The tornado outbreak of March 20, 1976
48 tornadoesAlabama, Mississippi, Indiana and 7 more states
48 tornadoes touched down across 10 states between 12:05 PM and 11:20 PM CST, 9 of them rated F3 or stronger, and 3 people were killed.
Watch the day unfoldTornado outbreak · March 20, 1976
How the day unfolded
Every tornado recorded that day, at its logged touchdown time and along its path, with the counties it crossed.
The day in numbers
- Tornadoes
- 48
- 79th of 12,998 tornado days since 1950
- F3 or stronger
- 9
- 3 rated F4 or F5
- Killed
- 3
- Along all the paths
- Injured
- 188
- Along all the paths
- Path miles
- 450
- All the paths end to end
- First and last
- 12:05 PM to 11:20 PM
- Touchdowns, Central Standard Time
Hour by hour
Tornadoes touching down in each hour, Central Standard Time.
Every tornado
In order of touchdown. 3 have a record page, linked from the rating.
By state
Tornadoes in 1976 · On this date in other years · The biggest outbreak days
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; an outbreak day here has 40 or more tornadoes, or 6 or more rated F3/EF3 or stronger.