tornadoes in the 1800s

This tornado was probably spawned from the same thunderstorm that produced the earlier tornado in southwest Louisville (see previous entry). Path length: Storm Data says most damage was in and around Eastern State College in Richmond. Path width: The path was 150 yards long and 75 yards wide. Injuries: 19 Drone footage clearly showed trees lying in multiple directions. Local Programs. 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. 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. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. April 5, 1985 Time: 11:59pm EDT Deaths: 0 Path length: We have plotted it according to Storm Data. Path width: 100 yards The deadliest was on May 3, 1999. A list of the top 10 worst tornadoes in Texas history Injuries: Injuries: several, some serious A church and a school were struck at Canton. Injuries: 0 Counties: Warren Damage was found along Stringtown Road in Butler County. Protecting People from Tornadoes in the 1880s - JSTOR Daily Time: 5:04pm CDT Counties: Trimble 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. Metal siding was thrown 250 yards and several trees were snapped and uprooted. Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 July 5, 1987 Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. Path width: Please Contact Us. Time: 9:34pm - 9:35pm EDT Deaths: 0 EF-Scale: EF-2 Injuries: 0 Counties: Hart SPC and NCDC lat/lons start the tornado east of Horse CaveGrazulis starts it northeast of Horse Cave. Tales Path length: 12 miles Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 2:00pm, NCDC 1:00pm, Storm Data 3:00pm. F-scale: F3 F-scale: F1 F-scale: F2 EF-Scale: EF2 Deaths: 0 Injuries: Notes:This small tornado destroyed one outbuilding and tore roof panels off another before crossing the state line into the Pearidge area of Tennessee just west of Dale Hollow Lake. Path width: . Injuries: 0 SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Time: 11:41pm - 11:45pm EST Injuries: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.7 miles southwest of Dugansville to 1.6 miles southwest of Dugansville, or half a mile east of Tablow. Injuries: 0 County: Allen F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 October 7, 2014 After exiting the campground, the tornado then destroyed a large barn and damaged the roofs of nearby homes and other outbuildings, as well as uprooting more trees. Trees were uprooted. Time: 4:02pm EST Path length: The tornado left a distinctpath in the vegetation and destroyed a part of a large metal barnnear the Rosetta General Store. Path width: 125 yards Personal account from Brent Jeffries, cousin of Ronnie Jeffries, who was Glinda's husband: Tee Jeffries, Ronnie's father, went to the trailer to tell them that a bad storm was coming up and asked if they wanted to go to his house. There were also two cars damaged and eight minor injuries. June 8, 1899 SPC and NCDC give a time of 3:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data give 4:00pm. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC do not list this tornado. Winds here were around 90 mph with a width of 40 yards. Injuries: Notes: This tornado hit several residences in a rural subdivision along Pleasure Ridge Road. Between 1890 and 2011, the city, which is located near the heart of "tornado alley," was hit by a . Injuries: Counties: Hardin Path length: EF-Scale:EF1 Path width: 225 yards Fifteen trailers were demolished, 75 homes and many barns were either heavily damaged or destroyed. Deaths: 0 Probably meant KY 571. Counties: Metcalfe, Monroe May 23, 2000 Once the tornado made it to the Mississippi River, it decimated steamboats and other vessels in the harbor, breaking them into pieces and scattering them from the Missouri to the Illinois shore. May 18, 1995 HEAT.gov Use the filter button (top right corner) to filter by date, month, year, or EF rating. 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. Path length: 3 miles F-scale: F5 Injuries: Time: 4:45pm The tornadothen struck two homes and a single-wide mobile home on New Hope Ridge Road (Highway 2870) about 1.5 miles west of Highway 421. Injuries: Counties: Harrison IN F-scale: F3 April 20, 2011 Union (near the present-day intersection of KY 1421 and Napier Road) and then Holland, killing four. It continued through the extreme southeast corner of Lawrence County and entered Washington County before dissipating at Spangler Hill Road. Deaths: 0 The tornado immediately lifted over the home and nearby trees, then set back down in a subdivision on the west side of New Calvary Road, about a mile east where several small tree trunks were snapped, but no apparent structural damage occurred. EF-Scale: EF0 SPC more closely agrees with Grazulis. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 19 milesGrazulis gives 25 miles. Churches and a tied-down trailer were destroyed near Lickskillet. Counties: Washington IN March 18, 1925 Counties in a high risk tornado area include Smith County, MS, Scott County, MS and Covington County, MS.The largest tornado on record occurred on 12/05/1953, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale. Noted discrepancies: According to Storm Data this tornado touched down between Borden and Pekin just southwest of IN 60would that be modern-day IN 160? Path length: Deaths: 0 Injuries: Time: 8:00pm EST to 8:13pm EST The garage doors were bent and pushed in. Several different sources were used to compile this tornado catalogue. Injuries: 0 The adjoining garage lost its roof and its doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. Injuries: 0 Counties: Hardin 3. Path width: 400 yards Path length: 3.4 miles It was described as a green-rimmed cone-shaped tornado which rose and fell moving like a monster wave., What History Has Taught Me with Robert Vaughan, You Had to Look Hard The Marquis de Mors Did, Tallyho Coach at Hot Springs, Dakota Territory. Notes: A large swath of hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted three miles north of Huntingburg. Path length: 1 mile Notes: At the beginning point of this tornado a few small trees, some dead, were blown over and branches were blown off of some of the trees. SPC gives a path width of 880 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis says 400 yards. There were two F4's in Wayne County on this day, so that may be adding to some of the confusion, especially with the injury numbers. Deaths: 0 Grazulis narrative: A tornado touched down briefly two miles southeast of Glasgow "destroying" 13 trailers and 34 frame homes as well as feed mills and silos. Time: 2:00pm April 3, 1974 Path width: 50 yards Will plot according to the lat/lon for now. Deaths: 0 The tornado dissipated about a minute later. Counties: Washington, IN Injuries: 0 A news story in the Oklahoma Herald also mentioned two deaths in the Waterloo area, and that "over a score of people" were injured. Large hardwood trees were uprooted along the tornado's path towards Utica. EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: 1 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Four other farm buildings were damaged. Path length: 7 miles Path width: 300 yards Time: 5:30pm Path width: 125yards Time: 8:09pm SPC gives and endpoint lat/lon of 28.50/-85.12NCDC give 38.22/-85.45. Path width: Injuries: 0 F-scale: F2 There was also structural damage and roof damage at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home at 3500 Good Samaritan Way. Path width: 10 yards F-scale: F4 By evening, the skies darkened and the winds began to roar. The tornado lifted at the intersection of West Mount Tabor Road and Smedley Road. A new 24 foot travel trailer was destroyed. Path length: Path width: Many pioneer farms July 2, 1980 Deaths: Deaths: There are manysources of difficultywhen listing historical tornadoes (see the "Research Notes" tab above). Path width: 200 yards The worst damage was at Cornishville, where seven homes, a church, and a bridge were destroyed. The peak wind speed was 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top level. Path width: 25 yards Insulation was caked onto the entire back side of the house opposite the direction of travel of the tornado. Path width: 440 yards Time: 2:05am Deaths: Path width: Pine trees were snapped. Counties: Hardin County: Edmonson Further research would be good, to confirm this tornado's track. F-scale: F2 Path width: Counties: Logan Several cars were blown off US 127, resulting in injuries. A note should be made of the rainfall, whether it was most abundant before, during, or after the tornado; also, if possible, the amount of rain at the centre of the track and at some point two thousand or three thousand feet on either side. Insulation from the roof was thrown eastward and also rotated back and covered the back of the house. A small outbuilding was also destroyed. Mrs. Herrick's boarding house was nearly demolished, and the Paris Flour Mill's roof was damaged. The tornado cut a swath 350 yards in southwest El Dorado, traveling southeast instead of northeast. Two large barns, a silo, and a stable were also destroyed on the same property. Deaths: 0 Counties: Simpson Tornado Facts and History - StormAware Counties: Franklin Counties: Casey Iseeo was returning from a raid against the Utes when they encountered a tornado near the Washita River in Oklahoma. Path width: 300 yards Grazulis narrative: A new brick home was destroyed and the neighboring home was unroofed in a brief touchdown in Radcliff. Three empty silos were destroyed with metal sheets thrown a quarter of a mile. tornado struck the Baker home just outside May 9, 1933 Time: 10:50am The path ended at Blue River. Path width: 300 yards Time: 1:55pm EST Thirty homes were destroyed, with F4 damage and deaths in southwest Madison County, mostly near Richmond. Injuries: F-scale: F0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from Allensville (which is actually in Todd County, but is very close to the Logan County line) to Corinth. It was the worst disaster seen in Louisville up to that time. Notes: Touchdown was two miles north of Campbellsburg. Notes:This small tornado destroyed one outbuilding in addition to uprooting and snapping limbs on several trees in a very narrow path near the community of Breeding. In Metcalfe County, damage reported at Center and Sulphur Well appears to be from straight-line winds. Path width: 180 yards The tornado touched down near the Hill Grove and Guston area on the south side of U.S. 60, blowing a porch off the side of a house. F-scale: F1 Continuing to the east-southeast, the tornado downed numerous trees in a cyclonic pattern on both sides of Spencer-Hamilton Road south of Loretto. 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. Homes were unroofed. Injuries: 0 Time: 3:22pm The tornado continued along through fields, damaging and uprooting trees. Notes:This tornado caused minor damage to the roofs of two houses and significant damage to the roofof another house. Counties: Mercer Path length: A car was blown off the road, over a fence, and into a field. Deaths: 0 Cannot find Creal on any map. Path width: 50 yards Grazulis narrative: Hit two miles east of Clarkson. April 4, 2011 Just south of 362 in Clark County, two additional homes and power poles were damaged greatly. Some bradford pear trees were uprooted on Dan Dunn Road. There is a Mitchellsburg in Boyle County, but it's not in line with Perryville/Parksville. May 2, 1948 Deaths: 0 A section of roof was blown off a house. Major tornado disasters during the spring and summer of 1860 resurfaced previous concerns about tornadoes, and by 1862 the Smithsonian distributed circulars alerting people to their dangers. STARLA POINTER , Yamhill Valley News-Register. Several large 2x10s and 2x8s were impaled in the ground about 50 yards from the barn. Injuries: 0 Counties: Logan Path length: The deadliest tornado in American history was "The Tri-State Tornado" that killed 625 people in 1925. This tank was air-tight, and had an opening in the top one foot square. June 11, 2009 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. The tornado destroyed a barn and brick silo along KY 639, and downed several trees. An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Time: 1:56am EDT 90 mph winds. Path width: 300 yards Counties: Taylor March 14, 2019 The injuries were in trailers. Five other occupants of the mobile home were injured. County: Washington, IN The tornado then weakened and crossed the Blue Grass Army Depot, doing minor damage. One barn was destroyed and another had the roof blown off. Injuries: 44 Injuries: 0 April 11, 2008 Noted discrepancies: None Time: 7:00pm Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.3mile Notes: Storm Data begins this tornado on the west side of Simpsonville. Time: 5:16pm - 5:17pm CDT No evidence of furtherdamage was observed until Rawlett Lane, where some trees were snapped and uprooted. Deaths: 0 Injuries: Path length: 0.2 mile Path length: 17 miles Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. June 8, 1963 The single lat/lon SPC gives is indeed in Shelby County, but very close to the county line. At that point it heavily damaged two brick homes and one wood frame home as well as destroying a wood barn (overturning the tractor inside) and two metal outbuildings. Fencesin the neighborhood were blown in acyclonic pattern, providing evidenceof the tight rotation pattern of thestorm. Deaths: Path length: Narrative: Tornado touched down about a mile southwest of Canmer and moved to the east-northeast. Path width: Time: 6:36am - 6:38am EST Two women were killed when their shelter collapsed onto them. Deaths: Will plot as such. It appears that tornadoes may have also struck Franklin, Anderson, and Fayette Counties on this day. April 20, 2000 October 10, 1959 Deaths: 0 Time: 12:12pm Time: 6:45pm Injuries: 0 April 27, 2011 He said it felt like every bone in her body was broken but, she was still alive. Time: 8:31am Deaths: Deaths: 1 Deaths: 0 Several other homes were damaged in a subdivision one mile north of Gamaliel. Along Black Branch Road just east of the school complex the tornado caused some structural damage to homes. West Jessamine High School was hit around 7:36am when the tornadic wind speeds were around 145mph. Path width: 325 yards Click on a tornado or its track to find out more information about it. These textbook entries were reproduced in entirety, as found in Early American Tornadoes 1586-1870 (David Ludlum), pp. April 30, 1852 Farther east on Webster Road another residence sustained significant roof, gutter, and siding damage. The Cook Hazelip Building in Smith's Grove was unroofed. Counties: Trimble Trees and power poles were snapped between Oregon and Ebenezer. The debris was blown up to 0.25 mile to the northeast and exhibited both convergence and rotation. Counties: Jefferson KY Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down a mile east of Willisburg. Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 0 November 9, 2000 Injuries: Counties: Simpson Deaths: Noted discrepancies: None. Thirteen people were injured and 35 homes were destroyed as the funnel moved to the northeast across Breckinridge County and into Meade County. Deaths: Many residents saw the tornado, and one person described it as looking like "a giant burnt curlicue French fry." Path length: Injuries: For residents of Rochester, August 21, 1883, began with oppressive heat and ominous stillness. Counties: Casey Path length: Path width: 60 yards Time: 1:15pm Notes: The most intense damage occurred near the intersection of Skylight and Cauble roads, where several hardwood trees were snapped off, numerous trees were uprooted in different directions, a farm outbuilding collapsed, and metal sheeting from a well-constructed barn was thrown 200 yards into the trees downwind. Counties: Breckinridge Injuries: 0 Path length: Time: 11:55am It touched down on the Brunfield Farm. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Path width: 50 yards Time: 4:00pm Notes: This tornado struck the southeast side of Huntingburg. The destruction of forty barns in Hart County and damage to 57 homes in Taylor County was likely from straight-line downburst winds. Deaths: 0 Counties: Washington KY Injuries: May 30, 2004 November 9, 2000 Deaths: 0 About 300 homes were destroyed along the northern edge of Madison. Deaths: 0 Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Injuries: Path length:2.3 miles F-scale: F2 The twister damaged the roofs of several outbuildings when it touched down. June 10, 2013 numerous eyewitness accounts, documented Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. Path width: A 3-legged TV tower next to the adjacent home was crumpled to the north-northeast. Path length: 6.5 miles Path width: Deaths: 0 Counties: Hardin Path width: Salina was reported to look like an elephant's Path width: Path length: 0.6mile Another home was badly damaged, and several barns and outbuildings were blown down. Half of the roof of a mobile home was also taken off. County: Taylor A two story brick home was damaged "about as complete(ly) as it could possibly be" and a man and his son were killed in the home, on the northeast corner of Payne and Logan Streets (those streets do not intersect today, so this exact location is unknown). Path width: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Hunters Lane, north of Bardstown. F-scale: F2 Injuries: A dozen homes lost their roofs, and about a million dollars (1957) in damage was done. Path width: Counties: Meade F-scale: F3 Time: 3:08pm Deaths: 0 March 20, 1882 Injuries: Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Path length: Time: 4:15pm Time: 1:20pm Notes: Interspersed among straight-line wind damage was a tornado that first touched down a half mile east of Amos. F-scale: EF1 Station History Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 30 yardsNCDC and Storm Data say 100 yards. Deaths: 0 Counties: Oldham Will plot in Orange County according to the Storm Data description. Time: 8:00pm The tornado continued for four minutes along a 3.4 mile long path with winds to 100 mph, lifting 0.7 miles northeast of Needmore.

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