Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

January 24, 1964
Counties: Grayson
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 8:16pm
Notes: Narrow swath through thick timber, evidence of rotary motion.
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing for either. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County because the report for this tornado came in too late for inclusion in the publication.

January 24, 1964
Counties: Hardin
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 9:00pm
Notes: One to two miles west of Sonora a large barn with corrugated iron siding was completely torn from its foundation, with corrugated iron sheets extending about 0.25 mile across two fields. A 12" diameter oak tree was twisted off in the center of the damage path. Definite indication of rotary motion in the damage path according to the Louisville Weather Bureau surveyor. Two other barns were damaged though not destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing for either. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County because the report for this tornado came in too late for inclusion in the publication.

January 24, 1964
Counties: Hardin
F-scale:  F1
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Time: 9:45pm
Notes: Manager of radio station WIEL relayed a report of considerable damage, with indications of a circular patter in the debris, at the rear of an athletic field at a dependent school.
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards and a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing for either. The only Kentucky event on this day in Storm Data is in Fulton County because the report for this tornado came in too late for inclusion in the publication. The SPC/NCDC lat/lon pairs actually put this tornado in Meade County. There was minor tree damage in Meade County, but so far this project has been unable to find any documentation of a tornado there.