County: Warren EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 3:25pm Four tornadoes accomplished that feat: one on March 27, 1890two on March 18, 1925and one on May 9, 1933. The City refused any outside aid. Injuries: 0 Counties: Grayson Notes: This tornado touched down along the Daviess County line near Gatewood and did primarily tree and power line damage as it headed northeast. Most of the damage was high end EF0 around 85 mph with much of the damage being 20 to 50 yards off the ground. One of the women injured in this tornado would be killed by another tornado on March 19, 1963. Injuries: 76 May need to re-visit this with SPC's lat/lons. Counties: Scott KY This included a home which was totally leveled as well as a couple of anchored down double wide trailers. May 26, 1894 A sign was also blown down at a business along U.S. 60. Injuries: 5 Time: 2:20pm Path width: 75 yards F-scale: F0 October 7, 1965 The greatest damage occurred in thistwo block area, where up to a dozenoutbuildings were destroyed or heavilydamaged, and sections of roofing werelifted off homes and garages. Will plot as such. June 13, 1970 At this time will not plot any tornadoes in Washington County. Injuries: 30 May 17, 1999 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 Path width: 230 yards May 2, 2010 Path length: Deaths: Counties: Scott IN, Jefferson IN Three outbuildings and a well-constructed barn were destroyed. Deaths: Noted discrepancies: SPC has this storm moving from McCracken County directly into Madison County, which is geographically impossible. However, if you do believe we missed a true tornado, pleaselet us know. Counties: Russell At least a dozen homes were destroyed. Munfordville Elementary School had part of its roof removed. Notes: According to Storm Data the tornado touched down on the southwest side of IN 66 at the west edge of Tell City. Counties: Lincoln Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. EF-scale: EF0 Here the tornado was estimated at EF2 with 115mph winds. The side of a two-story home was torn off. Path width: County: Hardin Two mobile homes were destroyed. Time: 4:15pm filled, and clothing torn into shreds. Path length: 4.7 miles Time: 5:00pm Deaths: County: Bourbon April 7, 2006 Time: 6:10pm County: Adair Path width: hillside. Time: 9:35am The tornado lifted near Anchorage after cutting a narrow path through the south suburbs of Louisville. In Harrison County the tornado killed a woman in her mobile home in southeast Depauw. Time: 6:00pm SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado four miles north of Depauw. April 19, 2011 Jefferson County locations that were struck by the tornado or its parent thunderstorm included Orell, Greenwood Station, Kerrick Station, Blanton Station, Saint Helens, South park, Iroquois Park, and Senning's Park. Jefferson County: The Jefferson County portion of the track was well-covered in the local newspapers. For example, the tornado that struck Jefferson KY and Oldham counties on April 3, 1974 was rated as an F-4, so the entire path of the tornado is plotted at F-4 strength even though the tornado was not at that strength for its entire lifetime. Power lines were down and several power poles were snapped. Two days after the tornado the tracks were still blocked beginning at O'Bannon Station. F-scale: F1 About five and a half miles from Lexington on Briar Hill Road the twister devastated the Kelley Farm. Counties: Simpson Path width: If you have any tornado-related information you'd like to share with us, we'd very much like to hear from you. Time: 8:00pm On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. The last observed damage in Washington County was near S. Flatwood Road in a wooded area before the tornado entered Clark County. Path width: Counties: Jefferson KY After moving through uninhabited hillside for a mile, uprooting and snapping trees in a near quarter mile wide path, the tornado tore off the roof of a ranch-style brick home and destroyed its nearby outbuildings. The second funnel cloud/tornado was near tree top level. Winds were about 90 mph along Monroe Drive. EF-scale: EF2 Notes:The tornado touched down on Main Street in Tell City, midway between Steuben and Winkelreid Streets, doing minor damage to one roof and bending an amateur radio antenna tower. Along Shelburn Dr, a front porch with four columns was lifted, collapsing the columns and throwing the front half of the roof 100 yards to the northeast. April 27, 2011 Deaths: 0 November 9, 2000 Path length: 21.2 miles Path width: 300 yards Three brick houses were completely wrecked. A cluster of tall evergreens was snapped off and strewn chaotically in all directions. F-scale: F0 November 9, 2000 Counties: Lincoln Insulation was found in nearby trees. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Counties: Madison Very few Americans had actually seen a tornado until the 1880s . 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. Dakota occurred on April 17, 1878. Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF1 Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 Path length: 1/2 mile Counties: Clinton Winds were estimated at 110 mph. Time: 6:42pm January 2, 2006 Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Time: 10:30am March 23, 1917 Notes: The tornado uprooted and snapped several large trees and destroyed a small shed on Daisy Hill Road north of Borden. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists a path width of 20 yards, NCDC 27 yards, Storm Data 25 yards. Path length: Time: 11:00am Noted discrepancies: This tornado appears to be in the SPC database twice. The roof at 3245 Mammoth Drive flew into the Park Hills Shopping Center, 1240 Ascot Park was badly damaged, and the houses at 3576 Bold Bidder and 1248 Ak-Sar-Ben Park were destroyed. Path length: April 27, 1942, a frame house was blown away Path width: 400 yards Path length: 2 miles Injuries: Witnesses saw one vortex coming down from the apparent wall cloud and quickly lifting before a new vortex came down nearby. As the tornado re-entered Washington County near the intersection of Daisy Hill Road and Williams Knob Road, widespread damage occurred. Injuries: 25 Path width: 800 yards Path length: 16.4 miles Narrative: A tornado moved northeast from near Park City to Cave City. Notes: A tornado touched down near the corner of Bramers and Campground roads. Counties: Shelby Many trees were snapped or uprooted, and farms in the path suffered roof and outbuilding damage. Counties: Madison spread about the "night phantom that appeared April 20, 1958 Injuries: Cecilia was one of six in Winterset who died as a result of the tornado. F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: Storm Data says this tornado touched down near Port Royal. Path length: 3.3 miles Time: 2:00pm Winds at this location were between 85 and 90 mph with a width of 50 yards. A house was damaged. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it. EF-scale: EF1 Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT Time: 11:12am EST June 6, 1990 F-scale: F2 Time: 1:00am Time: 4:00pm Several large barns were destroyed or had at least 70% of the walls blown out. Path width: 300 yards Path length: 0.4 miles Notes: This brief twister destroyed two barns and did heavy damage to several other barns and homes. If the barometer is an aneroid, the face should be gently tapped before each observation. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards. EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 3:00pm Injuries: 1 Path width: F-scale: F2 Injuries: 1 Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck Sunny Corner. Notes: This tornado touched down near Centennial Boulevard in Clark County. Deaths: 2 (Mr and Mrs Bulon Swanson) Deaths: 0 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F1, Grazulis gives it an F2. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down just south of Shipley. A groom was killed. Time: 3:50pm - 3:52pm EDT Injuries: Three tornadoes were 1200 yards wide: one each on March 27, 1890.March 18, 1925.and April 3, 1974. The tornado continued to move east northeast along the countrysideuprooting, twisting, and damaging numerous hardwood trees. Deaths: Deaths: 1 Time: 3:00pm Counties: Franklin F-scale: F3 Deaths: 1 Counties: Washington IN Path width: Notes:This brief, skipping tornado touched down initially as an EF0 near the east end of Labrador Wayin a subdivision 1.5 miles south of Rineyville Elementary School. Counties: Grayson The first damage occurred along Subtle Road, where a carport was overturned and a large part of a metal outbuilding's roof was torn off, in addition to snapping numerous trees. The tornado may have then turned to the left (northeast) as it caused F2-level damage to a two-story brick dwelling near the corner of Breckinridge and Preston. Injuries: 7 Seven barns were blown down near Munfordville. Time: 7:10pm Noted discrepancies: None County: Hart Path length: Injuries: February 5, 2008 Just as soon as Tee got on his car porch the tornado hit and sucked him up against the wall of his house. The second tornado began as an EF1 and damaged a church and a few trees. On Michael Edward Drive the garage door was blown in on a detached garage and the roof was lifted off and shifted a foot. Deaths: Park Hills Shopping Center was damaged, and Pimlico Parkway and Mammoth Drive were badly hit. A carport was thrown over a house and landed 100 yards to the east. Another area of significant damage was at the intersection of Highway 100 and Reeder School Road (near the Simpson/Allen County line)where a house had significant roof damage and had an exterior wall blown out. March 27, 1890 Counties: Hardin The tornado touched down near the intersection of Saint James Court and Magnolia Avenue, where it tore down several fences in Central Park. Grazulis narrative: Near Allendale three trailers and three barns were destroyed in a brief touchdown. Path width: One manufactured home was thrown 50 feet into a tree and fence with a man inside it. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. A thin path of downed trees coincident with a circulation observed on radar was surveyed by the pilots. SPC has no listing for path width, NCDC says 73 yards, Storm Data says 50 yards. F4) PDF, Current Hazards One of the most famous tornado stories April 3, 2018 The tornado came back to earth just on the other side of Cannelton and proceeded northeast into the Hoosier National Forest, damaging the Girl Scout Camp on Cann Heights Road and lifting at Plock Knob. March 2, 2012 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give this a path width of 800 yards, Grazulis and Storm Data give 100 yards. Another outbuilding was overturned and slidabout 10 feet. 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. Counties: Scott, KY A warehouse containing five hundred barrels of whiskey was destroyed. Path length: 0.7 mile Counties: Monroe, Cumberland (from Sumner, TN) Time: 2:15pm 3. Path length: 0.3 mile Counties: Harrison IN, Floyd, Clark IN, Jefferson KY 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. County: Edmonson Time: 6:30pm Grazulis narrative: A tornado moved northeast from five miles west of Bowling Green. Deaths: 0 Injuries: Time: 5:50pm Deaths: 0 Damage here suggested EF4 damage with 170 mph winds. Path width: Path length: Notes: Touched down briefly just northeast of Henryville. Deaths: A large RV was flipped overa large tractor trailer was moved about five feetand a horse trailer was thrown over 75 yards. Tornado intensity is described by the fscale. Noted discrepancies: None F-scale: F0 Path length: Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. IF any one thing has been emphasized in these pages, it has been the extreme need of more light on this whole question. Notes: An EF-1 tornado touched down just to the north of the intersection of Stony Brook Drive and Hurstbourne Parkway. Counties: Green Four people in the area were treated for minor injuries. Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast in and near Neafus, Steff, Spring Lick, Goffs, Short Creek, Staff, and Caneyville. Path width: 150 yards A "substantial" brick church was leveled, as were many barns. Time: 3:20pm Deaths: A home and a small outbuilding were damaged, and numerous trees were uprooted. Path length: 8 miles Path length: 8 miles Counties: Barren One house was lifted and slid 65 yards off its foundation while mostly still intact. SPC and NCDC list only a touchdown pointno lift-off point is given. Notes: The tornado first touched down along Millstown Road southwest of Park City. Here it destroyed one large outbuilding and tore much of the roof off another in addition to destroying two small grain hoppers. Noted discrepancies: NWS ranks this as an F2, Grazulis says F1. Your email address will not be published. March 25, 2021 Towards the end of the path a pole barn was destroyed and a home was unroofed on US 31W. One of the best illustrations of this has just come to hand from the storm at Bradshaw, Neb. Deaths: 0 Several trees were snapped along the narrow path. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 9:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data five 10:00pm. Injuries: 0 The twister traveled to the northeast, heavily damaging Gainesway, Southeastern Hills, and many neighborhoods along Man O War Boulevard before lifting at Richmond Road across the street from Saint Joseph East Hospital. Counties: Logan, Warren, Allen, Barren Path length:3.9 miles A church and a school were struck at Canton. County: Madison March 6, 1961 Path length: 2.2miles Nationwide Weather Stories F-scale: F2 Path length: Time: 11:20pm EST F-scale: F1 Time: 5:30pm On Murray Roada father and son were in their milking barn when they saw the storm approach. A severe weather outbreak in the mid-Mississippi Valley more than lived up to its well-predicted potential for strong tornadoes on Friday, December 10, taking lives and raking landscapes from Arkansas to Illinois. F-scale: F0 SPC gives a path length of 79 milesNCDC gives 81 miles (including 54 miles in Scott County, which is impossible), and Grazulis gives 36 miles. From there, the tornado took a jog to the northeast across Orchid and St. Croix Roads where it caused substantial tree damage, uprooting and/or snapping trunks 15-20 feet high on approximately 100 trees. April 5, 1985 F-scale: F2 February 5-6, 2008 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. Noted discrepancies: Storm Data mentions damage at Perryville, Parksville, and Michelsville. This tornado immediately killed a woman as it destroyed her mobile home. Storm Data lists a path length of 34 miles. Deaths: Time: 3:16pm CDT Tornado of the week: Katie, Oklahoma dry line beast of May 9, 2016, A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s. SPC gives a path width of 70 yards, NCDC provides no width. Tornado History F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Notes: This tornado likely touched down in eastern Muhlenberg County and traveled roughly northward through western Ohio County, including the Echols, Rockport, and Hartford areas, and into far eastern Daviess County around Whitesburg. Fifteen homes were destroyed Her body was carried about 100 yards. Across from the complex numerous trees were snapped or topped off. Noted discrepancies: SPC lists the beginning and ending lat/lons as 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/-85.45NCDC has 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08. There were also snapped trees and structural damage along Whiskey Run Road. May 10, 1973 Injuries: Deaths: Roofs were torn off at Ak-Sar-Ben Park. February 20, 1951 F-scale: F1 Counties: Clinton Injuries: 8 Notes: Storm Data mentions damage between US 68 and Russell Creek. It holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km), longest duration at . Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis call it an F2. Noted discrepancies: None Narrative: One "substantial" home and four barns were destroyed as a tornado moved northeast at Sonora. 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." Path width: 60 yards Noted discrepancies: None Path width: 150yards Counties: Warren For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United States. Notes: This small tornado struck just southwest of Milton. Time: 7:40pm EST to 7:50pm EST Path length: 1.3 miles (skipping) Time: 6:02pm The tornado continued northeast, crossing Irving Road and Ironworks Road, finally dissipating five miles east of Winchester. Path width: Time: 5:40pm County: Orange Note: NCDC has an entry for a F5 in Clark County IN at 2:10pm that does not appear in the SPC database nor in Grazulis. Path length: 0.9 miles Path width: 40 yards June 10, 2013 May 22, 1989 Time: 3:30pm EST Time: 3:26am February 6, 2008 Storm Data says the tornado unroofed a home in LaRue County before crossing the Rolling Fork River in Nelson County at New Haven. May 17, 1999 EF-Scale: EF-0 Time: 7:15pm Path width: 75 yards Counties: Washington IN Deaths: 0 Path length: "When I flipped one of the steaks and it didn't come back down, I knew it was time to go inside." Time: 5:00pm Six people were killed when the tornado demolished a number of homes in the Mount Pleasant Church area on KY 551. Injuries: F-scale: F0 F-scale: F1 Counties: Jefferson IN (to Switzerland, Ohio IN, Dearborn) The area is also under a high wind advisory until 11 p.m. tonight. Counties: Henry F-scale: F2 Time: 3:55pm Notes: This tornado touched down near Watkinsville and moved northeast. June 30, 1977 Injuries: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Neither SPC nor NCDC list this tornado. Path length: Counties: Dubois Deaths: Injuries: Time: 7:13pm EDT F-scale: F0 F-scale: F2 Injuries: May 18, 1995 Path length: 0.8 miles The tornado crossed KY 829 and then crossed KY 1009 with extensive tree damage along both sides of the road. Path width: 200 yards NCDC gives no beginning or ending locations for this tornado. It touched down on the Brunfield Farm. Counties: Barren Trimble County is included at NCDC, with begin and end lat/lons identical to each other and to the end lat/lon given at NCDC for Jefferson County. Four homes, four trailers, and many outbuildings were destroyed. south of Kyana, near the end of the damage path. He should note carefully the foot, the middle, and the top of the funnel, to see whether any tree or object is carried to his right as he faces the funnel. The funnel lifted two miles north of Fairfield. Path length: Time: 6:20pm Local Climate Page November 5, 2018 Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give 3 injuries, Grazulis gives 6, Storm Data gives 0. About 100 people were left homeless in Clark County. A camper parked on the southern edge of the path rolled three times toward the center of the circulation and was destroyed. Time: 7:20am Injuries: 0 Path width: 75 yards Path length: 2.8 miles Path width: Storm Data says "F1 or F2". This survey was conducted by personnel from both the NWS and emergency management from Franklin and Scott Counties. Noted discrepancies: None. A wood shed was destroyed. April 20, 2000 April 25, 2015 Notes: This tornado touched down in the 3900 block of Elizabeth-New Middletown Road. Two large barns had pieces of tin roofing ripped off and thrown. Deaths: 0 October 18, 2007 Winds here were around 90 mph with a width of 40 yards. Path length: 1.8miles Time: 12:41pm CDT to 12:43pm CDT Notes: This tornado touched down near Pilot Knob. Counties: Shelby Time: 9:38pm EDT Time: 5:25pm Deaths: 4 Path length: It crossed KY 55 north of Eminence. Deaths: Deaths: stairs as the roof was torn off, and was briefly drawn up the stairs as it occurred. Path length: Path length: 4 miles EF-Scale:EF1 Path width: 30 yards It reached its peak strength on Sirocco Road where a carport attached to a house blew across a field, trees were snapped or uprooted, a barn door was blown in, and shingles were blown off of a nearby house. Counties: Clark IN Injuries: At that point several trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. Path width: This tornado touched down near Hickory Flat Road just south of its intersection with Hickory Flat-Ridge Road in Simpson County where about a dozen trees were uprooted. A narrow tornado developed quickly just west of 3667 Grassland Black Gold Rd (Highway 1365) and snapped a few softwood and few large limbs. Time: 4:45pm EDT On October 25th, 1844 a tornado struck near present-day Mission, Kansas and into Missouri damaging or destroying a number of farms. Notes: A National Weather Service Survey Team in conjunction with Larue County EMA determined a second tornado just south of Miami Court and moved east through a wooded area. Path length: 0.9 mile The following two tabs change content below. Storm Prediction Center Path width: 50yards F-scale: EF3 Deaths: Across the street at 7768 IN 337 there was significant cedar tree damage along with a 30 by 40 foot barn that was destroyed. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and windows were broken. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yardsNCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either. Path width: 1200 yards Numerous trees were uprooted, a 145-foot barn was destroyed, and the top was sheared off an adjacent silo. Time: 7:55pm F-scale: F1 This is just NE of the intersection ofHwy 2870 and 421. Time: 9:54pm EDT February 29, 2012 F-scale: F0 Notes: Though this tornado was weak it had a fairly long path from four miles south southwest of Little York to five miles north northeast of Austin. As the tornado crossed Cemetery Road it damaged a home. EF-scale: EF0 March 28, 1997 Noted discrepancies: None. The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County. Counties: Ohio July 29, 1943 Injuries: Path width: Counties: Adair May 22, 1989 Counties: Fayette The tornado then weakened as it traveled across KY 1359. Time: 7:10pm CDT Time: 5:50pm F-scale: F2 Continuing over open fields, itnext hit several residences along Hill,Mulberry, and South Mulberry streetsbefore crossing U.S. Highway 231 andcausing minor roof damage to the PostOffice. January 17, 2012 Path length: 4.7 miles April 7, 2015 Grazulis mentions this was probably a family of tornadoes. Deaths: 0 Another dozen or so homes, along with barns and outbuildings, sustained heavy damage. Narrative: This tornado moved east-northeast from one mile northwest of Fern Creek, traveling parallel to the previously mentioned tornado. Deaths: Path width: The tornado then moved eastward into Huntsville where a few homes were damaged and trees were snapped along Huntsville-Quality Road. EF-Scale:EF0 However, KY 541 is in Breathitt County. Timothy Dawson, 10, experienced a fractured leg. Deaths: 0 Through such a collection of past tornadoes we can learn their patterns and behaviors. EF-Scale: EF-1 Damage to houses and other buildings was mainly to roofs and windows of the upper floors. F4) StoryMap, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. Deaths: 6 At 4022 Simcoe Road a barn was overturned, killing a horse inside, and 100 yards of plank fence were demolished. Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 Several cars were blown off US 127, resulting in injuries. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Richardsville. Path width: 400 yards April 12, 1948 Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed. Injuries: In addition a nearby house had its metal roof blown off. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 400 yards. Injuries: 1 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. Time: 5:30pm Time: 5:49pm Central One home was unroofed, at the corner of North Church Street and West Haysville Road. Grazulis narrative: While the Madison tornado veered to its left, this tornado touched down just south of Manville. One home was unroofed. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to October 31, 2022, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. Deaths: 0 Storm Data says the tornado crossed from Kentucky into Indiana at Tell City with a "total path length in both states" of 32 miles. Five barns were destroyed, two of which had concrete foundations. Time: 6:00pm The tornado quickly lifted4 miles east of Huntsville. Noted discrepancies: Only Martin, Orange, and Lawrence are listed in this SPC entry. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped and twisted. Grazulis narrative: A barn and a 222-foot long hog house were destroyed on separate farms, four miles north of Depauw. F-scale: F0 Deaths: 0 Alvin York at General Jackson's tomb. F-scale: F3 A man at 3576 Bold Bidder broke his neck when a brick wall collapsed on him. Path length: 10.4 miles Path width: The tornado was preceded by straight-line winds, then just east of Claypool Boyce Road there was a distinct change in the tree pattern. The distance across Marion County is about 14 miles. Path width: 200 yards Path width: 400 yards Injuries: 5 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from one mile southwest of Little York to Austin. Time: F-scale: F0 The Norman Roundup Club will serve as a hub for reuniting valuables tossed around by Sunday night's tornado and their owners. Counties: Nelson Path width: 200 yards Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. Path width: Notes: This tornado touched down in the Pellyton area. Deaths: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis doesn't know. Path length: 32 miles Storm Data only mentions Scott, Harrison, and Fleming counties (which doesn't make sense since Nicholas County is between Harrison and Fleming counties). Time: 2:23pm EDT Houses were severely damaged on Green Street (now Liberty Street) near Campbell. Originally, the head of the National Weather Service in Lexington, Jim Speray, claimed that the damage was done by a downburst rather than by a tornado, with winds of 100 to 200 mph. Notes:This small tornado was embedded in afast moving squall line that raced east at 55 mph. This vortex intensified and merged with the primary circulation. Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. The nearby home lost some roof covering and suffered debris impact. Football Weather, Local Information Deaths: EF-Scale: EF-2 Time: 11:00pm Injuries: Path width: 40 yards Counties: Simpson May 9, 1933 County: Perry Noted discrepancies: None There could have been damage in-between although the survey team was unable to access this area. March 1, 2017 Path length: It moved to the east-southeast, passing just north of Smiths Grove, west of Hays, and dissipating at Beckton west of Glasgow. April 5, 1985 Near-F4. It destroyed a cinder block outbuilding and took a 100 foot section of roofing off of a large metal outbuilding. HEAT.gov Counties: Meade Injuries: Counties: Harrison, IN May 30, 1979 Path length: 4.5 miles (skipping) Counties: Grayson Possibly a significant tornado, comparable to a tornado in the same area March 27, 1890. A 60x30 foot barn was damaged with parts of it thrown 400 yards toward the east, northeast, and southeast. Time: 6:45am The National Weather Service out of Peachtree City has just issued a Tornado Warning for Forsyth County and Cherokee County until 4:30 p.m. Path width: Homes had shingle and siding damage. Deaths: Path length: The tornado moved east-northeast, roughly paralleling Morrison Park Road, flattening corn on several farms.