November 18, 2017
Deaths: 0
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SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, and Grazulis and Storm Data 250 yards. However, this database strives to be the most complete list possible, given those constraints. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado near Center. The tornado entered the city of Campbellsville when it crossed KY 210 and uprooted trees and damaged buildings near the intersection of Hodgenville Road and Vintage Lane. Counties: Butler, Warren
Counties: LaRue
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Time: 3:38pm - 3:41pm EST
The tornado Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not included in the SPC database or at the NCDC website (despite listing 32 tornadoes elsewhere across the country that day), but is listed in Storm Data and Grazulis. EF-Scale: EF-0
Time: 3:26am
Up to 100 people may have been injured in Russell County. Drone footage clearly showed trees lying in multiple directions. Deaths: 2
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). Path length:
Click on a tornado or its track to find out more information about it. Farther east along Pleasure Ridge Road, several small funnels from the main funnel did extensive damage. Path length:
Deaths: 0
F-scale: F3
Injuries: 1
Grazulis narrative: Sixteen homes and 12 barns were damaged along the north edge of Shelbyville. Injuries:
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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. Using Storm Data information plus SPC's lift-off point work well for plotting this. Deaths: 3
This continued along Graveltown Road. One mobile home rolled over onto a vehicle but the three occupants were unhurt. Path length:
Homes were unroofed on both the east and west sides of the intersection of Churchill at Thirteenth. Notes: A weak tornado touched down along Hancock Chapel Road Northeast, uprooting several trees in a cyclonic fashion. Time: 4:47pm
EF-Scale: EF-0
The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. January 21, 1959
Time: 4:25pm to 4:30pm
Both were destroyed. Time: 6:00am
Path width: 440 yards
Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down south of Glasgow and did damage along KY 90. Path width:
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F-scale: F0
A path length of 14 miles would take this tornado out of Metcalfe County, so the SPC path length is used here. Injuries: 0
Time: 12:41am EDT
Tornado fascination and observation is nothing new. Debris from the barn could be seen circling the tornado and was thrown to the southeast. Air Quality Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. It dissipated shortly thereafter. November 22, 1992
They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. Path width: 150 yards
The number one killer on the Oregon Trail, by a wide margin, was disease and serious illnesses, which caused the deaths of nine out of ten pioneers who contracted them.The hardships of weather, limited diet, and exhaustion made travelers very vulnerable to infectious diseases such as cholera, flu, dysentery, measles, mumps, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever which could spread quickly through an . September 3, 1970
Counties: Oldham
Injuries: 0
A single wide mobile home was pushed off of its cinder block foundation southwestward about seven feet. County: Meade
Counties: Shelby, Franklin
However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Hammett Hill Road. Counties: Orange, (Lawrence), Washington IN
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Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Moore has been hit by 23 tornadoes since the late 1800s, according to the National Weather Service. F-scale: F2
March 19, 2005
April 15, 1994
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of one mile, NCDC and Storm Data say 14 miles. Time: 4:30pm
February 6, 2008
April 20, 1986
It touched down about 0.3 mile southwest of Center, destroying two large barns and a small outbuilding in addition to taking the roof off of a small home. It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. Path Width: 50 yards
Notes: The tornado touched down just to the southwest of KY 1899 (Mulberry Pike), crossing into Springhill Estates subdivision. It is important to remember that the Grazulis publications list only those tornadoes that were of at least F2 strength or resulted in at least one fatality. Injuries: 0
The most intense damage was found near Frankfort Cemetery and the Kentucky State Capitol. As soon as the mid-1800s, the government began collecting data on tornadoes. The twisting nature of the winds was clearly revealed when the bodies of the Tyree family were found 75 yards south of their home site, and the bodies of the Redeford family were discovered 100 yards north of the spot where their home had stood. Counties: Scott, IN
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. The tornado then did some damage to trees and a grain silo. Path width:
The tornado began to skip and struck a few trees in Forest Springs North before moving into Oldham County. Two mobile homes were destroyed. Time: 7:20am
Injuries: 0
Notes: The NWS storm survey team found many areas of straight line wind damage across northern Bourbon County, and one specific tornado path within the straight line wind damage. F-scale: F0
Trees were uprooted in a convergent pattern, some of which fell on power lines causing the poles to snap. Path width:110 yards
Grazulis narrative: Touching down five miles southwest of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, the tornado passed along the northern edge of that town, with F3 damage to homes. Damage indicators along the path of this tornado included multiple softwood trees down, minor shingle damage to homes, a side wall downed in a large indoor tennis facility, and a barn roof collapse. Path length: 2 miles
Grazulis lists the tornado in Franklin County but gives no location or path length. Path width: 90yards
Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this at 10:03pm. Deaths:
Path width: 100 yards
Twelve other homes and a church were damaged, and two barns were destroyed. Path length: 0.5mile
Near the end of the path there was roof damage to a one story house as well as downed power lines. F-scale: F1
County: Hardin
Time: 5:50pm
Path width: 100yards
The tornado continued east across route 69 toward Cloverport, intermittently touching down and doing damage to small outbuildings. Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Hiseville on Buck Williams Road. April 11, 1972
Notes: Touched down just northwest of Bradfordsville and moved east across the north side of town. The tornadosignificantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and dida lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. Narrative: Moved east from two miles north of Greenville to near Powderly and to southeast of Rochester. F-scale: F3
Path length: 15 miles
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F-scale: F1
Noted discrepancies: None
Deaths: 0
Two homes were unroofed and torn apart, injuring two people inside one of them. EF-Scale: EF-2
Deaths: 0
October 1, 1977
F-scale: F1
Injuries: 0
Injuries:
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Mannsville, Burdick, Meadow Creek, and White Ridge. If one has a barograph, its record will be of the utmost value. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. February 5, 2008
Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from just east of Standiford Field to Smithfield and New Castle. This day's wind damage throughout the state of Kentucky totalled $1,000,000. Deaths: 0
Time: 4:30am to 4:40am EST
On the following dates tornadoes occurred while temperatures were in the 50 to 55 degree range: Map of Approximate Fatality Locations Since 1830, Tornado Maps of Southern Indiana/Central Kentucky:
The tornado gradually enlarged and intensified as it approached Brandenburg. Grazulis probably has the most correct path width. Time: 3:05pm
Advisory/Warning Criteria, Radar Path length:
Counties: Nelson
Weather Stories On the whole, the evidence seems to show something like an uprush, though it seems conclusive that this is not due to a vacuum in the tornado, as many think. June 2, 1990
Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST
It traveled along I-64 south of Georgetown. Path length: 1 mile
EF-Scale:EF1
April 22, 1887
F2 and F3 tornadoes are strong tornadoes, with winds as high as 206 . Counties: LaRue
At least a hundred buildings were affected. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis an F2. A house was leveled as well, with the furniture carried over half a mile away. Time: Noon
Path length: 3 miles
Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Path width:
Notes: This tornado passed through western and central Lincoln County. A severe weather outbreak in the mid-Mississippi Valley more than lived up to its well-predicted potential for strong tornadoes on Friday, December 10, taking lives and raking landscapes from Arkansas to Illinois. Injuries: 11
A man residing in the trailer was fatally injured, dying a week later from his injuries. Time: 11:35am to 11:37 am EDT
In one concentrated spot two dozen trees were snapped off. Path width: 200 yards
Three houses were destroyed and five were damaged. Deaths:
Northwest of ValleyStation many softwood trees were damaged, a pine tree was snapped, and a trampoline was blown over. Path width:
Noted discrepancies: None
Injuries: 0
Path width: 75 yards
Notes: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Deaths: 0
Notes: This tornado likely touched down in eastern Muhlenberg County and traveled roughly northward through western Ohio County, including the Echols, Rockport, and Hartford areas, and into far eastern Daviess County around Whitesburg. Notes: Ten trees were uprooted, blown over, or snapped on either side of Route 66 north of Oriole. Time: 4:45pm EDT
Five barns at the race track had large sections of their roofs blown off and cinder block walls buckled or collapsed. Injuries:
Deaths: 0
A large carport was picked up and thrown about 50 yards, shearing off a telephone pole. Time: 6:05pm - 6:07pm EDT
One person died in a home near Gilpin. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. Path length: 1.5 miles
Time: 2:34pm
Path length: 0.25 mile
The width of the individual circulations varied between 75 and 125 yards with widespread straight line wind damage all around. November 25, 1973
County: Clark IN
F-scale: F0
Notes: The EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Center, Kentucky near Herbert Hodges Road. Path length:
County: Scott, IN
Path width: 200 yards
It moved north of English, struck Marengo, and went north of Milltown. Injuries:
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. Path width: 1200 yards
Time: 8:25pm - 8:27pm EDT
About 50 homes and 60 barns were destroyed, and 40 of those were at Mannsville, with seven of them leveled to the ground. Grazulis lists an F2 tornado in Woodford County with eight injuries, a path length of one mile, and a path width of 200 yards on May 18, 1995 at 6:35am. Injuries: 0
October 18, 2007
Path width: 150 yards
Berea College was damaged. Counties: Harrison IN
Several barns and outbuildings had roof damage as well. Notes: An EF-0 tornado first touched down at the Wal-Mart parking lot on the northwest corner of the Veteran`s Parkway near I-65. June 29, 1979
Counties: Hardin
April 20, 1986
The other path was parallel to the tornado and about half a mile to the north, on the west edge of downtown. April 28, 2002
He was medically airlifted to Louisville. Counties: Logan
The tornado went over a hill and down into a holler where multiple vortices were witnessed. The tornado then traveled over a ridge and intensified as it hit State Route 135 at Dutch Creek Road. Injuries: 0
County: Grayson
The twister first struck Pleasant Ridge on the southwest side of town, which was a neighborhood of pre-fab housing built for war effort employees. Georgia . A dozen barns, two trailers, and several other buildings were destroyed in the Southville area. Notes:This tornado caused minor damage to the roofs of two houses and significant damage to the roofof another house. County: Metcalfe
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EF-Scale: EF-0
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just east of Bardstown Road near the entrance to the Glenmary Subdivision and lifted on the far side of the subdivision. February 6, 2008
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Notes: This tornado touched down near 812 Mount Vernon Road, damaging a barn and home at that location. Path length:
The nearby home lost some roof covering and suffered debris impact. It moved east-southeast, uprooting and snappingtrees near the intersection of Hwy 62 and Goshen Church Rd, along with damaging some small outbuildings. The tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged homes on Kurtz Drive and at the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. Grazulis narrative: At Great Crossing, four miles west of Georgetown, a small tornado destroyed a home. The path described above was more certainly a tornado. Notes: Touched down at DuPont where it removed the roof from a home and threw a woman 2,000 feet resulting in serious injuries. Counties: Lincoln
A dozen or so portions of two-by-fours were impaled into the ground in multiple directions. Injuries: 3
Deaths: 0
SPC and NCDC list 225 injuries, Grazulis lists 228, Storm Data 243. Injuries: 0
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Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 6.3 miles south southwest of Salem, to Pekin, to 1.3 miles southeast of Pekin, to 2.7 miles northwest of Charlestown, to 3.1 miles southeast of Charlestown. Time: 3:40pm
Path length: 2 miles
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November 9, 2000
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Path width: 100 yards
We are working on a new method to display this information, and hope to have it finalized in 2022. Counties: Jefferson KY
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On Carter Brothers Road a large RV inside a metal shed was blown onto its side and the shed was destroyed. June 23, 2017
Moving into Lincoln County, two barns were destroyed. Notes: Washington County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management conducted a detailed tornado damage survey on Saturday, March 3. From here, the tornado raced east-northeast over more fields, where it snapped the tops off a few trees before it hit the next farm, at Milky Way Lane on Mt. 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. Deaths:
Path length: 2 miles
Deaths: 3
EF-Scale: EF1
All 3 mobile home became airborne, with one traveling over 400 yards. Deaths:
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Narrative: Moved east from near Rochester, unroofing a school and destroying a gym. Storm Data says most damage was in and around Eastern State College in Richmond. One barn was destroyed, and others were damaged. Deaths: 0
Several windows were broken in an elementary school, which was in session, and flying glass injured one student on their finger. Path width: 100 yards
The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. Noted discrepancies: None
Along the tornado's path, plate-glass windows, signs, trees, and smaller buildings were smashed. Injuries: 0
Path length: 0.5 mile
Path width: 300 yards
Time: 5:45am
In Kentucky 15 homes and 25 barns were damaged in and around Mount Pleasant, with one injury. Damage to several large metal buildings, a large barn, and a radio tower were observed south of Jasper. Minor damage to buildings occurred just, on the western outskirts of Cloverport, then the tornado lifted over, the town, touching down again less than a mile east of the, community, where numerous hardwood trees were observed to be, uprooted from aerial photos. Just east of Route 135, tremendous tree damage wasobserved. Time: 1:00pm
structural damage consistent with EF-1 damage and 90 mph winds. Counties: Simpson
Notes:The tornado touched down near the intersection of Canton Road and Howell Road. Injuries:
The tornado left a distinctpath in the vegetation and destroyed a part of a large metal barnnear the Rosetta General Store. Path length: 1 mile
Proceeding further to the east, power lines were downed on Old Cecilia Road and a barn was destroyed on Saint John Road three miles west of Elizabethtown. F-scale: F2
April 20, 1996
Counties: Marion
The Salem School was damaged. A mobile home park was damaged, as were a McDonald's roof and a Kroger roof. Injuries: 2
There was significant damage on the upper portion of the feed mill approximately 70 feet off the ground along with some power poles being severely bent. Injuries:
Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. Time: 6:20pm
June 26, 2011
As the tornado neared Stamping Ground, it narrowed to 1/4 mile wide, and then lifted just northeast of town. Time: 9:16pm CDT
Deaths: 0
The existence of such opposing currents is fully proved by the observation of aeronauts, as well as by those of observers at the surface of the globe. Deaths: 4
8. F-scale: F1
Path length: 2.2miles
EF-Scale: EF-1
Injuries:
One of the buildings had its doors blown in, on another the metal roof was peeled back, and the third was leveled and blown 300 yards downwind. Path width: 350 yards
Counties: Hart
Path width: 50 yards
Time: 12:21am EST to 12:25am EST
I am impressed! Counties: Clinton
EF-Scale:EF1
Counties: Clark IN, Jefferson IN, Trimble
They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. Narrative: Homes of all sizes were destroyed near New Castle. Injuries: 0
The tornado started along Belmont Rd (KY 251) 0.7 miles west of Belmont, then traveled east-northeast through the community of Belmont, and lifting just east of Church Street. Path length:
Counties: Scott KY, Harrison KY, Nicholas (and Fleming)
Counties: Logan
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down the river lifting water into the funnel. Path length: 2.4 miles
Fifteen homes had major roof damage. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from Southville to east of Waddy. Path width:
Time: 4:00pm
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. Residents were not home at the time of the tornado at the other homes destroyed along its path. Counties: Metcalfe
Injuries: 58
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F-scale: F2
Insulation and metal siding were thrown in multiple directions. Time: 6:42pm
Counties: Bourbon
intermittently touching down and doing damage to small outbuildings. As the tornado passed along southeast of Branchville it killed again. Path width: 300 yards
SPC lists 86 injuries, NCDC 53, Grazulis 76, Storm Data 95. The tornado lifted around 3:27pm near the intersection of Campground Road and Ralph Avenue. Time: Noon
Deaths:
Tee climbed the tree and got her out. June 23, 1984
Path width: 40 yards
His narrative: "A trained spotter saw a tornado near Salvisa. Path width: 75 yards
3. Fix the attention on the motion of detached clouds. December 29, 1865
June 16, 1987
Deaths: 0
It destroyed a dozen houses and half a dozen mobile homes, damaged 40 other houses and several barns to some degree, and injured eleven people. The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. Deaths: 6
Deaths:
August 11, 1983
Counties: Breckinridge, Meade, Harrison IN
April 16, 1998
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down on the east side of I-75 at the KY 21 exit. Deaths:
August 19, 1972
An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. In addition a double-wide trailer was blown off its foundation and an RV was tossed across the road. Environmental Films, 1326 pp. March 20, 1976
Noted discrepancies: None
Deaths:
Time: 7:27pm EDT
Deaths:
A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Deaths: 0
A barn was picked up and scattered over 60 to 70 acres. The tornado quickly grew to 3/4 of a mile wide, and uprooted an entire orchard (nearly 100 trees) on the Green Farm west of Stamping Ground. Path width:
April 16, 1998
F-scale: F1
County: Floyd
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down on Rowlette Street one mile west southwest of Munfordville and on KY 537, and moved northeast toward Glen Lily one mile east-northeast of Munfordville.
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