Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected today into Wednesday over New Mexico into far west Texas. Flash flooding and debris flows in wildfire burn areas will be possible. A strong coastal storm will develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday, intensifying toward southern New England this weekend. Significant coastal flooding, strong rip currents, and beach erosion from high surf expected. Read More >

October 31, 1934
Counties: Casey, Lincoln, Pulaski (and on into Rockcastle and Laurel)
F-scale: F2
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 32
Path width: 300 yards
Path length: 45 miles (probably a family of skipping tornadoes)
Time: 5:30pm
Narrative: A complex series of tornadoes and downbursts produced over $350,000 damage in a nine-county area of central Kentucky. The destruction of forty barns in Hart County and damage to 57 homes in Taylor County was likely from straight-line downburst winds. The likelihood of tornado involvement seemed to begin near Gilpin, continued east, passing south of Eubank, and ending in northern Laurel County. One person died in a home near Gilpin. A mother and four children died in one home on the Laurel County side of the Rockcastle River, fifteen miles northwest of London. Their home, which was destroyed, caught fire and only one child could be rescued. Most of the injuries were in the Gilpin-Mount Olive area.

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Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Tornadoes of October 31, 1934