tornadoes in the 1800s

Time: 4:15pm June 6, 1990 Counties: Washington IN, Scott IN Blow-in insulation blew out in all directions in thehouse and the back porch resembled a snow globe. April 10, 2009 Path length: Path width: October 24, 1967 There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. Grazulis narrative: In the Pleasureville-Defoe area a tornado destroyed three barns and a silo. Make every effort, by comparison with trees and houses between the tornado and the observer, to get its height, width, and speed: these can be much better found out at a little distance than close to the cloud. May 24, 2000 Deaths: A high tension tower and other homes were damaged on Pine Drive. The church was scheduled to be dedicated the following Sunday. Counties: Harrison KY Notes: A tornado with 90 mph winds touched down one mile west of the intersection of KY 214 and KY 953. Across from the complex numerous trees were snapped or topped off. The outbreak generated at least 18 tornadoes, four of which were violent, including the St. Cloud-Sauk Rapids tornado, an F4 tornado that tore through the cities of St. Path width: 30 yards Deaths: 0 Storm Data says this tornado entered Orange County three miles south-southwest of Huron and entered Lawrence County three miles south-southeast of Huron. F-scale: F2 Narrative: Moved east, crossing the Ohio River about 6 miles "north" (upstream?) Deaths: The tornado continued to the northeast damaging another outbuilding and uprooting and snapping numerous trees before lifting. April 22, 1887 Grazulis narrative: Tornado damaged some homes at New Bethel. Path width: Houses were damaged at Churchill and Fourth, and the Baptist Orphan's Home lost its roof at Churchill and First. The tornado touched down about 200 yards west of the Dollar General store, which suffered some minor roof damage. April 25, 2015 All lat/lons are roughly in alignment with each other and with the Grayson County lat/lons. The tornado was rated an EF1 at this location. April 3, 1974 Time: 8:00pm Injuries: EF-Scale:EF2 The tornado skipped as it moved to the east-northeast with more substantial damage along KY 1544 in Rosine. EF-scale: EF1 Injuries: Path width: 250 yards The tornado entered Simpson County just north of the intersection of Conn Road and Reames Dixon Road. Deaths: 0 Narrative: A tornado touched down west of present-day University of Louisville and moved to the north-northeast across eastern sections of the city. Deaths: Path length: 9 miles Along Black Branch Road just east of the school complex the tornado caused some structural damage to homes. Path width: 100 yards Counties: Trimble Injuries: 5 Path length: Injuries: Time: 3:45pm County: Breckinridge Noted discrepancies: None. Notes:The tornado touched down near the intersection of Canton Road and Howell Road. In addition, two homes on Dutch Chapel Road had significant roof damage and other structural damage, with debris thrown to the north, northeast, and east southeast. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado hit Palestine. Canmer and Woodsonville were the hardest struck districts. A well-anchored 50x20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. A mother and her three children were discovered grouped in death, and in another spot a father lay dead with the mother mortally wounded, their young child placed beneath them unhurt, protected by the forms of its parents. Most of the damage was high end EF0 around 85 mph with much of the damage being 20 to 50 yards off the ground. Many homes along the damage path had roof damage. Time: 1:25pm F-scale: F4 Injuries: 2 Cecilia was one of six in Winterset who died as a result of the tornado. Countless trees were snapped and uprooted. Deaths: 0 A shed was blown down and some trees were uprooted. Beyond that, slight damage was done to the Walnut Street Baptist Church (corner of Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard), and worshippers participating in Mass at the cathedral on Fifth Street were blown off their feet. Counties: Garrard Counties: Jefferson, KY Injuries: Notes:This very small tornado touched down on top of an older wooden barn on KY 289 just south of the intersection with US68. It uprooted and snapped the trunks of several large trees and did some minor roof damage to a home. Counties: Dubois The tornado produced EF1 and EF0 damage in Simpson County until it lifted at Russellville-Gallatin Road at 2:09pm CDT. Path length: 2 miles A house on Middle Road had a tin roof blown off and thrown 200 yards. Nearly a complete roof of one outbuilding was project 1/2 mile to the east. Debris was thrown 125 yards downwind into the auto body shop vehicle lot. Path width: Counties: Garrard Time: 6:30pm Injuries: 0 SPC lists 86 injuries, NCDC 53, Grazulis 76, Storm Data 95. Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . Deaths: 0 Deaths: A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. EF-Scale:EF1 NCDC's county-by-county lat/lons result in a very strange path. Storm Data says this twister touched down at Bonnieville in Hart County and moved to Magnolia in LaRue County before lifting. Counties: Spencer EF-scale: EF1 Where SPC has Edmonson County (FIPS061) coded, it should be Mason County (FIPS161). Deaths: Path length: Path width: 400 yards EF-Scale: EF-1 Several trees were snapped or uprooted and a roof was damaged near Rutherford Hollow Road. Counties: Warren Counties: Mercer F-scale: F1 EF-Scale: EF-1 In Kentucky 15 homes and 25 barns were damaged in and around Mount Pleasant, with one injury. Deaths: 0 March 19, 1963 Several residents reported a loud roar, their ears popped, and there was zero visibility in torrential rain when the storm struck. It also apparently hit a cemetery and "toppled 50 tombstones". County: LaRue Several pine trees were snapped and small outbuildings were destroyed. Deaths: 0 May 31, 2001 Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis says F1. Path length: At the end of thepropertydrone photography showed trees going in nearly every direction. 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. Rural homes were leveled from near Deatsville to Cox's Creek. February 12, 1880 Path width: 150 yards Path length: June 23, 2017 Injuries: Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF1 Injuries: 0 Deaths: Fifty citizens were injured in Monroe County. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. SPC and NCDC give it a path length of 9 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 8 miles. Time: 6:30pm Path length: The top image is a drawing of an undated tornado (likely from the early 1800s or prior), as seen in Significant Tornadoes: 1680-1991 (Thomas Grazulis), p. 550. April 8, 2020 Path width: 150yards The end of the path was surveyed east at Hwy 259 where another metal structure was damaged and several trees where downed. F-scale: EF1 Counties: Oldham Deaths: Injuries: Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST Counties: Hardin Path width: F-scale: F1 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 2:20pm, Grazulis gives 3:25pm, Storm Data 3:30pm. 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. Notes: This tornado touched down near Hickory Flat Road just south of its intersection with Hickory Flat-Ridge Road in Simpson County where about a dozen trees were uprooted. F-scale: Much of the tornado path was at tree top, and several residents within 1/2 mile of the storm were unaware of it due to lack ofexcessive winds or roar. October 18, 2007 June 6, 1990 Injuries: 0 Path length: EF-scale: EF1 Injuries: 20 Path width: 80 yards F-scale: F1 Furniture from Indiana was later found in yards in Pleasure Ridge Park, KY. 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: Storm Data says this tornado moved from just north of Ekron to three miles southeast of Brandenburg. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards. Path width: Deaths: 0 All evidences of corks flying from bottles should be carefully looked for. Deaths: 0 Notes: Will use the Storm Data description. In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Deaths: 0 F-scale: F3 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Hunters Lane, north of Bardstown. About Our Office July 13, 2015 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 40 yards. The tornado damaged the roof of a home and did porch, deck, and roof damage to a neighboring residence, plastering the east side of the home with insulation. Time: 1:50pm Path width: EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 0 Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN March 22, 1991 Injuries: Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. About 425 homes were destroyed in Jefferson County, and 25 were damaged in Oldham County. If there is a sort of explosive effect, the upward motion will be more or less jerky, and not steady as in a stream. Counties: Breckinridge Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and windows were broken. A parlor rug from the house that lost its roof was later found in Phil Arbuckle's pasture, torn to rags, a mile away. The oldest known tornado occurred in June of 1830 near Louisville. Time: 1:00am 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. Notes: Tornado touched down on the Charles Caldwell Farm 3.5 miles southwest of Danville on Lebanon Road. This project has so far been unable to find any damage in Marion or Jessamine Counties. 12. Notes: Damage was done to homes in the south end of Brooks along Meadowbrook Drive, Clearbrook Drive, Hillbrook Drive, Bells Mill Road, and Hill Creek Road. A brick house on Twelfth between Churchill and Oldham was blown down. County: Green Counties: Hardin 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. Half of the roof of a mobile home was also taken off. Deaths: 0 EF-scale: EF0 Several homes sustained extensive damage and three people were injured. EF-Scale:EF0 April 29, 1963 Time: 1:20pm Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. 4th ed. Injuries: 18 On Highway 76, two mobile homes were totally destroyed and a modular home was rotated 30-80 feet counterclockwise off its foundation (with a quarter of the home blown away). November 18, 2017 Time: 6:00pm Path width: Injuries: The deadliest Michigan tornado occurred in Beecher -- near Flint -- on June 8, 1953. Counties: Barren, Metcalfe Path width: 100 yards Deaths: Notes: This tornado touched down near Columbia. The Daily Courier noted, "There was scarcely any more cohesiveness in the mortar in the brickwork than if had been made of sand and water." Debris was thrown 500 yards away. July20, 2018 Wheat, orchard grass, strawberries, and garden crops were ruined near Smith's Grove. Should probably plot as one coherent tornado from Skinnersburg to Fleming, including all counties in between (and avoiding Bourbon County). April 5, 2017 Injuries: 56 Time: 4:05am EST The "bounding" tornado, and accompanying high winds, unroofed or damaged four homes, 31 barns, and fifty other buildings. Minimal F2. William Johnson's residence on Muir Pike was "piled upon its foundations and partly blown away." Counties: Lincoln Deaths: 0 Time: 9:45pm Path width: 880 yards The tornado crossed US 421 and continued northeast. Deaths: Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. March 27, 1890 EF-Scale: EF-1 May 17, 2003 EF-Scale: EF-1 Path width: 70 yards Path width: 200 yards Near Needmore trees were snapped and a section of a residence's roof was removed. Counties: Henry Several other homes suffered some degree of roof damage. Path length: 4 miles Injuries: 0 Path length: 1/10 mile Deaths: 0 The tornado at this point was only 35 yards wide with wind speeds of 95 mph. Path width: Counties: Trimble Notes: The tornado touched down along Jim Day Road about a quarter mile south of Lewellen Road where a 30 foot by 40 foot outbuilding was destroyed and its roof thrown about 75 yards to the north and east. Outreach County: Clark IN Counties: Jefferson IN, Trimble F-scale: F0 Injuries: Marble sized hail was also reported. Grazulis narrative: Skipped northeast from 6 1/2 miles southeast of Trenton to southwest of Allensville to near Lickskillet to near Auburn and Richardsville. Counties: Shelby Path length: 1/3 of a mile F-scale: F2 Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC gives lat/lon pairs as 37.98/-85.72, 0/0NCDC gives 37.38/-85.38, 37.35/-82.95. ). At Brandenburg 128 homes were completely destroyed, many of them levelled and swept away. Then the barn of T. P. Pickett was unroofed on Lemons Mill Road. Counties: Harrison IN Notes: An EF-0 tornado touched down at the Madison Municipal Airport. The tornado then did some damage to trees and a grain silo. EF-scale: EF2 Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. Path length: 1.6miles Time: 3:40pm Storm Data erroneously lists this tornado in Jefferson County IN. Notes: Intermittent track. Path width: October 18, 2007 Narrative: After damaging a farm one mile west of Charlestown, the tornado moved into the village. Counties: Jefferson KY, Oldham EF-Scale: EF-1 The following two tabs change content below. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Kent. Notes: Numerous pine and cedar trees were uprooted or snapped and a few outbuildings were damaged. SPC/NCDC give a path length of 38 miles, Grazulis gives 42 miles. Notes: Numerous windows and chimneys were damaged in downtown Greensburg. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south to .7 miles east of Hardinsburg. SPC gives a path length of 38 miles, NCDC gives 33 miles, Storm Data says 40 miles, Grazulis lists a skipping path of 23 miles. They last only from fifteen to sixty to seventy seconds, their breadth varies from a few rods to several hundred yards, and it is probable that the length of their track rarely exceeds twenty-five miles. The last damage report in Jefferson County was on Collins Lane where homes and commercial buildings were damaged, and roofs were removed from barns. Counties: Clark IN But the first specific documentation of a tornado was on July 5, 1643, when John Winthrop, the Massachusetts Bay Colony governor, wrote of a violent wind that blew down many trees, lifted up the Newbury meeting house, and killed an Indian with a flying tree. It is most likely the following event. April 15, 1994 May 18, 1995 Notes: An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Stony Brook Drive and Hurstbourne Parkway. He looked up into what appeared to be a hollow Path width: Notes: Sporadic twisting tree damage was found between Mount Carmel and McKinley towards the White River. April 19, 2011 Even settlers in the 1600s described them in Massachusetts. Path length: 8.2 miles F-scale: EF1 Event Ready This distance from Dugansville would put it in Washington County. One woman was pulled out of her house and landed on her porch. A large semi trailer and a few rides were blown sideways at a carnival at 10th & Watt streets. 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. Injuries: 0 Advisory/Warning Criteria, Radar Insulation was everywhere. April 5, 2017 Path width: 70 yards Damage totalled $2.5 million (1890 dollars) in Jefferson County, with another half a million dollars with F2 intensity damage in Jeffersonville INalong with 20 injuries. July 5, 1987 The details concerning this tornado are somewhat murky, but it appears that it touched down southwest of Georgetown where it damaged a greenhouse, and skipped to the east into far northern Fayette County. January 30, 2013 Injuries: 0 Time: 4:00am Path length: One in the Livonia, Smedley, and Salem areas, and the other in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area. Path width: Time: 6:04am - 6:05am EST Time: 3:45pm 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. June 21, 2019 Path length: 1/2 mile Time: 5:00pm The next damage was concentrated about a quarter mile south of Water Tower Road, just west of IN135. Grazulis narrative: At Blueberry Hill, two barns were "blown up and flattened" by a tornado that touched down south of Lexington. Low end EF-2 damage was observed. EF-Scale:EF1 Notes: The track began near the intersection of South John Batt Road and West Batts Road. Path length: Time: 2:07pm EDT Injuries: 0 Path length: 4 miles (skipping) Counties: Anderson Notes: This tornado touched down just north of Adairville. Path length: F-scale: F4 April 20, 2000 John Park Finley, a young The tornado spent its last fury in the Happy Acre area, causing damage along Goose Creek, near Friendship Church, and on the southern end of Bethany Ridge where chickens were stripped of their feathers. Path length: 6 miles Three east-facing garage doors of one of the outbuildings were blown in, and damage was sustained to the vehicles in the driveway from downed tree limbs. May 14, 1967 Deaths: 0 Damage here suggested EF4 damage with 170 mph winds. Path length: 9 miles 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). Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. An older, well built barn with sturdy cedar poles sustained significant side panel damage. Path length: Path width: The tornado continued northeast, crossing Irving Road and Ironworks Road, finally dissipating five miles east of Winchester. Counties: Washington KY June 18, 1992 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 50 yards. Path width: 1200 yards Deaths: 0 Several homes lost roofs. Path length: Injuries: 0 SPC and NCDC give a path length of 49 miles, Grazulis gives one mile, Storm Data says 50 miles. Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Henry County. Insulation was caked onto the entire back side of the house opposite the direction of travel of the tornado. A guide to tornado watching appeared in a book entirely about tornadoes that was published before the turn of the 20th century, and weve reproduced it below. Path width: 200 yards Injuries: Homes had shingle and siding damage. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 1 Two people were killed in this area. Path width: 100 yards A sign was also blown down at a, Straight line winds along and north of the supercell moving, through Simpson County uprooted shallow-rooted hardwood and, softwood trees and destroyed a tool shed on Evans Rd. Counties: Washington KY The worst damage mentioned in Storm Data is the destruction of a barn and three farm buildings, along with scattered roof damage and a "wrecked" trailer. Deaths: 0 The building collapsed with 200 people inside; 75 at a lodge meeting on the upper floor and 125 children with their mothers taking dancing lessons on the lower floor. Path length: 2.8 miles Notes: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Several bowing segments within the line produced severe thunderstorm wind damage. Multiple trees were uprooted as well. A brick building was unroofed and had a wall blown down. Floods killed 28 people at Xenia on May 12, and two days later, from late on the night of May 14 into the early morning of May 15, 1886, Ohio's deadliest tornado outbreak of the 19th century occurred. Storm Data begins the tornado in McLean County, and thereafter agrees with SPC. Injuries: 0 A groom was killed. At that property, a pole barn was completely destroyed and thrown in different directions. Travis Brown, whose son owns the building, said it was built in the late 1800s. February 6, 2008 There was also widespread wind damage and large hail. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. The tornado lifted near the intersection of KY 333 and M. H. Dowell Road. Deaths: 0 While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. July 28, 1972 Deaths: Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. Notes: Storm Data places this tornado in Danville at the Corning Glass Works. F-scale: F3 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. Counties: Shelby F-scale: F4 Some witnesses thought there might have been a small tornado, but no credible eye-witness accounts of a visible funnel were received. 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. Path width: On Culls Ridge Road, the tornado strengthened to an EF-3 once again with 140 mph winds. Counties: Harrison IN An elderly woman escaped injury because she was sitting in the only part of her home where the ceiling remained intact after her roof blew away and a wall collapsed 15 feet from her. EF-Scale:EF0 Counties: Jefferson KY SPC and NCDC place it at 8:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data at 10:00pm. Path width: June 16, 1982 Notes: The tornado touched down south of D&G Archery and snapped, twisted, and uprooted trees on rugged, rural countryside. If one has a barograph, its record will be of the utmost value. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. They had to tear it down and build new. Deaths: 0 Notes:Several trees were toppled in a forest on the southwest portion of the path. Noted discrepancies: None About 50 vehicles in a car dealership lot were totaled. May 8, 2003 Black and white without county lines F-scale: F1 Narrative: Tornado hit Big Spring. Path width: "Several church spires were bent, while the dome on the courthouse rocked to and fro at an alarming rate. According to the National Weather Service, over 1300 tornadoes touched down across the United States just last year. Many of the homes that were leveled were the most expensive in the county. Path width: 400 yards Path width: 150 yards Notes: Storm Data says this tornado formed three and a half miles southwest of Rineyville on KY 1375, went through Rineyville, and lifted three miles northeast of Rineyville. Injuries: The tornado dissipated as it approached the east shore of the channel. April 3, 1974 Path length: 7.2 miles Time: 4:30am A small well-constructed shed was pushed over onto its side, and another small shed was destroyed. Several toys and pumpkins were turned and thrown cyclonically towards the west. The tornado blew the roof off of a house and threw it about 125 yards downwind. Pre-17th century. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list three fatalities, Grazulis 2, Storm Data 6. The F4 damage occurred from north of Irvington, into Indiana. Grazulis probably has the more correct path width. Deaths: A multi-business building was hit by the tornado with a large portion of its roof lifted and dropped on the Dinner Bell restaurant. Counties: Green Moving northeast over forested land, the next evidence was more tree trunks and branches snapped on Poplar Grove Rd just north of the intersection with Hilldale Rd. Counties: Washington KY Path width: Path length: 2.2 mile Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 20, Storm Data lists 7. The facility was shaped somewhat like a squat capital "H," with the relatively longer sides of the H lined up along B Street and C Street (now Bloom Street and Cardinal Boulevard), and the short connecting section parallel to First and Second Streets (the two longer sides of the "H" had been stand-alone buildings, and were subsequently connected by the short middle section of the "H"). Deaths: Path length: 0.1 mile Several large trees were felled and there was some minor roof damage and damage to outbuildings. Deaths: Time: 11:47pm EDT Notes: In the Duff area several homes suffered minor damage and numerous trees, both softwood and hardwood, were snapped or uprooted. Path length: 3.3 miles Counties: Mercer Deaths: Path width: 350 yards Path length: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from Wisdom to two miles east of Edmonton. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. 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. Their 2-year-old son remained unhurt. Time: 2:28pm EDT Deaths: 0 Path length: 5 miles Path width: Time: 12:50am - 12:51am EST EF-scale: EF0 Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC lat/lon place this tornado in Mason County. Deaths: F-scale: EF0 Several more homes were severely damaged along this road. The tornado then continued on an intermittent path to the southeast where it did some additional roof damage to another home and snapped several other trees. Time: Noon December 29, 1865 Eight people were killed in five different small Clinton County communities as 50 homes were damaged or destroyed. Farther along the tornado's path, it knocked a mobile home off the foundation, and rolled it over two nearby cars. F-scale: F3 Jefferson County locations that were struck by the tornado or its parent thunderstorm included Orell, Greenwood Station, Kerrick Station, Blanton Station, Saint Helens, South park, Iroquois Park, and Senning's Park. Further east, a large 50'x60' barn was destroyed and debris went at least half a mile downwind. Path length: The tornado continued to snap trees and damage outbuildings on its way northeast, scattering debris a quarter mile downwind. May 2, 2006 F-scale: F1 There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Deaths: 0 Time: 6:13pm - 6:15pm CDT The tornado lifted near Catnip Road in Perry County which is about 2.3 miles east of St. Meinrad. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted at a Girl Scout campground on Geyman Hill Road. Tornado expert Dr. Ted Fujita (or possibly students of his) surveyed the damage. Path width: 300 yards F-scale: F0 NWS Notes:While Lexington newspapers listed the many farms that were struck by the tornado (or its attendant straight-line winds), no road names and few references to nearby towns were given. Time: 12:55pm Deaths: 0 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 133 yards, Grazulis 300 yards. Deaths: Deaths: 0 Time: 11:30pm Path length: 0.6 mile County: Edmonson At NCDC's listing for Madison County, the touchdown lat/lon is in Marshall County (near the McCracken County line) and the liftoff lat/lon is in Marshall County (same as SPC). These tornadoes, of which there are about one hundred, will need to be the subjects of further research, most likely by combing through local newspapers. Storm Data says the tornado touched down between Pleasureville and Defoe and almost immediately lifted back into the clouds. June 17, 1997 Counties: Harrison KY (to Robertson) Storm Data also has it right. Injuries: 0 A jeep in the driveway was blown into the house and a camper was blown from the driveway across the road with debris scattered through the field beyond. Grazulis, Thomas. Tornado intensity is described by the fscale. Path length: Notes: Touched down 2.7 miles southwest of Huntingburg. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. A nearby house was lifted bodily from its foundation, power lines were torn down, and a white leghorn rooster was stripped of its feathers. Injuries: The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Counties: Washington IN

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tornadoes in the 1800s