Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F5 tornado, Allegan County, Michigan, April 3, 1956

RatingF5

Deaths17

Injuries292

Length58.8 mi

Width400 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.65, -86.22) to the end point (43.37, -85.31), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: April 3, 1956, 4:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F5
States: Michigan
Counties: Allegan County, Ottawa County, Kent County, Montcalm County
Path: 58.8 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
Casualties: 17 deaths, 292 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on April 3, 1956

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Apr 3, 1956	F4	Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri	41.8 mi	400 yd	0	59
Apr 3, 1956	F4	Wisconsin	11.5 mi	440 yd	7	50
Apr 3, 1956	F4	Tennessee	11.6 mi	100 yd	3	60
Apr 3, 1956	F4	Michigan	50.3 mi	400 yd	1	25
Apr 3, 1956	F3	Oklahoma	2 mi	100 yd	0	3
Apr 3, 1956	F3	Kentucky	22.9 mi	223 yd	1	2
Apr 3, 1956	F3	Michigan	60.6 mi	200 yd	0	12
Apr 3, 1956	F3	Indiana	1.5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Wisconsin	3 mi	200 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Arkansas	2.1 mi	207 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Wisconsin	18.2 mi	100 yd	2	2
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Arkansas	1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Mississippi	124.9 mi	10 yd	0	6
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Illinois	3.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Illinois	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Illinois	9.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	12
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Mississippi	5.1 mi	100 yd	0	2
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Indiana	4.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F2	Indiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F1	Missouri	8.8 mi	37 yd	0	1
Apr 3, 1956	F1	Illinois	4.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F1	Tennessee	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	77 yd	0	0
Apr 3, 1956	F0	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	1
Apr 3, 1956	F0	Ohio	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.