Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 28, 1950

Name: Tornadoes in Oklahoma, April 28, 1950
Start: 1950-04-28T14:17
End: 1950-04-28T19:30
Location: Oklahoma

April 28, 1950 · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 6
Injuries: 33
Property damage: $1.0 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Kiowa

When: April 28, 2:17 PM CST
Where: Kiowa County
Rating: F3
Path length: 9.4 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 34.880, -99.280

Tornado, Kiowa

When: April 28, 2:35 PM CST
Where: Kiowa County
Rating: F3
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.000, -99.200

Tornado, Washita

When: April 28, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Washita County
Rating: F3
Path length: 3.4 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.120, -99.200

Tornado, Hughes

When: April 28, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Hughes County
Rating: F4
Path length: 4.5 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Deaths: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 32 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.080, -96.400

Tornado, Coal

When: April 28, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Coal County
Rating: F2
Path length: 0.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.550, -96.200

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Kiowa	1950-04-28				Direct

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1950 Every state in 1950 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1950

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10096220, 10096221, 10096222, 10096223, 10096224.