Tornadoes of 1955

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.