What the record says
On 26 May 1976, a tornado touched down near Belton, Texas. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 2 miles long and up to 100 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 2 people and injured 7.
- F3Fujita rating
- 2deaths
- 7injuries
- 2 mipath length
- 100 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 31.13, -97.53. The record has no end point for this tornado, so it is drawn as a dot.
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Texas
- Waco, Texas tornado11 May 1953, F5, 114 deaths, 597 injuries, 20.9 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Balmorhea, Texas tornado22 May 1987, F4, 30 deaths, 121 injuries, 3 miles long
- Jarrell, Texas tornado27 May 1997, F5, 27 deaths, 12 injuries, 5.1 miles long
- Lubbock, Texas tornado11 May 1970, F5, 26 deaths, 500 injuries, 8.4 miles long
- Silverton, Texas tornado15 May 1957, F4, 21 deaths, 80 injuries, 17 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1976
- Sherwood, Arkansas tornado29 March 1976, F3, 5 deaths, 64 injuries, 17.2 miles long
- Flora, Mississippi tornado29 March 1976, F4, 3 deaths, 177 injuries, 22.3 miles long
- Wilmot, Arkansas tornado17 February 1976, F2, 3 deaths, 46 injuries, 29.5 miles long
- Rowland, North Carolina tornado15 May 1976, F2, 3 deaths, 4 injuries, 10.1 miles long
- Panama, Oklahoma tornado26 March 1976, F5, 2 deaths, 64 injuries, 11.9 miles long
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