Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected today into Wednesday over New Mexico into far west Texas. Flash flooding and debris flows in wildfire burn areas will be possible. A strong coastal storm will develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday, intensifying toward southern New England this weekend. Significant coastal flooding, strong rip currents, and beach erosion from high surf expected. Read More >

March 4, 1955
Counties:   Madison
F-scale:  F3
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Path width: 250 yards
Path length: 5 miles
Time: 6:45pm
Grazulis Narrative: Moved east from Cottonburg to south of Richmond. Two homes and several barns were destroyed. Ten cows were killed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC call this an F3, Grazulis calls it an F2. SPC and NCDC give it a path length of 9 miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give a length of 5 miles. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, and Grazulis and Storm Data 250 yards. (Grazulis and Storm Data list the touchdown at "Cottonwood", by which they probably mean "Cottonburg", which is west of Richmond two miles east of the Garrard County line.)

April 24, 1955
Counties: Madison
F-scale:  F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Path width: 800 yards
Path length: 3 miles
Time: 3:45am
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast near Eastern State College in Richmond. Homes were unroofed in the student housing area. Hundreds of trees were uprooted.
Noted discrepancies:   Grazulis lists this tornado as having occurred at 3:00am...Storm Data lists it at 3:45am...SPC lists it at 3:45pm.  Storm Data also mentions it lifted at 4:00am. Would tend to believe Storm Data here.  Storm Data says most damage was in and around Eastern State College in Richmond. Grazulis lists this tornado as an F2.

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Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Tornadoes of 1955