Tornadoes of 1956

March 7, 1956
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths:
Injuries:
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 12:10am
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2...Grazulis does not list it. SPC and Storm Data give a time of 12:10am, NCDC gives 12:06am. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards.  Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east.

April 3, 1956
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 12
Path width: 150 yards
Path length: 23 miles
Time: 5:45pm
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast from seven miles southwest of Salem to near Little York. A large bridge five miles southwest of Salem was moved. Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. A church and a school were struck at Canton. A freezer was reportedly carried half a mile from the home site. Newspapers called this a "barnado" because of the large number of barns destroyed. One of the women injured in this tornado would be killed by another tornado on March 19, 1963.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis says F3. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis gives 15 miles...Storm Data gives 23 miles. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis and Storm Data say 150 yards. SPC and NCDC list only a touchdown point...no lift-off point is given.

July 13, 1956
Counties: Fayette, Bourbon
F-scale:   F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 30 yards
Path length: 3 miles
Time: 5:00pm
Grazulis Narrative:   Moved northeast from extreme northeast Fayette County, tearing apart four farms. At least one barn was destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1...Grazulis calls it an F2. SPC and NCDC give a time of 6:00pm, Storm Data gives 5:00pm, Grazulis says 6:30pm. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis gives 3 miles. SPC and Grazulis give a path width of 30 yards...NCDC gives nothing...Storm Data says 38 yards. SPC and NCDC give only a touchdown point (which agrees with Grazulis' touchdown point), but no lift-off point.