Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

A storm system will bring a number impacts to the central and eastern US. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the Gulf Coast and Deep South. Further north, a wintry mix may produce a glaze of ice from the Ozarks/Mid-South east through the Ohio Valley. Accumulating snow is expected from the central Plains east into the Upper Ohio Valley/Lower Great Lakes. Read More >

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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Heavy Rain in the Southeast; Wintry Mix from the Plains through the Ohio Valley

Tornadoes of April 24, 1955