The 1974 Brandenburg tornado was a large and destructive tornado that moved through Central Kentucky and southern Indiana, striking several communities along a 32 miles (51 km) path and devastating the town of Brandenburg, Kentucky, during the afternoon hours of April 3, 1974. The tornado would kill thirty-one people, twenty-eight in the Brandenburg area, and would produce damage that would later receive a rating of F5 on the Fujita scale.
The 1974 Brandenburg tornado was a large and destructive tornado that moved through Central Kentucky and southern Indiana, striking several communities along a 32 miles (51 km) path and devastating the town of Brandenburg, Kentucky, during the afternoon hours of April 3, 1974. The tornado would kill thirty-one people, twenty-eight in the Brandenburg area, and would produce damage that would later receive a rating of F5 on the Fujita scale.
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