Heavy Rainfall for the Mid-Atlantic; Heat and Wildfire Concerns for the West

Slow moving showers and thunderstorms may result in flash flooding for portions of the mid-Atlantic region today into tonight. Meanwhile, excessive heat will continue to build across the West through Tuesday. Heat Advisories and Extreme Heat Warnings are in effect. Fire Weather concerns continue for the interior Northwest with dry and breezy conditions. Watching the tropics across the Southeast. Read More >

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April 23, 1970
Counties: Scott KY
F-scale: F3
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 50 yards
Path length: 1/2 mile
Time: 4:20am
Grazulis narrative: At Great Crossing, four miles west of Georgetown, a small tornado destroyed a home. Another home was badly damaged, and several barns and outbuildings were blown down.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC rank this as an F3...Grazulis gives it an F2.

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Heavy Rainfall for the Mid-Atlantic; Heat and Wildfire Concerns for the West

Tornadoes of April 23, 1970