It would be far safer, if one has an inclination to such views, to deny that such a view is correct, and only to accept it after most incontestable proof. Notes:A very narrow and intense damage path of rotating winds of90-95 mph was embedded within a 3-mile wide area of straight-linewinds. Time: 2:15pm Path length: 0.25 mile It did more damage when it reached Saint John Road, where it destroyed a home and some farm buildings. January 11, 1963 The tornado then continued on an intermittent path to the southeast where it did some additional roof damage to another home and snapped several other trees. Counties: Bullitt Damage continued to the east along and south of Hurst Road in extreme southeast Washington County. Notes: This small tornado touched down just south of Danny Sadler Road west of KY 920. The tornado then crossed US 27, destroying several barns, uprooting and snapping trees, and damaging several homes. I saw the tornado start to rope out at this point. F-scale: F1 Path length: The degree of damage suggested a mix of EF2 and EF3 damage in this area, with estimated winds of 120-150 mph. Injuries: 60 January 2, 2006 Counties: Harrison KY February 29, 2012 Deaths: 0 Counties: Nelson Injuries: 0 Elsewhere along the path minor roof damage occurred and a mobile home was moved from its foundation. Time: 3:35am Weather Alert: Tornado Warning now issued in Forsyth County Deaths: EF-scale: EF2 Injuries: 0 As settlement advanced, tornadoes were reported from New England, through the Old South, and into the Old Northwest (present-day Midwest, Ohio Valley, Lakes region). F-scale: F2 Deaths: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards (obviously incorrect), NCDC 30 yards (obviously incorrect), Grazulis 1760 yards, Storm Data 700 yards. Grazulis lists an F2 tornado in Woodford County with eight injuries, a path length of one mile, and a path width of 200 yards on May 18, 1995 at 6:35am. The tornado produced EF1 and EF0 damage in Simpson County until it lifted at Russellville-Gallatin Road at 2:09pm CDT. The tornado knocked down the exterior wall of another building. Path length: 3 miles F-scale: F2 This tornado passed over a tank ten feet long, three feet wide, and twenty inches deep, full of water. Path width: May 28, 1996 Path length: Injuries: 0 Deaths: Vinyl siding was, ripped off a home and small outbuildings were damaged. Three miles east of Waynesburg a mobile home was completely destroyed and a house was pushed 30 feet off of its foundation. The motion of the air in tornadoes is spirally inward and upward, so that from each side of the track objects are drawn inward from the centre of the track, and very heavy objects are carried up in the centre. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado two miles north of Crab Orchard. Time: 10:25am As it crossed Paper Mill Road the inflow winds into the tornado pulled off siding from nearby houses and moved light objects several hundred feet. Jim Barnes of 1448 Canonero Drive said he was grilling steaks in his driveway. Path width: Path width: 250yards Several trailers were moved off of their foundations and had roof damage. Counties: Breckinridge The driver of one of the trucks was injured. Storm Data says "F1 or F2". F-scale: F4 Damage indicators along the path of this tornado included multiple softwood trees down, minor shingle damage to homes, a side wall downed in a large indoor tennis facility, and a barn roof collapse. Path width: Notes: This tornado touched down near several large metal outbuildings destroying two and heavily damaging two others. On June 8, 1966, an F5 tornado ripped through Topeka, passing over Burnett's Mound . F-scale: F2 Time: 8:31am Time: 1:00pm This was one of a family of small tornado that skipped across three counties. Time: 6:05am - 6:07am EST Injuries: 270 Several trees were uprooted. Time: 7:45pm Time: 8:00pm EST to 8:13pm EST We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Thomas P. Grazulis, and his master work Significant Tornadoes 1680 - 1991 and its supplement Significant Tornadoes 1992 - 1995. May 27 . EF-Scale:EF0 Path length: The tornado did occasionally reach closer to the ground, causing significant damage to two structures. The tornado completely blew away a large, well constructed outbuilding. Counties: Lincoln As the tornado lifted at Coletown several trees fell or were snapped. March 16, 1963 Path width: Fifty large trees were uprooted in Iroquois Park, and smaller trees were witnessed sailing through the air. Notes: Wind speeds reached 130mph. Notes: Storm Data says this tornado struck three miles northeast of Horse Cave, and then to Uno and Hardyville, crossing KY 541 about two miles west of US 31E. On Dale Ann Drive a playhouse weighing 1500 pounds was blown 200 feet. F-scale: F0 F-scale: F2 The metal sheeting was thrown in a northwesterly to northeasterly direction. Path length: 0.75 mile The survey team estimated well over 500 trees in a 1 mile stretch uprooted, snapped, or pushed over. Path width: Another home was completely demolished and thrown downwind several hundred yards, within which there were 3 fatalities. 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. Path length: Time: 12:38am EST to 12:40am EST Counties: Clinton Notes: This small tornado damaged trees and roofs near KY 1967 north of US 60. Two large barns, a silo, and a stable were also destroyed on the same property. It appears this tornado should be listed as Marshall/McCracken rather than McCracken/Madison. A 125 pound chimney was blown 60 yards away. Time: 10:34pm Sep. 16, 2016. Notes: Washington County: The National Weather Service in conjunction with Washington County Emergency Management conducted a detailed tornado damage survey on Saturday, March 3. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. Path length: Counties: Orange F-scale: F1 No further damage occurred to the east of this location as the tornado dissipated. F-scale: EF2 A four-year-old girl in the house was blown 200 yards and survived with a broken leg. About 100 people were left homeless in Clark County. Injuries: 0 Injuries: 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. The tornado track continued at a residence on New Bethel Cloverport Rd. Towards the end of the path a barn was destroyed and a 100 by 300 foot well-built metal outbuilding was destroyed. The Cook Hazelip Building in Smith's Grove was unroofed. HEAT.gov Path length: Power lines were leaning over Route 79/259. Injuries: 12 As the tornado passed along southeast of Branchville it killed again. Counties: Butler Counties: Lincoln Deaths: The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. People would cross the street rather than walk by it. A horrific nighttime Counties: Fayette, Clark KY A large grain bin was demolished and an anchored mobile home was pushed off of its foundation. The only specific damage mentioned by the Courier-Journal from either of these potential tornadoes is a mobile home losing its roof at Smedley. Counties: Orange EF-Scale: EF-0 May 28, 1996 Injuries: 0 Notes: Hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted southwest of Saint Anthony. F-scale: EF3 Fortunately it was unoccupied. Near Rocky Hill a barn was destroyed and two outbuildings lost their roofs. Injuries: 1 Time: 3:45am Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 20, Storm Data lists 7. Counties: Boyle and Lincoln (and on into Rockcastle) Injuries: In addition, an outbuilding lost part of its roof and debris struck a residence causing cracked masonry and dented drywall inside the structure. There were also trees facing in nearly every direction that were snapped, twisted, or uprooted. Time: 5:52pm Also, a large tree on the north side of the path was snapped southward and drug 10 feet to the south. Time: 2:20am - 2:21am CDT An injured person at Pewee Valley may have died several weeks later. The tornado lifted slightly and passed over Hawesville as a funnel cloud (though 75 mph winds still did damage in town). April 9, 1991 July 5, 1987 Path length: Counties: Perry Time: 11:54pm EST to 12:05am EST The tornado skipped east-northeast for nearly 9 miles across primarily open fields. 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. Most of the early pioneers came from Europe and there is no place in the world that has tornadoes like the United States. June 27, 2008 EF-Scale:EF1 Deaths: 1 Path width: Continuing to the northeast, a church off of Holmans Lane suffered significant damage when its entire south wall was blown out. Time: 4:30pm Notes: Storm Data reports damage on the north side of Bowling Green. Path length: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 58 miles, Grazulis give 35 miles (skipping), Storm Data gives 60 miles. The Deaver Farm was damaged, and a 15 pound rock was blown through a wall like a cannonball. Path length: 14 miles (skipping) The funnel devastated that town and crossed the Ohio River into Harrison County, Indiana. EF-Scale: EF1 Path length: Injuries: 0 Deaths: Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile northwest of Versailles to one mile north of Versailles. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado at Salvisa. Path length: 1.2 mile Counties: Mercer Injuries: Injuries: 12 A witness on a high spot on East Broadway witnessed the tornado decimate the Patio/Muddy Creek Pike area around 6pm. Insulation was found in nearby trees. Near Kirksville one home was demolished and another lost its roof. They escaped without injury, though they were trapped in rubble for 30 minutes. Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a time of 10:50am, Storm Data 11:50am, Grazulis 10:20am. Time: 6:45pm CDT There were far fewer towns and people and most went unrecorded. Injuries: MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) When Yamhill Valley Heritage Center volunteers speak to . Injuries: Injuries: 10 April 27, 2011 May 27, 2004 July 13, 2015 One lane of Interstate 65 was blocked by debris, and cars were damaged. Injuries: 2 The tornado moved northeast and produced major damage in Rosetta where it destroyed the Fountain of Faith Church. Injuries: Deaths: Along the path two barns and a silo were damaged. Storm Data says this tornado entered Orange County three miles south-southwest of Huron and entered Lawrence County three miles south-southeast of Huron. EF-Scale: EF-0 Path length: 32 miles This was consistent with EF1 damage, 105 mph estimated winds, and a damage width of 75 yards. County: Washington, IN Path width: F-scale: F2 Noted discrepancies: None Counties: Simpson 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. Your email address will not be published. A list of instructions for observing tornadoes during the late 1800s. A farm home was also destroyed. Path width: 440 yards Counties: Warren Notes: Storm Data says this tornado touched down initially west of Lawrenceburg and moved into the downtown section of that city. Notes: This tornado touched down in Lexington on Patterson Street and skipped to the east-southeast at 35mph, lifting near New Circle Road south of Winchester Road. Counties: Franklin The tornado here was rated EF4 with estimated wind speeds of 170 mph and a damage width of one-third mile. SPC gives a path length of 70 miles, NCDC gives 35 miles, Grazulis gives 32 miles. Time: 3:14pm CDT Time: 6:00pm However, plotting historical tornado tracks is fraught with the potential for error. If the tornado could not be cross-referenced in Grazulis, the tornado was plotted where the National Weather Service latitude/longitude pair specified. Looking at the map it seems more logical that the Knox/Daviess tornado would be first, followed by the Crawford/Harrison tornado. April 20, 1996 The family was out to eat at the time, but had they been home the children would have been napping at the time the tornado struck. Numerous trees were felled and several outbuildings were damaged. County: Metcalfe Time: 8:15pm Path width: 150 yards Time: 7:00pm Snapping trees on the land adjacent to the hay and soybean fields, the tornado took a slight right turn, crossing KY728, and destroyeda large barn. The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. Deaths: 0 Deaths: 8 Deaths: Minimal F2. Time: 9:35am Counties: Clinton Time: 5:38am - 5:39am EST Time: 11:15pm Counties: Meade A mobile home was rolled over and trees and power lines were blown down. Two homes were unroofed and torn apart, injuring two people inside one of them. Notes: More specific information is needed to accurately map this tornado. Path width: Time: 2:05am About 120 homes were damaged or destroyed near Frankfort, as were businesses and factories. F-scale: F2 Historically, the only extreme weather images were from eyewitness sketches. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from 6.3 miles south southwest of Salem, to Pekin, to 1.3 miles southeast of Pekin, to 2.7 miles northwest of Charlestown, to 3.1 miles southeast of Charlestown. Path length: Time: 5:11pm - 5:13pm CDT Path length: Less than 440 yards Injuries: 0 Notes: This small tornado struck just southwest of Milton. F-scale: F1 The tornado also did moderate damage to barns and destroyed several outbuildings, and moved a 2700 pound motorboat 220 feet. Path width: 100 yards Injuries: 104 Several homes and barns were damaged or destroyed. F-scale: F2 Path length: 0.7 mile A door was opened by gusts of wind just moments prior to the tornado, and this may have been one factor in the destruction of the church as powerful tornado winds battered the outside of the building and also were allowed to sweep into the interior of the building. Deaths: 0 Time: 4:15pm It damaged a row of trees behind a home and removed some flashing on the home. Early American Tornadoes Archives - ustornadoes.com EF-Scale: EF-1 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a width of 10 yardsNCDC gives nothing for either. Injuries: Injuries: Notes:This tornado touched down in a grove of trees near the end of Kurtz Drive. The tornado continued east to near B Flood road with additional structural damage consistent with EF-1 damage and 90 mph winds. In addition a double-wide trailer was blown off its foundation and an RV was tossed across the road. F-scale: F1 Injuries: 6 County: Green Residents told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the tornado crossed the river and damaged trees on the Indiana shore, however that is not reflected in the official record. Path length: 9 miles 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. Time: 7:00pm CDT It traveled to the northeast across Lemons Mill Road and then to the north-northeast along Crumbaugh Road, across Paris Pike, and up Old Oxford Road, dissipating before reaching Cynthiana Road. Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. Injuries: 25 Path length:1.7 miles Deaths: 0 Counties: Grayson Storm Data mentions that the tornado entered Jefferson County three miles east-northeast of New Washington and then crossed into Trimble County ending northeast of Bedford and mentions damage at Mount Pleasant as well. Deaths: 0 Deaths: Deaths: A nearby well-built brick home had its roof and exterior walls swept away. Injuries: 0 November 18, 1957 Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mileNCDC gives nothing. The War of 1812 was ongoing, and the British had just defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24 and reached Washington. Time: 12:47pm CST F-scale: F1 Both places of damage listed by Grazulis are on the Henry/Shelby county line. The tornado ended approximately 400 yards from Highway 1544 near theintersection of 1164. The middle school experienced the worst damage. Path length: 2.2 miles 1-Stop Drought Injuries: 0 I was just 4 years old at the time but, I remember the wind blowing hard all that day. Injuries: 2 Theowner sustained only minor injuries as herolled over with his house, crawling outof a hole after it settled. Notes: Storm Data puts this tornado in Birdseye. Time: 11:35 - 11:40pm CDT Deaths: Immediately after the storm, Lagrange Interurban cars leaving Louisville could not get beyond Lyndon. Deaths: Will map as such, but further research would be helpful. Injuries: Grazulis narrative: Sixteen homes and 12 barns were damaged along the north edge of Shelbyville. Deaths: Tulsa Race Massacre, Dust Bowl & Oklahoma City - HISTORY Trees and power poles were snapped between Oregon and Ebenezer. Path width: 100 yards F-scale: F1 The body of the Rev. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards. Deaths: April 20, 1986 The tornado also uprooted numerous trees and ripped off sections of roofing from several other buildings. Another home was badly damaged, and several barns and outbuildings were blown down. Path length: 4miles Notes: This tornado began just east of the end of the previous tornado and began by damaging roofs of about a dozen houses and uprooting and snapping trees along Saint Edwards Drive. Time: 3:55pm The length of this touchdown was .80 miles. EF-scale: EF1 April 20, 1996 May 17, 2003 3. Deaths: 1 Time: 12:21am EST to 12:25am EST Time: 6:00pm Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a time of 4:25pm, NCDC gives 3:25pm. June 27, 2008 November 10, 2002 About five and a half miles from Lexington on Briar Hill Road the twister devastated the Kelley Farm. The tornado then weakened as it traveled across KY 1359. The tornado continued east across the Knobs toward Binford Rd, where it took multiple trees down. Most public buildings were destroyed. March 6, 1961 March 28, 1997 Injuries: The NCDC touchdown lat/lon in Shelby County is not the same as the liftoff lat/lon in Jefferson County, though it ought to be if the tornado went directly from Jefferson County into Shelby County as one coherent tornado, so perhaps at the NCDC website the Shelby County event is a separate tornado, and is also a separate tornado according to Grazulis who perhaps felt it was not F2 and thus omitted it? Path width: 200 yards March 23, 1893 Injuries: 0 The family dog was found alive under piles of rubble. Two barns were destroyed. The tornado was 60 yards wide with wind speeds of 140 mph, indicative of EF-3 strength. 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. This tank was air-tight, and had an opening in the top one foot square. Path length: Less than one mile Path length: April 16, 1998 County: Warren, Barren F-scale: F1 Path length: 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. Notes: The tornado traveled mainly over plowed fields, but was witnessed by at least three people and did do some damage to farms. Violin from the late 1800s donated to Pioneer Days. Path length: 0.3 mile Path width: It also moved a Beechcraft/King Air plane 10 degrees and the nose gear was broken. Light objects are elevated high into the air, and are sometimes carried many miles before they are thrown out of the vortex. Path width: 100yards The storm came up from near Cox's Creek where the Whitney Horse Farm was damaged, crossing Lilly Pike where several homes, barns, and trailers were demolished, across Murray Road, and then across KY 44 and on to the Elk Creek community. Injuries: Time: Noon A 30x50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. SPC and NCDC give it a path length of 9 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give a length of 5 miles. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale, even though tornadoes were not ranked on any scale at the time. Injuries: April 19, 2011 Counties: Washington KY Path width: 150 yards Notes: The tornado first touched down near Lone Star, where it destroyed several barns and a mobile home. The only structural damage was to a small home on the top of a hill near South Rays Fork Road. A tobacco warehouse was demolished on the southwest side of town. F-scale: F2 Path width: Injuries: A barn was slightly damaged in the South Hudson neighborhood, a barn was damaged on Fountain Avenue, and the home of Sheriff Deputy Murphy on Clayton Avenue lost its two chimneys and suffered other roof damage as well. Noted discrepancies: NCDC narrative does not match up with the lat/lons given for Jefferson County. Path width: Deaths: 7 Deaths: 0 Time: 7:28pm CDT/8:28pm EDT Narrative: From one of the worst tornado outbreaks ever to strike central Kentucky. The result: 116 fatalities, more than 350 homes and businesses leveled and close to 850 people injured. Counties: Spencer Injuries: Near the end of the track a house's roof was partially torn off a gravel from the driveway was lifted and pelted into the side of the house. Time: 5:45pm F-scale: F1 March 19, 1849 The tornado crossed Paoli Pike just north of I-265 and caused roof damage at the Knob Point Apartments. Deaths: 0 June 2, 1990 Injuries: Path width: Tornado Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Insulation was everywhere. Time: 5:38pm Deaths: This photo was taken in Lebanon, Tennessee. Deaths: 1 Time: 11:04pm EST The tornado went over a hill and down into a holler where multiple vortices were witnessed. Deaths: Path length: May 31, 2001 Notes: The EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Center, Kentucky near Herbert Hodges Road. Nearly 30 tornadoes rip across 7 states, killing 2. Time: 7:32pm EST Path width: 100 yards Time: 4:25pm to 4:30pm Notes: This tornado hit several residences in a rural subdivision along Pleasure Ridge Road. Time: 10:03pm EDT to 10:09pm EDT December 11, 1967 Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. Counties: Scott KY Injuries: Deaths: Path length: Injuries: 1 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. Historical context: Much of the tornado activity in the American Midwestern area is relatively unknown and significantly under-reported prior to the middle of the 1800s as few people lived there to record the yearly activity. Counties: Adair Homes were said to have "vanished" near Sulphur Springs (where two people were killed) and near Falls of Rough (where three people were killed). February 6, 2008 Counties: Henry Finally, the tornado traveled to One of the first tornadoes reported in Injuries: Trees blocked the Louisville-Pewee Valley road for two miles. The adjoining garage lost its roof and its doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. Path length: 15 miles Path width: F-scale: F3 Time: 2:19pm Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Path width: 300 yards The tornado grew into a mile-wide monster as it plowed down at least 100 homes. Metal sheeting frombarns was thrown in excess of 400 yards downwind. Winds at this location were between 90 and 95 mph. Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted. For small, short-lived tornadoes, only one latitude/longitude pair may have been given in the National Weather Service database (rather than one pair for the starting point and another pair for the ending point). Counties: Shelby Time: F-scale: F2 The tornado also caused significant tree damage from the middle school north/northeast across a remote area of the northeast part of the post. Time: 8:00am April 20, 2011 Time: 5:00pm Deaths: 2 A sign was also blown down at a business along U.S. 60. Deaths: Witnesses describe this as a very narrow, skipping tornado. Time: 6:03pm - 6:05pm CDT Path length: 5 miles Counties: Ohio Storm Data says the tornado unroofed a home in LaRue County before crossing the Rolling Fork River in Nelson County at New Haven. Injuries: 0 Grazulis narrative: Moved northeast from northeast of Versailles. The existence of such opposing currents is fully proved by the observation of aeronauts, as well as by those of observers at the surface of the globe. Two people were killed Thursday in the Florida Panhandle when their mobile home was toppled by a suspected tornado, one of nearly 30 that hit . Path length: Deaths: 1 Next a large oak tree was uprooted at 3705 Modesto Road and a trampoline was thrown into a Volkswagen and then over a house. Path length: 1.4 miles Counties: Mercer SPC/NCDC end it on the northwest side of Leitchfield. Path length: The funnel lifted two miles north of Fairfield. Path length: 2miles However, in some cases there was so much disagreement among the sources that it was impossible to determine the true story about a particular tornado, making it impossible to plot the tornado. F-scale: F0 County: Crawford Time: 11:54pm EDT Deaths: 0 Counties: Scott KY May 17, 1999 Time: 1:30am CDT Within this area of high winds, an F3 tornado swept from about two miles northwest of Cecelia to three miles east of Elizabethtown. Path width: 1200 yards F-scale: F1 A dozen other homes were damaged. Narrative: Moved northeast from four miles south of Eminence, passing one mile north of Pleasureville. Notes: Storm Data takes this tornado from one mile east of Smithfield to five miles east-northeast of Eminence. Path width: Grazulis places this tornado at 7:20pm. Path width: April 3, 1974 May 30, 2004 The tornado then struck the south buildings of the Henryville middle and high school complex, with severe damage and 170 mph winds (EF4). SPC and NCDC give a path length of 31 milesGrazulis says 25 miles. NCDC does not include Fayette County. Minor damage to buildings occurred just on the western outskirts of Cloverport, then the tornado lifted over the town, touching down again less than a mile east of the community, where numerous hardwood trees were observed to be uprooted from aerial photos. Counties: Jessamine The path was 50 yards wide. Injuries: 0 Notes: 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.