Deaths: Time: 2:40am County: Meade Trees were snapped and uprooted, and power lines were blown down. The tornado grew in strength very rapidly, and after traveling only about a mile it crossed Boone Creek and completely swept away a house on the Clark County side of the creek. Its difficult to say if tornadoes have increased in frequency or strength because the study of these monster storms is still relatively young. Path length: 17 miles EF-scale: EF2 Path width: June 7, 1985 Path width: 200 yards Counties: Green Injuries: The second of the two Jefferson County entries at NCDC lists the touchdown point with the exact same lat/lon as the liftoff point in the first Jefferson County entry. Only minor roof damageoccurred to one home in its path. chicken coop also sustained damage at the end of Silas Miller Road, The end of the path was surveyed east at Hwy 259 where another metal, structure was damaged and several trees where downed. F-scale: EF2 Path width: 75 yards A stable was destroyed and a frame home "was knocked higher than a kite" on Harney between Fifteenth and Sixteenth (just east of today's California Park). The worst damage was in Barren County. Path length: Winds reached 100 mph along its path. Path width: 440 yards A neighbor along Deatsville Road had a tree fall and crush a trampoline. Time: 2:34am Time: 5:25pm Time: 5:50pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. At least five small homes were destroyed. November 10, 2002 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. F-scale: F1 Many miles of forest were leveled, and small farm communities were wiped out. May 11, 2003 Path width: F-scale: F1 Path length: May 11, 2003 Path length: Time: 9:00am Path width: 50yards Counties: Mercer Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east. F-scale: F2 ). At this time will not plot any tornadoes in Washington County. F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: None Path width: A tractor trailer was blown over and several trees were uprooted or snapped. After damaging several outbuildings it traveled a mile northeast where it heavily damaged two brick ranch homes on CR 200N and CR 750W, removing their roofs and collapsing an outer wall on one of them. Grazulis narrative: Moved east-northeast from six miles south of Morgantown near KY 79, damaging or destroying three farm homes and fifteen barns. The funnel devastated that town and crossed the Ohio River into Harrison County, Indiana. Lexington newspapers stated that the "cyclone did great damage," including unroofing J. L. Taylor's clothing store across the street from the courthouse in Paris. Three metal outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Path length: Structural damage occurred along IN-162 where over 50 feet of a 600 foot long commercial outbuilding was destroyed. Injuries: F-scale: F1 the time of tornado occurrences, and even calculated F-scale: EF1 Injuries: The tornado then moved into Jefferson County, heading towards Hanover. The skipping storm then raced northeast across hilly rural terrain. Time: 1:50pm Notes: This tornado touched down near Centennial Boulevard in Clark County. Injuries: 0 Time: 5:30pm The tornado struck the brand new baseball park, located where Saint James Court is today, built to host Louisville's new National League baseball team, the Louisville Grays. Path length: 11 miles (skipping) County: LaRue Time: 9:34pm EDT The tornado continued to damage large barns and out buildings as well as snap trees until it lifted about 2 miles northwest of Crab Orchard. Time: 3:28pm Injuries: 0 SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. The tornado crossed KY 829 and then crossed KY 1009 with extensive tree damage along both sides of the road. NCDC does not include Trimble County. A large semi trailer and a few rides were blown sideways at a carnival at 10th & Watt streets. Path width: Deaths: EF-Scale:EF1 The tornadoes appeared so suddenly, the couple could not have fled to a public shelter even if they tried. The most intense tornado damage occurred shortly after touchdown where 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. The violent tornado also seriously damaged several homes on the north side of State Highway 160. The roof of the house was set down three miles away. Notes: Several mobile homes were damaged and trees were snapped on Lyons-Daughtery Road. Injuries: 0 October 29, 1883 Injuries: Path length: February 12, 1880 As such, it is fitting that these astonishing whirlwinds be catalogued and their history preserved. 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. The other path was parallel to the tornado and about half a mile to the north, on the west edge of downtown. A roof was torn off and thrown 60 yards. Cars were blown upside-down and homes were demolished." Path length: 5.7 miles A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. December 4, 1916 Notes: (This information was discovered on an internal Weather Bureau memo from Charles E. Hardy at WSO Lexington) The violent storm moved from the southwest part of Nicholasville near Shun Pike and reached the center of the city near the police station at Oak and Main. Grazulis mentions this was probably a family of tornadoes. F-scale: F1 Trees were uprooted. Injuries: 0 The storm cut a very narrow swath through trees immediately west of KY 79 near Gracie Lane, with a number of trees snapped and uprooted. Notes: Tornado touched down on the Charles Caldwell Farm 3.5 miles southwest of Danville on Lebanon Road. Time: 7:05pm Deaths: 0 Time: 12:03am - 12:09amEST April 27, 1971 Notes: This appears to have been a westward moving tornado. November 7, 1996 F-scale: F2 June 25, 2018 SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile (obviously wrong), NCDC gives nothing, and Grazulis gives 20 miles. Farther east, 100 hardwood and softwood trees were uprooted and snapped, with notable convergence observed. Path width: June 12, 2004 Deaths: 0 Wonder if this formed in the remnants of Hurricane Lili? About 300 homes were destroyed along the northern edge of Madison. A couple was hurt in their destroyed homes. Path width: 40 yards October 18, 2007 June 21, 2019 Path length: 0.5 miles Path length: 1.6 mile Deaths: Deaths: 7 Hazardous Weather Outlook Injuries: 0 SPC's and Storm Data's "Taylor and Washington" counties makes no sense since those two counties don't border each other. Path width: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from west of Lawrenceburg to the edge of town. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile, NCDC gives nothing. Storm Data gives a path length of 500 yards and a width of 20 yards. Counties: Breckinridge Notes:The tornado touched down just insidethe Breckinridge-Meade County linenorth of Irvington. Injuries: Many barns were destroyed in Indiana, where there was $300,000 damage. People died in seven different homes north of Caneyville, Millwood, Leitchfield, Clarkson, and Summit. This tornado touchdown was much stronger. F-scale: F0 Time: 7:07pm EDT Injuries: April 3, 1974 At 291 Elamond Road part of the roof of a home was peeled back with extensive siding damage. Two trailers, two cars, and ten barns were destroyed. Deaths: Time: 6:30pm Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down three miles east of Waterford. Path width: 150 yards The tornado was on the ground for about one and a half miles over the course of its 16 mile long skipping track. A nearby house was lifted bodily from its foundation, power lines were torn down, and a white leghorn rooster was stripped of its feathers. F-scale: F1 F-scale: F1 Once the tornado made it to the Mississippi River, it decimated steamboats and other vessels in the harbor, breaking them into pieces and scattering them from the Missouri to the Illinois shore. May 27 . Counties: Orange Deaths: 0 County: Perry Most of the structural damage occurred along Moore Road, where several mobile homes were moved considerable distances and were destroyed. Counties: Clinton Grazulis has the tornado starting in Muhlenberg County east of Greenville and he lifts it at Hartford in Ohio County (nowhere near the SPC/NCDC lat/lon). Time: F-scale: F1 Time: 2:54am EDT Path width: 130 yards The twister knocked down many power lines down and twisted and snapped trees and did roof damage to several homes and then crossing highway 210. Injuries: 0 A large debris field was scattered 200-300 yards downwind. April 3, 1956 Time: 3:26am The next touchdown happened in Saint Matthews near the intersection of Shelbyville Road and Interstate 264, where extensive damage was suffered by many businesses and private properties. April 15, 1994 EF-Scale: EF-2 Again, pleasee-mail usif you can help with the proper placement of any tornadoes. Path length: 1 mile near Galesburg, Kansas, killing three children Counties: Madison Path length: Path width: 300 yards June 11, 1985 Counties: Jefferson KY, Clark IN SPC and NCDC list one injury, Grazulis lists four. Time: 4:27pm - 4:30pm EDT This tornado was part of the "Enigma Outbreak", when sixty tornadoes swept through the southeast United States. Path width: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from the south side of Clarkson, just north of Big Clifty, to near the Hardin County line. 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: Thistornado briefly touched down on SpinksDrive just off of Highway 69. Storm Data only mentions damage at the fairgrounds. Injuries: Time: 8:20pm CDT F-scale: F1 Path length: 1.8miles Time: 7:10pm - 7:11pm EDT F-scale: F2 Deaths: At 1130 Halls Creed Road 2-inch hail occurred before the tornado, with winds of 111 mph. Path width: 30 yards Nebraska, and Iowa occurred on May Path length: Path length: 34 miles (skipping) Concrete joists weighing two hundred pounds were displaced. F-scale: F0 A tornado in North Dakota during the late 1800s. EF-scale: EF2 Notes: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Trimble County Emergency Management and an aerial survey conducted by pilots from the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviatorsconfirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down on Willard Wilson Road in southern Trimble county at 401 PM EST. Deaths: 0 June 20, 1973 One farmer witnessed a "funnel shaped cloud accompanied by a roar" like a truck at Silver Creek. Time: 6:13pm - 6:15pm CDT army cadet, was dispatched from Washington ", A large tornado outbreak in Kansas, Missouri, Notes: The tornado moved from three and a half miles west of Franklin to the north side of town. The end lat/lon given by NCDC for Shelby County is actually located in Henry County. The tornado may have again weakened or lifted as the storm crossed Blue Ridge Manor and Anchorage. Counties: Bullitt Path width: 100 yards The tornado moved to the northeast through present-day Saint Regis Park and Hurstbourne. Time: 1:47am EST Path length: 0.8 miles Narrative: A "bounding-type" tornado destroyed barns and stables at the Keeneland Race Track. June 6, 1990 February 25, 2018 EF-Scale:EF2 May 25, 2011 Path length: 2 miles Canmer and Woodsonville were the hardest struck districts. Injuries: 1 Time: 2:12am CDT Deaths: 0 Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast, striking the northern part of Tell City. Notes: Storm Data reports damage on the north side of Bowling Green. Path width: 150 yards Time: 11:22pm EDT Injuries: Deaths: 2 Path length: 4.7 miles Path length: 0.4 miles Path length: 0.7mile The most significant damage occurred near the intersection of McKendree Church Road and Highway 100 where a well constructed brick house completely lost its roof. Counties: Orange Notes: The tornado touched down on a ridge along Gillespie Pike east of Lancaster. Path width: Counties: Grayson Noted discrepancies: None. It was recently republished and a new forward was added by St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Tim O'Neil. One man was killed, and his son may have died as two homes were destroyed three miles southeast of English. Counties: Clinton Injuries: Deaths: 0 Time: 8:08am CDT Path length: Injuries: Time: 7:19pm CDT Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Counties: Clark IN Path length: There were at least 20 injuries, one critical. Counties: Mercer Notes from investigation in 2017: Several homes were damaged andtrees uprooted as the tornado touched down. F-scale: F0 Path length: 1/3 of a mile New York, Harper & Brothers, 1868. All of the damage was consistent with EF-0 wind speeds between 70 and 80 mph. F-scale: F0 Counties: Ohio Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not included in the SPC database or at the NCDC website (despite listing 32 tornadoes elsewhere across the country that day), but is listed in Storm Data and Grazulis. Deaths: 0 Continuing east-northeast, a roof was blown off of one barn and another barn had roof sections peeled off on St. Anthony Road West. Counties: Scott, KY Path length: 2.2miles F-scale: F3 Deaths: Injuries: 2 At the intersection of Mortimer Station Road and MarriahChurch Road trees were snapped and several homes experienced shingle, siding, and roof damage.