Tornadoes of 2018

February 24, 2018
County:  Logan (from Robertson, Tennessee)
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   1
Injuries:  1
Path width:  350 yards
Path length:  11.6 miles
Time: 3:54pm - 4:12pm CST
Notes: The tornado began at the end of McGee Road where two homes suffered extensive damage. The first home, a well built stone home, had significant roof damage and the screened-in porch was destroyed. The family's pick-up truck was thrown 40 yards to the north. On the family's cemetery, several tombstones were knocked over and one headstone was destroyed. There were several outbuildings and two pole barns destroyed as well. The second home experienced significant foundation damage and the roof was completely removed. A pick-up truck was thrown 250 yards into a field. Insulation from the home was found 300 yards away. The debris field from the two homes extended into a farmer's field up to a quarter mile downwind with several boards and bricks thrust into the ground. The tornado continued through several fields doing extensive tree and fence damage. Power lines were torn down. The tornado destroyed two barns at 901 Dot Road, where it also moved heavy farm equipment, blew out exterior walls, and destroyed the home's roof. Falling debris at this location struck and killed a resident. The family dog was found alive under piles of rubble. Debris was thrown 500 yards away. The tornado then hit a large farm at 3604 Schley Road destroying the second story of the home. The family was out to eat at the time, but had they been home the children would have been napping at the time the tornado struck. Three empty silos were destroyed with metal sheets thrown a quarter of a mile. The tornado continued along through fields, damaging and uprooting trees. At the intersection of Mortimer Station Road and Marriah Church Road trees were snapped and several homes experienced shingle, siding, and roof damage. Trees were snapped in Schochoh as the tornado lifted.

February 24, 2018
County:  Warren, Barren
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  1.6 miles
Time: 5:19pm - 5:21pm CST
Notes: Touchdown occurred near the intersection of Hays Pondsville Road and FH Roundtree Road where a small metal shed was destroyed, a trailer was overturned, a fence was flattened, and a home suffered minor roof damage. The narrow tornado continued northeast, uprooting trees and damaging outbuildings, breaking out all of the windows of one building. It then tore the porch off the east side of a home on the south side of US 68/80, depositing debris into nearby woods. Crossing the highway the tornado did its greatest damage, tearing a very large pine tree out of the ground and tossing it 100 feet over a home, splattering the front of the home with mud, ripping holes in the roof, and destroying the attached garage. The tornado continued to snap trees and damage outbuildings on its way northeast, scattering debris a quarter mile downwind. The tornado damaged the roof of a home and did porch, deck, and roof damage to a neighboring residence, plastering the east side of the home with insulation. Crossing over Lewis Road into Barren County, the roof of a sunroom was torn off of a home and an outbuilding destroyed. 

February 24, 2018
County:  Logan
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  300 yards
Path length:  2.9 miles
Time: 9:15pm - 9:16pm CST
Notes: The first damage occurred off of Old Greenville Road where several homes experienced siding and roof damage. There were some snapped cedar trees and a couple of uprooted trees and one resident at the end of the road saw their home's windows moving back and forth and their ears popped as they headed to the basement. There was extensive tree damage along Elamond Road where over 100 trees were snapped, twisted, and uprooted. At 291 Elamond Road part of the roof of a home was peeled back with extensive siding damage. 

February 24, 2018
County:  Butler
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.4 miles
Time: 9:21pm - 9:24pm CST
Notes: Damage began near Ewing Road where trees were snapped and twisted. This continued along Graveltown Road. The tornado reached its peak intensity on KY 106 where it did significant damage to a large barn. The tornado crossed the highway, uprooted two trees, and lifted.

February 24, 2018
County:  Simpson
EF-Scale:  EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.7 miles
Time: 9:50pm - 9:52pm CST
Notes: The tornado began just southwest of Lake Spring Road where a couple of trees were snapped or uprooted and a 24 x 36 barn experienced extensive roof panel damage. The tornado crossed farmland and then struck another barn near the intersection with US 31W. Metal sheeting was thrown from the barn in various directions and much of it ended up in the trees. There were a few twisted trees on both sides of the highway and the tornado lifted just to the northeast of the road.

February 24, 2018
County:  Green
EF-Scale:  EF2
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  1.3 miles
Time: 10:33pm - 10:35pm CST
Notes: This tornado began by causing roof damage to two barns and destroying two other barns. One, on the left side of the path, was shifted south, and the other, to the right of the path, was shifted north. Tall grass along a fence line within the tornado's path showed evidence of convergence. Also, a large tree on the north side of the path was snapped southward and drug 10 feet to the south. Heading east, the tornado felled several trees. A detached garage had its door bow out. Next, a 2-story house had some roof damage and a porch on the lee side of the house had a column fly out and land in a field 50 yards away. Lastly, the tornado struck a barn and several trees. A carport was thrown over a house and landed 100 yards to the east. 

February 25, 2018
County:  Garrard
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.1 mile
Time: 12:50am - 12:51am EST
Notes: The tornado touched down on a ridge along Gillespie Pike east of Lancaster. The tornado first uprooted a small tree and then shifted a small shed off of its foundation. The nearby home lost some roof covering and suffered debris impact. Another outbuilding was overturned and slid about 10 feet. The tornado then crossed the road where a brick facade home lost part of its outer wall, suffered roof damage, and was struck by debris. A couple of porch columns fell. The adjoining garage lost its roof and its doors were bent inward, falling onto the vehicles inside. A barn behind the house collapsed and another outbuilding lost its walls.

April 3, 2018
County:  Grayson
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.5 mile
Time: 6:52pm - 6:53pm CDT
Notes: This tornado touched down near several large metal outbuildings destroying two and heavily damaging two others. Insulation from the largest building was spattered onto the south and east facing walls and vehicles on the east side of the complex. Metal roofing material was lofted into nearby trees and spread up to a quarter mile to the east. Beyond the initial touchdown area, only minor roof damage and tree damage in the form of uprooted trees and snapped trunks, occurred before the funnel lifted at Childress Road.

April 3, 2018
County:  Boyle
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.5 mile
Time: 9:34pm - 9:35pm EDT
Notes: Touchdown was on a hill along KY 1822 where a large hay barn was destroyed, a medium sized barn was damaged, and fencing was destroyed. The tornado then did some damage to trees and a grain silo. An antique horse sled was picked up and moved about 10 feet. The tornado then struck a residence on the east side of KY 1822 and lifted off the roof. Insulation from the roof was thrown eastward and also rotated back and covered the back of the house. Farther east on Webster Road another residence sustained significant roof, gutter, and siding damage. Pine trees were snapped.

June 25, 2018
County:  Ohio
EF-Scale:  EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  100 yards
Path length:  0.6 mile
Time: 10:50am - 10:51am CDT
Notes: This brief tornado did most of its damage at treetop level, snapping the trunks of or uprooting at least two dozen large, mature oaks and cedars and causing limb damage to many others. In one case, it snapped the 2-foot diameter trunk of a large cedar less than 5 feet above the ground, but lofted the tree over nearby utility poles -- which remained intact -- and deposited the tree 200 feet to the east. The tornado did occasionally reach closer to the ground, causing significant damage to two structures. The first was a large brick ranch home which had most of the north half of its roof torn off, and insulation spread eastward in a narrow path. One piece of roofing lumber was found 500 feet ENE of the home. A second building, a large two-story brick industrial building 1/2 mile east, had about 20 percent of its metal roof peeled off. Immediately after hitting this building and downing trees in a nearby cemetery, it crossed US 62 and did additional tree damage as it moved through a wooded area.

June 25, 2018
County:  Edmonson
EF-Scale:  EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  1.6 mile
Time: 12:04pm - 12:06pm CDT
Notes: This weak tornado skipped along mainly at treetop level near the Moutardier Recreation Area and 1/2 mile south of the Edmonson-Grayson county line. The tornado snapped the upper reaches of several tree trunks near its initial point near several homes -- leaving debris in a circular pattern -- then skipped eastward, causing other minor tree damage before crossing Nolin Lake northeast of the Moutardier Marina. The tornado was captured on video and shared on social media, confirming the existence of the rotation and funnel. The tornado dissipated as it approached the east shore of the channel.

June 26, 2018
County:  Jefferson KY, Oldham
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  150 yards
Path length:  3.5 miles
Time: 1:44pm - 1:46pm EDT
Notes: This tornado touched down at the entrance of Westport Woods Apartments. Across from the complex numerous trees were snapped or topped off. On Pacelli Place parts of trees were thrown into two houses, puncturing the siding. Most of the damage was high end EF0 around 85 mph with much of the damage being 20 to 50 yards off the ground. There were some hardwood trees uprooted and parts of them fell onto homes, fences, trampolines, and swing sets. Besides trees being twisted and turned in multiple directions, there was leaf and mud spattering on several homes in opposite directions of the storm movement. Intermittent tree top damage continued near Lake Louisvilla. At Westport Business Center there was significant roof damage with portions of the roofing material and parts of the roof supports 20 to 50 yards downwind and several windows blown out. At Ceva Logistics a large section of the north wall was pushed out due to 75-80mph winds. The tornado struck the north portion of Westport Bend Commerce Park, snapping and bending several trees. The tornado began to skip and struck a few trees in Forest Springs North before moving into Oldham County. The tornado lifted briefly before dropping back down on the east side of Pewee Valley near Five Forks Drive. Near Manassas Drive a trampoline was thrown 60 yards and a large sycamore tree was uprooted next to an air conditioner that was thrown to the north. The tornado then increased in strength and uprooted several trees along Hawley Gibson Road. One resident lost twenty softwood and hardwood trees, The tornado lifted just east of Hawley Gibson Road, twisting several trees on a farm there.

July 20, 2018
County:  Washington IN
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  75 yards
Path length:  1.1 miles
Time: 2:03pm - 2:05pm EDT
Notes: This very small, skipping tornado did its damage primarily on hilltops between Sparks Ferry Road and the intersection of IN 135 and Lewellen Road. A few tree limbs and a small fence were downed near Sparks Ferry Road before it moved northeast over a large wooded area and open farmland. The next damage was concentrated about a quarter mile south of Water Tower Road, just west of IN 135. Here the tornado tore multiple metal roof panels off a barn, blew the southward-facing overhead doors of a garage in, and tore the entrance door off the garage on the west side. The attached home sustained considerable siding and roof damage. A small play shed on the west side of the home was destroyed, with the debris blown to the west-northwest. Debris from the barn and home were scattered in a narrow path through row crops up to a third of a mile to the northeast, where a resident witnessed large sheets of roofing and siding fall into a hay field on the north side of Lewellen Road. A corn field on the south side of Lewellen Road showed cyclonic rotation in a narrow path of flattened corn.

July 20, 2018
County:  Harrison IN
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  250 yards
Path length:  6 miles
Time: 2:04pm - 2:20pm EDT
Notes: A National Weather Service storm survey team confirmed a maximum wind speed of 105 mph. The tornado first touched down along Justin`s Trail in the Southwind Estates subdivision. There was significant tree damage along Pleasure Ridge Road where a large tree fell on a garage. Farther east along Pleasure Ridge Road, several small funnels from the main funnel did extensive damage. A 2 x 8 impaled a concrete grain silo. At least four big barns received extensive damage, including a turkey barn. Further east, several funnels congealed into one main tornado doing extensive damage to hardwood trees and significant roof damage to several homes. Along South Pleasant Road, one home had mud spatter on the east side of the house where several pieces of wood were impaled in the ground. At that property, a pole barn was completely destroyed and thrown in different directions. A truck and horse trailer were moved 50 feet and twisted. At the end of Sarabeth Way, there was extensive hardwood tree damage which included uprooted, twisted, and mangled trees. This included several healthy hickory trees which were snapped. Further east on Sinker Road, there was impressive cyclonic crop damage across a corn field with corn laying in every direction. On Simler Road, there was consistent snapped tree damage and a camper that had been tossed and flipped over and several barns received extensive damage. During the final stages of the tornado, it struck homes along Peyton Road flipping over single wide trailers, lifting the roof of a barn, and doing extensive tree damage. Parts of the barn, including insulation and sheet metal, were thrown into the trees.

July 20, 2018
County:  Metcalfe
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  60 yards
Path length:  2.1 miles
Time: 6:03pm - 6:05pm CDT
Notes: This short-lived spin-up occurred as a northeast-moving storm interacted with outflow winds from a southeastward-moving storm in eastern Metcalfe County. The first damage occurred along Subtle Road, where a carport was overturned and a large part of a metal outbuilding's roof was torn off, in addition to snapping numerous trees.  The tornado then moved east-northeast at tree-top level over wooded areas and farm fields, doing its next major damage a mile away where it pushed a double-wide mobile home to the northwest off its blocks, breaking windows, and ripping off shingles from the roof. The tornado continued on for another mile, causing occasional tree damage and dropping debris before lifting near the east end of Groce Road, where it peeled roofing material from a metal out building.

July 20, 2018
County:  Hart
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  60 yards
Path length:  1.2 miles
Time: 9:56pm - 9:59pm CDT
Notes: This tornado touched down in a wooded area midway between J Riggs Rd and Copelin Rd north of KY 728, snapping trees as it moved southeast along a hay field where it destroyed two 1200 lb hay bales and rolled numerous others up to a tenth of a mile into a soybean field and uphill onto a knoll. Snapping trees on the land adjacent to the hay and soybean fields, the tornado took a slight right turn, crossing KY 728, and destroyed a large barn.  Large parts of the barn debris were lofted into trees southwest of the structure, snapping their trunks.  A 20 x 20 section of the barn was blown 500 feet to the south-southeast.  The tornado continued southward for another two-tenths of a mile, downing trees along Campground Rd before lifting.

September 8, 2018
County:  Perry
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  80 yards
Path length:  1.8 miles
Time: 2:38pm - 2:44pm EDT
Notes: The tornado touched down on Main Street in Tell City, midway between Steuben and Winkelreid Streets, doing minor damage to one roof and bending an amateur radio antenna tower. Moving east-northeast, the tornado damaged roofs and snapped several large tree limbs, as well as toppling a large but rotting tree that crushed the roof of a garage.  A small shed was lofted out of its yard and became entangled in utility lines 30 yards to the northeast.  As it crossed Winkelreid Street between 10th and 11th Streets, it buckled in a large overhead door and caused minor damage to the roof of the Indiana Southern Power building.  Continuing to the northeast, a large metal carport was lifted and blown 50 feet north into neighboring trees, and more tree limbs were snapped, while a vinyl fence was blown northwest, as was a large trampoline and a patio umbrella, which was entangled in utility lines northwest of its origin.  The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th Street into a more rural area. On Brushy Fork Rd, the tornado snapped the trunks of three large trees, then continued northeast into a wooded area. The last evidence of the tornado was at the north end of Quaker Rd, where small branches were broken.

September 8, 2018
County:  Hancock
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  50 yards
Path length:  5 miles
Time: 4:42pm - 4:54pm CDT
Notes: This tree-top level tornado did all of its damage 20 to 30 feet above ground. Never more than 50 yards wide, the first evidence of the tornado touching down was one mile south of the water tower on Thomas Lane, where it downed several large branches that blocked the road. Moving northeast over forested land, the next evidence was more tree trunks and branches snapped on Poplar Grove Rd just north of the intersection with Hilldale Rd. The tornado then continued to skip northeast, snapping branches and trunks to the west of Frank Luttrell Rd, before crossing the road and causing minor roof damage to the metal roof of a barn and snapping more tree limbs a third of a mile southeast of North Hancock Elementary School. The tornado dropped small branches and leaves along its path as it continued northeast. The last major tree damage was observed around a home on Adair Rd, where trees were uprooted and trunks snapped in a cyclonic pattern around the home. The only damage to the home, however, was minor roof damage from a branch falling on it. The storm then crossed Adair Rd, lifting somewhere in a wooded area west of a large pond near Beauchamp Lane, where residents witnessed its dissipation.

October 31, 2018
County:  Hardin
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  80 yards
Path length:  2.5 miles
Time: 5:39pm - 5:43pm EDT
Notes: This brief, skipping tornado touched down initially as an EF0 near the east end of Labrador Way in a subdivision 1.5 miles south of Rineyville Elementary School. It did minor roof damage to two homes, tossed a trampoline into a neighboring home, causing siding damage, and pushed a large travel trailer onto a minivan, heavily damaging both. Mud was spattered onto the north-facing front of the home, where a porch column support was also moved slightly. From here it travelled east-northeast, snapping tree limbs as it skipped over mainly open pastureland until it reached Thomas Road. On the west side of Thomas Road, the tornado reached its greatest intensity and size, with winds of 100 mph. Here it damaged four outbuildings, completely destroying two - the largest being a 30 x 50 structure. The debris pattern from the four outbuildings and nearby trees with snapped trunks and limbs showed clear cyclonic rotation. Metal roofing and siding material were scattered nearly a quarter of a mile to the east-northeast, with some of it lofted into the trees of a heavily wooded area. Other building debris from the largest structure was blown to the northwest, and the south and east-facing walls of a number of structures were spattered with leaves and other ground-based vegetation. Three east-facing garage doors of one of the outbuildings were blown in, and damage was sustained to the vehicles in the driveway from downed tree limbs. Three homes in the area sustained roof and siding damage, including a 2x4 from one of the outbuildings blown through an exterior wall. The tornado became elevated as it continued east-northeast from Thomas Road, snapping a few tree limbs in a wooded area before briefly touching down one last time on Rineyville Road, where it littered the highway with tree limbs and tore the front porch off a home, vaulting the roof over the house into the back yard. Security cameras from a business next door captured the damage occurring as a wall of wind and water that occurred in less than half a minute. No further damage occurred to the east of this location as the tornado dissipated.

November 5, 2018
County:  Edmonson
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  65 yards
Path length:  0.3 mile
Time: 9:53pm CST
Notes: A brief tornado touchdown was embedded at the end of a longer axis of straight line winds about 6.2 miles SE of Brownsville. Evidence of cyclonic rotation was noted in this concentrated area of damage where several 1 to 2 foot diameter trees were either uprooted or snapped. On the south side of the path, trees were laying in an ENE direction, with the trees on the left/north side of the path laying NNW. The tornado touchdown was very brief and lifted at the intersection of Cedar Sink Road and Brownsville Road just inside the southwestern border of Mammoth Cave National Park. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph with a maximum path width of 65 yards. The path length was about a third of a mile and the tornado was on the ground for less than 1 minute.

November 5, 2018
County:  Marion
EF-Scale: EF0
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  60 yards
Path length:  2 miles
Time: 11:40pm - 11:42pm EST
Notes: This very small tornado touched down on top of an older wooden barn on KY 289 just south of the intersection with US 68. It flattened the structure, collapsing it to the southeast, while the metal roofing was distributed in a circulating pattern around it - from southeast to northeast to northwest, with the bulk being to the
northeast. A 3-legged TV tower next to the adjacent home was crumpled to the north-northeast. Other than mud spattering from the south-southwest on the back corner of the brick one-story home, no other evidence of wind was observed, as no shingles were damaged. The tornado immediately lifted over the home and nearby trees, then set back down in a subdivision on the west side of New Calvary Road, about a mile east where several small tree trunks were snapped, but no apparent structural damage occurred. The tiny twister then continued to the northeast, causing other minor tree damage to the south of Probus Lane.

November 5, 2018
County:  Adair
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  150 yards
Path length:  3.8 miles
Time: 10:52pm - 10:56pm CST
Notes: This skipping tornado first touched down along Campbellsville Rd near the community of Cane Valley where it downed power lines as it snapped tree limbs and uprooted several large trees. Moving eastward over open fields, it tore most of the roof off a barn at the end of Doug White Road, plastering insulation from the barn onto the northeast side of the adjacent home. To the north of the barn and home, it tossed a 1500 lb. hay roll southeast over a fence. From here, the tornado raced east-northeast over more fields, where it snapped the tops off a few trees before it hit the next farm, at Milky Way Lane on Mt. Carmel Road. Here it destroyed one large outbuilding and tore much of the roof off another in addition to destroying two small grain hoppers. Flying debris damaged at least two other buildings and vehicles, with roofing debris scattered a quarter of a mile to the northeast. Across the road from these buildings, the tornado tore the roof off and partially collapsed the wall of another large outbuilding. Flying debris from this building damaged another outbuilding, while columns on the southwest-facing front porch of the farm home were blown out as the porch roof was briefly elevated. The tornado continued eastward, snapping the trunks of several large trees along Butler Creek and damaging carports and a metal outbuilding along Holmes Bend Rd and Turkey Trace. Again moving over open land, the final two buildings damaged were metal outbuildings on Willis Rd and near the intersection of West Egypt Rd and Knifley Rd. It also toppled the sign of the Green River Bait and Grocery before lifting as it crossed Knifley Rd.

December 31, 2018
County:  Harrison IN
EF-Scale: EF1
Deaths:   0
Injuries:  0
Path width:  140 yards
Path length:  2.2 miles
Time: 3:38pm - 3:41pm EST
Notes: This was an intermittent skipping tornado. A maximum wind speed of 100 mph wind was found. The tornado initially touched down at 7231 IN 337. At this location a heavy metal chain fence weighing several hundred pounds was picked up and thrown 30 yards into the back of the house causing significant damage. A chicken house weighing hundreds of pounds was rolled over and moved several feet. A purple martin house was bent over 60 degrees facing east. Shingles and yard decorations were thrown in various directions east of the house along with driveway gravel thrown in every direction. A swing set was thrown from the back of the house to the front. Throughout the property there were twisted and uprooted trees. Just before crossing the highway, the tornado increased from 75 yards to 140 yards and picked up hundreds of cornstalks tossing them in various directions across the road up to 300 yards away. Across the street at 7768 IN 337 there was significant cedar tree damage along with a 30 by 40 foot barn that was destroyed. The tornado twisted and snapped several cedar trees before going across the farmers field. The tornado narrowed and went to about 50 yards in width. At 4368 Rogers Campground Road there were several trees twisted and snapped. One single wide mobile home had siding panels blown out in several spots. An older, well built barn with sturdy cedar poles sustained significant side panel damage. The metal sheeting was thrown in a northwesterly to northeasterly direction. One 2x4 wood pole was embedded in the ground. The tornado was very narrow along Rogers Campground Road, likely no more than 50 yards wide.