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On April 21–24, 1968, a deadly tornado outbreak struck portions of the Midwestern United States, primarily along the Ohio River Valley.The worst tornado was an F5 that struck portions of Southeastern Ohio from Wheelersburg to Gallipolis, just north of the Ohio–Kentucky state line, killing seven people and injuring at least 93.
The tornado first devastated Falmouth, Kentucky, where it killed 4 people, injured 350, destroyed 180 houses, and damaged another 200. The tornado heavily damaged most of the buildings in Dover . It crossed into Ohio near Ripley , where another person was killed and 30 homes were damaged.
1968 United States Kentucky, Ohio: Falmouth (KY), Dover (KY), Ripley (OH), Lucasville (OH) 6 (364 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 21–24 April 1968 – [4] NWS: April 23 1968 United States Ohio: Clermont County, Brown County, Clinton County: 1 (33 Injuries) Tornado outbreak of 21–24 April 1968 – [4] NWS: May 15 1968 United States Arkansas ...
Falmouth is a home rule-class city [4] in, and the county seat of, Pendleton County, Kentucky, [5] in the United States. The population was 2,169 according to the 2010 census . It lies at the confluence of the South and Main forks of the Licking River and is home to Kincaid Regional Theatre.
Kentucky state of emergency declared in 3 counties for tornadoes Trimble County is one of three counties to declare a state of emergency . Carroll and Gallatin counties have followed suit.
Devin Johnson's life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him homeless in 2021.
The biggest tornado to cause destruction in Kentucky from Friday into Saturday may have been at least an EF3, per the National Weather Service.
April 23, 1968 – A long-tracked and intense F4 tornado tracked through Pendleton and Bracken counties in Kentucky, before crossing the state line into Brown County. Many homes were destroyed, and a farm was obliterated in Adams County .