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Tornadoes of 1976

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in the path. A small satellite F3 tornado formed on the southwest side of the main tornado and moved around the back side and to the east of the tornado around 3:40 pm before merging back with the parent storm north of Jordan by 3:50 pm. The small hamlet of Jordan was raked by the half-mile wide F5
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The parent tornado turned north-northwest before encountering outflow from a storm to its northwest, pushing it in an ESE direction. An anticyclonic tornado formed to the east of the parent tornado and it went to the north following the parent storm about two miles to its east. It too felt the
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where more houses and farmsteads were damaged or destroyed by the strong straight line winds, although there were no deaths and only a few injuries. More than 60 homes, and over 300 farm buildings were hit and destroyed by the family of tornadoes and the downburst winds that followed.
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downburst winds from the northwest and was pushed to the east as well. The parent tornado began to shrink and weaken as it approached the Boone and Story County line northwest of Ames, lifting about four miles west of
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The last few days of the month produced a significant tornado outbreak sequence lasting about four days. The outbreak on March 29 primarily affected Arkansas and Mississippi, with an F3 tornado directly hitting
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On March 30, tornadoes started forming again, but mainly in Texas and Louisiana before entering into Mississippi yet again. Tornadoes also occurred in Michigan, including an F3 which killed a person in
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around the same time students were getting let out. Five people were killed from that tornado, none of which occurred at the high school. Another extremely long tracked F4 tornado occurred in central
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experienced an F4 tornado on March 20, it is to date the last tornado stronger than an F3 to strike the Metro Detroit area. More activity continued onto March 21 when the system moved across
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At same time of the supercell that produced the Jordan tornado, another supercell formed, producing an F4 wedge tornado with a width of 800 yards (730 m) near
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The downburst winds that had pushed the tornado to the east were now rampaging the countryside in northern Story County around Gilbert northeastward to
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a little before 3:30 pm and moved north northeast. The tornado strengthened and grew larger (at some points, more than a mile wide) as it approached
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180 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in March. This set a record for tornadoes in March until it was beaten in
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Numbers for 1976 were above average, however, the number of fatalities were significantly lower than normal.
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and causing two fatalities and 23 injuries. The outbreak as a whole killed two and injured 35.
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area received the most tornadoes ever recorded, including several F2 and F3 tornadoes.
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84 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in July. An F3 tornado struck within the
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during the afternoon. The tornado began southwest of the small town of
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One of the largest and most violent tornadoes ever recorded in
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List of 21st-century Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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List of Southern Hemisphere tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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Approximate touchdown location of killer tornadoes in 1976
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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35 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in September.
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In total, 35 tornadoes were confirmed in four days.
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36 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. in February.
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12 tornadoes were confirmed in the U.S. in January.
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An F5 tornado also caused extensive damage in 1552:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1444:List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks in Asia 1231:at 4:15 pm, but the storm was not through yet. 2431: 1879: 942:An F4 tornado killed one and injured four in 8: 271: 120: 1542:"Severe Weather Database Files (1950-2021)" 1370:An estimated F3 tornado killed 2 people in 588:March 12 โ€“ Illinois, Indiana (1 death) 2438: 2424: 2416: 1886: 1872: 1864: 1749:National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois 1497:"Historical WX: Jordan F5 Tornado of 1976" 561: 270: 126: 119: 1454:List of tornadoes striking downtown areas 540: 531: 522: 513: 504: 495: 486: 477: 468: 459: 450: 441: 432: 423: 414: 405: 396: 387: 378: 369: 360: 351: 333: 324: 315: 306: 297: 288: 108:Learn how and when to remove this message 1260: 1143: 1059: 957: 891: 860:, but one F4 tornado came very close to 793: 688: 579:February 18 โ€“ Mississippi (1 death) 1484: 1035:Logan Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan 634:May 15 โ€“ North Carolina (3 deaths) 852:. The strongest tornadoes occurred in 664:September 26 โ€“ Kentucky (1 death) 631:May 15 โ€“ South Carolina (1 death) 616:March 29 โ€“ Mississippi (3 deaths) 576:February 17 โ€“ Arkansas (3 deaths) 1327:area on Independence Day in Alabama. 844:A major outbreak shifted into mainly 661:September 26 โ€“ Indiana (1 death) 658:September 26 โ€“ Indiana (1 death) 652:July 11 โ€“ Pennsylvania (1 death) 649:July 11 โ€“ Pennsylvania (1 death) 604:March 20 โ€“ Mississippi (1 death) 582:February 21 โ€“ Missouri (1 death) 272:Fatal United States tornadoes in 1976 7: 46:adding citations to reliable sources 628:April 20 โ€“ Louisiana (1 death) 619:March 29 โ€“ Arkansas (5 deaths) 610:March 26 โ€“ Oklahoma (2 deaths) 585:March 12 โ€“ Illinois (2 deaths) 132:Tracks of all US tornadoes in 1976. 870:West Bloomfield Township, Michigan 655:August 12 โ€“ Florida (1 death) 646:June 14 โ€“ Minnesota (1 death) 643:June 13 โ€“ Illinois (2 deaths) 625:March 30 โ€“ Michigan (1 death) 622:March 29 โ€“ Arkansas (1 death) 613:March 26 โ€“ Missouri (1 death) 607:March 26 โ€“ Oklahoma (1 death) 601:March 20 โ€“ Michigan (1 death) 14: 1214:just east of the intersection of 640:May 30 โ€“ Oklahoma (2 deaths) 591:March 12 โ€“ Indiana (1 death) 1242:Theodore Fujita (creator of the 539: 530: 521: 512: 503: 494: 485: 476: 467: 458: 449: 440: 431: 422: 413: 404: 395: 386: 377: 368: 359: 350: 341: 332: 323: 314: 305: 296: 287: 280: 22: 1198:moved in between the cities of 33:needs additional citations for 1745:"June 13, 1976 Lemont Tornado" 637:May 26 โ€“ Texas (2 deaths) 1: 2494:Tornado-related lists by year 856:, including an F4 tornado in 2457: 1424:List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes 790:1976 West Bloomfield tornado 141:January 7 - December 7, 1976 1495:Wilcox, Jeff (2008-06-27). 2515: 1363: 1109: 787: 685:United States yearly total 146:Maximum rated tornado 2453: 2447:Tornado outbreaks of 1976 1849:. 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