tornadoes in the 1800s

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Deaths: Near the end of its path two small barns were destroyed and two homes sustained roof damage. Injuries: 2 Numerous pallets loaded with mulch and topsoil were thrown or shifted several yards. Yale Programmar. Time: 11:35am to 11:37 am EDT The tornado's worst damage then occurred in the 3800 block of Southern Parkway, with walls blown out of homes at the addresses of 3833, 3831, 3855, 3844, 3848, and 3850. Path length: 0.2 mile F-scale: F0 F-scale: F1 Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Cecilia. On the whole, the evidence seems to show something like an uprush, though it seems conclusive that this is not due to a vacuum in the tornado, as many think. F-scale: F2 Narrative: This tornado moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Fern Creek, traveling parallel to the previously mentioned tornado. Noted discrepancies: Grazulis lists this tornado as having occurred at 3:00amStorm Data lists it at 3:45amSPC lists it at 3:45pm. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. Two school buses were ripped off their chassis. Deaths: Notes: Two large barns and several outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado grew into a mile-wide monster as it plowed down at least 100 homes. Path length: 1 mile April 3, 1974 Time: 3:04pm CDT - 3:11pm EDT Time: 12:52pm 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. Injuries: 0 Time: 6:49am EST County: Green It threw a 10,000 pound large grain silo leg. Homes on Needmore School Road southwest of Haywood were extensively damaged, and a mobile home was flipped over near the intersection of Riddle Road and KY 249. County: Cumberland Path length: Time: 3:30pm Most tornado tracks were plotted as a continuous straight line between the beginning and ending points. A well-constructed and large factory building (Airgo Industries) was cleared to its foundation slab with numerous anchoring bolts bent in the direction of the storm. Or, if you have information on a tornado that we were unable to plot due to conflicting data among our sources,let us knowthat as well. Time: 6:45pm CDT Metal roofing and siding material werescattered nearly a quarter of a mile to the east-northeast, with some of it lofted into the trees of a heavily wooded area. Four houses were even blown down across the river in Jeffersonville. Path width: 300 yards Farther east along Pleasure Ridge Road, several small funnels from the main funnel did extensive damage. Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. If one has a barometer, an observation should be made by some one every minute till the tornado has passed. Notes: The tornado touched down near the intersection of Campbell and Market streets, where the roof on a business was destroyed, and a telephone pole was snapped. Notes: A large number of trees were snapped and uprooted north of Bretzville and Saint Anthony. Path width: Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis says F3. Time: 7:15pm F-scale: F1 Climate Prediction Two days after the tornado the tracks were still blocked beginning at O'Bannon Station. Injuries: Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. With more people coming in contact with tornadoes more often, large organizations like the Smithsonian Institution got involved in the research. Injuries: 2 The storm then crossed Adair Rd, lifting somewhere in a wooded area west of a large pond near Beauchamp Lane, where residents witnessed its dissipation. Regional Weather Map Storm Data lists Hardin, Nelson, and Spencer counties. Time: 4:00pm 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. July 28, 1972 Here are five of the worst natural disasters to wreak havoc on U.S. soil. Injuries: 0 Time: 7:16am-7:28am EDT EF-Scale: EF1 Power poles were torn down along New Cut Road. "Several church spires were bent, while the dome on the courthouse rocked to and fro at an alarming rate. Path length: Another trailer along Miller Road was turned on to its roof. queries sent by the Smithsonian Institution, Offsite link: 19th-Century Storm Chasers Took the First Tornado Photographs, Andover, Kansas struck by intense damaging tornado, May 3-4, 1999 tornado outbreak and the Bridge Creek-Moore F5, A tornados cost: Living in a tornado alley. STARLA POINTER , Yamhill Valley News-Register. Counties: Washington IN Narrative: Barns or outbuildings were destroyed on eight farms. Path width: Injuries: 0 157-158. Path length: 1.4 miles Metal siding was thrown downwind up to 500 yards into the woods. Deaths: Deaths: Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down at Cane Valley and lifted around Pellyton. May 2, 1948 The NCDC begin location and end location (8 miles southwest of Albany) also places this tornado in Tennessee, or, depending on the degree of "southwest", in the middle of Dale Hollow Lake. Time: 4:30am to 4:40am EST F-scale: F4 Time: 5:20pm Path length: April 11, 2008 A two-story brick home was destroyed at Lakeland. Path width: F-scale: F2 Injuries: Path length: 0.5 mile F-scale: F0 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Valley Station. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. Farm buildings on one farm, and a house on another farm, were destroyed. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Injuries: Path length: A 30x50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. Injuries: 0 Two cars moved several feet and were turned 45 degrees with one on top of the other in the State Farm parking lot. Path length: Oklahoma. Injuries: Notes: This small tornado did $500,000 damage to planes at Logan County Airport. County: Warren, Barren Path length: 0.5mile Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 0 Counties: Washington IN Narrative: Moved east-northeast from seven miles northwest of Hartford. A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast. Counties: Dubois Deaths: 0 F-scale: F0 Counties: Cumberland Counties: Adair Eagle Park was Louisville's baseball park before the new one to the south was constructed. Path length: 5 miles The Great Galveston Storm of 1900. Counties: Oldham Path length: May 26, 1968 The calm was shattered when a tornado touched down just southwest of town and moved northeast, directly into southern sections the city (the "Negro section," as newspapers called it at the time). F-scale: F3 F-scale: F0 January 30, 2013 The most intense tornado damage occurred shortly after touchdown where 50 healthy hardwood trees had snapped trunks with no foliage. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 The tornado then moved eastward into Huntsville where a few homes were damaged and trees were snapped along Huntsville-Quality Road. Path length: 9 miles Minimal F2. F-scale: F1 May 14, 1967 They account for 68 percent of all Great Plains tornadoes. Injuries: 6 Time: 5:11pm - 5:13pm CDT EF-Scale: EF-0 Injuries: Counties: Oldham Notes: A bow echo created a very brief spin-up in Rosine. At this location damage included five trees blown down including a 60-foot tall sycamore, shingle damage to a house, a damaged satellite dish, and a destroyed pergola. Path length: 3.6miles Cedar tree damage was rather extensive with many cedars snapped. They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Injuries: 2 Injuries: and injuring their mother in their home. Path length: Deaths: 0 Injuries: The tornado may have skipped a few times along its path. EF-Scale:EF1 Three chimneys of the Orange County Courthouse collapsed, most likely when hit by roof debris. Path length: 0.8 miles Near Rich Hill, one family of seven was killed. Counties: Ohio Time: 6:50pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 21 milesGrazulis give 18 miles. F-scale: F2 The tornado was extremely narrow and mostly at tree top level with several power poles snapped near the top. Counties: Warren December 9, 1952 At Gosser Ridge two people were killed on a farm as most of the buildings were swept away. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from three miles northeast of Horse Cave, to Uno, and on to Hardyville. Notes: Storm Data mentions damage two miles southwest of Glensboro. County: Jefferson KY Counties: Fayette 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. At a quarter past noon during Sunday services the twister struck the church, causing it to collapse. NCDC gives no beginning or ending locations for this tornado. F-scale: F0 One resident lost twenty softwoodand hardwood trees, The tornado lifted just east of Hawley Gibson Road, twisting several trees on a farm there. Counties: Clinton Counties: Dubois April 30, 1997 Deaths: 3 There were some trees down further along the farmer`s field, but the tornado lifted after traveling approximately 0.6 miles where a few trees were topped where it lifted. Just east of I-65 a house trailer was lifted and deposited 100 feet away. Time: 7:58pm EST to 7:59pm EST Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast. Path length: Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Path length: EF-scale: EF2 Time: 4:30pm Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 1.7 miles southwest of Dugansville to 1.6 miles southwest of Dugansville, or half a mile east of Tablow. was partly cut and pulled from her head, wagon was reported to have been thrown two Storm Data narrative says, "Tornado first appeared near Finley in Taylor County, completely missed Marion County, and came to earth again in Washington County a short distance south of Springfield." Injuries: Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast near Alton, passing along the south and southeast edge of Frankfort, where homes were leveled and four people were killed. F-scale: F2 Injuries: 0 After crossing the square, the tornado continued moving east-northeast for another one and a quarter miles, snapping and uprooting trees and causing minor roof damage to several homes. Notes: An EF-0 tornado struck Bogard Lane about four miles southwest of Mount Washington at 11:51am. Low end EF-2 damage was observed. The tornado continued along through fields, damaging and uprooting trees. Counties: Allen Injuries: 57 It pushed a largetobacco barn 15 feet eastward, tore offits roof, and collapsed several walls. Path length: In 1883, the government had banned the word "tornado" from official forecasts because they were concerned the word would cause widespread . Path width: Path width: 50 yards Time: 6:55pm Tornado Information for Mississippi. Deaths: 0 It touched down again in Elk Creek but didn't do much more damage. Counties: Simpson Two women were injured by flying glass but the injuries were not serious. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this storm struck on Irvine Road. Counties: Marion April 3, 1974 The tornado dropped small branches and leaves along its path as it continued northeast.

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