tornadoes in the 1800s

Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Alton, passing along the south and southeast edge of Frankfort, where homes were leveled and four people were killed. A large, well constructed barn was destroyed. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF-1 Path width: Path width: Counties: Bourbon Time: 10:50pm EDT to 10:55pm EDT 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. Counties: Jefferson KY In Clark, the damage width narrowed to one-quarter mile as the tornado crossed Pixley Knob Road and decreased in intensity to EF2 with wind speeds of 115-120 mph. Path length: 2 1/2 miles EF-Scale: EF-2 It lifted just north of KY 744. The violent tornado also seriously damaged several homes on the north side of State Highway 160. Counties: Casey Mrs. Bloomfield, whose house was in the path of the storm, stated that she heard a noise like a jet airplane. Deaths: 1 It lifted shortly after crossing China-Manville Road. Counties: Hardin EF-Scale:EF2 Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Time: 6:43am CDT F-scale: F2 Several witnesses observed the tornado and it was captured on video. Minor damage was sustained east of KY 639 to several outbuildings. Deaths: 1 Deaths: 0 May 12, 1978 numerous eyewitness accounts, documented The tornado touched down about a half mile west of 1598 Carter Brothers Road. Path length: Injuries: 0 and the Middle Blue River. Deaths: Snapping trees on the land adjacent to the hay and soybean fields, the tornado took a slight right turn, crossing KY728, and destroyeda large barn. Path width: Time: 6:45am Deaths: 0 cylinder and saw lightning, "which zigzagged Injuries: 0 Other barns and homes were unroofed. The tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Road. In Metcalfe County, damage reported at Center and Sulphur Well appears to be from straight-line winds. One house had its foundation shifted a few feet, and one roof was completely blown off. EF-Scale:EF1 The storm crossed I 65 and surprisingly did not strike any vehicles. Counties: Breckinridge Time: 7:13pm EDT EF-Scale: EF-1 Injuries: April 19, 2011 NCDC's county-by-county lat/lons result in a very strange path. Counties: Perry, Breckinridge, Meade Deaths: 0 Counties: Hardin Path width: 50 yards Storm Data says this tornado moved from southwest of Ferdinand to Siberia (Siberia proper is actually in Perry County, just over the county line). Tornado records - Wikipedia Significant destruction was done on Main Street between Ninth and Eighth Streets where two of the "best and most substantial business houses in the city were scattered as though they had been made of cards," with the walls collapsing inward. Time: 3:48pm - 3:49pm EDT The tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged homes on Kurtz Drive and at the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. F-scale: F0 Injuries: 5 April 6, 1954 The tornado increased in intensity as it moved to the northeast, and did extensive roof damage to two homes on the west side of Lucas Lane. However, by the beginning of the 1800s, no Europeans had settled in the Oklahoma region. Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 2. Path length: 5.1miles Injuries: 0 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. Path width: 440 yards F-scale: F2 Grazulis has this tornado touch down ten minutes before the previous one (listed above). Trees were uprooted. Path width: Thetornado continued skipping along thenorthwest side of Sandy Hill Rd, damagingoutbuildings on another farm, beforecrossing KY highway 261 at Guston Rd. Path width: Path length: 6.5 miles Notes: Several mobile homes were damaged and trees were snapped on Lyons-Daughtery Road. May 10, 2016 Counties: Washington IN F-scale: F1 Counties: Hardin County: Meade SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. F-scale: F1 Counties: Floyd Notes from investigation in 2017: In McAfee several homes had uplifted roofs, a chimney was destroyed, and garage doors collapsed. Accounts of tornadoes or tornado-like winds have been noted throughout English history back to around 1,000 AD. Path width: Path length: 2 miles F-scale: F0 Notes: This tornado touched down southeast of Adairville and lifted 2.5 miles east of Adairville. Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Notes: This fast-moving tornado began along US 421 one half mile south of the Jefferson-Ripley County line, then raced eastward, doing minor damage to a home, sucking the door out of a large garage, and taking off much of the roof off of a large tobacco barn. Grazulis narrative: One barn was destroyed and another was damaged at Smiths Grove. The tornado formed in pasture southwest of the road and then knocked over several cedar trees and split several sections on some maple trees before striking a barn. Notes: Storm Data says Pellyton was hard hittornado went from Portland to one mile northeast of Pellyton. The arch over the northern gateway was blown over. Grazulis times this tornado at 10:40pm. June 16, 1997 Path width: 400 yards Time: 11:40pm EDT Grazulis narrative: Moved east from near Marysville, with the funnel up to a half mile wide, just north and northeast of New Washington. Path width: 75 yards F-scale: F5 Injuries: It touched down north of the town of Lorena and began moving North-Northeast toward Waco. Occasionally, in the National Weather Service database, it appeared that the latitude/longitude pair given for a tornado's location was simply the latitude/longitude for that county's seat or largest town, even if the tornado actually occurred in another part of the county. Path length: Overall, 845 homes were damaged, and 200 of them near-F3. Injuries: 0 F-scale:F2 April 6, 1988 County: Breckinridge Time: 4:00pm 18. 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. The tornado continued east across the Knobs toward Binford Rd, where it took multiple trees down. Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli. Path length: 3.1 miles May 6, 1971 Path width: 100yards Iseeo was returning from a raid against the Utes when they encountered a tornado near the Washita River in Oklahoma. Injuries: Deaths: 0 Path width: Path width: 200 yards This rain-wrapped tornado was only on the ground for about a minute, with most of its damage limited to large limbs and weaker tree trunks being snapped. On October 25 th , 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. Deaths: 1 It lifted again before coming down and taking the roof of a barn on Armstrong Rd., where the tornado ended. Time: 12:12pm EST Several homes and outbuildings had roof damage. Path length: Path length: 15.7 miles (skipping) Two homes were unroofed and torn apart, injuring two people inside one of them. Injuries: April 2, 1989 Injuries: SPC lat/lon ends the tornado southwest of Lexington, rather than northeast. F-scale: F1 Counties: Hart Using this data, we cannot assume that there were more tornadoes in this area than in the plains during this time because the movement West did not begin in force until the 1800s. Grazulis narrative: A trailer and a barn were destroyed at Lawrenceburg. Is This the 1898 Oklahoma Tornado? | Snopes.com Time: 2:30pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. F-scale: F3 Trees were snapped, a shed was damaged, and shingle damage was found. The path ended at Blue River. driven into the flesh.". Path length: 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. Injuries: Time: 12:30pm Path length: Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin Time: 5:35pm Time: 11:32pm CST to 11:43pm CST There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. Time: 6:30pm Around 2:30 p.m., a volunteer found Cecilia Lloyd's wedding dress wrapped in a garment bag. EF-Scale:EF0 Aristotle was one of the first natural philosophers to speculate about the formation of . The surrounding areas remain under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. If one has a barometer, an observation should be made by some one every minute till the tornado has passed. Notes: The tornado first touched down near a ravine just northwest of Jessica Circle where it snapped a few trees. Path length: Georgia . This is where a small tornado formed within the straight-line wind path with winds between 80 and 85 mph. March 6, 1961 Notes: The NWS storm survey team found many areas of intermittent straight line wind damage around northern Harrison County, with one specific tornado path. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 1 mile, Grazulis and Storm Data give 2 miles. Time: 7:28pm CDT/8:28pm EDT October 9, 2009 Light objects are elevated high into the air, and are sometimes carried many miles before they are thrown out of the vortex. Notes: Storm Data says that the central and northern parts of Russellville were hardest hit, including the Kaintuck Hotel. Counties: Harrison IN Noted discrepancies: None Injuries: Recreation Forecasts, Past Weather At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. This large tornado passed one mile north of Corydon as it moved east across central Harrison County. February 6, 2008 County: Marion F-scale: F2 Time: 8:04pm EDT Barns were blown down along KY 1160 near McAfee. Time: 6:06pm - 6:21pm CDT Your email address will not be published. Notes:Touchdown occurred near the Vine Street loop where damage was done to homes' roofs and siding. Injuries: SPC and NCDC lat/lons start the tornado east of Horse CaveGrazulis starts it northeast of Horse Cave. Path length: 3.4 miles "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. Path width: John Park Finley, a young Storm Data seems to only list Harrison County. May 28, 1996 This building also suffered significant roof damage. Injuries: Blow-in insulation blew out in all directions in thehouse and the back porch resembled a snow globe. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down near where I-64 crosses the Jefferson/Shelby county line, moving on to the Governor's Manor Shopping Center in Shelbyville. The funnel may have either weakened or lifted over southern Barren County before striking Beaumont in Metcalfe County. Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890.March 18, 1925.and April 3, 1974. Path length: 9 miles 2. Notes: This tornado touched down in an open field and headed northeast toward Mahogany Lane. All of the damage was consistent with EF-0 wind speeds between 70 and 80 mph. F-scale: F1 April 15, 1994 Path width: 300 yards After exiting the campground, the tornado then destroyed a large barn and damaged the roofs of nearby homes and other outbuildings, as well as uprooting more trees. EF-Scale: EF-4 May 10, 2016 Deaths: 0 December 11, 1967 Path length: 1/2 mile Injuries: 0 Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. Injuries: Counties: Adair Of course this is absurd, and we must resort to some other explanation of the phenomenon. Narrative: One of the most devastating tornadoes to ever strike Kentucky. Injuries: 0 Jim Barnes of 1448 Canonero Drive said he was grilling steaks in his driveway. F-scale: F1 Path width: The tornado traveled to the northeast and damaged homes on Kurtz Drive and at the intersection of Thornhill Drive and Gaines Road. F-scale: F1 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. Time: 11:12am EST A new frame home was destroyed on Sixth Street just south of Broadway, and chimney and other miscellaneous damage occurred along Broadway between Fifth and Fourth Streets as the tornado began to dissipate. Time: 2:57pm Central Deaths: 0 At least 27 people died in Tennessee. Nobody knew about it until the next morning when they saw the scattered debris causing tales of a night phantom.. Cannot plot this tornado without further research. Path length: Strange time disagreement between SPC and NCDC. Injuries: 0 Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 County: Simpson As it moved into Warren County, it damaged barn roofs and produced golf ball size hail which penetrated siding on numerous vinyl sided houses. Homes were struck in Waddy. SPC/NCDC's lat/lon pairs start this tornado in Taylor County and end it in Washington County, crossing the entire width of Marion County in between. At the 200 block of Cross Creek Court wasthe clearest evidence of trees facing all eight cardinal directions. Streets that suffered damage (other than those listed above): Atokad Park, Aztec Circle, Big Ben Court, Carlsbad Court, Carriage Lane, Custer Drive, Custer Lake Court, Dale Drive, East Hills Drive, Glacier Court, Golden Gate Park, Mount Rainier Drive, Packanack Court, Personality Court, Pipestone Court, Rocky Mount Court, Stephen Foster Drive, Shoal Lake Drive, Squires Circle, Squires Road, Tates Brook Drive, Travis Court, Tuscaloosa Lane, Woodview Drive, and Yosemite Circle. Injuries: 7 F-scale: F2 Notes: Storm Data places this tornado in Lucas. Path width: 80yards County: Perry A well-anchored 50x20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. Time: 5:40pm - 5:42pm CDT F-scale: F2 Counties: Clark IN, Jefferson KY Injuries: 5 It began as a very narrow 80 yard tornado as a mainly elevated funnel cloud/tornado near tree top level. Counties: Edmonson Path width: 1. Path width: The tornado dissipated about a minute later. Time: 6:18pm CDT to 6:45pm CDT June 2, 1990 EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: 32 miles A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. The tornado grew to about two blocks wide and tore the roof off of a home at 4503 Zeta Court, dropping it in the back yard. Atlantic hurricane seasons. Counties: Breckinridge, Meade The Earl Watson farm was damaged as the tornado crossed Paris Pike. Path width: Several small twigs were driven through the siding of the home. Time: Noon Injuries: 11 Protecting People from Tornadoes in the 1880s - JSTOR Daily Path width: 170 yards Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 19 milesGrazulis gives 25 miles. Injuries: Path length: Thirty businesses were destroyed and damage totalled over ten million dollars. Counties: Jefferson IN Counties: Meade Deaths: 0 April 20, 1996 April 20, 1996 A large RV was flipped overa large tractor trailer was moved about five feetand a horse trailer was thrown over 75 yards. Time: 2:00am For this project this tornado was mapped all the way to the SPC/NCDC ending lat/lon in LaRue County. Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. Injuries: 5 Path width: Path width: Path width: A one month old 64'x56' barn with 6' footers in concrete was destroyed. November 10, 2002 NCDC gives no endpoint lat/lon. Items of Interest Path width: One would suppose that these tornadoes were likely quite weak. F-scale: F0 Path width: 50yards There could have been damage in-between although the survey team was unable to access this area. Path width: Counties: Harrison IN The tornado lifted near the Simpson County line near KY 100. Deaths: 0 About 120 homes were damaged or destroyed near Frankfort, as were businesses and factories. 9. F-scale: F2 It then crossed Sweeney lane. Counties: Logan Deaths: Path length: 4.7 miles Injuries: 25 Counties: Hardin, LaRue Deaths: 11 Most of the injuries were in the Gilpin-Mount Olive area. upon her head was twisted into little wisps