Louisville, KY
Weather Forecast Office
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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