Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Johnson County, Texas, May 26, 1976

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length18.8 mi

Width300 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (32.27, -97.28) to the end point (32.18, -97.00), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 26, 1976, 4:17 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Texas
Counties: Johnson County, Hill County, Ellis County
Path: 18.8 miles long, up to 300 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 26, 1976

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 26, 1976	F3	Texas	1 mi	300 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F3	Texas	3.8 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F3	Texas	4.5 mi	150 yd	0	1
May 26, 1976	F3	Texas	2 mi	100 yd	2	7
May 26, 1976	F2	Texas	0.5 mi	40 yd	0	1
May 26, 1976	F2	Texas	0.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F2	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	20.4 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Texas	3.6 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F1	Arkansas	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F0	Oklahoma	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	13 yd	0	0
May 26, 1976	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

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