tornadoes in the 1800s

The tornado cut a swath 350 yards in southwest El Dorado, traveling southeast instead of northeast. Seven trailers and a barn were destroyed, 15 trailers and several frame homes were damaged. F-scale: F1 Winds were estimated at 110 mph. Many buildings had roof or other damage. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Saint James Court and Magnolia Avenue, where it tore down several fences in Central Park. At the 2400 block of WG Talley Road was the most significant damage of the entire survey. Injuries: 0 Path length: 1 mile April 4, 2011 Injuries: 0 The worst damage of the event occurred just before the tornado dissipated, when it removed the roof and broke the windows of a home owned by Lewis Oliver on Old Oxford Road. Notes: Photographs taken during a Civil Air Patrol flight corroborate interviews with residents along the damage path that there were intermittent touchdowns of a weaker tornado with the second supercell to pass over the area (see previous tornado). Path width: 50 yards Along the path a grain bin was destroyed and several trees were felled. At Brandenburg 128 homes were completely destroyed, many of them levelled and swept away. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Hunters Lane, north of Bardstown. Counties: Jefferson KY Path length: 5 miles Path width: 150yards Injuries: 30 Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. Path width: 200 yards Narrative: From one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever to strike central Kentucky. Deaths: 0 April 3, 2018 Grazulis narrative: Skipped east-northeast from Madisonville to Bremen, Moorman, and on to Beaver Dam. The tornado snapped the upper reaches of several tree trunks near its initial point near several homes -- leavingdebris in a circular pattern -- thenskipped eastward, causing other minor tree damage before crossing Nolin Lake northeast of the Moutardier Marina. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from five miles southeast of Stamping Ground to Muddy Ford. September 8, 2018 Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. Injuries: 0 Counties: Adair Deaths: Path length: Injuries: Time: 4:15pm Path length: 12 miles NCDC lists only Pulaski and Rockcastle counties. F-scale: F3 Deaths: Path length: Deaths: 4 Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. Tornadoes in the Old West and Tornadoes Today - Blogger Counties: Washington, KY EF-Scale:EF1 Noted discrepancies: SPC and Grazulis list a path width of 100 yards, NCDC lists 200 yards. EF-Scale: EF-2 Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Counties: Monroe Injuries: 0 Injuries: Path width: Path width: 300 yards At this location there was more tree and roof damage. June 26, 2011 All of the damage was consistent with EF-0 wind speeds between 70 and 80 mph. Notes:Four grain bins were scattered over a quarter mile, with some debris thrown up to ahalf mile away. This instrument may be read in a dug-out or a cellar as well as in a house. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 The whirl appears to originate in the higher regions of the atmosphere, and as it increases in violence, to descend; its base gradually approaching until it touches the earth.. Deaths: F-scale: F1 Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted at a Girl Scout campground on Geyman Hill Road. Boyle County Stockyards lost roofs. Deaths: F-scale: F1 Path width: 100 yards June 1, 1917 Time: 8:00am Time: 6:45pm Counties: Orange (from Martin, to Lawrence) Path length: February 24, 2018 F-scale: F2 Counties: Grayson Time: 7:40pm Noted discrepancies: None Theowner sustained only minor injuries as herolled over with his house, crawling outof a hole after it settled. EF-Scale:EF1 April 2, 2006 Deaths: 0 Path width: 90 yards Path width: 200 yards EF-scale: EF0 Injuries: This is consistent with EF-2 damage and 120 mph wind. Funnels were sighted by the public. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 20 yards, NCDC says 27 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. If a good faith effort could be made in determining which source had the correct information, then the tornado was plotted according to that information. Path length: 32 miles Deaths: F-scale: F0 EF-Scale:EF1 Narrative: Tornado touched down about a mile southwest of Canmer and moved to the east-northeast. Storm Data lists this tornado as having struck both Metcalfe and Adair counties, touching down a mile west of Summer Shade at the intersection of KY 90 and Milam Clark Road, crossing KY 90 and KY 640, KY 163 south of Goodluck, lifting just north of Breeding. Losses totalled five million dollars in Lincoln County. Notes: The tornado began as a narrow tornado east of Clarkson just south of Highway 224. EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: Henry Time: 8:00pm Path length: 18 miles Path length: 13 miles (skipping) May 26, 1965 Injuries: EF-Scale:EF1 The tornado moved from west to east, generally bounded by Kentucky Street on the north and Oak Street on the south. Injuries: Time: 4:00pm F-scale: F3 Time: 4:00am EF-Scale:EF1 Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. Time: 4:55pm 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. Counties: Harrison IN Injuries: 3 Time: 1:51am EST to 1:52am EST Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 70 yards, NCDC 73 yards, Storm Data 75 yards. Time: 10:15pm EST Path width: 75 yards Fifteen power poles were blown down along the highway. The car ended up in the living room of the home. May 22, 1989 The park was quickly repaired and was ready to go in time for the first pitch. Path length: 4 miles Injuries: F-scale: F0 Injuries: 0 Path width: It was noted in subsequent days that the church was very poorly constructed. Notes: The tornado touched down on a ridge along Gillespie Pike east of Lancaster. Trees were uprooted and snapped. Time: 7:00am Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Grazulis lists this tornado at 6:35pm. Injuries: 0 March 28, 1997 Counties: Washington IN Counties: Henry Time: 12:04pm - 12:06pm CDT Notes: This weak tornado did tree damage as it briefly touched down along Mount Pleasant Road northwest of Bedford, snapping upper-level tree branches in a narrow path. The back part of the barn was thrown to the west while a wagon in the trailer was pushed out through the barn. Deaths: 0 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. On Danny Sadler Road a single wide trailer was destroyed and farm equipment was thrown 50 yards. Injuries: Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC, NCDC, and Storm Data give a path length of 3 miles, Grazulis gives 6 miles. Tragedy and triumph: Spring storms bring reminder of massive tornado Path width: 10 yards Path width: There were at least 20 injuries, one critical. Path width: 50yards Deaths: Path length: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this tornado as having occurred at 3:00amStorm Data lists it at 3:45amSPC lists it at 3:45pm. The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms. Counties: Hart 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. U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution's "Queries Relative to Tornadoes," circa 1860s For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United April 20, 2011 Deaths: 0 Path width: 100 yards Path width: 300 yards Injuries: Deaths: 0 8. The tornado rapidly increased in intensity as it moved to the east, directly striking the Milton volunteer fire station number 2. F-scale: F0 This building also suffered significant roof damage. Path length: Notes: SPC's touchdown lat/lon is in McCracken County, and the liftoff lat/lon is in Marshall County. F-scale: F1 All entries have identical f-scale and path widths values. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Injuries: Path length: 2.7 miles Injuries: 0 SPC more closely agrees with Grazulis. As the tornado crossed Cemetery Road it damaged a home. It took down several fences, with evidence of cyclonic circulation. Deaths: Will plot into Adair County. Injuries: 2 There were three homes destroyed in Kentucky, and $200,000 damage. Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham Injuries: 0 Storm Data reports a plethora of seemingly significant damage. A 500 gallon propane tank moved to the south 3 feet and became lodged against a grain storage building. Noted discrepancies: None Counties: Logan SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a time of 7:00pm, Grazulis give 7:25pm. Deaths: 11 The four deaths were in two separate Indiana farm homes. February 28, 2011 Notes: The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph. Notes:There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Counties: LaRue The damage was surveyed by the chief of the Louisville weather station, E. E. Unger. Path width: 150 yards Deaths: 0 Time: 3:05pm Deaths: 2 Injuries: Path width: Path length: Deaths: F-scale: EF1 Grazulis takes it to just northeast of Bedford, which generally agree with a track map of the outbreak drawn up by NSSFC. F-scale: F2 There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. Injuries: 0 Injuries: April 20, 2011 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. Path length: F-scale: F0 Time: 9:45am Path width: 80yards Path length: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from McKinney to Crab Orchard. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. May 17, 1999 Path width: Counties: Washington KY Deaths: 0 Finley had it figured out but lost out in a power play. However the lat/lon given doesn't quite agree with that location. Path length: 5.8 miles Lives are forever changed, and sometimes ended, by tornadoes. Time: 10:31pm EDT Counties: Edmonson (from Pendleton and Bracken) Path width: Path length: 1 mile At 4510 Chamberlain Laneon the J. W. Head farm the roof of the residence was destroyed, portions of which were found several hundred yards downstream. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Path width: NCDC lists Hamilton County Illinois with an F4 at 5:20pm, agreeing perfectly with Grazulis. Time: 10:55pm Narrative: Coincidentally enough, a tornado hit Lincoln County on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Path width: 125 yards Deaths: 0 Time: 11:25pm EDT November 9, 2000 Storm Data mentions tornado-like damage at Whitesville in Daviess County. Next it destroyed a working garage and did significant damage to 3 homes off of Hodgenville Road and uprooting and twisting many trees before lifting a couple of hundred yards downwind. Then the barn of T. P. Pickett was unroofed on Lemons Mill Road. Path width: 175 yards Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile northwest of Versailles to one mile north of Versailles. On Culls Ridge Road, the tornado strengthened to an EF-3 once again with 140 mph winds. The pilots. Counties: Barren Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just north of Campbellsburg, then northeast of Tucker Station, then near Port Royal near the Carroll County line. 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. Time: 6:25pm December 11, 1967 It threw the debris into a small church and removed some of its roof. Counties: Dubois In Edmonson County, barns and a hotel were torn apart near Mammoth Cave National Park, along with the home of a cave tour guide. Injuries: 25 Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. A farm home was also destroyed. F-scale: F3 Time: The worst damage was on Eighteenth Street Road (likely today's Dixie Highway) from Lakeland to Blanton Station (the Pleasure Ridge Park/Dixie Manor Shopping Center area today). January 30, 2013 Path length: 21 miles Path width: Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . Time: 4:31am EST F-scale: F0 Path length: Deaths: The tornado touched down at approximately 3:38 PMEST, and the initial damage included snapped and twisted trees just west of Hwy 421. Injuries: 0 Time: 3:08pm Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Orangeville and Orleans.

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