Many miles of forest were leveled, and small farm communities were wiped out. Moved east-northeast from seven miles northwest of Hartford. The Board of Trade organized a relief committee to oversee the recovery, and the board also authorized $15,000 in pensions to widows and orphans of the storm. Sightseers started arriving on the 28th, and the National Guard was called in to control the crowds. The next morning the main Louisville newspaper called the storm "the whirling tiger of the air." The city organized crews of 60 men each who worked day and night searching the wreckage for bodies. 5 churches, 7 railroad depots, 2 public halls, 3 schools, 10 tobacco warehouses, 32 manufacturing plants, and 532 dwellings were destroyed by the tornado. The tornado then crossed the Ohio River into Jeffersonville, Indiana, and crossed the river again, coming back into Louisville dissipating near the present-day intersection of Zorn Avenue and River Road after badly damaging the city water tower. Damage totaled $2.5 million (1890 dollars) in Jefferson County, along with 20 injuries. This was one of the highest tornado death totals in a single building ever recorded in the United States. The building collapsed with 200 people inside 75 at a lodge meeting on the upper floor and 125 children with their mothers taking dancing lessons on the lower floor. At least 44 deaths occurred at the Falls City Hall (1124 West Market Street). Multi-story downtown buildings were hit by the tornado and subsequently collapsed. When the tornado entered the city of Louisville it was 200 yards wide and grew to 500 yards wide as it plowed through the west side of the central business district. The tornado moved north-northeast and northeast through the Parkland neighborhood (Twenty-eighth and Dumesnil), leveling a few homes at F4 intensity. This historic event may have actually started in Harrison County IN, but is traditionally plotted from just west of Shively, Kentucky. One of the most devastating tornadoes to ever strike Kentucky. Additional fatalities took place near Kuttawa and Eddyville, as well as earlier along the track in Marshall County. Grand Rivers was hardest hit where half the town was damaged and two people were killed. The tornado began five miles southwest of Benton and moved northeast to near Eddyville. After nearly 100 miles of destruction, the tornado was headed straight for the heart of Owensboro, but dissipated just nine miles southwest of town. After crossing extreme northwestern McLean County, the storm moved into Daviess County where five members of one family were killed east of Delaware. At Sebree trees were blown onto a railroad track, causing a train wreck and 3 fatalities. The tornado increased to F4 strength between Blackford and Dixon in western Webster County where dozens of farms were leveled and several people killed. The tornado continued to the northeast, killing at least 6 people in Crittenden County including five people in one home in Sheridan. A fatality occurred at the first farm the tornado hit after crossing the river west of Burna. The tornado crossed the Ohio River, striking Metropolis, Illinois, and then crossed the river again as it entered Livingston County. McCracken, Livingston, Crittenden, Webster, McLean, Daviess Clinton was particularly hard hit, where 55 homes were destroyed. This tornado touched down northeast of New Madrid, Missouri and moved northeast along the Mississippi River, crossing the river three times. Seven people in one family were killed near Rich Hill Knob. Homes were swept away in the Rich Hill Knob and Mount Olive areas. Scroll down through the tornadoes listed on this page, or click on a date in the following table to go directly to that entry. After 1950 data are taken from official National Weather Service sources with supplementation from Grazulis' work.
GMSC TORNADO HIGHWAY 2014 MAP IGRUHA UPDATE
Information from before 1950 is taken from Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991 and its supplement Significant Tornadoes Update 1992-1995, both by Thomas P Grazulis.
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