Severe Thunderstorm Threat From the Central Plains to the Northeast; Extreme HeatRisk for the East Coast

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Plains to the Northeast through this evening. Widespread damaging winds are the primary threat but hail and a tornado or two is also possible. Extremely dangerous heat continues across the Eastern U.S. Warm overnight low temperatures will provide little to no relief. Read More >

March 7, 1956
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths:
Injuries:
Path width:
Path length:
Time: 12:10am
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2...Grazulis does not list it. SPC and Storm Data give a time of 12:10am, NCDC gives 12:06am. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards, NCDC says 30 yards.  Storm Data says it struck one mile south of Salem and moved east.

April 3, 1956
Counties: Washington IN
F-scale:  F2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 12
Path width: 150 yards
Path length: 23 miles
Time: 5:45pm
Grazulis Narrative: Moved northeast from seven miles southwest of Salem to near Little York. A large bridge five miles southwest of Salem was moved. Over a hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. A church and a school were struck at Canton. A freezer was reportedly carried half a mile from the home site. Newspapers called this a "barnado" because of the large number of barns destroyed. One of the women injured in this tornado would be killed by another tornado on March 19, 1963.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F2, Grazulis says F3. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis gives 15 miles...Storm Data gives 23 miles. SPC gives a path width of 10 yards...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis and Storm Data say 150 yards. SPC and NCDC list only a touchdown point...no lift-off point is given.

July 13, 1956
Counties: Fayette, Bourbon
F-scale:   F1
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Path width: 30 yards
Path length: 3 miles
Time: 5:00pm
Grazulis Narrative:   Moved northeast from extreme northeast Fayette County, tearing apart four farms. At least one barn was destroyed.
Noted discrepancies: SPC and NCDC list this as an F1...Grazulis calls it an F2. SPC and NCDC give a time of 6:00pm, Storm Data gives 5:00pm, Grazulis says 6:30pm. SPC gives a path length of 1/10 of a mile...NCDC gives nothing...Grazulis gives 3 miles. SPC and Grazulis give a path width of 30 yards...NCDC gives nothing...Storm Data says 38 yards. SPC and NCDC give only a touchdown point (which agrees with Grazulis' touchdown point), but no lift-off point.