Time: 7:00pm Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from west of Lawrenceburg to the edge of town. Time: 4:59am Narrative: Moved east from near Rochester, unroofing a school and destroying a gym. Time: 12:27am EST to 12:29am EST Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from south of Greensburg to Mannsville, destroying a large part of that town. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF-1 Injuries: 0 EF2 damage occurred sporadically from near Route 96 to the Logan/Simpson county line. The Moorman High School gym was unroofed and a small home fell over. EF-Scale: EF-2 Only three houses remained standing on the far east side of Winchester. Time: 12:46am EST to 12:52am EST Noted discrepancies: None February 7, 1904 SPC/NCDC start this tornado at Savoyard in Metcalfe CountyGrazulis and Storm Data start it "east of Hiseville" with Grazulis starting it in Barren County but Storm Data only mentioning Metcalfe County (Hiseville is three miles inside Barren County) on KY 314. Yale Programmar. October 26, 2010 Counties: Hancock 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.) County: Harrison IN January 24, 1997 Path length: April 3, 1974 Injuries: 8 May 6, 1840 - The Great Natchez Tornado kills 317 in Natchez, Mississippi. F-scale: F1 Deaths: 0 Counties: Harrison IN Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 1 mile, Grazulis and Storm Data give 2 miles. A couple of trees were snapped. William Johnson's residence on Muir Pike was "piled upon its foundations and partly blown away." The tornado skipped east-northeast for nearly 9 miles across primarily open fields. The calm was shattered when a tornado touched down just southwest of town and moved northeast, directly into southern sections the city (the "Negro section," as newspapers called it at the time). Deaths: Counties: Hardin Notes: The track began near the intersection of South John Batt Road and West Batts Road. Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management and an aerial survey conducted by pilots from the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviatorsconfirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down on Willard Wilson Road in southern Trimble county at 401 PM EST. Notes: This tornado began on the south side of Frankfort and tracked to the northeast. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage on KY 1590 half a mile west of Albany. Narrative: Moved northeast from five miles south of Scottsville to near Tracy. Path width: 70 yards Notes: A well-built home suffered significant damage and a shed was destroyed. Hail up to 2 inches in diameter fell with the storm. There were a couple of areas where it fully descended to the surface and caused more widespread damage. The tornado hit a property on Murrays Run Road ripping off the sides of a large well-built barn. 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. EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: 1 Time: 6:30pm Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. Trees and telephone poles were knocked down. Deaths: 0 The first damage from the tornado took place along Eighteenth Street (today's Dixie Highway). Path length: 18 miles The first touchdown was in an industrial area just off Millers Lane west of Dixie Highway. February 28, 2011 F-scale: F2 Path length: 0.3 miles The roof of the restaurant was thrown westward on top of a livestock barn. Path width: A multi-business building was hit by the tornado with a large portion of its roof lifted and dropped on the Dinner Bell restaurant. Fencing with 8" posts was torn down. A well-anchored 50x20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. 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. SPC gives a path width of 880 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis says 400 yards. Deaths: It skipped northeast, damaging trees and two homes. Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. At this location, the tornado destroyed a30 by 60 foot old barn and a single wide home. A parlor rug from the house that lost its roof was later found in Phil Arbuckle's pasture, torn to rags, a mile away. One of these homes reflected EF4 damage and 170 mph winds. Time: 5:16pm - 5:17pm CDT 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. The last major tree damage was observed around a home on Adair Rd, where trees were uprooted and trunks snapped in a cyclonic pattern around the home. Counties: Spencer Spotter Training Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Path width: 20 yards Path width: Counties: Oldham Injuries: 2 October 1, 1977 Time:12:07am EDT Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Time: 3:10pm Counties: Dubois Counties: Bullitt After crossing the square, the tornado continued moving east-northeast for another one and a quarter miles, snapping and uprooting trees and causing minor roof damage to several homes. One piece of roofing lumber was found 500 feet ENE of the home. The facility was shaped somewhat like a squat capital "H," with the relatively longer sides of the H lined up along B Street and C Street (now Bloom Street and Cardinal Boulevard), and the short connecting section parallel to First and Second Streets (the two longer sides of the "H" had been stand-alone buildings, and were subsequently connected by the short middle section of the "H"). The cyclone moved from south to north "over the lower edge" of Paris. EF-Scale: EF-1 Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Time: 4:30pm In Edmonson County, barns and a hotel were torn apart near Mammoth Cave National Park, along with the home of a cave tour guide. April 15, 1994 Path length: Time: 5:05pm - 5:06pm CDT Travis Brown, whose son owns the building, said it was built in the late 1800s. Injuries: 9 F-scale: F1 This damage. Counties: Russell SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. Path length: Counties: Shelby The arch over the northern gateway was blown over. Two barns were destroyed and a well-built one story home sufferedsignificant roof and side damage. Click here for a map showing the approximate path of the tornado through Winchester. The Cook Hazelip Building in Smith's Grove was unroofed. Several barns and outbuildings had roof damage as well. 1800 13 miles (21 km) Barns were destroyed near Bonneauville and Abbottstown. The damage width narrowed in this area to only a couple hundred yards. Path length: 1/3 of a mile Numerous trees were snapped along the path. 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. The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Path width: 100 yards Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli. A liquor store and two warehouses were unroofed. Injuries: 3 Counties: Barren, Metcalfe The record does state that damaging straight-line winds were also associated with this storm, so perhaps the feeling was that any damage on the Indiana side was from non-tornadic wind. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. Path length: 2 miles The greatest damage occurred in thistwo block area, where up to a dozenoutbuildings were destroyed or heavilydamaged, and sections of roofing werelifted off homes and garages. October 7, 2014 At Orchard Lake Boulevard and Fallen Apple Lane trees were blown down and laid out in north, northeast, and south directions. April 20, 2000 Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. July 29, 1943 March 27, 1890 Note: NCDC has an entry for a F5 in Clark County IN at 2:10pm that does not appear in the SPC database nor in Grazulis. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. At a quarter past noon during Sunday services the twister struck the church, causing it to collapse. Deaths: In Mercer County four homes and 26 homes were destroyed. F-scale: F2 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. Notes from investigation in 2017: Several homes were damaged andtrees uprooted as the tornado touched down. Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northwest of Elizabethtown, destroying businesses as it passed two miles north of that town along the miracle mile strip on US 31W. Beyond that, slight damage was done to the Walnut Street Baptist Church (corner of Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard), and worshippers participating in Mass at the cathedral on Fifth Street were blown off their feet. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. Injuries: 122 Abstract Tornadoes and waterspouts have long fascinated humankind through their presence in myths and popular beliefs and originally were believed to have supernatural causes. 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. Make careful observations of all electric displays, the appearance of balls of fire, the sound of thunder, the roar of the tornado, etc. The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. The warehouse of Mr. Tarr was completely destroyed. Injuries: 9 Path length: Grazulis lists this tornado at 8:15pm. April 27, 1971 Mrs. Bloomfield, whose house was in the path of the storm, stated that she heard a noise like a jet airplane. Injuries: 2 Path length: Counties: LaRue This tornado moved east-northeast from near Buck Lodge, eight miles north of Gallatin. The rest of the damage along the path was restricted to trees. Counties: Perry, Breckinridge, Meade Will plot it as an F1. Notes: Several homes and outbuildings were damaged between Cartwright and Narvel. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 2. EF-scale: EF1 Path length: 1.1miles Counties: Scott KY Counties: Bullitt Deaths: Counties: Hardin Rather, the paper instead describes damage in Lexington in a southwest-northeast path from Collier Court through Balmoral Court to the intersection of Bryanwood Parkway and Bellcastle Road. March 2, 2012 Most of the Indiana damage was from wind-driven hail. Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST F-scale: F4 Ten cows were killed. Counties: Lincoln Grazulis narrative: Moved from three miles south of Cromwell to near Gilstrap. Or, it's also possible that a small satellite vortex spun out of the main tornado to the north. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped along the storm's path. Several large 2x10s and 2x8s were impaled in the ground about 50 yards from the barn. Time: 1:40am CST to 1:53am CST NCDC's county-by-county lat/lons result in a very strange path. July 12, 1979 F-scale: F2 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck on Gaffney Road. Path length: 0.8mile Two trailers were destroyed, and pieces were carried for a mile. Notes: The tornado touched down on a ridge along Gillespie Pike east of Lancaster. Sightseers started arriving the next day, and the Guard was called to control the crowds. Path width: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis ends this tornado just inside the Franklin County line, but SPC and NCDC take it all the way to Frankfort. EF-Scale: EF-0 Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Pellsville and Roseville. July 23, 1961 Deaths: See if any debris or objects have been carried in any case toward the west or south-west on the north side of the track, and measure the distance. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles east of Waterford. Time: 9:29pm EDT Time: 2:38pm - 2:44pm EDT Deaths: 0 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. It is hoped that further research may shed some light on the strength of these tornadoes. F-scale: F2 EF-Scale: EF2 Path width: Most public buildings were destroyed. Jefferson County, Kentucky and Clark County, Indiana have had the most F4's (5). Time: 5:25pm Thirty homes and six businesses were destroyed at Narrows (virtually the entire village). Immediately after the storm, Lagrange Interurban cars leaving Louisville could not get beyond Lyndon. Time: Path width: Time: 4:00pm October 6, 2014 F-scale: F3 Tee climbed the tree and got her out. The tornado then intensified and produced some of its worst damage at Preston Street and Mechanic Street (Mechanic Street was today's Saint Catherine and Mary streets). Notes: This tornado touched down southeast of Troy and moved southeast through the east side of Tell City. Path width: 60yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. Path length: 0.3mile Noted discrepancies: None March 4, 1964 SPC/NCDC end it on the northwest side of Leitchfield. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado four miles south of Corydon. Injuries: Deaths: To the north of the barn and home, it tossed a 1500 lb. Counties: Grayson F-scale: F1 The storm roared across Two Mile Pike and into the southern and eastern outskirts of the city. Deaths: 0 As the tornado continued eastward more homes experienced minor roof damage, uprooted trees, and a large outbuilding was nearly destroyed. Injuries: 0 Path length: 0.8 miles Deaths: 0 Path length: 1/2 mile 85 mph winds. Significant destruction was done on Main Street between Ninth and Eighth Streets where two of the "best and most substantial business houses in the city were scattered as though they had been made of cards," with the walls collapsing inward. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F2 Deaths: Deaths: A garage wall of a well-built home buckled. Time: 3:45pm - 3:50pm EDT A trailer was demolished, and farm buildings were destroyed. Path length: Notes: The tornado began along IN 37 where it uprooted and snapped several trees. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest. Time: 3:55pm On Murray Roada father and son were in their milking barn when they saw the storm approach. Counties: Oldham, Henry Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast from extreme northeast Fayette County, tearing apart four farms. However the actual tornado appears to have been about half a mile wide, embedded within the wind damage. This was one of a family of small tornado that skipped across three counties. The tornado crossed the Ohio River from Jefferson County, Indiana and narrowed to about 200 yards wide. Path width: 440 yards Time: 7:17pm Noted discrepancies: Grazulis takes this tornado into Bullitt County as well. The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Great Plains were from settlements near and along the Missouri River in Kansas during the mid-1800s. Time: 8:00pm EST to 8:13pm EST 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. EF-Scale: EF-2 F-scale: F1 Tornado was described as "small, yellow, and muddy looking." An elderly man and a child were killed in a home two miles west of Berea. Deaths: 0 In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Notes: The tornado, with 105 mph winds,touched down approximately one mile west of Huntsville on Blaine Road where some trees were uprooted. F-scale: F1 The tornado lifted just west of US 42. Deaths: 0 Path width: Injuries: 0 A mobile home and three barns were destroyed. Path length: This tornado touched down at 338 Soards Road and moved northeast, lifting as it began to cross a small lake. The two-story eight-room main residence was "torn from its foundations" and reduced to a pile of rubble. February 6, 2008 Injuries: Injuries: 0 April 15, 1994 Deaths: 0 Thirteen people were injured and 35 homes were destroyed as the funnel moved to the northeast across Breckinridge County and into Meade County. The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. The tornado tracked northeast to near the intersection of Hurstbourne Lane and Brownsboro Roadwhere it briefly lifted. EF-Scale: EF-1 Time: 7:06pm EST Something odd here. Path length: 3 miles Path width: Narrative: One of central Kentucky's darkest days began when a tornado moved northeast from south of Knottsville to north of Patesville. One resident lost twenty softwoodand hardwood trees, The tornado lifted just east of Hawley Gibson Road, twisting several trees on a farm there. F-scale: F3 March 12, 1975 Time: 6:45pm June 6, 1917 February 6, 2008 Deaths: 0 Storm Data says a pole barn was reduced to rubble along IN 160 northwest of Charlestown. EF-Scale: EF-2 Deaths: 0 Deaths: Two people died in homes that were destroyed. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Salvisa. Path length: The peak wind speed was 80 mph and most of the damage was at the tree top level. EF-scale: EF0 This tornado is unplottable, pending further research. March 28, 1997 Counties: Barren April 22, 2011 Other homes and mobile homes were damaged. Counties: Clark KY The tornado advanced to the northeast. Path width: Notes: Near Patterson Lane and McAfee Lane between McAfee and Ebenezer a well-built barn had two walls blown out and its roof blown one-half mile downstream. Narrative: Moved north, passing seven miles west of Russellville. Injuries: Path length: 3miles July 13, 1956 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Orangeville and Orleans. Time: 6:52pm - 6:53pm CDT Path width: Injuries: Path width: 65yards Time: 2:30pm Time: 4:05pm - 4:10pm EDT Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 2 March 28, 1997 Deaths: 0 Path length: 15 miles From there the tornado moved northeast. Noted discrepancies: None EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Jefferson KY, Clark IN Between them was a treeless and fenceless waste, with scattered remnants of homes and uprooted trees. Path width: 60 yards Deaths: Time: 3:20pm CST Path width: Deaths: The tornado proceeded to Route 79/259 and struck a home just north of A.H. Wilson Road with EF-2 strength. Winds in this areawere 110 mph with a path width about 125 yards. F-scale: F2 Counties: Floyd The high school roof was lifted and some top floor exterior walls collapsed. The tornado also uprooted numerous trees and ripped off sections of roofing from several other buildings. Counties: Shelby SPC and NCDC give a path length of 13 miles, Grazulis gives 12 miles, Storm Data says 8 miles. Path length: 10 miles The tornado lifted near the intersection of KY 333 and M. H. Dowell Road. Noted discrepancies: SPC and Grazulis list 6 deaths for this tornado, NCDC lists 5. A man was watching this tornado off to his Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 27 miles, NCDC and Grazulis 28 miles. Injuries: 5 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Storm Data mentions tornado-like damage at Whitesville in Daviess County. EF-Scale:EF1 May 31, 2001 June 22, 1974 Residents at the house said they could feel the intense pressure and everything trying to suck out of the house. It was the worst disaster seen in Louisville up to that time. Deaths: 0 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile southwest of Blowing Springs to one mile northwest of Blowing Springs. F-scale: F1 Path length: Notes: An EF-0 tornado with estimated winds between 65 and 80 mph touched down southeast of Shepherdsville and snapped a tree at a residence along Lotus Street. Path length: 5 miles Notes: Storm Data places this tornado near Hardyville. One person became paralyzed from the neck down, and a 4 year old child suffered a fractured skull and broken leg. November 26, 1965 Time: 6:18pm CDT to 6:45pm CDT It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Time: 9:50pm - 9:52pm CST March 2022. It's possible that this was a very small weak tornado, but knowing that for certain is virtually impossible this far after the event. Path width: 30 yards F-scale: F1 Path width: 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. Several trees were uprooted. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Noted discrepancies: None At 1598 Carter Brothers Roada riding lawn mower was thrown about 50 yards and thegarbage can flew 150 yards. Path length: Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2. Time: 2:37pm Path length: Path width: 40 yards Deaths: Counties: Mercer Time: 10:40am EST Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Path width: 45yards March 2, 2012 The storm increased in width to 200 years and struck several single and double wide mobile homes south of Millerstown road. Noted discrepancies: NCDC gives no liftoff lat/lon. Counties: Dubois November 22, 1992 The last damage report in Jefferson County was on Collins Lane where homes and commercial buildings were damaged, and roofs were removed from barns. June 18, 1992 Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at the intersection of Georgetown and Greenville roads. Additional damage occurred in the Richardsville area. Narrative: A tornado unroofed and blew out the walls of a bank in Bowling Green. Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. Debris from the barn was scattered overa half mile downwind. Injuries: 0 The tornadotouched down for a second time at 41 El Retiro Ln where the pathwidth increased to 50 yards and the winds speed increased to 90-95mph. February 19, 1888 F-scale: F2 Notes: This tornado touched down near Pilot Knob. Information lead and forecaster for the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang. Deaths: 0 Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. The path of utter destruction, in which everything was flattened, was a quarter mile wide. Time: 2:38pm CST Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. April 3, 1903 Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. The NCDC touchdown lat/lon in Shelby County is not the same as the liftoff lat/lon in Jefferson County, though it ought to be if the tornado went directly from Jefferson County into Shelby County as one coherent tornado, so perhaps at the NCDC website the Shelby County event is a separate tornado, and is also a separate tornado according to Grazulis who perhaps felt it was not F2 and thus omitted it? About 50 homes and 60 barns were destroyed, and 40 of those were at Mannsville, with seven of them leveled to the ground. Many pioneer farms were damaged or destroyed. February 6, 2008 Deaths: 0 Deaths: Deaths: 0 East of I-71 the tornado damaged outbuildings and snapped trees. F-scale: F2 Injuries: Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. May 22, 1989 Injuries: 0 Path length: 7 miles It then grew in width and intensity as it crossed Highway 1365 and uprooted, snapped and twisted over 200 trees in a heavily forested area around a deep karst ravine. Storm Data moves this tornado from near Mount Victory, which is nowhere near the lat/lons given for Pulaski County, then along the Laurel/Rockcastle county line (but listing only Rockcastle County). The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. weight. The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County near Fountain Run. Several large barns were destroyed or had at least 70% of the walls blown out. Counties: Scott IN Time: 5:10pm CDT F-scale: F0 Time: 11:06am EST It is our hope that future research will unravel these mysterious tornadoes and thus allow them to be plotted on the maps on these pages. Path width: Weather Radio It snapped trees as it moved east into Haysville. There was significant tree damage along Pleasure Ridge Road where a large tree fell on a garage. January 3, 2000 Grazulis Narrative: Moved east from Cottonburg to south of Richmond. May 3, 2021 According to Storm Data, radar first showed a hook echo four miles east of Drakesboro. Injuries: Counties: Nelson The tornado was witnessed at Little Bend and was described as being about 17 yards wide while moving at about 40mph (and accompanied by large hail). Path length: January 24, 1964 Time: 2:57pm Central March 16, 1942 Counties: Anderson Deaths: 0 Path length: 9 miles Deaths: 39 October 9, 2009 F-scale: F1 November 14, 2011 Next it snapped and uprooting some trees and doing some roof damage to a couple of homes before lifting 200 yards downwind. The first entered western Wisconsin the night of April 26th, and produced one tornado in Polk county and another in Wood county. Several homes and a factory were damaged. Deaths: 0 A semi truck was flipped as the tornado crossed Interstate 65. A very well constructed large barn had its metal roofing torn off and wrapped into tree tops up to 200 yards downwind. County: Casey Path width: 616 yards The tornado then affected a residence, badly damaging the roof and throwing the porch of the house several yards to the northeast. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down south of Glasgow and did damage along KY 90. Path length: Path width: 440 yards Injuries: 40 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).
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