Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F3 tornado, Kankakee County, Illinois, March 12, 1976

RatingF3

Deaths1

Injuries15

Length38.5 mi

Width250 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.00, -87.70) to the end point (41.25, -87.03), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: March 12, 1976, 1:35 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F3
States: Illinois, Indiana
Counties: Kankakee County, Newton County, Jasper County
Path: 38.5 miles long, up to 250 yards wide
Casualties: 1 deaths, 15 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on March 12, 1976

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Mar 12, 1976	F3	Illinois	22.6 mi	30 yd	0	3
Mar 12, 1976	F3	Indiana	12.6 mi	200 yd	0	7
Mar 12, 1976	F3	Indiana	12.1 mi	40 yd	0	4
Mar 12, 1976	F3	Alabama	16.5 mi	100 yd	0	4
Mar 12, 1976	F3	Alabama	4.9 mi	400 yd	0	15
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Illinois	15.1 mi	150 yd	2	66
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Indiana	5.6 mi	200 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Michigan	10.1 mi	83 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Indiana, Michigan	13.4 mi	127 yd	0	8
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Indiana	9.3 mi	100 yd	0	9
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Michigan	0.1 mi	83 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Michigan	3.6 mi	133 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Michigan	2 mi	90 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Alabama	18.4 mi	200 yd	0	1
Mar 12, 1976	F2	Alabama	0.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Indiana	5.2 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Indiana	17.3 mi	80 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Indiana	4.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Michigan	12 mi	83 yd	0	1
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Michigan	2.5 mi	67 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Indiana	0.1 mi	17 yd	1	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Indiana	10.9 mi	127 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Alabama	1 mi	150 yd	0	2
Mar 12, 1976	F1	Alabama	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	1
Mar 12, 1976	F0	Indiana	3.8 mi	27 yd	0	0
Mar 12, 1976	F0	Indiana	8.5 mi	40 yd	0	0

Nearby

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