Louisville, KY
Weather Forecast Office
June 27, 1973
Counties: Clark IN
F-scale: F1
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Time: 9:00am
Notes: Six homes damaged in Utica. Tornado was described as "small, yellow, and muddy looking."
June 27, 1973
Counties: Lincoln
F-scale: F1
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Time: 1:00pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards.
June 27, 1973
Counties: Shelby
F-scale: F1
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Time: 1:00pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC 30 yards. The lat/lon given at SPC and NCDC for this tornado is in Nicholas County. Storm Data lists it in Shelby County. If the longitude is changed from SPC/NCDC's -84.08 to -85.08, it's in Shelby County. More research would be nice.
June 27, 1973
Counties: Hart
F-scale: F1
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Injuries: 2
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Path length: 4 miles
Time: 3:30pm
Noted discrepancies: SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC gives 30 yards.
Narrative: Tornado touched down about a mile southwest of Canmer and moved to the east-northeast. In the Canmer area, Gilead Church (near the intersection of US 31E and Gilead Fairview Road) lost its roof, and debris from the roof was found two miles away. A house under construction collapsed and injured the man inside, while another man was pulled from the garage and rolled across the ground. Several homes lost roofs. Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church was damaged. Near the end of the track along Davis Bend Road, trees were blown down and 22 barns and stables were damaged or destroyed. Marble sized hail was also reported.
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