Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains today through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin today. Gusty winds, dry, and hot conditions will bring critical fire weather to parts of central Washington state today. Read More >

September 26, 1976
Counties: Jefferson IN
F-scale: F3
Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
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Path length:
Time: 4:55pm
Grazulis narrative: Moved east-southeast from west of Deputy to two miles northeast of Madison. Two houses, a trailer, and a barn were destroyed. One of the houses, a prefabricated home set on a concrete slab, "could not be found". Fortunately it was unoccupied. A man residing in the trailer was fatally injured, dying a week later from his injuries. A farm home was also destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC give a path length of 15 miles...Grazulis and Storm Data give 13 miles. Storm Data ends this tornado two miles northeast of Madison near IN 7. However IN 7 doesn't go northeast of Madison.

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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Heat Continues in the West

Tornadoes of September 26, 1976