Danger and Hardship on the Oregon Trail - Legends of America Additional damage occurred in the Richardsville area. Injuries: Notes: Once the tornado crossed into Lincoln County, it first destroyed a metal shed and blew it 700 feet away. Only three houses remained standing on the far east side of Winchester. The National Weather Service archive goes back to 1950. March 22, 1952 Storm Data lists this tornado in Mercer County, but it takes this storm from 4.3 miles southwest of Dugansville to 4 miles southwest of Dugansville near Tablow. Path length: 1.3 miles 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. F-scale: F1 As the tornado continued to the northeast, it produced major roof damage to homes along Rineyville Road. Again, pleasee-mail usif you can help with the proper placement of any tornadoes. From there, the tornado crossed into Jefferson County, Indiana. Environmental Films, 1326 pp. October 1, 1977 April 20, 2011 Path length: 3 miles Before and After the Tornado: Devastation in a Historic Neighborhood Next, a 2-story house had some roof damage and a porch on the lee side of the house had a column fly out and land in a field 50 yards away. County: Allen Counties: Perry, Crawford, Harrison IN, Washington IN, Clark IN, Scott IN Path width: 75 yards Injuries: A couple in a vehicle on US 127 was trapped when trees fell across the highway both north and south of them. Path width: 300 yards Injuries: 0 Deaths: Noted discrepancies: This tornado is not listed at NCDC. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down eleven miles northeast of Standiford Field and traveled northeast for three miles. F-scale: F3 It is interesting to note that if a line is drawn connecting those three damage points, the Capitol and the Governor's Mansion were in the direct path of this tornado, and the funnel cloud associated with the tornado may have gone directly over those two landmarks. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. SPC and NCDC give no F-scale rating, and it's not listed in Grazulis. Tornado History EF-scale: EF1 Path length: F-scale: F1 The tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896 was a series of violent and deadly tornado outbreaks that struck much of the Central and Southern United States from May 15 to 28, 1896. . Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. Time: 9:00am Path length: 2 miles SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. Grazulis narrative: Moved east from 1 1/2 miles southeast of Salem, passing south of Harristown, and ending one mile northwest of South Boston. SPC and Storm Data give a time of 12:10am, NCDC gives 12:06am. A second building, a large two-story brick industrial building 1/2 mile east, had about 20 percent of its metal roof peeled off. It expanded to its maximum width and strength about a mile into its path. It first destroyed a barn southwest of Irelandand then moved on to damage several homes near the intersection of CR 200N and CR 875W. Time: 2:20am - 2:21am CDT April 19, 2011 EF-Scale:EF1 Notes: A small tornado touched down in southern Bullitt County, just east of the eastern boundary of Fort Knox Army Base. The first places hit were the Anderson Farm about three miles south of Georgetown, where a cabin lost its roof, the Showalters Farm just south of there, and Julia Marcum's place next door to the Showalters. Mr Hammonds, another policeman on duty at the time of the storm, said that he noticed nothing like a funnel, but he observed a violent rotation apparently about a vertical axis in a black ominous looking cloud associated with the storm. March 1, 2017 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northwest of Elizabethtown, destroying businesses as it passed two miles north of that town along the miracle mile strip on US 31W. County: Oldham Path width: 20 yards March 2, 2012 County: Oldham Path width: At NCDC the two counties are listed separately. It threw the debris into a small church and removed some of its roof. Path length: 1.6 mile Time: 1:17pm Time: 4:00pm EDT SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards. Noted discrepancies: None Time: 7:45pm This tornado "bounced like a rubber ball" and destroyed several homes. Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 F-scale: EF0 Deaths: 0 Counties: Hardin Deaths: Notes: Touched down briefly just northeast of Henryville. One tornado near The Louisville Courier-Journal mentions two tornadoes in Washington County on this day. Near IN 203 and North Bethlehem Road several trees were down and agricultural buildings and residential roofs were damaged. Time: 6:15pm EF-Scale: EF2 Canmer and Woodsonville were the hardest struck districts. EF-Scale:EF2 Path length: 9 miles F-scale: F1 The most intense tornado damage occurred shortly after touchdown where 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. Advisory/Warning Criteria, Radar The surrounding areas remain under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. April 20, 2011 Rochester Cyclone, 1883 | MNopedia Path length: Path length: 2.9 miles Path length: 0.1 mile Injuries: 40 Path length: The lat/lons given for this event are all over the place. On The newspaper also mentions light damage on Nantucket Drive and Melbourne Way in the southwest part of the city, and a tree that was blown down somewhere on Emerson Drive. Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. Path length: 4miles Trees were torn down and rooftops damaged in this area. EF-scale: EF1 Path length: 1.5 miles Deaths: 0 Notes: This tornado struck downtown Munfordville. Path length: 1/3 of a mile Counties: Hancock Time: 10:10pm EST Time: 8:10pm EST to 8:12pm EST Damage to several large metal buildings, a large barn, and a radio tower were observed south of Jasper. Fifteen homes were destroyed Path width: Path length: 2 1/2 miles County: Crawford Path width: Injuries: EF-scale: EF0 Three 400-foot-long broiler buildings were destroyed at Magnolia. June 27, 1973 March 19, 1943 Injuries: 0 It then continued southeast across Gumbottom Road, where a large oak tree was uprooted. Here the tornado was estimated to be EF1 with a maximum wind speed of 105 mph. The exact end point of the tornado was difficult to determine as it went into a thickly wooded area with limited access. F-scale: F2 Several theories have been advanced to explain the causes of whirlwinds, but they are supposed to be generally produced by the lateral action of opposing winds, or the influence of a brisk gales upon a portion of the atmosphere repose; in a manner analogous to the eddies that arise at the junction of the two streams, flowing with unequal velocities, or the air-whirls that occur, when the wind sweeps by the corner of a building, and strikes the calm behind it. November 14, 2011 The family survivedthe tornado by sheltering in a 3-foot crawl space. Time: 12:14am EDT April 6, 1988 Noted discrepancies: None Path length: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. Injuries: Deaths: Path length: 0.9 mile There were several outbuildings and two pole barns destroyed as well. Path width: 40 yards The tornado pushed in garage doors at an industrial building along Ring Road. Path width: 300 yards Injuries: It increased in width to 250 yards and struck the Harry Owen trucking company buckling roof trusses and spreading significant debris over the Lincoln Parkway into the mobile home park. Path width: Injuries: 0 Time: 7:06pm EST Injuries: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 milesGrazulis and Storm Data give 13 miles. Counties: Lincoln Path length: Injuries: 0 Time: 1:20pm Three brick houses were completely wrecked. Time: 12:41am EDT Path length: Notes: The tornado moved from three and a half miles west of Franklin to the north side of town. Deaths: 9 F-scale: F1 Near Manassas Drive a trampoline was thrown 60 yards and a large sycamore tree was uprooted next to an air conditioner that was thrown to the north. Grazulis times this tornado one hour later (12:05am November 27)could be a time zone issue here (either with Grazulis or the NWS). The school's tobacco barn and greenhouse were destroyed and the cattle barn was damaged. Eleven buses suffered damage and had their windows blown out. EF-Scale:EF1 Time: 6:00pm Injuries: 4 May 8, 1969 They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. April 19, 2011 Time: 6:30pm Counties: Anderson, Woodford Norman: Large brick homes lost their roofs on 18th at Prentice and at Oak. Another woman was killed in her home two miles east of Palmyra. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale:EF0 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. The first written accounts of tornadoes in the Path length: 12 miles F-scale: F1 Path width: Counties: Allen, Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe (from Sumner TN) The airport operations building had a disabled awning and post. Path length: 1.4miles Deaths: 0 Time: 4:30am Heading east, the tornado felled several trees. Injuries: 2 Notes: This tornado touched down along the Edmonson/Warren county line between Brownsville and Bowling Green. Deaths: 0 The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. Path length: 14 miles (skipping) My home was in between the two vortices and was spared. Path width: Those sources were compared with each other to verify tornado data. Cedar trees were snapped. F-scale: F0 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. Path width: 200 yards July 2, 1980 A pontoon boat was flipped over.