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Tornado outbreak of February 14–18, 1956
TypeTornado outbreak
DurationFebruary 14–18, 1956
Tornadoes
confirmed
16
Max. rating1F3 tornado
Duration of
tornado outbreak2
5 days
Fatalities2 fatalities, 64 injuries[1]
Areas affectedSouthern United States

1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale
2Time from first tornado to last tornado

Confirmed tornadoes

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Confirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating
FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 2 4 7 3 0 0 16

Thomas P. Grazulis lists an additional F3 tornado, which does not appear in official records, as striking Sardis, Arkansas, where it injured seven people.[2]

May 3 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, May 3, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.
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May 4 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Thursday, May 4, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 5 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Friday, May 5, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 6 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Saturday, May 6, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
coord.
Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

May 7 event

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List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, May 7, 1961[nb 1][nb 2]
F# Location County / Parish State Start
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Time (UTC) Path length Max. width Summary Refs.

Category:Tornadoes of 1956

  1. ^ "February 14-18 Storm Summary". National Centers for Environmental Information. National Weather Service. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films. p. 991. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.
  3. ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  4. ^ "Climatological Data National Summary Publication | IPS | National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)". www.ncdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 19 August 2020.


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