Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F5 tornado, Brown County, Texas, April 19, 1976
RatingF5
Deaths0
Injuries11
Length10.5 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (31.72, -99.07) to the end point (31.82, -98.93), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- April 19, 1976, 5:30 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F5
- States
- Texas
- Counties
- Brown County
- Path
- 10.5 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 11 injuries
Other tornadoes on April 19, 1976
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 1976 | F3 | Texas | 10.4 mi | 373 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F3 | Texas | 2.2 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Texas | 0.3 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Oklahoma | 3.8 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Oklahoma | 5.1 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Oklahoma | 6.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Texas | 11.1 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Texas | 0.2 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F2 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F1 | Texas | 1.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F1 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F1 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F1 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 19, 1976 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.