tornadoes in the 1800s
Path width: 616 yards Injuries: 6 Deaths: A tobacco warehouse was demolished on the southwest side of town. Time: 3:45pm After a brief break in the path, the tornado touched down again four miles southwest of Celestine and took a slight turn to the northeast. Noted discrepancies: None SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 400 yards. It also caused the walls of 2adjacent outbuildings and a garage to buckle out. Path length: SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC says 30 yardsGrazulis doesn't say. November 22, 1992 Upon further investigation it appears that this tornado was split into two at SPC. SPC and Grazulis give a path width of 30 yardsNCDC gives nothingStorm Data says 38 yards. F-scale: F2 Path length: F-scale: F3 Nashville Counties: Fayette In Storm Data the tornado touched down six miles west of Salvisa in Mercer County (one mile east of Ballard) and moved northeast along Stratton Road, Kirkwood Road, Gash Road, and Hickory Grove Road, all of which are in Mercer County. April 3, 1974 It then tracked across rural Monroe County, uprooting and snapping large trees. The Salem School was damaged. April 20, 2011 Counties: Crawford, Harrison IN Path width: 800 yards Path width: January 10, 2008 Power poles were torn down along New Cut Road. The first theories explaining weather phenomena as having natural causes were proposed by ancient Greek natural philosophers. Siding and shingles were blown off of multiple houses. Path length: 1.7mile Deaths: 0 October 26, 2010 February 25, 1891 Path length: 3.1 miles West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. Time: 7:00am Time: 4:41am On August A trailer was carried 30 yards, then dropped and smashed. F-scale: F1 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from near Hackley and Cottonburg, passing just north of Richmond, and lifting east of Mount Sterling. Counties: Dubois Time: 5:00pm Path length: Counties: Mercer Injuries: 0 F-scale: F2 Time: 2:23pm EDT Grazulis narrative: Skipped from Guthrie to Keysburg and Schochoh. Path width: 200 yards May 24, 2000 Notes: (This information was discovered on an internal Weather Bureau memo from Charles E. Hardy at WSO Lexington) The violent storm moved from the southwest part of Nicholasville near Shun Pike and reached the center of the city near the police station at Oak and Main. 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. Deaths: 0 Throughout the property there were twisted and uprooted trees. At this tornado's touchdown point in Ohio County a witness said it "swerved" as it approached his house, just grazing the home but destroying the garage and a nearby barn. Windows were blown out, a cart corral was blown into a vehicle, and a power pole was blown down. Another home was completely demolished and thrown downwind several hundred yards, within which there were 3 fatalities. Damage was observed along and just north of State Highway 362 near the 3-county line. Notes: The tornado touched down along Jim Day Road about a quarter mile south of Lewellen Road where a 30 foot by 40 foot outbuilding was destroyed and its roof thrown about 75 yards to the north and east. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 About forty other homes had minor damage. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. Four other farm buildings were damaged. Four-year-old Terry Harding, on Dawson Drive, suffered a fractured skull and severe head lacerations that required surgery. Counties: Barren Noted discrepancies: None Path length: 15 miles SPC and NCDC give a path width of 1200 yards, Grazulis give 800 yards. Notes: This tornado touched down along the Daviess County line near Gatewood and did primarily tree and power line damage as it headed northeast. Counties: Jefferson KY June 18, 1992 Grazulis has an event that starts in Illinois at 5:20pm and crosses into Indiana as a 110-mile long tornado family path. Time: 9:50pm - 9:52pm CST SPC and NCDC give a path length of 5 miles, Grazulis gives 9 miles. EF-Scale: EF-1 The tornado damaged struck the Horntown convenience store damaging the roof. Path width: 250 yards Path width: Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Two small vortices, one 50 yards wide and the other 100 yards wide, reached speeds of 105 mph as they destroyed a large, well-built barn and two smaller outbuildings in addition to a fifth-wheel trailer. Time: 2:04pm - 2:20pm EDT Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 Time: 4:40pm Deaths: Counties: Breckinridge Listed in Storm Data in Clark County near New Washington. Deaths: 3 County: Washington, IN Injuries: May 26, 1989 Deaths: 0 Time: 5:30pm Injuries: 0 The tornado crossed into southern Woodford County just north of Mundys Landing. F-scale: F0 Time: 4:30am Finally, the tornado lifted after doing damage from the south side of Henryville near Robyn Avenue to the east side of Henryville at the intersection of Highway 160 and Haddox Road. The tornado moved north-northeast and northeast through the Parkland neighborhood (Twenty-eighth and Dumesnil), leveling a few homes. We truly appreciate your assistance in making this the most complete and accurate tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky! The last significant damage occurred on High Street near Boxley Avenue where a house was unroofed and several cottages were damaged. At about the same time a truck was flipped over at 2420 Cavelle Avenue. The tornado touched down just west of the KY 480/I-65 junction, and moved east along Cedar Grove Road. "Husto" was possibly Huston, named for a local landowner with that name, though it is unclear exactly where Huston was located, though it may have been where Paris sits today. On Culls Ridge Road, the tornado strengthened to an EF-3 once again with 140 mph winds. Asplit level home on Guston Rd had part ofits roof removed, with insulation spattered on the lee side of the home. Counties: LaRue, Nelson A pillar of flame shot skyward when the vortex of the twister struck the Kelley residence." April 30, 1852 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Time: 8:35am CDT Notes: Tornado touched down on the northwest side of Danville. Path length: Notes: Storm Data places this tornado two miles southeast of Lebanon. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Yale Programmar. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 2 (Mr and Mrs Bulon Swanson) The tornado briefly made about a 25 degree turn to the northeast just before dissipating and causing some roof damage and tree damage at its end point. US Dept of Commerce Path width: 300 yards Path length: 10 miles This scouring was evidence of a multi-vortex tornado, which was confirmed by multiple videos and photographs. Counties: Anderson Counties: Logan SPC gives a beginning latitude of 36.92NCDC gives 36.95. Deaths: 0 Path width: 75yards Deaths: Deaths: Injuries: Time: 4:32pm EST Time: 2:05am County: Trimble The tornado was said to have been "thrashing about like the tail of a mad beast". Time: 6:15pm The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. The first home damaged was on Fourth Street opposite the park. March 25, 1964 Noted discrepancies: None It then took a large section of roofing off the Paoli Police Department building on West Main Street before snapping several trees along Lick Creek as it moved east-northeast toward the city square. Deaths: 0 F-scale: F2 Time: 1:06pm Deaths: Deaths: Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Path width: Injuries: The roof at 3245 Mammoth Drive flew into the Park Hills Shopping Center, 1240 Ascot Park was badly damaged, and the houses at 3576 Bold Bidder and 1248 Ak-Sar-Ben Park were destroyed. Path length: A home on Upton-Talley Road had the front porch and much of the roof removed. On the night of June 8th, 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. Injuries: Counties: Franklin The observed damage width was one-third of a mile with estimated winds of 170 mph (EF4). However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Porter Pike. F-scale: F1 Residents told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the tornado crossed the river and damaged trees on the Indiana shore, however that is not reflected in the official record. Counties: Jessamine Injuries: 4 Deaths: Injuries: 0 Path length: County: Boyle 157-158. Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of IN 62 and E400N, severely damaging several outbuildings. Deaths: F-scale: F1 As many as eight people died in one home. The tornado crossed Interstate 65, damaging several vehicles and semis and closing the interstate for several hours. Injuries: 3 May 9, 1933 Counties: Crawford, Harrison IN Injuries: 0 There was minor tree damage near Spring Valley Road and Woodhaven Drive indicating wind speeds of 85 mph. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: There is a coding error in the SPC database here. October 19, 2007 May 18, 1995 Injuries: 0 Roofs were torn off at Ak-Sar-Ben Park. Counties: Crawford, Harrison IN F-scale: EF1 Moving northeast over forested land, the next evidence was more tree trunks and branches snapped on Poplar Grove Rd just north of the intersection with Hilldale Rd. The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. June 13, 1970 Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this at 12:14am June 3. November 5, 2017 Deaths: Path width: 100 yards Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from two miles south of Kettle, to Ida, eight miles northwest of Albany, to 76-Falls, to Piney Woods, and finally to Mill Springs. In these cases, a southwest-to-northeast movement of the tornado was assumed, since that is the most common direction of travel for tornadoes. Four homes were destroyed in Neafus, and two each in Steff and Spring Lick. Counties: Jefferson IN Notes: This deadly storm touched down near the intersection of Jefferson and Twentieth Streets, unroofing 21 buildings at the German Protestant Orphan Asylum. March 20, 1882 About 120 homes were damaged or destroyed near Frankfort, as were businesses and factories. Deaths: 0 February 6, 2008 Injuries: 30 No trace of his cabin was ever found. He later changed his ruling to an F2 tornado. Counties: Scott KY, Harrison KY, Nicholas (and Fleming) On Brownstown Road, many homes were severely damaged especially on the north side of the tornado track with estimated speeds of 150 mph (EF3). June 14, 1993 Path length: The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Notes: This tornado touched down near Flippin and inflicted EF-1 damage on trees between Flippin and Mud Lick. Lastly, the tornado struck a barn and several trees. Time: 7:30pm Injuries: F-scale: F1 Black and white without county lines Several trees were blown over in Haysville. Path width: Injuries: 0 setTimeout(function(){var t=document.createElement("script");t.setAttribute("src","https://sample.dragonforms.com/getEmbeddedClientScript.do?embeddedsite=TW_dispatch_nl"),t.setAttribute("type","text/javascript"),document.body.appendChild(t)},5); Become a subscriber today and youll recieve a new issue every month plus unlimited access to our full archive of backlogged issues. Winds here were around 90 mph with a width of 40 yards. April 3, 1989 Trees and power poles were snapped between Oregon and Ebenezer. New True West merchandise is here! August 5, 2022. Path length: Injuries: Experimental Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Centers for Environmental Information'sStorm Events website, This storm swept through the southern half of Louisville. Time: 12:35pm Counties: Simpson, Allen Deaths: 0 EF-Scale:EF1 Time: 1:30am CDT and six were damaged by what was Structural damage was observed on one farm, where the roof was torn off a large metal outbuildingand minor damage occurred to several other buildings as a result of this debris. Injuries: 0 EF-scale: EF2 Path length: 1.3 miles Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. This year is trending higher in the number tornadoes.