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In the afternoon hours of April 3,1974, a large and destructive tornado would move through Central Kentucky and southern Indiana, striking several communities along a 32 miles (51 km) path and devastating the town of Brandenburg, Kentucky. The tornado would kill thirty-one people, twenty-eight in the Brandenburg area, and would produce damage ...
SW of Hardinsburg, KY to Brandenburg, KY to N of Laconia, IN: Breckinridge (KY), Meade (KY), Harrison (IN) KY, IN: 19:25-20:17 32.11 miles (51.68 km) 31 deaths – See section on this tornado – The town of Brandenburg was nearly destroyed. Same storm later produced the Louisville tornado. F3
The Brandenburg tornado is the only tornado to have officially produced documented F5/EF5 damage in the state of Kentucky, with the 1971 Gosser Ridge, Kentucky tornado being rated F5 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, before being downgraded to F4 after 2000. [38]
A day after a series of tornadoes passed through parts of Kentucky on Tuesday, people gathered to remember the 1974 tornadoes that destroyed parts of the country including Louisville.. Mayor Craig ...
Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Super Outbreak, the 24-hour period between April 3 and April 4 during which 148 tornadoes touched down in 13 different states.
For many older residents, their first and likely most prominent tornado story is from April 3, 1974. "It was my first memory in ... Outbreak: Residents remember 1974 tornado outbreak 50 years later
Paths of the 148 tornadoes generated during the 1974 Super Outbreak. The 1974 Super Outbreak was one of the most destructive tornado outbreaks ever known in United States history. Many notable tornadoes occurred, such as the Xenia, Ohio tornado which was an F5 tornado that killed 34 people and destroyed a large portion of the town. The Xenia ...
Over a 24-hour period on April 3 and 4, more than 140 tornadoes were reported in 13 states, including Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. A tornado that hit western Henry County ...