Strong Storms and Heavy Rainfall Threats; Dangerous Heat for Southern Plains into the Southwest

Thunderstorms, some severe, will impact areas of the Plains into the Midwest today. Rainfall can be locally heavy as well from these storms with isolated instances of flash flooding. Monsoonal flow will enhance rainfall across the Four Corners into the central Rockies today. Meanwhile, summer heat continues for the southern Plains, Southwest into southern California. 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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Strong Storms and Heavy Rainfall Threats; Dangerous Heat for Southern Plains into the Southwest

Tornadoes of 1959