Tornado, New Castle
- When
- March 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -75.570
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, March 21, 1976
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- March 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -75.550
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- March 21, 1:02 PM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -75.600
Thunderstorm Wind, New Castle
- When
- March 21, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- New Castle County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -75.730
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 21, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, March 21, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, March 21, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 21, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 21, 1976
- Tornadoes in Florida, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 21, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 21, 1976
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9987391, 9987392, 9987393, 9987394.