Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected from the Upper Ohio Valley into the southern Mid-Atlantic today and portions of the central Appalachians and Carolinas on Saturday. Monsoonal moisture will bring a flash flooding threat to the Desert Southwest. Sweltering heat persists from the Plains to the southern Mid-Atlantic through tonight. Read More >

June 24, 1995
Counties: Oldham
F-scale: F0
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 50 yards
Path length: 1/2 mile
Time: 6:02pm
Notes: This appears to have been a westward moving tornado. A firefighter with the Westport Volunteer Fire Department saw the tornado begin on Eighteen Mile Creek Road, and proceed into Westport. Numerous trees were felled and several outbuildings were damaged. Many residents saw the tornado, and one person described it as looking like "a giant burnt curlicue French fry." The tornado hit the Westport General Store and blew down trees and power lines in town. Roofs were damaged as the tornado proceeded along Main Street/KY 524. Residents told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the tornado crossed the river and damaged trees on the Indiana shore, however that is not reflected in the official record. The record does state thast damaging straight-line winds were also associated with this storm, so perhaps the feeling was that any damage on the Indiana side was from non-tornadic wind.

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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the East

Tornadoes of June 24, 1995