Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. Deaths: 0
Path width: 25 yards
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile southwest of Blowing Springs to one mile northwest of Blowing Springs. Counties: Jefferson KY
4 miles west of Cloverport, additional minor damage was done to a, group of homes along 2169. F-scale: F4
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado moved from Allensville (which is actually in Todd County, but is very close to the Logan County line) to Corinth. Older, shabbier buildings in the storm were less damaged than the church full of parishioners. Injuries:
It damaged tree tops at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park as it moved northeast. Time: 2:50pm
Time: 4:05pm - 4:10pm EDT
Path length: 0.25 mile
F-scale: F1
Deaths:
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing for either. If SPC/NCDC's lat/lon is changed from -85.92 to -84.92, it is placed in Franklin County. Path length:
Deaths: 0
The tornado was a "funnel-shaped spiral, light gray at the top and black at the bottom." Path width:
Time: 9:20pm EDT
An NSSL team intercepts a storm being scanned by the NSSL Doppler radar. Rural homes were leveled from near Deatsville to Cox's Creek. F-scale: F1
F-scale: F2
Path width:
Time: 5:30pm
Deaths: 0
Path length: 15 miles
EF-Scale: EF0
F-scale: F0
Narrative: A "bounding-type" tornado destroyed barns and stables at the Keeneland Race Track. Path length: 1.3 miles
Counties: Metcalfe
May 27, 2004
Time: 1:25pm
Injuries: 2
Six-by-six inch posts were snapped and piled up, while metal sheeting was blown about a quarter of a mile away. April 3, 1974
Path width:
Time: 3:38am CST
Injuries:
The tornado continued to the Tennessee state line. Injuries: 0
Time: 3:35am
A mobile home was destroyed and a conventional home was shoved 10 feet off of its foundation. One man was killed, and his son may have died as two homes were destroyed three miles southeast of English. Strange time disagreement between SPC and NCDC. F-scale: F4
However, two boys at the home were hurt. Time: 12:27am EST to 12:29am EST
Counties: Spencer
EF-Scale: EF0
SPC/NCDC stop the tornado where Grazulis starts it (Grazulis then moves it northeast for 5 miles). Deaths:
February 6, 2008
EF-Scale: EF2
F-scale: F2
This was the area where 5 people were tragically killed in a mobile home. Counties: Taylor
Counties: Mercer
Path length:
Cattle and horses were killed. Time: 4:15pm
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. northeast. Four homes were destroyed and several others damaged two miles north of Carefree, injuring several people. Narrative: This tornado hit the Kirksville and Silver Creek areas. Injuries:
Counties: Grayson
Counties: Fayette
The tornado moved northeast and produced major damage in Rosetta where it destroyed the Fountain of Faith Church. VORTEX-99 is operating when an F5 tornado tore through parts of south Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999. Using NCDC's lat/lons this comes out rather strange. Path width: 300 yards
Path length: 0.9 mile
Damage between this location (just east of Cardinal Stadium) and Anchorage was very light and spotty. Path length:
Time: 4:25am
Moving on from the church, the tornado tore off rooftops along Tenth, Ninth, and Eighth Streets between Chestnut Street and Broadway. The tornado proceeded to the northeast across the southeastern section of Churchill Downs -- click here to see a map of how close the tornado came to the twin spires (the path of the tornado is outlined by the thick white lines). Path width: 150 yards
F-scale: F2
The lack of an F-scale is frustrating. Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 10 miles
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Path length:
The homes had anchor bolts attached to steel plates and a concrete foundation. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists this as an F2, NCDC and Grazulis list it as an F1. Counties: Lincoln
Counties: Jessamine, Fayette
Deaths:
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Grazulis narrative: Two farms were struck, and one was completely destroyed three miles north of Burkesville. EF-Scale: EF1
June 22, 2011
F-scale: F0
Path length:
Two trees on the property sustained extensive damage. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down east of Christianburg on Christianburg-Bagdad Road, damaging Christianburg Baptist Church. Deaths: 0
Counties: Mercer
Time: 2:15pm
Trees were laying in all directions with lots of twisting and many snapped trees. Notes: The most intense damage occurred near the intersection of Skylight and Cauble roads, where several hardwood trees were snapped off, numerous trees were uprooted in different directions, a farm outbuilding collapsed, and metal sheeting from a well-constructed barn was thrown 200 yards into the trees downwind. Injuries: 0
February 20, 1951
March 16, 1963
F-scale: F1
November 10, 2002
F-scale: F2
April 3, 1974
SPC gives a path width of 880 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis says 400 yards. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Next a large oak tree was uprooted at 3705 Modesto Road and a trampoline was thrown into a Volkswagen and then over a house. Injuries:
Injuries:
Path length: 17 miles
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 7 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. F-scale: F2
The tornado significantly increased in width to approximately 300 yards and did a lot of damage along Halls Creek Rd. Deaths: 0
Over 25 homes and mobile homes were destroyed. It was called the worst storm in the history of Clark County, and probably still is (rivaled only by the April 3, 1974 tornado). The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County near Fountain Run. Time: 12:28am EDT
Path width: 220 yards
January 10, 2008
Injuries:
Path width:
Counties: Breckinridge
Jefferson County, Kentucky and Clark County, Indiana have had the most F4's (5). Path width: 100 yards
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles north of Scottsburg. Time: 2:55am
Injuries:
Time: 5:40pm - 5:42pm CDT
Counties: Dubois
Annual distribution of tornadoes, by month, Actual number of tornadoes each year since 1830, Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines, Color-coded by F-Scale with county lines and time zones, Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. My home was in between the two vortices and was spared. Injuries: 0
F-scale: F2
Path width: 220 yards
Injuries:
Counties: Meade
Injuries:
Path width:
Counties: Harrison KY
Path length:
KY Mesonet, Latest Forecasts Deaths: 0
Path width: 400 yards
SPC and NCDC give a path length of six miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 5. A house under construction collapsed and injured the man inside, while another man was pulled from the garage and rolled across the ground. Injuries:
Path width:
Counties: Lincoln
Counties: Barren, Metcalfe
EF-Scale: EF0
June 2, 1990
Path length:
Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns and numerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. Time: 6:00pm
Path length:
Time: 5:45pm
Path length:
Deaths: 1
Deaths: 0
Path width:
It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the
Path width: 200 yards
Numerous barns and outbuildings were destroyed with their siding thrown 500 yards. Time: 10:30pm
Injuries: 44
Deaths: 0
Counties: Clark KY (to Powell)
Deaths: 0
April 3, 1974
Noted discrepancies: Not listed at NCDC. EF-Scale: EF0
Grazulis narrative: A tornado moved northeast from five miles west of Bowling Green. 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. At the intersection of Highway 1164 and 1544 at the Cedar Grove Church there was roof damage to the church and many trees were twisted and uprooted. Deaths:
County: Meade, Hardin
Deaths: 0
F-scale: F0
About 50 vehicles in a car dealership lot were totaled. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this storm struck on Irvine Road.
Deaths: 0
The Bowling Green newspaper said the damage occurred around 10:30pm. One of the outbuildings was fully packed, weighing several thousand pounds, and another larger outbuilding was pushed off its foundation. Path length: 4.7 miles
November 25, 1973
Time: 2:35pm
Path width: 10 yards
F-scale: F5
Path width: 150 yards
LMK Warning Area Counties: Barren
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado did damage on Kinnard Road, passed Gold City, and ended one mile northeast of Mount Aerial (about two miles into Allen County). March 18, 1925
Injuries: 0
Path length: 1.7 miles
Counties: Cumberland
Time: 9:00pm
Tablow is directly on the county line. Time: 4:24pm
Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. Time: 9:50pm EDT
Time: 12:21am EST to 12:25am EST
F-scale: F0
November 22, 1992
Time: 5:37pm - 5:45pm EDT
Narrative: A tornado near Rich Hill and Mount Olive moved northeast and swept away dwellings, large trees, horses, cattle, and other stock. Noted discrepancies: None
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis ranks it as an F2. Notes: On Route 1401 southeast of Harned a large well constructed barn, 30x50x80 feet, lost roof panels that were thrown 200 yards. April 20, 1986
Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. F-scale: F0
It's possible that this was a very small weak tornado, but knowing that for certain is virtually impossible this far after the event. Time: 8:00am
Counties: Jefferson KY
Deaths: 0
Storm Data moves this tornado from near Mount Victory, which is nowhere near the lat/lons given for Pulaski County, then along the Laurel/Rockcastle county line (but listing only Rockcastle County). Injuries:
F-scale: F0
The tornado crossed Interstate 65, damaging several vehicles and semis and closing the interstate for several hours. At the end of Sarabeth Way, there was extensive hardwood tree damage which included uprooted, twisted, and mangled trees. Then the barn of T. P. Pickett was unroofed on Lemons Mill Road. The damage continued east towards Ottoman Road where a carport was destroyed, along with additional trees that were snapped and uprooted. County: Harrison KY
Path width: 250 yards
Homes were swept away in many communities, including Keytown, Angle, Oak Grove, and Liberty. An estimated number of 75 to 100 trees were uprooted or blown over. The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of KY 470. F-scale: F2
Deaths:
Deaths: 4
Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. As the tornado moved east it strengthened to EF-2 intensity near the intersection of Floyd Street and Central Avenue where a large industrial building was heavily damaged. Time: 9:15am
June 20, 1973
Will go ahead and list 96 injuries for this tornado since that number is known for Cumberland and Clinton counties, and Wayne County is not in this project's area of concern. Path width:
Time: 9:00pm
F-scale: F2
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC and Grazulis give nothing. The Moorman High School gym was unroofed and a small home fell over. Path width:
EF-Scale: EF1
F-scale: F2
The tornado narrowed and went to about 50 yards in width. Path width:
Notes: Touchdown was two miles north of Campbellsburg. Injuries: 5
Path length: 1.7 miles
Path length:
F-scale: F0
Path width:
August 25, 1972
Deaths: 0
Path width:
Proceeding to the east, some of the most concentrated damage was done along Harney and Churchill Streets (both now Saint Catherine) from Sixteenth Street to Tenth Street. F-scale: F1
Unable to plot, pending further research. The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. Path width:
Time: 11:40pm EDT
May 31, 1998
Both the aerial photos and picture of the tornado relayed by the emergency manager were matched up with a radar signature indicating rotation. Many of the homes that were leveled were the most expensive in the county. Time: 9:45pm
Path length: 15 miles
Injuries:
Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles east of Waterford. Injuries:
F-scale: F3
SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis doesn't know. Path width: 50 yards
Counties: Washington KY
The airport operations building had a disabled awning and post. Time: 12:35pm
Injuries:
The worst of the storm hit a section variously called, among different sources, "the Patio," "Patio Pike," and "Patio Station," which is believed to be in the vicinity of the intersection of modern-day Patio Street and Hamilton Street along the railroad tracks. Deaths: 0
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile west of Dugansville to 9/10 of a mile west of Dugansville. Injuries: 0
Wonder if this formed in the remnants of Hurricane Lili? Path width: 50 yards
Time: 6:57pm - 6:58pm EDT
County: Edmonson
Notes: This tornado touched down just downwind of the previous event, on the property of West Washington High School. Counties: Ohio
Path width: 800 yards
VORTEX2 is working to better understand how, when and why some supercell thunderstorms produce tornadoes and others do not. Path length: 0.6 mile
In Springfield 30 people were injured and 2 were killed (the two fatalities may have been from Jimtown). Path width: 230 yards
Slight roof damage occurred at the corner of Walnut and Court Streets. Get free shipping on qualified A-Street Prints Tornado products or Buy Online Pick Up in Store today. Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Richardsville. Time: 12:30pm
Injuries: 40
Notes: There is considerable disagreement among data sources regarding the end point of this tornado (despite excellent agreement on the touchdown point). Injuries: 2
Injuries:
Notes: This tornado struck the southeast side of Huntingburg. Path length:
Notes: Touchdown occurred near the Vine Street loop where damage was done to homes' roofs and siding. Path length:
- As of February 1, 2007, the Enhanced Fujita Scale was adopted. F-scale: F4
Path length:
Narrative: Moved east from south of High Grove, to seven miles west of Fairfield, to two miles east of Fairfield. August 9, 1987
Injuries:
Notes: EF-1 tornado first touched down on East Riley Rd. The tornado then weakened or possibly lifted as it passed through or over Jacobs, where little damage occurred. At least five small homes were destroyed. The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. April 3, 1974
Marble sized hail was also reported. Deaths:
Path width: 50 yards
Time: 9:20am
February 29, 2012
Path length: 1/2 mile
The other path was parallel to the tornado and about half a mile to the north, on the west edge of downtown. Two people received injuries when a chimney fell on them and broke their ribs. November 28, 1879
Time: 2:05am
Deaths: 0
Counties: Shelby, Henry
Deaths: 0
Path width:
The first observed damage was near Round Knob in the Clark State Forest. Deaths: 0
Time: 7:40pm EST to 7:50pm EST
Path width: 100 yards
Path length:
A large barn was destroyed, trees were felled, and the doors and siding were pulled off of a barn along Finney Road. November 5, 1948
Path width:
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. Notes: A fast moving tornado briefly touched down four times in Louisville. In 1973, NSSL scientists were able to identify the Tornado Vortex Signature pattern in Doppler radar data for the first time. March 22, 1952
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths: 0
Counties: Hancock
March 1, 1997
Deaths:
Deaths:
Path width: 50 yards
Notes: The tornado formed just west of Interstate 65 and crossed the highway, the Hardin County Fairgrounds, and lifted just east of the intersection of First Union Church Road and Sportsman Lake Road. Path width: 600 yards
It is the largest field tornado research project in history deploying ten mobile radars and 40 other instrumented vehicles. Also, the storm brought extremely heavy rain that caused Beargrass Creek to flood, but the rains were generally welcome as the region had been suffering through a severe drought. Path length: 1.8 miles
Path width:
Path length: 5 miles
June 26, 2011
F-scale: F2
[+], NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory Deaths: 0
April 15, 1994
About 30 feet from the tree there was an outbuilding that had half its roof blown off and the roof remnants were found about 50 yards away. Path length: 18 miles
Notes: This was an intermittent skipping tornado. Shingles and yard decorations were thrown in various directions east of the house along with driveway gravel thrown in every direction. Time: 7:00am
Counties: Barren and Metcalfe
A small garage was completely destroyed with only minor damage to its contents. Path length: 2 miles
Noted discrepancies: Storm Data lists this and the previous tornado as one. Deaths:
Counties: Clinton
March 1, 1997
A barn was destroyed near the intersection of Wilson Downing Road and Tates Creek Road. Time: 5:15pm
Deaths: 0
February 29, 2012
F-scale: F2
Injuries:
EF-Scale: EF1
Path width:
In looking for ways to improve the forecast and warning system, NSSL is helping to shape a “Weather Ready Nation,” to improve the public's preparedness for extreme weather. Wind speeds at this point were 116 mph with a width of 250 yards. At least three locations along the path of this storm support the occurrence of a tornado of EF-1 intensity, with maximum winds approaching 110 mph, an intermittent path length of 6.5 miles, and a damage path width of 60 yards. Narrative: Moved east from near Summersville to near Campbellsville. Injuries: 15
Path length: 2.5 miles
Counties: Washington IN
Deaths:
Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from five miles southwest of Gerald to 2.4 miles west of Rome in Hoosier National Forest. In this area, a well-constructed one-story brick house at the top of a small ridge was completely destroyed with no walls standing. Time: 6:15pm
Sheet metal from the barn was thrown over 300 yards, and some metal from the barn was 50 yards to the west. EF-Scale: EF-1
Large pieces of tin roofing were twisted around trees and wadded up into balls. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from just northeast of Henryville, passing near Nabb, hitting Hanover and North Madison and the northwest edge of China, passing northwest of Canaan and ending three miles west of Cross Plains. Injuries: 0
Path length: 0.3 mile
Counties: Simpson
Time: 1:36am EDT to 1:38am EDT
Notes: (From internal Weather Bureau memo and from newspaper clippings) Eight homes destroyed, 29 damaged. Counties: Jefferson KY, Shelby, Oldham, Henry
Narrative: One of the worst tornadoes in Kentuckiana's history. Path length:
Deaths: 0
Deaths:
Fourteen farm buildings were damaged and a tenant home was destroyed. Grazulis takes this tornado into Montgomery County, ending it east of Mount Sterling. Storm Data only mentions damage at the fairgrounds. Path length:
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Time: 8:15pm
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Power lines and many trees were downed, some of which fell on homes. Deaths: 0
Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Alton, passing along the south and southeast edge of Frankfort, where homes were leveled and four people were killed. Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Time: 7:00pm
June 16, 1997
Notes: Fifteen to twenty homes were destroyed, mainly in the Temple Hill area. June 6, 1917
F-scale: F2
F-scale: F0
Counties: Boyle
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. At Stanford the sky was "filled with debris" and funnels were again sighted, along with scattered damage. Path length: 37 miles (skipping)
Injuries: 0
The debris pattern from the four outbuildings and nearby trees with snapped trunks and limbs showed clear cyclonic rotation. Minimal F2. F-scale: F2
Path width: 10 yards
Counties: Butler (from Muhlenberg)
Right before it lifted, it tore the front porch off a home and destroyed a barn. Path width: 100 yards
Injuries: 0
SPC and NCDC give a path length of 5 miles, Grazulis gives 9 miles. The track may very well have continued on past Barren County. Counties: Hancock, Breckinridge
Path width: 200 yards
Time: 5:42am EST
Injuries: 0
It did some minor roof and shingle damage...uprooted some cedar trees and damaged some fencing. F-scale: F2
Notes: 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: Scott, IN
Deaths:
Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at SPC or NCDC, but is in Storm Data. Deaths: 0
NSSL researchers have created a computer model that simulates a tornado-producing thunderstorm in 3-D. We use this model to study what changes in the environment cause a thunderstorm to produce a tornado, and how the tornado and storm behaves as it encounters different weather conditions. Noted discrepancies: None
EF-Scale: EF0
Time: 9:50pm - 9:52pm CST
May 18, 1995
The tornado lifted near the intersection of KY 333 and M. H. Dowell Road. Path width: 75 yards
A trampoline was thrown approximately a mile from the house along with lots of playground toys being thrown several hundred yards. Deaths: 0
Path length: 1/3 of a mile
1-Stop Winter Forecast Severe damage was sustained to several barns, street signs, bird houses, and metal poles that were bent or snapped. F-scale: F1
Injuries: 0
Deaths:
Path width:
Path width: 300 yards
F-scale: F1
County: Green
85 mph winds. A detached garage had its door bow out. Wind speeds in the area were estimated at 170-175 mph (EF4) with a damage width of one-quarter mile. Path length: 0.8 miles
At this time will not plot any tornadoes in Washington County. Grazulis takes the tornado from two miles west of Adairville to Schochoh, which agrees with Storm Data. In one case, it snapped the 2-foot diameter trunk of a large cedar less than 5 feet above the ground, but lofted the tree over nearby utility poles -- which remained intact -- and deposited the tree 200 feet to the east. Counties: Jefferson KY
EF-Scale: EF1
Path length: 1 mile
Path length: 2.8 miles
Path width:
Grazulis mentions this was probably a family of tornadoes. Notes: Storm Data touches this tornado down at Eastview and hits KY 84. The most concentrated damage was along Dutch Chapel Road where about half a dozen large barns, garages, and outbuildings were either destroyed or sustained significant damage. Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin
Counties: Mercer
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. Path length: 0.3 mile
Storm Data also has it right. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from six miles south of Morgantown near KY 79, damaging or destroying three farm homes and fifteen barns. Path length: 5.8 miles
May 30, 2004
County: Warren, Barren
April 7, 2015
SPC and Storm Data give a path width of 100 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Injuries: 0
Only three homes that were affected by the funnel were able to be salvaged. On Castleman Road, just north of the intersection with Carter Brothers Road, a metal shop building had its metal sheet roof taken off and thrown downwind 150 yards. Time: 7:35pm
One building was damaged at the touchdown site. Injuries: 0
Notes: Numerous hardwood trees were downed on a steep ridge near Elkhorn Creek. The tornado here was rated EF4 with estimated wind speeds of 170 mph and a damage width of one-third mile. Injuries: 0
August 14, 2002
Path length:
EF-Scale: EF0
This building also suffered significant roof damage. Path length: 10 miles
April 16, 1998
Counties: Logan
Notes: This small tornado touched down just south of Danny Sadler Road west of KY 920. F-scale: F1
Time: 7:30pm
Would guess it was an F1, but more research is needed to get a better idea of this tornado's f-scale. The owner sustained only minor injuries as he rolled over with his house, crawling out of a hole after it settled. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Fort Knox. April 3, 1974
NSSL's phased array radar produces high-resolution data that can be used to spot developing tornadoes. The NTDA was trained to find tornado probabilities by looking at storm radar data from thousands of storms from 2011–2016. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Notes: A short-lived tornado with winds to 90 mph touched down 4.25 miles southwest of Albany. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 20 yards, NCDC says 27 yards, Storm Data says 25 yards. However, just to the east of this location, along Coats Road, a metal outbuilding was destroyed consistent with EF-1 damage. Grazulis lists this tornado at 6:15pm. Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 30 yards...NCDC and Storm Data say 100 yards. They got under some heavy equipment for shelter and the barn came down around them. There will often be a delay between tornado occurrences and their inclusion here as we wait for surveys to be completed and data to be gathered. F-scale: F0
Path width: 275 yards
Path width: 50 yards
Path width:
EF-scale: EF1
Cedar trees were snapped. Path width:
There it killed eight more, including five in one family. The touchdown occurred along a forested area which threw branches and large portions of maple and cedar trees over the road approximately 300 yards. At Orchard Lake Boulevard and Fallen Apple Lane trees were blown down and laid out in north, northeast, and south directions.
Notes: This tornado struck downtown Munfordville. July 2, 1980
Deaths: 0
Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 40 yards, NCDC lists 123 yards, Storm Data says 125 yards. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path length of 1 1/2 miles...NCDC and Storm Data lists 1 mile. Here comes a father borne along by his friends, who take him from his bed of death; next the mother, then the daughter and two sons -- all crushed -- mutilated -- dead!" F-scale: F0
On the following dates tornadoes occurred while temperatures were in the 50 to 55 degree range: Map of Approximate Fatality Locations Since 1830, Tornado Maps of Southern Indiana/Central Kentucky:
Counties: Metcalfe
Time: 10:28pm EDT
Injuries: 0
F-scale: F0
Counties: Dubois
Notes: This tornado touched down near Pilot Knob. F-scale: F1
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