Tornadoes of 1972

April 11, 1972
Counties:  Green
F-scale:  F2
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  0
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Time:  11:45pm
Grazulis narrative:  Near Allendale three trailers and three barns were destroyed in a brief touchdown.  A frame home was damaged.
Noted discrepancies:  SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yards...NCDC and Grazulis give nothing for either.

April 13, 1972
Counties:  Clark IN
F-scale:  F1
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Time:  4:42am
Noted discrepancies:  None

April 14, 1972
Counties:  LaRue, Nelson
F-scale:  F1
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Time:  1:10am
Noted discrepancies:  NCDC only includes LaRue County.  Storm Data says the tornado unroofed a home in LaRue County before crossing the Rolling Fork River in Nelson County at New Haven.
Notes:  Will map this as touching down just barely inside LaRue County.  (SPC's lat/lon is actually in Nelson County).

April 21, 1972
Counties:  Butler
F-scale:  F3
Deaths:  0
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Path length:  5 miles
Time:  8:00pm
Grazulis narrative:  Moved from three miles south of Cromwell to near Gilstrap.  Three small homes were blown down.  Twelve other homes and a church were damaged, and two barns were destroyed.
Noted discrepancies:  SPC, Storm Data, and NCDC list no injuries, Grazulis lists 2.  SPC and NCDC give a path length of six miles, Grazulis and Storm Data give 5.  SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing.

April 21, 1972
Counties:  Grayson
F-scale:  F3
Deaths:  0
Injuries:  4
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Path length:  1 mile
Time:  9:00pm
Grazulis narrative:  Hit two miles east of Clarkson.  Two trailers were destroyed, and pieces were carried for a mile.  Six frame homes were damaged.
Noted discrepancies:  SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3, Grazulis gives it an F2.  SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Grazulis nothing.
Notes:  According to Storm Data, the tornado touched down 2 miles east of Clarkson, and moved northeast for about a mile.

April 21, 1972
Counties:  Mercer
F-scale:  F2
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Time:  10:10pm
Grazulis narrative:  Moved northeast from six miles west of Salvisa to one mile east of Ballard.  Five barns were destroyed, two of which had concrete foundations.  A house and a metal silo were destroyed.  Two cars and a truck were destroyed, and a 400-gallon water tank was moved three-quarters of a mile.  A 16-inch rafter was driven into the ground.
Noted discrepancies:  Grazulis lists this tornado at 11:10pm.  SPC/NCDC stop this tornado at Salvisa, but Grazulis takes it into Anderson County, ending it one mile east of Ballard.  In Storm Data the tornado touched down six miles west of Salvisa in Mercer County (one mile east of Ballard) and moved northeast along Stratton Road, Kirkwood Road, Gash Road, and Hickory Grove Road, all of which are in Mercer County.  At this point, prefer to plot this tornado only in Mercer County.

July 2, 1972
Counties:  Simpson
F-scale:  F1
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Time:  6:30pm
Noted discrepancies:  None

July 28, 1972
Counties:  Hart
F-scale:  F1
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Time:  6:30pm
Notes:  According to Storm Data, this tornado damaged four city blocks on the west side of Munfordville.

August 19, 1972
Counties:  Madison
F-scale:  F2
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Injuries:  1
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Time:  2:00pm
Noted discrepancies:  NWS lists this as an F2, Grazulis does not list it.  SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile and a path width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing for either.

August 25, 1972
Counties:  Nelson
F-scale:  F1
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Time:  1:50pm
Noted discrepancies:  SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards.  This tornado is not listed in Storm Data!  More research would be helpful.