Tracking Storm System Across the Central U.S.

A storm system will continue to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms as it progresses eastward across the central U.S. into the Northeast through the weekend. There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

March 22, 1952
Counties: LaRue
F-scale:  F3
Deaths:
Injuries:   18
Path width:   300 yards
Path length:
Time: 12:05am
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast across the south part of Hodgenville. The tornado destroyed nine cottages as well as the county fairgrounds. A dozen other homes were unroofed. About forty other homes had minor damage.
Noted discrepancies: SPC, Grazulis, and  Storm Data give a time of 12:05am, NCDC 12:03am. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. Would tend to believe Storm Data's width.

December 9, 1952
Counties: Hancock, Perry (from Daviess)
F-scale:  F3
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Path width:   880 yards
Path length: 32 miles
Time: 3:00pm
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast, striking the northern part of Tell City. There were three homes destroyed in Kentucky, and $200,000 damage. Many barns were destroyed in Indiana, where there was $300,000 damage. Most of the Indiana damage was from wind-driven hail.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis an F2. SPC and NCDC give a time of 3:00pm, Grazulis 2:30pm. SPC gives a path length of 70 miles, NCDC gives 35 miles, Grazulis gives 32 miles. SPC gives a path width of 880 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards, Grazulis says 400 yards. Grazulis mentions this was probably a family of tornadoes. NCDC or Grazulis must have the better path length...SPC entry looks to be an entry error. Storm Data says the tornado crossed from Kentucky into Indiana at Tell City with a "total path length in both states" of 32 miles.

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Tracking Storm System Across the Central U.S.

Tornadoes of 1952