A Kubota UTV weighing 2500 pounds was moved 30 yards and rotated 180 degrees. Roofs were torn off at Ak-Sar-Ben Park. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from Southville to east of Waddy. August 5, 2022. The roof of the restaurant was thrown westward on top of a livestock barn. Path width: 40 yards
Path width: 250 yards
County: Jefferson, KY
Violin from the late 1800s donated to Pioneer Days. Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. Numerous trees and a grain silo weredown along the property. Path width:
Deaths:
Path length: 5miles
Most of the damage was high end EF0 around 85 mph with much of the damage being 20 to 50 yards off the ground. Counties: Bullitt
The tornado reached its peak intensity on KY 106 where it did significant damage to a large barn. Deaths: 2
April 27, 1971
Notes: What was almost certainly a family of tornadoes moved northeast from western Marion County (according to Grazulis) to 4 miles southwest of Paris in Bourbon County. Notes:The first evidence of tornado damage was just south of US 421 where the tornado passed between two farms. County: Hart
Time: 9:30pm CDT
Counties: Woodford
June 22, 2011
Debris was thrown 125 yards downwind into the auto body shop vehicle lot. Note also whether any object is carried up straight in the funnel, or whether it is borne along in the swift wind. Injuries: 1
June 8, 1963
The tornado then did some damage to trees and a grain silo. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Valley View, destroying buildings in the southeast part of (Fayette County). Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 4:25pm, NCDC gives 3:25pm. Time: 7:32pm EST
Time: 6:13pm - 6:17pm CDT
EF-Scale: EF1
Past Derby/Oaks/Thunder Weather Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Lake Celina where one tree was uprooted and others were snapped. Path width:
F-scale: F1
Path width:
EF-Scale:EF1
At least four big barns received extensive damage, including a turkey barn. Path length: 1.8miles
Deaths:
Injuries: 0
F-scale: F4
Path width: 200 yards
F-scale: F3
SPC gives a path width of 880 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis says 400 yards. Deaths:
Counties: Lincoln
Trees were torn down and rooftops damaged in this area. Counties: Harrison IN
Deaths: 0
Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. Path width: 300 yards
Deaths:
Counties: Perry, Breckinridge, Meade
October 7, 2014
Deaths:
Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Notes: Touchdown occurred northwest of Adairville near the intersection of Vick Road and Route 96, where a barn sustained roof damage and another outbuilding was destroyed. Path width: 50 yards
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United States. It damaged 3 to 4 barns and snapped numerous trees along its 1.1 mile path. Outreach A news story in the Oklahoma Herald also mentioned two deaths in the Waterloo area, and that "over a score of people" were injured. The deaths were in a home near the county line. Path length:
Deaths: 0
EF-scale: EF1
East of I-71 the tornado damaged outbuildings and snapped trees. Injuries: 0
Time: 2:22pm Central
F-scale: F2
Damage was found as far east as the Reedyville and Roundhill areas along the Butler County/Edmonson County line, however these locations are not really in line with the earlier known tornado locations, and also there have been no damage reports found between the end point described above and these two locations. County: Warren, Allen
It went into a wooded area narrowing in Miami Court to about 75 yards and becoming more elevated. F-scale: F0
Path width: 50 yards
Time: 5:35pm
The tornado moved into the Hurstbourne Woods subdivision and ripped a locked pool gate free and threw it over a building and 35 yards downwind. If one has a barograph, its record will be of the utmost value. Time: 6:09am EDT
A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. County: Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee)
Deaths:
More research would be helpful. County: Allen
Storm Data shows the tornado in Boyle County, and nothing in Metcalfe County. EF-Scale: EF-1
Deaths: 0
Shingles and yard decorations were thrown in various directions east of the house along with driveway gravel thrown in every direction. In addition a nearby house had its metal roof blown off. Grazulis narrative: Moved east, destroying barns and badly damaging two farm houses near Turkey Foot. EF-Scale:EF1
Deaths: 0
Injuries:
Time: 4:40am
A car was moved from one side of a building to another. Path width: 100 yards
F-scale: F1
Injuries: 0
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Path width: 50 yards
Injuries: 0
Time: 5:35pm
Path width: 95 yards
Injuries: 1
Only three homes that were affected by the funnel were able to be salvaged. Deaths:
The tornado next struck a large area of soft and hardwood trees before striking a solid brick home just west of Horntown with the roof removed and exterior walls either damaged or destroyed. Path width: 45yards
Counties: Orange (to Lawrence)
Counties: Green, Taylor
EF-Scale: EF-0
Counties: Garrard
If you have information you'd like to share about either storm, please let us know. Deaths: 0
Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. The tornado may have begun to skip intermittently through some woods east of KY 79 as only a few trees lost some limbs near the intersection of Delmar Lindsey Lane and Lawrence Hayes Road. Metal sheeting was thrown from the barn in various directions and much of it ended up in the trees. 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. April 5, 1985
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Then the barn of T. P. Pickett was unroofed on Lemons Mill Road. May 14, 1995
Counties: Washington IN
Deaths: 0
Deaths: 0
At this location, the tornado was estimated to be of EF3 strength with 150 mph winds. F-scale: F0
Path length:3.9 miles
Deaths:
Time: 3:10pm
EF-Scale: EF-1
The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. 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. There was also widespread wind damage and large hail. Path width:
January 24, 1964
Path width: 130 yards
A heavy rain, which fell continuously from 1 o'clock until 6 the following morning, made roads almost impassable and handicapped the work of rehabilitation. Path length:
Near the tornado's touchdown point the twister was followed by hail that greatly damaged fruit trees. NCDC gives no beginning or ending locations for this tornado. Counties: Hardin
Time: 11:35am to 11:37 am EDT
Path width: 300 yards
Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Injuries: 0
Counties: Henry
EF-Scale:EF1
Time: 1:00am
Injuries:
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 17 yards, NCDC and Storm Data say 50 yards. F-scale: F1
March 20, 1982
Deaths: 0
The tornadosignificantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and dida lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. Moving on from the church, the tornado tore off rooftops along Tenth, Ninth, and Eighth Streets between Chestnut Street and Broadway. 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. Time: 6:04pm
Deaths: 0
It then tore the porch off the east side of a home on the south side of US 68/80, depositing debris into nearby woods. Injuries: 1
Continuing to the northeast and north-northeast the tornado killed people as it passed along the edge of China. County: Jefferson KY, Oldham
Counties: Harrison IN
Here, buildings containing several businesses were severely damaged. Counties: Bullitt
Path width: 150 yards
A dairy farming operation lost several barns, along with some trees that were uprooted. Damage was then fairly sparse until the tornado entered the Germantown and Phoenix Hill neighborhoods. January 17, 2012
Counties: Hardin
April 20, 2011
Path length: 1.2 miles
Storm Data has this tornado touch down four miles north of Frankfort and moves it to Georgetown and near Cynthiana. Deaths:
Early reports were of a single 110-mile tornado path, but later research showed it to be three . March 18, 1925
Thirteen people were injured and 35 homes were destroyed as the funnel moved to the northeast across Breckinridge County and into Meade County. June 6, 1966
April 22, 1958
Counties: Simpson
Deaths:
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. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast, leveling homes near Alpha, Sumter, and Copper. Time: 9:27pm EDT to 9:30pm EDT
Path length:
Time: 3:45pm
Other than mud spattering from the south-southwest on the back corner of the brick one-story home, no other evidence of wind was observed, as no shingles were damaged. Deaths: 0
Time: 1:00am
Path width:
A large 2 x 8 went flying and got wedged between the windshield wiper and the windshield of a vehicle but incredibly did not crack the windshield. Path width: 75 yards
Several trees were also toppled in a wooded area behind this home. Early pioneers knew very little about tornadoes. Path width: 100yards
The tornado touched down at approximately 3:38 PMEST, and the initial damage included snapped and twisted trees just west of Hwy 421. The tornado rapidly increased in intensity as it moved to the east, directly striking the Milton volunteer fire station number 2. Path length:
Counties: Hart
The tornado did its worst damage at the beginning of its pathwhere it demolished three homes on Dawson Drive. March 28, 1997
Injuries: 1
Four homes were destroyed in Neafus, and two each in Steff and Spring Lick. Counties: Adair
County: Dubois
Deaths: 0
Path length:
F-scale: F2
The storm then crossed into Metcalfe County about three miles northeast of Nobob. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 21 milesGrazulis give 18 miles. May 18, 1995
Time: 3:30pm
EF-Scale: EF-1
Path width:
On the north side of Tompkinsville it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. Incredible tree damage also occurred just west of Pine Drive as the tornado traveled up a ridge. Insulation was everywhere. An old RV had its roof removed and large sections of debris were thrown about 100 yards. Path width: 200 yards
Side note: Interestingly, in researching this event, we found two distinct paths of destruction across Louisville (see map). Path width:
It was recently republished and a new forward was added by St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Tim O'Neil. The only damage to the home, however, was minor roof damage from a branch falling on it. Miller farm. The most significant damage occurred near the intersection of McKendree Church Road and Highway 100 where a well constructed brick house completely lost its roof. Oregon Road was blocked by felled trees from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted. Time: 11:07pm - 11:13pm EST
Counties: Metcalfe
Deaths: 0
Counties: Franklin
Debris from the barn and home were scattered in a narrow path through row crops up to a third of a mile to the northeast, where a resident witnessed large sheets of roofing and siding fall into a hay field on the north side of Lewellen Road. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing. Residents reported a loud roar. Even in the 1830s, a large tornado between New York City and Philadelphia drew crowds in its aftermath. Path width:
Path width:
May 30, 2004
Noted discrepancies: None
Time: 6:00am
By coincidence, this was the date of the annual statewide tornado drill test. Deaths:
The Cook Hazelip Building in Smith's Grove was unroofed. Deaths: 0
The tornado lifted near Anchorage after cutting a narrow path through the south suburbs of Louisville. Deaths:
Counties: Madison
Both the aerial photos and picture of the tornado relayed by the emergency manager were matched up with a radar signature indicating rotation. Path length: 1/2 mile
We are working on a new method to display this information, and hope to have it finalized in 2022. A straight line between SPC's touchdown and liftoff points doesn't quite fit with the description given by Grazulis (which agrees with Storm Data). November 9, 2000
Injuries: 0
Two trailers, two cars, and ten barns were destroyed. The local Moose Lodge building had significant damage. May 14, 2014
Asplit level home on Guston Rd had part ofits roof removed, with insulation spattered on the lee side of the home. Path width: 100 yards
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. Deaths:
The roof was torn off of the Tarr Distillery at 899 Manchester Street. Injuries:
Path length: 5 miles
F-scale: F1
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from just north of Ekron to three miles southeast of Brandenburg. Path length: 6 miles
The press box was thrown onto the playing field and destroyed. Carmel Road. Deaths:
Wind speeds in this location were estimated to be 100 mph. March 27, 1890
Path width:
His narrative: "A trained spotter saw a tornado near Salvisa. Path width:
They got under some heavy equipment for shelterand the barn came down around them. Notes: Aerial photos were matched perfectly with radar signatures to determine that the initial start point of the tornado occurred 4.5 miles south southwest of Hawesville in Hancock County along route 2181. F-scale: F3
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 19 milesGrazulis gives 25 miles. The damage continued east towards Ottoman Road where a carport was destroyed, along with additional trees that were snapped and uprooted. by a tornado that struck Pryor, Oklahoma, Time: 2:36pm - 2:38pm EDT
1835 - Major hurricane passed near Key West on September 14th and 15th. Injuries: 7
The tornado dissipated after snapping and uprooting a few trees between Route 79/259 and Harned Locust Hill Road. Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. The distance across Marion County is about 14 miles. Injuries: 1
Georgia . Injuries: 0
About half a mile to the east along US 62 at the Caneyville Milling Company three large empty metal grain bins were moved off their foundations causing damage to nearby objects.
F-scale: F2
The tornado moved to the northeast through present-day Saint Regis Park and Hurstbourne. Injuries: 0
Deaths: 31
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Throughout the property there were twisted and uprooted trees. Path width:
Path width: 100 yards
Debris from the split level home was dropped across the road, where a few more trees were snapped and uprooted. Counties: Breckinridge
Notes: The door of a house was blown out about four miles northeast of Ferdinand, near the start of the tornado path. Deaths: 6
Counties: Hardin, LaRue
A vehicle was turned over on I-65, then the tornado skipped over an area before coming down again on a subdivision to the east, with damage occurring along Belmar Dr and Meadows Dr as well as at the intersection of Kingsfield St and Crown Ct. Path length: 0.2 mile
Injuries: 1
A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. The path ended at the W.D. The tornado weakened from there to an EF-1 tornado, damaging trees as it crossed into Carroll County with wind speeds in far eastern Trimble County of 85-90 mph. Notes: A fast moving tornado briefly touched down four times in Louisville. Injuries: 57
Fifty citizens were injured in Monroe County. Path length: 15 miles
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 95
The second home in the path of the tornado was badly damaged and a paper bill from the home was lifted into the tornado and carried 35 miles to the northeast into Powell County, landing in the yard of a National Weather Service employee. Just as soon as Tee got on his car porch the tornado hit and sucked him up against the wall of his house. Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. May 27, 2004
Nearly 30 tornadoes rip across 7 states, killing 2. May 23, 2000
It damaged a few more barns and trees before lifting about half a mile southwest of Cynthiana. Barns, power poles, and trees were immediately blown down. Several theories have been advanced to explain the causes of whirlwinds, but they are supposed to be generally produced by the lateral action of opposing winds, or the influence of a brisk gales upon a portion of the atmosphere repose; in a manner analogous to the eddies that arise at the junction of the two streams, flowing with unequal velocities, or the air-whirls that occur, when the wind sweeps by the corner of a building, and strikes the calm behind it. Deaths: 0
Path length: 25 miles (skipping)
May 23, 2000
March 12, 1986
Path width:
Security cameras from a business next door captured the damage occurring as a wall of wind and water that occurred in less than half a minute. 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. Time: 10:53pm CDT
Notes: The initial touchdown was on the western edge of Cumberland City. Path width: 100 yards
It is not listed in Storm Data. of the event until morning, when they Noted discrepancies: None
Aerial photos of damage were also taken by volunteer general aviation pilots Mark Powers and Josh Kieffer and aerial photographer Austin Lassell in aircraft N16NA. Deaths:
Further down on Willard Wilson road, another 30 by 50 foot barn was collapsed and a 400 pound 4-wheeler was moved 30 feet. Notes: This tornado touched down near Pilot Knob. Deaths: 2 (Mr and Mrs Bulon Swanson)
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