Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Major Hurricane Erin is tracking just north of the lower Bahamas today. Dangerous surf and rip current threats increase this week for most of the Atlantic coastline. Erin's outerbands may impact the Outer Banks later this week. Hot to extremely hot temperatures are forecast today and Tuesday from a part of the southern Plains into the central to lower Mississippi River Valley. Read More >

June 30, 1977
Counties: Jefferson KY
F-scale:  F0
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Time: 6:30pm
Notes:  Storm Data says this tornado struck Valley Station.

June 30, 1977
Counties: Anderson
F-scale:  F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 300 yards
Path length: 1 mile
Time: 8:00pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast in the south part of the county. A trailer and two barns were destroyed. A house was damaged.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis ranks it as an F2. SPC and NCDC place it at 8:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data at 10:00pm.

October 1, 1977
Counties: Harrison IN
F-scale:  F1
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
Path width: 40 yards
Path length: 1/2 mile
Time: 7:00am
Grazulis narrative: Moved southeast, hitting a rural mobile home eight miles northeast of Corydon, blowing it apart, killing a man, and scattering debris for almost a mile. The side of a two-story home was torn off.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1, Grazulis says F2.

October 1, 1977
Counties: Marion
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 8:00am
Noted discrepancies: None

October 1, 1977
Counties: Fayette
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 8:00am
Noted discrepancies: SPC's beginning lat/lon is in Scott County KY. Cannot plot this tornado without further research.

October 1, 1977
Counties: Hardin
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 30 yards
Path length: 2 miles
Time: 4:00pm
Grazulis narrative: A new brick home was destroyed and the neighboring home was unroofed in a brief touchdown in Radcliff.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis calls it an F3. SPC and NCDC time it at 4:00pm, Grazulis and Storm Data 6:00pm. SPC, Grazulis, and NCDC list the path width at 30 yards, Storm Data says 1 yard.

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Tracking Major Hurricane Erin; Hot in the Mid-Mississippi Valley

Tornadoes of 1977