tornadoes in the 1800s

Would guess it was an F1, but more research is needed to get a better idea of this tornado's f-scale. Deaths: Path width: 100yards Notes:This brief, skipping tornado touched down initially as an EF0 near the east end of Labrador Wayin a subdivision 1.5 miles south of Rineyville Elementary School. I always liked hearin bout 1800s tornadoes. Counties: Jefferson IN F-scale: Path length: Time: 6:30pm Narrative: This unusual January tornado touched down southwest of Shively and moved east-northeast. Path length: 2.8 miles May need to re-visit this with SPC's lat/lons. Deaths: 0 Path width: Injuries: 8 Deaths: F-scale: F3 A four-year-old girl in the house was blown 200 yards and survived with a broken leg. Elsewhere along the path numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted. As it moved into Warren County, it damaged barn roofs and produced golf ball size hail which penetrated siding on numerous vinyl sided houses. November 14, 1993 Fences were torn down as well. 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. Time: 7:57pm Path width: This area is just northwest of the US 421 and I-71 junction near the Trimble/Henry county line. Counties: Hardin 85 mph winds. Path length: 11 miles (skipping) Notes: A barn was destroyed and several trees were blown down west of Columbia. Path width: Path length: Time: 2:00pm Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN F-scale: F3 Injuries: 5 Counties: Mercer Notes: The initial touchdown was on the western edge of Cumberland City. Tornado History - National Weather Service Path width: It then traveled southeast damaging the middle school complex on Highway 27 about a mile south of Stanford. Grazulis narrative: A trailer and a barn were destroyed at Lawrenceburg. Deaths: F-scale: F1 At least four big barns received extensive damage, including a turkey barn. Path width: 34 yards 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. Deaths: 1 Deaths: F-scale: F1 Counties: Clark IN, Jefferson KY About five and a half miles from Lexington on Briar Hill Road the twister devastated the Kelley Farm. Time: 6:45pm CDT Deaths: Notes: Storm Data mentions damage at Pellsville and Roseville. The observed damage width was one-third of a mile with estimated winds of 170 mph (EF4). Injuries: EF-scale: EF0 Next to that location a baseball field had the metal roofs blown off the cinder block dugout with a number of cinder blocks blown several feet east of the dugout. Counties: Orange Nashville Time: 10:55pm Time: 3:28pm William Johnson's residence on Muir Pike was "piled upon its foundations and partly blown away." Deaths: June 16, 1982 Path length: 8 miles Counties: Logan (from Todd) Counties: Nelson Deaths: 0 Time: 10:50am October 29, 1883 Notes: This weak tornado hit the south side of a farm on Gettlefinger Road, causing a milk barn to collapse and tearing several panels off of a large metal outbuilding in addition to snapping trees in wooded areas on either side of the farm. Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. The tornado covered the witness's house in fallen trees. Injuries: 1 In this area, several well-built brick homes were destroyed. Time: 1:00pm Path width: 180 yards Injuries: 7 Time: 2:50pm EST It's a compilation of stories that appeared in St. Louis daily newspapers after the tornado hit.It was first published just days after the tornado hit in 1896. Grazulis narrative: A barn was destroyed near Scottsburg. Black and white with county lines The pilots were associated with the Kentuckiana, Volunteer Aviators. Counties: Scott, IN Path length: 3 miles 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. Over 100 large oak trees were snapped off or uprooted in the Ferdinand Forest. Injuries: 0 March 28, 1997 Injuries: 0 Path length: Counties: Russell (to Pulaski, Rockcastle) May 8, 1918 Deaths: 0 Originally, the head of the National Weather Service in Lexington, Jim Speray, claimed that the damage was done by a downburst rather than by a tornado, with winds of 100 to 200 mph. On either side of the tornado track straight-line wind damage extended out 100 yards with limbs and trees blown down. New Richmond tornado June 12, 1899. Deaths: A well constructed log cabin lost shingles. Tree damage continued along thepath with additional EF-2 damage, occurring attwo chicken farms where a 200 yd long chicken barn was. Deaths: 0 An elderly man and a child were killed in a home two miles west of Berea. Your email address will not be published. The tornado increased in width to 200 yards on Wobegon Way significantly damaging several homes. F-scale: F4 Open map in full-page view (Best for mobile). Deaths: Damage was observed along and just north of State Highway 362 near the 3-county line. A 72'x12' shed next to the barn was destroyed. Moving eastward over open fields, it tore most of the roof off a barn at the end of Doug White Road, plastering insulation from the barn onto the northeast side of the adjacent home. Counties: Green Winds estimated at 175mph near Glasgow damaged or destroyed 35 mobile homes and 25 barns. High tension wires were down and trees snapped along West End Road just north of Shanks Hill Road. Injuries: 40 Path length: January 18, 1929 A large fence around the Dillard's Warehouse was damaged and a security shack was thrown about 30 yards. Counties: Clinton The tornado at this point was only 35 yards wide with wind speeds of 95 mph. Injuries: 0 Path length: 8.2 miles to be composed of fire. Weather Radio Notes: This tornado struck downtown Munfordville. Items of Interest Counties: Clark, IN EF-Scale: EF-1 Time: 12:26pm CDT to 12:30pm CDT Notes: The tornado initially touched down near the Hardin-LaRue County line between routes 210 and 61 just north of Tonieville. The tornado did its worst damage at the beginning of its pathwhere it demolished three homes on Dawson Drive. Time: 2:10pm Injuries: 96 EF-Scale:EF1 The tornado moved north-northeast and northeast through the Parkland neighborhood (Twenty-eighth and Dumesnil), leveling a few homes. April 28, 1983 F-scale: F2 While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. Deaths: Path length: 1.7mile The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Path length: They got under some heavy equipment for shelterand the barn came down around them. Time: 9:00pm Injuries: 0 Counties: Garrard Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. Counties: Simpson Time: 6:15pm In Washington County many buildings across the county were leveled. At those locations the brick facade of each building was pushed out. Time: 5:47pm NCDC/SPC start this tornado on the western Anderson County line west of GeeGrazulis starts it in Anderson County but farther east at Alton. SPC and NCDC agree on a path length of 36 miles, suggesting the tornado must have continued beyond Hopkins County. Path length: 10 miles Counties: Harrison IN SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. Path width: Path length: 60 miles (probably a family of tornadoes) Time: 8:01pm EDT Deaths: County: Washington, IN Time: 3:37pm Path width: Grazulis narrative: Grazulis gives a lengthy description of this tornado, but does not give any information about Orange County, most likely since the tornado just barely clipped the corner of the county and went through an extremely rural, wooded area that is virtually unpopulated. The woman was badly cut by glass, and her husband was caught between fireplace bricks and a collapsed wall. Counties: Lincoln April 7, 2006 EF-Scale:EF1 On October 25, 1844, a tornado January 17, 2012 Time: 9:00pm Path width: Path width: Path length: 2.2 mile It struck a home on Liberty Road where it ripped the front porch off the home and flipped the detached metal garage. SPC and NCDC list 8 fatalities, Grazulis and Storm Data list 10. Counties: Hart Path length: There were many barns damaged or destroyed, power lines and poles down or snapped, and many softwood and hardwood trees snapped, twisted, and uprooted. A home near the intersection of Montpelier Rd and Old Montpelier Rd sustained minor siding damage. Winds were about 90 mph along Monroe Drive. Path length: 18 miles Grazulis narrative: Moved from three miles south of Cromwell to near Gilstrap. Some bradford pear trees were uprooted on Dan Dunn Road. Counties: Barren November 15, 2005 Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. Counties: Henry Historical context: Much of the tornado activity in the American Midwestern area is relatively unknown and significantly under-reported prior to the middle of the 1800s as few people lived there to record the yearly activity. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Time: 8:23pm EDT Narrative: Moved northeast along the southeast edge of Cecilia. Path length: Injuries: 0 Hazardous Weather Outlook Storm Data reports damage on a farm just south of Bowling Green. Notes: A state trooper spotted an F0 tornado at the Metcalfe County Fairgrounds. Injuries: About 300 homes were destroyed along the northern edge of Madison. Path width: 150 yards January 3, 2000 Deaths: 0 Time: 12:09am EDT Counties: Washington IN, (Jackson), Scott IN, Jefferson IN The twister lifted in a field a couple of hundred yards downwind. EF-Scale: EF-1 Deaths: County: Monroe Along the path a grain bin was destroyed and several trees were felled. Injuries: F-scale: F3 Deaths: 0 Counties: Marion, Washington KY, Mercer, Jessamine, Fayette, Bourbon May 25, 2011 Path length: 1.2 miles Path width: 200 yards It then crossed the road and snapped several trees. Time: 6:05pm - 6:07pm EDT In the Canmer area, Gilead Church (near the intersection of US 31E and Gilead Fairview Road) lost its roof, and debris from the roof was found two miles away. Power and telephone lines were downed. The National Weather Service out of Peachtree City has just issued a Tornado Warning for Forsyth County and Cherokee County until 4:30 p.m. No trace of his cabin was ever found. Injuries: Time: 9:34pm EDT Path width: Time: 2:22pm Central Path width: 75 yards A workshop containing tools and heavy equipment was destroyed. Grazulis doesn't many any specific locations of the injuries he reported. Narrative: Moved east, crossing the Ohio River about 6 miles "north" (upstream?) April 28, 1887 Path length: Injuries: 9. Path width: County: Marion Time: 11:12am EST Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: None Deaths: 0 Path width: 700 yards Deaths: 0 June 8, 1963 Multiple power lines were down in this area as well. Path width: 40 yards Deaths: 0 This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. Deaths: A couple of garage doors were dented in. 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 length: County: Floyd Trees were blown down on Chilesburg Road, and many trees and fences were torn down on the John E. Madden Farm on Winchester Road about four miles out of Lexington (roughly where Winchester Road meets I-75 today). Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Taswell to two and a half miles north of Milltown. Path width: 100 yards Deaths: This tornado passed over a tank ten feet long, three feet wide, and twenty inches deep, full of water. EF-Scale: EF-1 Counties: Jefferson KY June 23, 2017 Counties: Barren 17th century. May 1, 2012 The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. Injuries: 0 Time: 3:10pm Notes: According to Storm Data, the tornado touched down 2 miles east of Clarkson, and moved northeast for about a mile. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado near Center. There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Time: 9:00am Injuries: Path width: Tornado families, or "cyclic" tornadoes, can be very difficult to record correctly without detailed scientific field surveys. Path width: Homes lost their roofs along Oak Street at Sixth, between Fifth and Fourth, and at Fourth. Time: 9:45am Counties: Jefferson KY Time: 5:22pm Counties: Ohio Up to 100 people may have been injured in Russell County. The lat/lon pair for this tornado listed by SPC/NCDC put it in southern Floyd County Indiana. Narrative: Moved east from the southeast edge of Stanford, passing near Rowland, two miles east of Stanford. Time: 4:00pm Deaths: 0 F-scale: EF0 It tore the back end off of a large barn there and collapsed a 60-foot tall silo, then crossedthe road and snapped several trees.

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