tornadoes in the 1800s

Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. F-scale: F1 January 2, 2006 F-scale: F2 Two people were killed Thursday in the Florida Panhandle when their mobile home was toppled by a suspected tornado, one of nearly 30 that hit . A couple of garage doors were dented in. Counties: Clark, IN Several witnesses observed the tornado and it was captured on video. Path length: Injuries: 1 Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. Flora, Snowden D. Tornadoes of the United States. Time: 4:40am Notes: This tornado touched down near 812 Mount Vernon Road, damaging a barn and home at that location. 1886 St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado outbreak - Wikipedia More research reveals that this very small tornado hit the Kenneth Hardcastle property between Hardcastle and Greenhill east-southeast of Bowling Green. The F4 damage occurred from north of Irvington, into Indiana. Time: 7:30pm Near the end of the track a house's roof was partially torn off a gravel from the driveway was lifted and pelted into the side of the house. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. County: Grayson 3. About 30feet from the tree there was an outbuilding that had half its roofblown off and the roof remnants were found about 50 yards away. Path width: 25 yards A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s. Notes:This small, narrow squall-line spin-uptornado moved over rural countryside,damaging or destroying a half dozenoutbuildings and doing minor tree damage as it traveled east-southeast over threefarmsteads. A "substantial" brick church was leveled, as were many barns. In this location just east of U.S. 60, damage suggested an EF4 tornado with 170 mph estimated winds, and a width of observed damage from 0.3-0.4 mile. Path width: 150 yards 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. and at 2130 Palmyra Rd. Path length: One resident on Oxford Pike said, "The noise of the twister was worse than the noise of a train passing near you." County: Casey 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. Path length: 0.6miles Path width: 100 yards Time: 5:05pm Most of the roof was lifted up and over power lines that were 20 feet above the ground 150 feetdistant from the house. F-scale: F2 Counties: Washington IN June 6, 1990 Path width: Damage was intermittent along the 2.2 mile long, 60 yard wide path. Path width: EF-scale: EF1 Narrative: Homes and barns were destroyed at Wade's Mill. Counties: Shelby Several large branches were downed near this home as well. Continuing to the northeast, at a home east of Gaines Road the owner reported that the water was evacuated out of all four toilets in the building as the tornado passed by. Deaths: Path length: In addition, an outbuilding lost part of its roof and debris struck a residence causing cracked masonry and dented drywall inside the structure. The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives an endpoint longitude of -85.75, NCDC gives -85.78. It proceeded to the east-southeast through Little Bend (near Mining City) and into Butler County. A fourth person was injured on Trimble Road. Injuries: 28 F-scale: F3 Deaths: Injuries: 104 More research is necessary. Path width: 75 yards County: Metcalfe Counties: Washington KY Injuries: 0 Counties: Hardin Path width: Here EF1 damage, 90 mph winds, and a path width of 50 yards were estimated. 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. Time: 8:30am Path width: 50 yards It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees and did some minor roof damage to a home. The high school roof was lifted and some top floor exterior walls collapsed. Some bradford pear trees were uprooted on Dan Dunn Road. Time: 8:17pm A new 24 foot travel trailer was destroyed. April 16, 1982 Many trees were uprooted and there were signs of rotation on Goose Creek Road. This project has so far been unable to find any damage in Marion or Jessamine Counties. Path width: 50yards Path width: 400 yards The tornado intensified east of the intersection of Kettle Bottom and State Highway 362. Counties: Scott KY In addition a nearby house had its metal roof blown off. Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Second and Jackson Streets in Tompkinsville. Time: 9:54pm EDT Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. The SPC/NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Oho County but makes no sense for a tornado coming from Hopkins and McLean counties, especially without passing through Muhlenberg County. Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Time: 10:10pm This tornado moved east-northeast from near Buck Lodge, eight miles north of Gallatin. September 18, 1992 The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County. Time: 10:00pm SKYWARN. F-scale: F1 It first destroyed a barn southwest of Irelandand then moved on to damage several homes near the intersection of CR 200N and CR 875W. Path width: Path width: 30 yards Deaths: 0 Metal sheeting was thrown from the barn in various directions and much of it ended up in the trees. In subsequent research, no evidence has been found of damage in Barren County, so will only include Metcalfe County at this time. A mobile home on KY 829 was lifted off its foundation and there were several trees uprooted and snapped. Structural damage occurred along IN-162 where over 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial outbuilding was destroyed. Counties: Mercer, Woodford, Jessamine, Fayette Deaths: 0 May 14, 1995 Counties: Ohio Injuries: 0 Time: 3:20pm Noted discrepancies: None Wind speeds in this location were estimated to be 100 mph. Time: 4:20am Notes: A large barn was destroyed. Time: 5:37pm - 5:45pm EDT Deaths: 0 Time: 4:02pm EST February 29, 2012 Notes: An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Stony Brook Drive and Hurstbourne Parkway. The worst damage was at Cornishville, where seven homes, a church, and a bridge were destroyed. April 20, 1958 Injuries: 76 Most of the house damage was caused by falling trees. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list a path width of 17 yards, Grazulis lists 20 yards, Storm Data says 33 yards. Event Summary: January 12th Damaging Winds and Tornadoes Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Boats in the Ohio River were blown loose of their moorings and landed on the falls. Time: 4:00pm Injuries: 0 Path length: F-scale: F2 February 7, 1904 Path width: 100 yards Path length: 7 miles May 30, 1979 May 6, 1971 A home was unroofed, and other buildings were damaged. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. Path length: Grazulis Narrative: Tornado moved from "Husto" to "Kinney Station". May 14, 1995 It continued skipping east, uprooting and snapping trees and destroying an anchored mobile home on Underwood Road. Path width: 150 yards Injuries: 4 Time: 2:23pm EDT Path width: 50 yards March 1, 1997 July 13, 2015 Path width: 200 yards Injuries: 18 County: Oldham Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: 4 Notes: The door of a house was blown out about four miles northeast of Ferdinand, near the start of the tornado path. It also moved a Beechcraft/King Air plane 10 degrees and the nose gear was broken. Deaths: 0 The tornado crossed Interstate 65, damaging several vehicles and semis and closing the interstate for several hours. Trees pointed in towards the center on both sides of the track. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Queens Chapel Church and on KY 314, Spillman Road, and Thurmon-Sexton Road. bars on the bridge were bent and twisted. This tornado is unplottable, pending further research. November 5, 2018 Time: 8:53pm EDT The tornado again caused damage on Electron Drive at the Dillard's Warehouse and Machinery Specialties Warehouse. March 24, 1921 There was about $250,000 (1971) damage done in Danville. Path length: 5 miles Oklahoma. Narrative: Barns or outbuildings were destroyed on eight farms. Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 6:01pm, NCDC gives 5:01pm, Storm Data says 7:01pm. The father was taken to the hospital in critical condition but the son was OK. As the twister crossed Murray Roadand Elk Creek it was about 300 yards wide. EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Ohio Flying debris from this building damaged another outbuilding, while columns on the southwest-facing front porch of the farm home were blown out as the porch roof was briefly elevated. 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. Both were destroyed. There were 134 "uninhabitable" homes. The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. Noted discrepancies: None Lat/lon pair given by SPC disagrees with this storm striking Perryville. The tornado was 60 yards wide with wind speeds of 140 mph, indicative of EF-3 strength. May 24, 1971 Several different sources were used to compile this tornado catalogue. The Salem School was damaged. Injuries: 0 Path length: Deaths: 0 May 30, 2004 Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC lat/lon place this tornado in Mason County. A couple of trees were snapped. May 11, 2003 F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this storm struck on Irvine Road. Deaths: 0 Path length: 3.3 miles It began as a very narrow 80 yard tornado as a mainly elevated funnel cloud/tornado near tree top level. destroyed and hundreds of chickens were killed and/or lost. Path length: Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research, Andover, Kansas struck by intense damaging tornado, Joplin, Missouri: Five years after the EF5 tornado of May 22, 2011. F-scale: F1 Itcontinued east for approximately 0.5 miles, then turned northeast over the PX and commissary complex before lifting 0.6 miles ENE of the base high school near Wilson Road. Injuries: 0 twenty-five people. Learn how tornadoes form, how they are rated, and the country where the most intense tornadoes o. Deaths: Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Campbell and Market streets, where the roof on a business was destroyed, and a telephone pole was snapped. There have been 62 killer tornadoes resulting in 417 fatalities. Path length: Time: 1:29am EST to 1:34am EST Time: 3:22pm F-scale: F1 Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC and Storm Data list both Taylor and Washington countiesNCDC lists only Taylor CountyGrazulis lists only Washington County. Notes: Trees were downed and a dozen barns were destroyed. Residents at the house said they could feel the intense pressure and everything trying to suck out of the house. Counties: Grayson A drone was used to pinpoint the exact storm end point which was about 100 yards east of Highway 1365 near a farmer's field. Deaths: 0 Path width: Counties: Henry June 15, 1964 document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. October 18, 2007 Notes: The tornado touched down just east of Hiseville on Buck Williams Road. The tornado destroyed nine cottages as well as the county fairgrounds. Counties: Crawford, Harrison IN Deaths: Path length: 1.8miles June 11, 2009 Besides trees being twisted and turned in multiple directions, there was leafand mud spattering on several homes in opposite directions of the storm movement. Counties: Marion F-scale: F1 SPC gives a path width of 100 yards, NCDC gives 200 yards. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Deaths: 6 F-scale: F0 Notes: This tornado touched down at Churchill Downs with EF-1 strength and wind speeds of up to 105 mph. Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: None 1984, April 26-27: an outbreak of tornadoes covered all but extreme northeast Wisconsin. March 21, 1962 June 11, 1985 F-scale: F2 Cedar trees were snapped. 1-Stop Severe Forecast Time: 5:00pm Moving due east, it snapped the trunks of several large trees, blocking the highway, and mowed down a line of trees along Louis Mattingly Road. SPC and NCDC give a time of 6:00pm, Storm Data gives 5:00pm, Grazulis says 6:30pm. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data mentions damage at Perryville, Parksville, and Michelsville. Two trailers were destroyed, and pieces were carried for a mile. March 18, 1925 Time: 12:14am EDT Injuries: 5 Injuries: 2 Counties: Boyle, Mercer Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST However, this database strives to be the most complete list possible, given those constraints. January 24, 1964 A Kiowa named Iseeo told an anthropologist his people called them Mankayia. Path length: 1 mile Text Products Time: 9:00am April 26, 2011 Deaths: It damaged several trees and knocked shingles off of houses. A large, well constructed barn was destroyed. In this area many trees were snapped and uprooted. Path length: 1.5 miles Path length: 3.3 miles Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 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. February 29, 2012 Path length: 2.5miles Time: 10:15pm July 2, 1980 February 28, 2021 Several homes and a factory were damaged. Digging out: Tornado damages home, downs power lines; minor injuries November 5, 2017 May 11, 2003 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. Counties: Bullitt F-scale: F1 SPC gives a path width of 170 yards and a path length of 9 milesNCDC gives nothing for either. Several more homes were severely damaged along this road. April 19, 2011 Counties: Clark IN Injuries: 4 Path width: 150 yards One person died in a home near Gilpin. F-scale: F1 The tornado then hit a house on the corner of Cherry and South High Street resulting in roof and siding damage along with several sections of Cleveland Pear trees snapped. Deaths: 0 October 7, 2014 Time: 10:50pm Time: 3:05pm Noted discrepancies: None F-scale: F1 Finley recorded Counties: Jefferson KY Injuries: 2 Path length: 2.3 miles Path length: 8.2 miles The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. Time: 3:30pm Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. F-scale: Injuries: 0 August 9, 1968 Deaths: EF-Scale: EF-0 Deaths: Counties: Jefferson KY Storm Prediction Center Injuries: Even settlers in the 1600s described them in Massachusetts. Deaths: 9 Time: Noon Although not all of the data for every storm that occurred are available, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to provide data of hurricane occurrences. and injuring their mother in their home. Dixie tornado outbreak April 24, 1908. Injuries: About the NWS Deaths: 2 January 17, 2012 May 13, 1998 Path length: 0.5 miles Along South Pleasant Road, one home had mud spatter on the east side of the house where several pieces of wood were impaled in the ground. Notes:The tornado touched down two separate times. Path width: Counties: Simpson Workers working on the home heard a loud roar while seeking shelter and observed the twister striking and uprooting some trees. Path width: 300 yards Path length: 0.9 miles 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. November 22, 1992 The tornado continued northeast through some woods and lifted after damaging a small shed off of Tom Cain Road. Notes:A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. Deaths: 0 Path width: 95 yards Noted discrepancies: None Counties: Russell Path width: 100 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 32 miles, NCDC 31 miles. Path length: EF-Scale:EF1 F-scale: EF0 Time: 6:10pm A third well-built brick home had its roof completely lifted and thrown over 300 yards downwind. EF-Scale:EF1 Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN At one location the tornado had embedded two by six boards firmly into the ground. Injuries: 0 Carmel Road. Injuries: 0 Our neighbors between us and the creek lost their roof, which landed 300 yards to the east of their home mostly intact. Will map as such, but further research would be helpful. In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Trees were uprooted and snapped. Counties: Russell (to Pulaski) Power lines were torn down. "Husto" was possibly Huston, named for a local landowner with that name, though it is unclear exactly where Huston was located, though it may have been where Paris sits today. Injuries: 0 Path width: Time: 11:15pm Grazulis Narrative: A house and a garage were destroyed at New Washington. Injuries: Injuries: 0 The tornado blew the roof off of a house and threw it about 125 yards downwind. Near the end of its path, the tornado spread debris from a metal outbuilding one tenth of a mile onto North Marshall Road. Path length: 0.3 mile List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks Injuries: A 4500 pound tractor was moved seven feet and a 16-foot trailer was wrapped around a tree. Slight roof damage occurred at the corner of Walnut and Court Streets. F-scale: F1 Path width: 80yards The "coldest" tornadoes occurred on March 12, 1986, when three F1 tornadoes were observed while temperatures were in the middle 40s. F-scale: F3 Path width: The large metal shop had minor roof damage, but was pierced in several locations by debris from the outbuildings to the southwest, and the entire facility was shifted slightly off of its foundation. Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. Notes:Touchdown occurred near the intersection of Hays Pondsville Road and FH Roundtree Road where a small metal shed was destroyed, a trailer was overturned, a fence was flattened, and a home suffered minor roof damage. This tornado also damaged a lot of rugged forested area before intersecting with the path of the first vortex near the confluence of Highway 1838 (Corn Creek Road, Highway 625, and Joyce Mill Road. A Park Hills Shopping Center was damaged, and Pimlico Parkway and Mammoth Drive were badly hit. May 14, 1995 Injuries: Notes: Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted along the northern bank of Indian Creek two miles northeast of Corydon. Injuries: Time: 12:38am EST to 12:42am EST Path width: 250yards Narrative: After damaging a farm one mile west of Charlestown, the tornado moved into the village. Time: 4:30pm Deaths: 0 Path length: 9 miles Path length: 18 miles Deaths: 0 It moved to the east-southeast, passing just north of Smiths Grove, west of Hays, and dissipating at Beckton west of Glasgow. The tornado then moved into Jefferson County, heading towards Hanover. The only damage described in Storm Data done directly by the tornado is the destruction of a concrete poultry house south of Dubois on IN 162 (which also sounds weird since IN 162 is not in close proximity to Dubois and is nowhere near the lat/lon given by SPC/NCDC). County: Taylor F-scale: EF1 Time: 9:40pm Path width: 220 yards Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today. Debris from the barn was scattered overa half mile downwind. Now in the Mercantile you can find True West, Jesse James was the son of a Baptist minister, but he obviously took a wrong, The wagon trains first began heading west in the early 1820s with the opening of. One victim said that his "picture window looked as if it were breathing in and out." F-scale: F1 SPC gives a path width of 10 yardsNCDC 30 yardsGrazulis and Storm Data 100 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. A dozen other homes were damaged. November 14, 2011 Path length: 3 miles Deaths: 0 Injuries: 0 A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. The tornado produced EF1 and EF0 damage in Simpson County until it lifted at Russellville-Gallatin Road at 2:09pm CDT. Counties: Barren Deaths: March 19, 1849 Many trees were uprooted and a few were snapped. Over 100 homes were severely damaged or destroyed at Junction City. Time: 3:53pm Time: 4:22pm - 4:24pm EDT Counties: Jefferson IN The tornado lifted near Catnip Road in Perry County which is about 2.3 miles east of St. Meinrad. F-scale: F2 County: Ohio April 20, 2011 EF-Scale: EF-0 On US 127 cars were blown off the road and damaged. Notes: Grazulis/NCDC seem more believable here. A chicken house was blown away, killing 92 of the 100 chickens within. Time: 9:57pm April 20, 1958 Trees also fell on at least two outbuildings. EF-Scale: EF1 Path length: 2.6miles Many pioneer farms December 9, 1952 Counties: Henry Time: 2:50pm Path length: 10 miles Deaths: 0 The most extensive damage was done near the end of the tornado's path, where it destroyed a mobile home, took the roof off a cinder block outbuilding, and did extensive damage to the roofs of several large barns.