Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Oakland County, Michigan, March 20, 1976

RatingF4

Deaths1

Injuries55

Length3.8 mi

Width117 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.52, -83.42) to the end point (42.55, -83.33), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 20, 1976, 6:15 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Michigan
Counties: Oakland County
Path: 3.8 miles long, up to 117 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 55 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 20, 1976

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 20, 1976	F4	Illinois	63.7 mi	800 yd	0	18
Mar 20, 1976	F4	Indiana	16.7 mi	300 yd	0	8
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Illinois	8.8 mi	27 yd	0	4
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Louisiana, Arkansas	4.6 mi	50 yd	0	32
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Michigan	17.1 mi	100 yd	1	3
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Mississippi	49.4 mi	1,400 yd	1	9
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Alabama	9.3 mi	100 yd	0	17
Mar 20, 1976	F3	Alabama	19.2 mi	40 yd	0	11
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Illinois	39 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Michigan	9.9 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Indiana	11.6 mi	77 yd	0	10
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Indiana	24.9 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Mississippi	19.8 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Louisiana	17 mi	67 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Mississippi	4.3 mi	440 yd	0	1
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Mississippi	29.8 mi	440 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Mississippi	3.8 mi	150 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Alabama	1 mi	30 yd	0	2
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Mississippi	0.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Alabama	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Alabama	0.5 mi	77 yd	0	6
Mar 20, 1976	F2	Alabama	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Missouri	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Michigan	6.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Illinois	3.5 mi	17 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Michigan	18.9 mi	93 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Missouri	1 mi	17 yd	0	1
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Mississippi	0.1 mi	133 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Indiana	5.1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Mississippi	11.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Louisiana	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Ohio	3.8 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Kentucky	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	10
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Mississippi	2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Alabama	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	1
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Alabama	4.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Tennessee	7.3 mi	440 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F1	Alabama	4.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Illinois	1.9 mi	17 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Indiana	13.9 mi	40 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Indiana	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Indiana	6.9 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Indiana	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Ohio	0.7 mi	70 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Alabama	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 20, 1976	F0	Alabama	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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