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 >

January 21, 1959
Counties: Grayson
F-scale:  F3
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 5
Path width: 100 yards
Path length: 7 miles
Time: 12:30pm
Grazulis Narrative:   Moved northeast in and near Neafus, Steff, Spring Lick, Goffs, Short Creek, Staff, and Caneyville. Four homes were destroyed in Neafus, and two each in Steff and Spring Lick. Ten buildings were destroyed on a farm.
Noted discrepancies: SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, but Grazulis lists 5. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis 100 yards.

February 10, 1959
Counties: Clark IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 4:00am
Grazulis Narrative:   A house and a garage were destroyed at New Washington.
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC and Grazulis give nothing. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC and Grazulis give nothing.  Storm Data erroneously lists this tornado in Jefferson County IN.

October 10, 1959
Counties: Orange
F-scale:
Deaths:
Injuries:
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 11:15pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives nothing. The lack of an F-scale is frustrating.  Storm Data mentions that the tornado was small and the worst damage seems to have been the destruction of a barn. It also apparently hit a cemetery and "toppled 50 tombstones". It struck on IN 56 midway between Paoli and Millersburg. Would guess it was an F1, but more research is needed to get a better idea of this tornado's f-scale.

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

Tornadoes of 1959