Tornadoes of 1980

June 7, 1980
Counties: Orange
F-scale: F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
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Time: 6:00pm
Notes: This tornado touched down in or near Paoli.

June 7, 1980
Counties: Orange
F-scale: F1
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Time: 6:00pm
Noted discrepancies: This tornado blew down a barn on the north side of Orleans.

The Louisville Courier-Journal mentions two tornadoes in Washington County on this day. One in the Livonia, Smedley, and Salem areas, and the other in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area. This project has been unable to find any corroboration of this at Storm Data, NCDC, SPC, or Grazulis (though, in the interest of full disclosure, the entry for Indiana in this month's Storm Data simply says, "No Data Received"). Also, the tornado in the Fredericksburg/Martinsburg area may be the tornado listed next, which is officially placed just across the border in far northern Harrison County. The only specific damage mentioned by the Courier-Journal from either of these potential tornadoes is a mobile home losing its roof at Smedley. At this time will not plot any tornadoes in Washington County.

June 7, 1980
Counties: Harrison IN
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 6:30pm
Noted discrepancies: None

June 10, 1980
Counties: Fayette
F-scale:  F0
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 30 yards
Path length: 3 miles (skipping)
Time: 4:00pm
Notes: This tornado touched down in Lexington on Patterson Street and skipped to the east-southeast at 35mph, lifting near New Circle Road south of Winchester Road. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and windows were broken.

July 2, 1980
Counties: Scott KY, Fayette
F-scale:  F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 300 yards
Path length: 13 miles (skipping)
Time: 6:55pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards, Storm Data 300 yards. The details concerning this tornado are somewhat murky, but it appears that it touched down southwest of Georgetown where it damaged a greenhouse, and skipped to the east into far northern Fayette County. The Lexington Leader mentions the tornado north of the city but doesn't say anything about any damage. Rather, the paper instead describes damage in Lexington in a southwest-northeast path from Collier Court through Balmoral Court to the intersection of Bryanwood Parkway and Bellcastle Road. It's possible that this was a very small weak tornado, but knowing that for certain is virtually impossible this far after the event. The newspaper also mentions light damage on Nantucket Drive and Melbourne Way in the southwest part of the city, and a tree that was blown down somewhere on Emerson Drive.

July 2, 1980
Counties: Mercer, Woodford
F-scale:  F1
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Injuries: 1
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Time: 7:30pm
Noted discrepancies:  Storm Data also includes Jessamine County, but mentions no specific damage.

July 2, 1980
Counties: Boyle
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 7:45pm
Noted discrepancies: Storm Data mentions damage at Perryville, Parksville, and Michelsville. Lat/lon pair given by SPC disagrees with this storm striking Perryville. Cannot find Michelsville on any map. There is a Mitchellsburg in Boyle County, but it's not in line with Perryville/Parksville. Will plot according to the lat/lon for now.

September 22, 1980
Counties: Oldham
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 3:05pm
Notes: Storm Data mentions Demplytown and Buckner.