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This page documents the tornadoes and tornado outbreaks of 1976, primarily in the United States. Most tornadoes form in the U.S., although some events may take place internationally. Tornado statistics for older years like this often appear significantly lower than modern years due to fewer reports or confirmed tornadoes.
United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of ... 1976: 834 0 241 361 168 48 13 3 1977: ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;
On April 19, 1976, a violent tornado struck Brownwood, Texas, United States. [1] [3] The damage caused by the tornado was extreme enough for the National Weather Service to rate the tornado F5 on the Fujita scale. [2] In 1993, meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis disagreed with the National Weather Service's assessment of the ...
Outbreak produced the Candlestick Park tornado, which was an extremely violent F5 tornado or tornado family that killed 58 people and traveled 202.5 mi (325.9 km) across Mississippi and Alabama. It is one of the longest such paths on record and one of only four official F5 tornadoes to hit Mississippi.
0–9. 1976 West Bloomfield tornado. 1976 Brownwood tornado. Template:1976 tornado outbreaks.
The tornado injured an estimated 117 people and inflicted $17.6 million (1953 USD) on both of the towns. June 8, 1953 – A violent F4 tornado hit Temperance, killing 4 people and destroying 14 houses. The tornado caused an estimated $250,000 (1953 USD) in damages, and was one of multiple deadly tornadoes in Michigan on June 8.
The Des Moines Register reported that when the 1976 tornado touched down, many residents were at a town carnival and sought refuge in a dance hall. Tornado damage is seen in Minden, Iowa, Saturday ...
The tornado touched down at 7:15 pm, March 20, 1976, near Halsted Road between 13 and 14 Mile Roads in Farmington Hills, along a sharp cold front crossing the Metro Detroit area. The tornado then crossed into West Bloomfield, cutting a path four miles long and 350 yards wide across the Detroit suburb before dissipating near Maple Road (15 Mile ...