Path width: 800 yards Insulation from the largest building was spattered onto the south and east facing walls and vehicles on the east side of the complex. The most intense damage occurred as the tornado lifted east of Haysville in the woods along IN 56. Injuries: 3 Injuries: 0 Storm Data says a pole barn was reduced to rubble along IN 160 northwest of Charlestown. Counties: Mercer A large metal barn with cinder block walls was destroyed. A 14" diameter pine tree was snapped and moved about 45 yards downwind as well. Time: 3:22pm Path width: 100 yards At this location there was more tree and roof damage. of fine dirt and leaves which seemed to be Injuries: 0 in Floyds Knobs, where a garage was destroyed. Noted discrepancies: SPC/NCDC call this an F2Grazulis does not list it. Counties: Orange The National Weather Service in conjunction with Meade County, Emergency Management has determined that an EF-0 tornado with, maximum wind speeds of 75 mph briefly touched down just east of the, Breckinridge/Meade county line in Meade county. Path width: 100yards EF-Scale:EF1 Injuries: 11 Path width: 880 yards Counties: Allen, Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe (from Sumner TN) Injuries: Time:12:07am EDT 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. Injuries: 0 A large boat storage barn, 125 x 30 feet, had its roof lifted and thrown approximately 90 yards. Path width: 250 yards Regional Weather Map F-scale: F0 Path width: Time: 4:34pm Notes: This tornado was embedded in a larger field of straight-line winds that was up to a mile wide. F-scale: F2 in Elmont, Kansas, on June 5, 1917. 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 May 28, 1996 F-scale: F2 Time: 7:45pm Color-coded by F-Scale without county lines with time zones, March 27, 1890 -- Louisville (est. June 2, 1990 Flint-Beecher tornado June 8, 1953. Counties: Jefferson KY November17, 2013 Path width: 50 yards 1-Stop Winter Forecast October 26, 2010 The pilots are associated with the Kentuckiana Volunteer Aviators. by Marshall Trimble | Jan 28, 2020 | True West Blog, Before days of weather forecasting, there are accounts of tornadoes destroying settlements, wagon trains and Indian villages in the Old West same as today. Path width: Path length: 0.6miles Injuries: 25 Counties: Harrison IN The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County. Time: 7:57pm A barn "exploded", killing thirty chickens. Injuries: 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. F-scale: F1 County: Dubois Time: 5:53pm Another stand of 50 hardwood trees was uprooted and snapped, along with significant damage to the porch and roof of a home. and six were damaged by what was The worst damage was on Eighteenth Street Road (likely today's Dixie Highway) from Lakeland to Blanton Station (the Pleasure Ridge Park/Dixie Manor Shopping Center area today). Path width: Deaths: The tornado became elevated as it continued east-northeast from Thomas Road, snapping a few tree limbs in a wooded area before briefly touching down one last time on Rineyville Road, where it littered the highway with tree limbs and tore the front porch off a home, vaulting the roof over the house into the back yard. EF-Scale: EF-1 F-scale: F3 Time: 6:30pm washed for days, were still covered with specks Minimal F2. A camper parked on the southern edge of the path rolled three times toward the center of the circulation and was destroyed. F-scale: F3 Counties: Breckinridge 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. . Deaths: 0 F-scale: F3 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. Further research is necessary. Noted discrepancies: Grazulis times this at 6:35am. About 300 homes were destroyed along the northern edge of Madison. Two large barns, a silo, and a stable were also destroyed on the same property. The tornado peaked in intensity on a farm just north of Sexton Lane. May 14, 1967 reported to be a "green-rimmed cone-shaped Injuries: 0 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. Adjusted track here to agree with Storm Data/Grazulis. Path width: 220 yards Path length: Path width: 60 yards Deaths: 2 The family's pick-up truck was thrown 40 yards to the north. The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. Here, the tornado was an EF4 with 170 mph winds. The US Bank building at the corner of Fifth and Main had some roof damage. Injuries: 10 Path length: 0.5 mile Cedar trees were snapped. Deaths: 0 If you see a tornado track that looks out-of-place, pleasecontact us. March 14, 2019 However, in addition to Grazulis' information, the Bowling Green newspaper reported tornado damage on Porter Pike. Notes: The tornadobegan at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. June 16, 1987 3. July 13, 2015 EF-Scale: EF-2 Time: 7:05pm Finally, the tornado did a more concentrated area of damage along Muddy Creek Road where a few more homes and trees were damaged. Two residents survived in an underground tornado shelter where they took refuge having heard of the warning via sirens and phone calls 3-5 minutes before the tornado destroyed their homes. Path width: Notes: This small tornado touched down near the intersection of Iron Mountain Road and Kidd Road where it heavily damaged a barn, then moved east-northeast over open farmland before hitting a farm on the west side of Center Three Springs Road. May 24, 2000 Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile east of Smithfield to five miles east-northeast of Eminence. EF-Scale: EF1 Injuries: Deaths: 0 On US 127 cars were blown off the road and damaged. Path width: 150 yards Counties: Clark, IN Counties: Grayson Path length: 5 miles (skipping) SPC lists a path length of 68 miles, NCDC 50 miles, Grazulis 62 miles, Storm Data 67 miles. Noted discrepancies: NCDC only lists Orange County, but the NCDC liftoff lat/lon is in Lawrence County. Time: 9:34pm - 9:35pm EDT Path width: 100 yards January 17, 1870 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. Injuries: There were several pieces of lumber that were impaled in the ground and pieces of metal sheeting were thrown into trees. Injuries: 0 Path width: 35 yards On the night of June 8, , 1860 a tornado struck a home near Stanton, Kansas killing an entire family. SPC lists a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. Counties: Ohio, Grayson, Breckinridge, Hardin F-scale: F1 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. This F4 damage was the only clear example of F4 strength winds along the path. Time: 1:05pm Injuries: 0 Using damage locations listed by Grazulis the path length might have been longer than the 1/10 mile given by SPC. Path length: Path length: Injuries: 15 Path width: Path width: Noted discrepancies: Grazulis ends this tornado just inside the Franklin County line, but SPC and NCDC take it all the way to Frankfort. After destroying an older barn, the tornado ended just east of KY 55 where numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The surrounding areas remain under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m. Time: 2:00pm Next it snapped and uprooting some trees and doing some roof damage to a couple of homes before lifting 200 yards downwind. Deaths: A bowling alley and several businesses were damaged at Sellersburg. Time: 7:55pm February 6, 2008 The worst toll was in Kentucky, where Governor Andy Beshear estimated on Saturday morning that at least 70 people had been killed, perhaps more than 100. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck the Brooks Hill neighborhood. The twister first struck Pleasant Ridge on the southwest side of town, which was a neighborhood of pre-fab housing built for war effort employees. Path width: Path length: 7 miles EF-Scale:EF0 Injuries: 0 Besides the structural damage, about 40 large hardwood trees were uprooted along the path. Very few Americans had actually seen a tornado until the 1880s . On the square, the tornado ripped the metal roofs off of Reflections Flower Shop and Liberty Furniture. The driver of one of the trucks was injured. Injuries: 0 Deaths: 0 The tornado then weakened as it traveled across KY 1359. Path width: One house had its foundation shifted a few feet, and one roof was completely blown off. October 26, 2010 Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from west of Deputy to two miles northeast of Madison. May 14, 1995 July 5, 1987 The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage, along with families and friends. An RV parked next to the shop was blown into a utility pole. Numerous large hardwood trees were snapped in half. Time: Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 F-scale: F1 Injuries: Texas was on April 15, 1879, near Dallas, injuring It also caused the walls of 2adjacent outbuildings and a garage to buckle out. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing for either. County: Marion Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile north of Willisburg to two miles northeast of Willisburg. Counties: LaRue, Nelson Along Walnut Rd, the tornado caused damage to several barns andnumerous softwood trees and hardwood trees. Eight smokestacks were toppled at a canning plant, and the roof was ripped off a house. ", A small outbreak of tornadoes struck central The tornado dissipated after striking Harrod's Creek, Kentucky. Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles. EF-Scale: EF1 Noted discrepancies: SPC has beginning and ending lat/lons as 37.18/-85.32, 37.22/-85.08NCDC has 36.88/-85.72, 37.03/85.45. Path length: 7.2 miles Grazulis times this tornado at 10:40pm. They also stated that the tornado looked like a black wall as it approached. and the Middle Blue River. Path width: Counties: Fayette, Bourbon Injuries: 0 EF-Scale: EF-1 A couple in a vehicle on US 127 was trapped when trees fell across the highway both north and south of them. 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 length: 0.2mile Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 5:22pm, NCDC gives 4:22pm, Storm Data gives 6:22pm. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives an endpoint longitude of -85.75, NCDC gives -85.78. A man was killed in a tobacco barn, and thirty people were injured in the High Grove area as at least six homes were destroyed. Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. Each year about 56 people are killed by tornadoes. Noted discrepancies: NCDC and Grazulis only list Henry County. Injuries: Noted discrepancies: Only Hopkins County is listed at NCDC. There was minor tree damage near Spring Valley Road and Woodhaven Drive indicating wind speeds of 85 mph. Local Climate Page EF-Scale: EF-0 Counties: Bourbon Path length: 6 miles The lat/lon given at SPC and NCDC for this tornado is in Nicholas County. Path width: 170 yards At around the same time during the mid-1800s textbooks began to describe the phenomenon and what was believed to be behind it. EF-Scale:EF1 Path length: It then tore the porch off the east side of a home on the south side of US 68/80, depositing debris into nearby woods. August 25, 1972 While these spinny winds are not unique to our country, they are very much a part of the American experience. Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST Notes: The tornado destroyed a barn and snapped large hardwood trees where it touched down just northwest of LaGrange. Notes: After touching down and destroying a large wood barn the tornado moved to the northeast over farmland, snapping and uprooting numerous trees. One person was killed in Simpson County at Temperance as seven homes and 40 barns were destroyed. Thirty-four homes were damaged. Path length: Fifteen homes were destroyed At that point several trees up to two feet in diameter were blown down. F-scale: F2 Fire Weather Injuries: 0 April 4, 2011 Deaths: Counties: Hart The tornado exited the city at the intersection of Eastern Drive and East Lake Drive. Winds were estimated at 85 mph in this area with a width of 50 yards. Path length: Path length: Injuries: F-scale: F2 January 17, 2012 EF-scale: EF1 Notes: This tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. It did some minor roof and shingle damageuprooted some cedar trees and damaged some fencing. June 2, 1990 Time: 11:39pm EDT Counties: Meade October 18, 2007 Between 1890 and 2011, the city, which is located near the heart of "tornado alley," was hit by a . The tornado cut a swath 350 yards in southwest El Dorado, traveling southeast instead of northeast. Deaths: 0 Path length: 0.2 mile Path length: 1.2 miles May 24, 2000 Injuries: 20 Grazulis narrative: Grazulis gives a lengthy description of this tornado, but does not give any information about Orange County, most likely since the tornado just barely clipped the corner of the county and went through an extremely rural, wooded area that is virtually unpopulated. F-scale: F1 The toll in the church was about 18 to 20 dead, out of the 55 who were in the church at the time. Deaths: 0 Counties: Jefferson KY Notes: Two barns damaged. April 29, 1963 EF-Scale: EF1 Here it damaged four outbuildings, completely destroying two - the largest being a 30 x 50 structure. Near Lake Street some trees were felled and some monuments were overturned in Maple Grove Cemetery. Path length: Several trees were snapped along the narrow path. Path length: Time: 5:00pm Path length: F-scale: F2 The Metcalfe County damage consisted of house and barn damage, but was spread across an area three miles wide. Counties: Nelson Path length: Notes: This tornado began at the Holiday Inn Express in Scottsburg, damaging the east side of the second floor. Low end EF-2 damage was observed. Damage was also observed along Charlane Parkway and Dell Road. Injuries: 30 Grazulis narrative: Skipped northeast from 6 1/2 miles southeast of Trenton to southwest of Allensville to near Lickskillet to near Auburn and Richardsville. March 6, 1961 Alvin York at General Jackson's tomb. From there, the tornado crossed into Jefferson County, Indiana. Path width: 200 yards Path width: 90yards About 120 homes were damaged or destroyed near Frankfort, as were businesses and factories. Injuries: The tornado immediately lifted over the home and nearby trees, then set back down in a subdivision on the west side of New Calvary Road, about a mile east where several small tree trunks were snapped, but no apparent structural damage occurred. One significant goal of this project is to develop the most accurate, reliable, and useful tornado database ever developed for southern Indiana and central Kentucky. April 3, 2007 February 6, 2008 Notes: The tornado touched down on a farm at 1235 Crooksville Road where it snapped and uprooted several trees, spreading them in several directions. Path length: A house and a metal silo were destroyed. Path width: 250yards F-scale: F2 March 1, 2017 EF-Scale:EF1 When a tornado passes over a hilly country, it sometimes rages with destructive violence on the hill-tops, while objects in the intermediate valleys are entirely uninjured, showing that a violent whirl-wind may prevail at moderate elevation, but without reaching the earths surface. Injuries: 0 Redeford's wife was carried 150 yards to a pond on the land belonging to L. P. Hagan. Time: 7:10pm - 7:11pm EDT Counties: Dubois Notes: About two miles west of Gamaliel the tornado destroyed two conventional homes and two mobile homes. In the present-day United States, the first sightings of tornadoes or waterspouts by English speakers date back to the late 1500s, during expeditionary adventures that would ultimately lead to colonization of the coutnry. The path Grazulis describes seems to keep the tornado just barely inside Nelson County, though it does indeed come very close to the Bullitt County line. Path width: 100yards Path width: Path width: Continuing to the northeast, a church off of Holmans Lane suffered significant damage when its entire south wall was blown out. Counties: Dubois F-scale: F1 Numerous trees and a grain silo weredown along the property. One man was killed in Butler County, running from a house to a barn. Path width: As the tornado passed along southeast of Branchville it killed again. An EF-0 tornado first touched down at the Wal-Mart parking lot on the northwest corner of the Veteran`s Parkway near I-65. Debris was thrown up to a quarter mile eastward into the woods. In 1882, after nearly 300 years of numerous observations and stories of whirlwinds, cyclones, and tornadoes, U.S. Army Signal Corps Sergeant John P. Finley was placed in charge of the investigation of tornadoes and the development of forecasting methods. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F3, Grazulis does not list it. Path length: 0.3 mile At one point, there were two distinct paths, as two funnels moved parallel to one another. Time: 6:30pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1Grazulis calls it an F2. Path length: 0.5 mile Injuries: 0 Notes: Will map this as touching down just barely inside LaRue County. Injuries: Deaths: 0 Time: 9:20pm EDT Notes: The tornado touched down in Caneyville and lifted a mile east of Caneyville, with wind speeds to 100 mph. Continuing to the northeast, at a home east of Gaines Road the owner reported that the water was evacuated out of all four toilets in the building as the tornado passed by. On Brushy Fork Rd, the tornado snapped the trunks of three large trees, then continued northeast into a wooded area. Path width: 50 yards Narrative: One of the most devastating tornadoes to ever strike Kentucky. There was significant tree damage along Pleasure Ridge Road where a large tree fell on a garage. Even in the 1830s, a large tornado between New York City and Philadelphia drew crowds in its aftermath. It damaged 3 to 4 barns and snapped numerous trees along its 1.1 mile path. If you spot a tornado whose track is mis-plotted, pleaselet us know. Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. Twisters brought devastating results. September 18, 1992 Time: 11:59pm EDT The tornado crossed US 421 and continued northeast. Counties: Shelby Injuries: 0 Path width: 150 yards March 29, 1974 Oklahoma. Path width: 70 yards Time: 2:15pm Counties: Warren Those sources were compared with each other to verify tornado data. Counties: Dubois May 14, 1995 February 19, 1884 It traveled along I-64 south of Georgetown. Time: 1:06am EST to 1:08am EST Deaths: 0 Path width: 75 yards The tornado then finally began to weaken and it dissipated about four miles shy of Paris. Wheat, orchard grass, strawberries, and garden crops were ruined near Smith's Grove. Counties: Lincoln Path width: F-scale: F3 Click here for a close-up map of the approximate path. November 25, 1973 Storm Data begins this tornado in Grayson County east of Tan Yard, takes it through Caneyville, north of Leitchfield, to Big Clifty. Injuries: 95 The vehicle landed on its tires and the driver survived, despite the top half of the car getting sheared off. EF-Scale: EF2 F-scale: F2 April 21, 1976 In Kentucky 15 homes and 25 barns were damaged in and around Mount Pleasant, with one injury. New True West merchandise is here! Many trees were blown down. February 21, 1993 There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. EF-Scale:EF0 Christ Church on Churchill Downs had some roof and siding damage. October 1, 1977 April 3, 1974 County: Ohio Time: 6:25pm This survey was conducted by personnel from both the NWS and emergency management from Franklin and Scott Counties. County: Harrison IN Injuries: 2 Injuries: 2 and at 2130 Palmyra Rd. The tornado finally lifted west-southwest of Windsor leaving a 7.2 mile track. Mail from the post office was found up to two miles away. The tornado dissipated as it approached the east shore of the channel. Injuries: 7 October 7, 2014 EF-scale: EF2 Deaths: Deaths: 0 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. Deaths: 0 Notes: Began on Bull Creek Road west of Vesta where it scoured the ground. SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC give a path width of 880 yards, Grazulis gives 800 yards. County: Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee) Deaths: 0 all the family. April 11, 1972 Time: 8:00pm Moving east-northeast, the tornado damaged roofs and snapped several large tree limbs, as well as toppling a large but rotting tree that crushed the roof of a garage. tornado which rose and fell moving like a April 28, 2002 Mrs. Kelley's 40-year-old "Negro hired hand" was blown 300 yards to his death. F-scale: F0 Deaths: 0 Notes: The tornado initially touched down on the northwest side of a large family home and farm on Fairfield Road. Path width: 200 yards F-scale: F0 Path width: Counties: Dubois June 7, 1985 Path width:200 yards Several homes and barns in far northern Jefferson County were damaged. Path width: March 27, 2017 Path width: 75yards It touched down again near the intersection of Hammonville and Bacon Creek roads. Injuries: 2 Counties: Garrard March 28, 1997 Time: 10:52pm - 10:56pm CST Abstract Tornadoes and waterspouts have long fascinated humankind through their presence in myths and popular beliefs and originally were believed to have supernatural causes. April 1, 1974 Path width: 50 yards A barn was picked up and scattered over 60 to 70 acres. Path width: In southwest Jessamine County at the intersection of KY 1268 and US 68 seven horses were killed along with extensive barn and fence damage. 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. The day after the storm the head of the Louisville weather service office, J. L. Kendall, surveyed the damage. Path width: May 9, 1933 Injuries: 0 Injuries: 3 Time: 2:00pm An infant was killed and two people were injured as their trailer was destroyed. June 27, 2008 Injuries: Path width: Path length: Time: 6:39am CDT County: Perry Injuries: Counties: Dubois Deaths: This agrees with what Grazulis has. EF-scale: EF1 Deaths: Time: 3:30pm Counties: Garrard, Madison, Clark KY F-scale: F0 October 7, 2014 Path width: Time: 9:38pm EDT This tornado "bounced like a rubber ball" and destroyed several homes. Time: 2:15pm Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2Grazulis does not list it. F-scale: F2 Time: 10:10pm EST Injuries: 0 Injuries: 0 County: Washington IN Winds in this area were estimated to be between 90 and 95 mph. Notes:This very small tornado touched down on top of an older wooden barn on KY 289 just south of the intersection with US68. Windows were blown out, a cart corral was blown into a vehicle, and a power pole was blown down. F-scale: F2 Path width: 800 yards March 12, 1986 About 50 vehicles in a car dealership lot were totaled. County: Metcalfe April 3, 1956 However, the spring of 2011 was one of the deadliest and costliest tornado seasons on record. Notes:The tornado touched down in a corn field near Morrison Park Road, just east of Tompkinsville Road. Path width: The tornado was very narrow along Rogers Campground Road, likely no more than 50 yards wide. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 0 Counties: Jessamine Another trailer near this location was completely destroyed. Injuries: 0 F-scale: F1 Counties: Jefferson KY SPC gives a path length of 70 miles, NCDC gives 35 miles, Grazulis gives 32 miles. May 11, 2003 Injuries: 16. SPC gives a path length of 20 milesNCDC gives 21 milesGrazulis give 29 miles. Time: 6:30pm Director Teresa Hopkins-Elam and Ward 5 City Councilman Rarchar Proceeding into Bourbon County, the house of Rodes Donald had two rooms blown away, the Dudley School was moved four feet off its foundation, fifty trees were blown down on the Ewing Farm, and the Spears Farm on Stewart Road was damaged. U.S. Tornado History: The Smithsonian Institution's "Queries Relative to Tornadoes," circa 1860s For much of the mid-1800s, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was the center of weather observation for the United Notes: In the Duff area several homes suffered minor damage and numerous trees, both softwood and hardwood, were snapped or uprooted. Path width: This project has been unable to find any corroboration of this at Storm Data, NCDC, SPC, or Grazulis (though, in the interest of full disclosure, the entry for Indiana in this month's Storm Data simply says, "No Data Received"). April 20, 2011 Time: 7:00pm Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from half a mile south of Clarksville to half a mile north of Jeffersonville. Homes were swept away in many communities, including Keytown, Angle, Oak Grove, and Liberty. Injuries: 0 Path width: Grazulis lists this tornado at 8:15pm. January 30, 2013 Time: 5:30pm April 20, 2000 Between them was a treeless and fenceless waste, with scattered remnants of homes and uprooted trees. Time: 8:04pm CDT EF-Scale: EF1 Time: 6:00pm EF-Scale: EF2 Time: 6:12pm Storm Prediction Center. Path width: 125 yards Deaths: 0 Path width: 60 yards April 28, 2002 Path length: 4 miles Injuries: April 20, 1996 As it crossed Winkelreid Street between 10th and 11th Streets, it buckled in a large overhead door and caused minor damage to the roof of the Indiana Southern Power building. Most of the Indiana damage was from wind-driven hail. Injuries: 0 The deadliest Michigan tornado occurred in Beecher -- near Flint -- on June 8, 1953. Path width: 100yards October 10, 1959 Injuries: Path width: 150 yards On the north side of Tompkinsville it destroyed a large wood frame warehouse and twisted a large steel frame metal building off its foundation. Path length: 0.5 mile The tornado then weakened slightly as it moved into a subdivision damaging several small trees, sheds, and roofs. Noted discrepancies: None A mobile home had its metal roof blown off into a nearby pond and insulation was blown along the ground and into a couple of trees. Within this area of high winds, an F3 tornado swept from about two miles northwest of Cecelia to three miles east of Elizabethtown.