Thunderstorm Wind, Shawnee
- When
- April 15, 6:50 AM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 15, 1976
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Kearny
- When
- April 15, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -101.280
Tornado, Scott
- When
- April 15, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 33.4 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 38.200, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Graham
- When
- April 15, 3:44 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -99.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- April 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -100.230
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 15, 1976
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- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, April 15, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, April 15, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, April 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 15, 1976
- Hail in New Mexico, April 15, 1976
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 15, 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: 10023499, 10023500, 10023501, 10023502, 10023503.