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On April 27, 1971, a violent F4 tornado struck Gosser Ridge and other parts of Russell and Pulaski County, Kentucky. [1] [2] [3] In November 1999, the National Climatic Data Center published a list of the historical F5 tornadoes in the United States from 1880 to 1999, which rated the Gosser Ridge tornado as an F5 tornado. [4]
At least 18 structures were destroyed or damaged there, primarily within a few blocks of the riverfront. In all, the tornado killed at least 115 people (possibly as high as 120), placing it among the deadliest tornadoes in United States history, and remains the deadliest tornado in Kentucky's history to date. [21]
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; 1929 Rye Cove tornado outbreak; March 1933 Nashville tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942; St. Louis tornado outbreak of February 1959; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 23–30, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14 ...
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Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 – Multiple long-track tornadoes crossed upstate New York
Two miles (3.2 km) before impacting Princeton, the tornado hit and destroyed a Kentucky mesonet station, which recorded 120.1 miles per hour (193.3 km/h) winds, setting the new record for the highest-measured wind gust in Kentucky history. [49] Within two-miles, the tornado intensified a minimum of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). [49]
See the damage as severe storms hit Kentucky leaving thousands without power. ... The National Weather Service has confirmed six EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky during Tuesday’s storm ...
The biggest tornado to cause destruction in Kentucky from Friday into Saturday may have been at least an EF3, per the National Weather Service. EF3, or higher? Early estimates of the strength and ...