Tornadoes in Kansas, April 17, 1976

Name: Tornadoes in Kansas, April 17, 1976
Start: 1976-04-17T01:50
End: 1976-04-17T18:45
Location: Kansas

April 17, 1976 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $750,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Barber

When: April 17, 1:50 AM CST
Where: Barber County
Rating: F4
Path length: 19.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 37.070, -98.530

Tornado, Pottawatomie

When: April 17, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Pottawatomie County
Rating: F1
Path width: 280 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 39.550, -96.450

Tornado, Marshall

When: April 17, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Marshall County
Rating: F1
Path length: 15.5 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 39.580, -96.430

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 1976 Every state in 1976 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 1976

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: 10023504, 10023505, 10023506.