95 years ago today.

Today is the 95th anniversary of the 5/27/1917 outbreak.  This is the deadliest tornado outbreak in Western KY history.  68 fatalities and over 370 injuries occurred as two deadly tornadoes(one F-4 and another F-2) ripped across the Jackson Purchase counties of Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, and Graves.  The F4 that moved from Hickman KY to the southeast side of Clinton KY and ended near the Fancy Farm KY area was responsible for 65 of the 68 Western Kentucky fatalities.  33 fatalities occurred in Western and Middle Tennessee during this outbreak. The previous day featured 101 fatalities (the same number that occurred in Kentucky/Tennessee on the 27th) occurred in Missouri and Illinois.