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 >

January 18, 1929
Counties: Green, Taylor
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 5
Path width:    100 yards
Path length: 12 miles
Time: 4:00pm
Narrative: Moved east from near Summersville to near Campbellsville. The deaths were in a home near the county line.

January 18, 1929
Counties: Hardin, LaRue
F-scale:  F3
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 5
Path width:    800 yards
Path length: 10 miles
Time: 4:00pm
Narrative: One "substantial" home and four barns were destroyed as a tornado moved northeast at Sonora. Many other buildings were damaged. This day's wind damage throughout the state of Kentucky totalled $1,000,000.

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

Tornadoes of January 18, 1929