-0 and at 2130 Palmyra Rd. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 A barn was destroyed and the debris was carried a quarter mile. On Cardwell Way a carport collapsed, three homes were damaged, and a car was demolished. The tornado ended approximately 400 yards from Highway 1544 near theintersection of 1164. Thunderstorms are expected to hit the . Path width: 150 yards F-scale: F1 More research would be nice, to confirm its location and to get a better handle on path width and length. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Galena to Sellersburg, passing through Floyds Knobs and Hamburg. The storm increased in width to 200 years and struck several single and double wide mobile homes south of Millerstown road. Path length: 10.5 miles F-scale: F2 April 27, 2011 Injuries: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down two miles east of Adairsville and moved northeast for two miles. Multiple locations were found. Trees were uprooted and snapped. A chicken house was blown away, killing 92 of the 100 chickens within. Injuries: 0 Injuries: This scouring was evidence of a multi-vortex tornado, which was confirmed by multiple videos and photographs. Fifteen homes were destroyed August 1, 1979 Injuries: Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Notes: This tornado began on the south side of Frankfort and tracked to the northeast. and injuring their mother in their home. Time: 4:25pm Storm Data says the tornado touched down near Skinnersburg in Scott County, then lifted and touched down again at Turkey Foot in Scott County"apparently across Harrison County", and then did damage near Flemingsburg. Path width: 200 yards F-scale: F1 Tornadoes have been part of the historical record for a very long time. A camper parked on the southern edge of the path rolled three times toward the center of the circulation and was destroyed. The last significant damage occurred on High Street near Boxley Avenue where a house was unroofed and several cottages were damaged. Just south of 362 in Clark County, two additional homes and power poles were damaged greatly. Deaths: 0 EF-1 tornado first touched down on East Riley Rd. She had been sucked out of her mobile home when she tried to open her front door. Time: 9:20pm EDT Path length: Injuries: Injuries: 0 Path width: December 29, 1865 Time: 12:50am - 12:51am EST The tornado was, photographed from Ekron, looking southwestward. While many homes were swept away, the deaths were concentrated in groups, including at least five (possibly 12) deaths at the Olden Street School, eight deaths at a wood specialties plant, and five deaths in one home. Counties: Washington IN Deaths: 0 Deaths: Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 Deaths: 0 Path width: 400 yards County: Perry Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Would tend to believe Storm Data here. 11. Counties: Orange All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. Along Shelburn Dr, a front porch with four columns was lifted, collapsing the columns and throwing the front half of the roof 100 yards to the northeast. EF-scale: EF2 Deaths: 1 army cadet, was dispatched from Washington Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC gives nothing. F-scale: F1 Counties: Hancock, Perry Path length: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles west of Centertown, on Shrull Lane, to Hartford. Counties: Grayson Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. Injuries: Path width: 350 yards filled, and clothing torn into shreds. Several residences and barns suffered extensive damage along Cemetery Road and Martinsville Ford Road. Deaths: 0 Injuries: October 7, 2014 Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST It damage many roofs with the heaviest damage at a day care center in a residential home off Miami Court. Witnesses saw one vortex coming down from the apparent wall cloud and quickly lifting before a new vortex came down nearby. Path width: 125 yards Winds were estimated at 85 mph in this area with a width of 50 yards. Local Climate Page Debris from one home blocked the railroad tracks for three hours. Time: 10:00pm Deaths: 0 Time: 4:45pm F-scale: F0 Deaths: Storm Data lists only Jefferson and Henry counties. They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. EF-Scale: EF1 April 20, 2011 Path width: 300yards Path width: 400 yards F-scale: F2 F-scale: F2 SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothingGrazulis and Storm Data say 150 yards. Path width: 300 yards Time: 11:47pm EDT Notes:This tornado exhibited multiple vortices as it damaged or destroyed several outbuildings and barns. Deaths: 0 Counties: Metcalfe Injuries: 0 The tornado then weakened and crossed the Blue Grass Army Depot, doing minor damage. Deaths: 0 Deaths: Deaths: At this point, prefer to plot this tornado only in Mercer County. F-scale: F0 Deaths: Trees blocked the Louisville-Pewee Valley road for two miles. A nearby house was lifted bodily from its foundation, power lines were torn down, and a white leghorn rooster was stripped of its feathers. Path length: 1.2 mile Several trees were snapped or uprooted before the tornado lifted just east of Highway 90. Deaths: Counties: Washington IN March 7, 1956 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.6 miles Path length: Four other farm buildings were damaged. A purple martin house was bent over 60 degrees facing east. April 16, 1998 F-scale: F1 Grazulis' description may simply be "near Smithville" rather than a certain number of miles in some direction from Smithville. May 31, 2001 SPC/NCDC's lat/lon pairs start this tornado in Taylor County and end it in Washington County, crossing the entire width of Marion County in between. Injuries: 0 Path width: 100 yards Path length: 60 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Path length: Path length: The storm cut a very narrow swath through trees immediately west of KY 79 near Gracie Lane, with a number of trees snapped and uprooted.