Tornado, Jewell
- When
- April 14, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17.7 mi
- Path width
- 330 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -98.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1976
7 tornado, 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
7 tornado, 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Republic
- When
- April 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 330 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -97.920
Hail, Jewell
- When
- April 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -98.080
Hail, Jewell
- When
- April 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.220
Hail, Republic
- When
- April 14, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Republic County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -97.820
Hail, Ellis
- When
- April 14, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -99.320
Tornado, Seward
- When
- April 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -100.650
Tornado, Meade
- When
- April 14, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 21.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.220, -100.630
Tornado, Gray
- When
- April 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 22.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.480, -100.430
Tornado, Ford
- When
- April 14, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.750, -100.200
Tornado, Hodgeman
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.920, -100.080
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- April 14, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -98.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- April 14, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -99.970
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Hail in Nebraska, April 14, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 14, 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: 10023486, 10023487, 10023488, 10023489, 10023490, 10023491, 10023492, 10023493, 10023494, 10023495, 10023496, 10023497, 10023498.