Tornadoes · United States

Tornadoes of 1950

201 tornadoes were confirmed in the United States in 1950, 79 percent below the average of the record. They killed 70 people and injured 659. 7 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1951

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

The violent tornadoes of 1950

The deadliest of 1950

By state

Every tornado of 1950

January 3 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 311:00 AM GMT-6F3Saint Louis, MO to IL9.51503$500,000 to $5 million
January 311:55 AM GMT-6F3Montgomery, IL3.61303$50,000 to $500,000
January 35:00 PM GMT-5F1Van Wert, OH0.1101$5,000 to $50,000

January 13 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 135:25 AM GMT-6F3Polk, AR0.61711$500 to $5,000

January 25 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 257:30 PM GMT-6F2Iron, MO2.33005$50,000 to $500,000
January 259:00 PM GMT-6F2Kankakee, IL0.1100$50,000 to $500,000

January 26 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 266:00 PM GMT-6F2Brooks, TX4.71332

February 11 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 111:10 PM GMT-6F2Brazoria, TX9.9400$5,000 to $50,000
February 111:50 PM GMT-6F3Harris, TX12.01,000112$5,000 to $50,000
February 119:00 PM GMT-6F2Smith, TX4.61005$50,000 to $500,000
February 1111:55 PM GMT-6F2Morris, TX4.5676$50,000 to $500,000

February 12 13 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 1212:30 AM GMT-6F2Bowie, TX8.083318$5,000 to $50,000
February 121:15 AM GMT-6F1Erath, TX2.3233$5,000 to $50,000
February 126:10 AM GMT-6F2Limestone, TX3.4100$5,000 to $50,000
February 1211:57 AM GMT-6F1Shelby, TX7.710032$50,000 to $500,000
February 1212:00 PM GMT-6F2Union, MS0.11032$5,000 to $50,000
February 1212:00 PM GMT-6F1Union, MS2.010
February 1212:00 PM GMT-6F3Shelby, TX1.950315$50,000 to $500,000
February 1212:30 PM GMT-6F2Grant, AR0.1100$500 to $5,000
February 121:00 PM GMT-6F4Shreveport–Barksdale tornado, LA82.61001877$50,000 to $500,000
February 121:20 PM GMT-6F2De Soto Parish, LA58.4100510$50,000 to $500,000
February 122:00 PM GMT-6F3Sabine Parish, LA74.5100525$50,000 to $500,000
February 123:00 PM GMT-6F2Union, AR5.7100$5,000 to $50,000
February 1211:00 PM GMT-6F1East Carroll Parish, LA0.533$5,000 to $50,000

February 13 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 131:00 AM GMT-6F1Shelby, TN0.2108$500 to $5,000
February 132:00 AM GMT-6F2Lauderdale, TN0.21091$5,000 to $50,000

February 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
February 2710:20 AM GMT-6F2Oklahoma, OK2.050$5,000 to $50,000

March 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 12:30 AM GMT-6F1Lauderdale, MS0.110

March 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 1610:15 AM GMT-5F2Saint Johns, FL1.5150$500 to $5,000

March 19 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 197:30 AM GMT-6F1Calcasieu Parish, LA2.0332$5,000 to $50,000
March 191:15 PM GMT-6F2Ascension Parish, LA1.050$5,000 to $50,000
March 191:15 PM GMT-6F0Jefferson Parish, LA18.127$5,000 to $50,000

March 26 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 267:30 PM GMT-6F2Clark, AR17.41503$5,000 to $50,000
March 267:31 PM GMT-6F3Izard, AR5.72001$50,000 to $500,000
March 268:30 PM GMT-6F2Pulaski, AR10.46007$50,000 to $500,000
March 269:15 PM GMT-6F3Prairie, AR14.91,76020$50,000 to $500,000
March 2611:30 PM GMT-6F2Woodruff, AR5.48332

March 27 11 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 273:00 AM GMT-6F2Pittsburg, OK0.177$500 to $5,000
March 275:00 AM GMT-6F2Humphreys, MS0.11012
March 276:00 AM GMT-6F1East Carroll Parish, LA15.3172$5,000 to $50,000
March 277:30 AM GMT-6F2Attala, MS11.910
March 277:45 AM GMT-6F2Hinds, MS59.3507$50,000 to $500,000
March 277:45 AM GMT-6F2Hinds, MS31.9506$50,000 to $500,000
March 278:30 AM GMT-6F1East Feliciana Parish, LA0.527$5,000 to $50,000
March 278:45 AM GMT-6F2Clay, MS4.710
March 2711:00 AM GMT-6F1Tishomingo, MS0.1102$5,000 to $50,000
March 273:00 PM GMT-6F1Warren, TN0.210$500 to $5,000
March 274:30 PM GMT-6F2McLean, IL3.050$500 to $5,000

April 2 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 23:30 PM GMT-6F3Jackson, AR2.51018$500 to $5,000
April 26:00 PM GMT-6F2Lincoln, OK1.0100$5,000 to $50,000
April 26:00 PM GMT-6F1Mississippi, AR0.8100$500 to $5,000

April 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 34:15 PM GMT-6F1Tulsa, OK1.033$500 to $5,000

April 18 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 181:30 AM GMT-6F3Mobile, AL14.010015$5,000 to $50,000
April 181:45 AM GMT-6F2Baldwin, AL2.0150$500 to $5,000

April 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 247:45 AM GMT-6F1Ascension Parish, LA2.0100$5,000 to $50,000

April 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 275:00 PM GMT-5F1Berkeley, SC0.737$5,000 to $50,000

April 28 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 282:17 PM GMT-6F3Kiowa, OK20.840011$50,000 to $500,000
April 285:00 PM GMT-6F1Coffey, KS19.810$5,000 to $50,000
April 286:00 PM GMT-6F4Callahan, TX1.323355$50,000 to $500,000
April 287:05 PM GMT-6F4Hughes, OK4.5200532$50,000 to $500,000
April 287:30 PM GMT-6F2Coal, OK0.8100$5,000 to $50,000

April 29 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 2912:00 PM GMT-6F2Marion, MS11.3100$50,000 to $500,000
April 293:30 PM GMT-6F1Comanche, TX11.5200$5,000 to $50,000

May 1 7 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 12:00 AM GMT-5F1Natchitoches Parish, LA2.0100$50,000 to $500,000
May 16:00 AM GMT-5F1Jefferson, MS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 110:00 AM GMT-5F1Adams, MS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 111:30 AM GMT-5F1Winn Parish, LA15.4150$50,000 to $500,000
May 112:25 PM GMT-5F2Natchitoches Parish, LA3.61007$50,000 to $500,000
May 112:30 PM GMT-5F1Concordia Parish, LA1.01002$5,000 to $50,000
May 112:30 PM GMT-5F0LaSalle Parish, LA1.0100$5,000 to $50,000

May 2 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 23:00 AM GMT-5F1Grant Parish, LA32.81501$50,000 to $500,000
May 24:00 AM GMT-5F2Catahoula Parish, LA2.010015$50,000 to $500,000

May 4 7 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 49:00 PM GMT-5F1Rush, KS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 49:30 PM GMT-5F2Ochiltree, TX1.950113$50,000 to $500,000
May 410:00 PM GMT-5F1Mills, IA0.110under $50
May 410:30 PM GMT-5F2Beckham, OK5.6293$5,000 to $50,000
May 410:30 PM GMT-5F1Custer, OK0.110$500 to $5,000
May 410:45 PM GMT-5F2Woodward, OK1.0100$50,000 to $500,000
May 412:10 AM GMT-5F4Pawnee, KS34.31501$50,000 to $500,000

May 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 54:30 AM GMT-5F3Brown, KS17.344012$50,000 to $500,000

May 7 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 77:30 PM GMT-5F1Ellis, OK0.110
May 712:00 AM GMT-5F2Kingfisher, OK4.3103$5,000 to $50,000
May 712:00 AM GMT-5F1Payne, OK0.110$500 to $5,000

May 8 9 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 85:30 AM GMT-5F1Hutchinson, SD1.010$500 to $5,000
May 83:00 PM GMT-4F1Volusia, FL0.330$500 to $5,000
May 87:30 PM GMT-5F2Mitchell, KS12.6660$50,000 to $500,000
May 88:00 PM GMT-5F2Jewell, KS6.8101$5,000 to $50,000
May 88:20 PM GMT-5F2Montgomery, IA0.1200
May 88:30 PM GMT-5F2Osborne, KS19.64402$5,000 to $50,000
May 810:17 PM GMT-5F1Cloud, KS0.1101$5,000 to $50,000
May 810:30 PM GMT-5F1Republic, KS0.110
May 811:10 PM GMT-5F2Nemaha, NE8.84671$5,000 to $50,000

May 9 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 91:01 AM GMT-5F1Riley, KS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 99:20 PM GMT-5F1Pontotoc, OK0.8200$5,000 to $50,000

May 10 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 1012:00 PM GMT-7F2Uinta, WY2.033under $50

May 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 117:30 PM GMT-5F1Beaver, OK0.577$50 to $500

May 12 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 124:00 PM GMT-4F1Pitt, NC2.010$5,000 to $50,000
May 127:00 PM GMT-4F1Wake, NC1.0200
May 127:00 PM GMT-4F0Wake, NC1.0200

May 13 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 1312:30 PM GMT-5F1Avoyelles Parish, LA2.027$5,000 to $50,000

May 14 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 145:00 PM GMT-5F1Fort Bend, TX1.0100$500 to $5,000
May 147:00 PM GMT-4F1Montgomery, NC3.850$500 to $5,000
May 147:30 PM GMT-4F2Union, NC2.0105

May 15 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 151:01 AM GMT-5F2Kendall, TX18.010$5,000 to $50,000
May 151:00 PM GMT-4F1Orange, FL0.110$5,000 to $50,000
May 151:00 PM GMT-4F2Orange, FL0.110$5,000 to $50,000

May 16 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 167:00 PM GMT-5F2Kingman, KS0.2200$500 to $5,000
May 168:30 PM GMT-5F1Dewey, OK7.31001$500 to $5,000

May 18 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 184:15 PM GMT-5F1Red Willow, NE0.7333$5,000 to $50,000
May 188:00 PM GMT-5F3Chase, KS14.91002$50,000 to $500,000
May 188:00 PM GMT-5F0Jewell, KS0.110$500 to $5,000

May 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 192:30 AM GMT-5F0Butler, KS0.110$500 to $5,000

May 22 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 221:39 PM GMT-5F1Custer, OK1.5100

May 23 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 237:00 PM GMT-5F0Phillips, KS0.2250$5,000 to $50,000

May 24 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 242:30 PM GMT-5F2Comanche, KS3.6771$500 to $5,000
May 246:30 PM GMT-5F1Riley, KS10.740$5,000 to $50,000
May 2410:30 PM GMT-5F2Woodward, OK1.0332$5,000 to $50,000

May 25 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 255:30 PM GMT-5F1Dawson, TX3.0880$500 to $5,000

May 29 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 293:48 PM GMT-5F1Mayes, OK1.033$50 to $500
May 296:00 PM GMT-5F1Denton, TX3.4267
May 2912:00 AM GMT-5F1De Soto Parish, LA1.02713$5,000 to $50,000
May 2912:00 AM GMT-5F1Sabine Parish, LA1.027$5,000 to $50,000

May 30 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 304:00 PM GMT-4F1Whitfield, GA0.510$500 to $5,000

May 31 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 315:30 PM GMT-4F1Pitt, NC0.110$500 to $5,000

June 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 32:00 AM GMT-5F3Attala, MS2.05021

June 4 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 48:00 AM GMT-4F0Carroll, GA2.0200$500 to $5,000
June 410:00 AM GMT-4F1DeKalb, GA3.3101$5,000 to $50,000

June 5 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 54:55 PM GMT-5F3Washington, TX23.9676$50,000 to $500,000
June 55:00 PM GMT-5F1Austin, TX23.7102$500,000 to $5 million

June 7 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 72:30 PM GMT-7F1Niobrara, WY0.210under $50
June 77:30 PM GMT-4F1Lamar, GA2.0300$500 to $5,000

June 8 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 89:10 PM GMT-5F4Rice, KS17.170015$50,000 to $500,000

June 9 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 92:00 PM GMT-5F1Pulaski, MO2.7220$500 to $5,000
June 97:25 PM GMT-5F1Kay, OK0.1100$500 to $5,000

June 13 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 134:00 AM GMT-5F1Carroll, IL0.110$5,000 to $50,000
June 1312:05 PM GMT-5F3Cass, ND2.010$50,000 to $500,000
June 136:30 PM GMT-5F2Knox, NE4.110101$5,000 to $50,000

June 14 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 143:00 PM GMT-7F1Weston, WY0.210under $50
June 146:00 PM GMT-5F3Divide, ND23.710$5,000 to $50,000

June 15 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 152:00 AM GMT-5F1Shelby, MO0.2100$500 to $5,000
June 155:42 PM GMT-5F2Wilkin, MN4.6674$500 to $5,000
June 159:00 PM GMT-5F3Story, IA5.63005

June 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 164:30 PM GMT-5F1Wichita, KS29.910$5,000 to $50,000

June 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 199:40 PM GMT-5F0Hartley, TX15.8167

June 22 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 2210:00 PM GMT-5F0Nuckolls, NE1.910

June 25 7 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 257:45 PM GMT-5F0Sedgwick, KS0.110$500 to $5,000
June 258:20 PM GMT-5F1Rusk, WI0.510$5,000 to $50,000
June 259:30 PM GMT-5F2Price, WI8.410$50,000 to $500,000
June 2510:00 PM GMT-5F2Clark, WI7.8171$5,000 to $50,000
June 2510:00 PM GMT-5F4Oneida, WI13.1880212$50,000 to $500,000
June 2510:00 PM GMT-5F0Graham, KS0.110$500 to $5,000
June 2512:30 AM GMT-5F3Green Lake, WI0.1300$50,000 to $500,000

July 1 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 11:00 PM GMT-5F2Dickinson, KS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
July 11:00 PM GMT-5F1Riley, KS0.1101$5,000 to $50,000
July 19:00 PM GMT-5F2Buchanan, IA14.010

July 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 28:00 PM GMT-5F2Scott, KS1.090$500,000 to $5 million

July 3 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 37:20 PM GMT-5F0Saint Joseph, IN0.110

July 5 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 58:00 PM GMT-4F2Lehigh, PA12.9102$5,000 to $50,000
July 58:30 PM GMT-4F2Dauphin, PA0.113$500 to $5,000

July 8 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 811:45 PM GMT-5F1Marshall, KS1.090$5,000 to $50,000

July 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 114:00 PM GMT-7F1Quay, NM3.8500$50 to $500

July 12 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 126:00 PM GMT-4F2Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT10.010$500 to $5,000

July 14 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 148:30 AM GMT-4F2Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT5.01003$50,000 to $500,000

July 15 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 156:30 PM GMT-5F4Burt, NE10.044033$500,000 to $5 million

July 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 1611:15 PM GMT-5F1Livingston, IL1.033$5,000 to $50,000

July 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 185:30 PM GMT-5F1Allen, KS0.110

July 19 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 193:30 PM GMT-5F1Fountain, IN4.3200$5,000 to $50,000
July 195:15 PM GMT-4F2Van Wert, OH0.1200
July 195:15 PM GMT-4F3Allen, OH9.730030$500,000 to $5 million
July 195:00 PM GMT-5F1Morgan, MO1.5440$50 to $500
July 196:45 PM GMT-5F2Allen, IN1.1100

July 22 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 222:07 PM GMT-7F0Weld, CO0.110

July 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 244:40 PM GMT-4F0Crawford, PA0.110$500 to $5,000

July 26 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 265:30 PM GMT-4F1Pitt, NC0.110

July 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 276:20 PM GMT-4F1Cabarrus, NC0.110$500 to $5,000

August 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 211:30 AM GMT-7F1Socorro, NM7.9100$5,000 to $50,000

August 5 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 54:30 PM GMT-7F2Sedgwick, CO0.1101$5,000 to $50,000

August 6 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 64:00 PM GMT-5F1Rawlins, KS0.110$5,000 to $50,000
August 67:00 PM GMT-5F2Finney, KS0.110$500 to $5,000
August 67:30 PM GMT-5F2Gove, KS8.710$50,000 to $500,000

August 8 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 82:00 AM GMT-5F1Greene, MO2.010$50 to $500

August 9 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 96:55 PM GMT-4F1Wood, WV5.010

August 11 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 117:00 PM GMT-4F1Kent, MD6.010$500 to $5,000

August 24 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 244:45 AM GMT-5F2Arkansas, AR3.62007$5,000 to $50,000

August 28 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 283:50 PM GMT-5F1Haskell, KS7.210

August 29 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 296:00 PM GMT-4F1Bucks, PA1.010$500 to $5,000

August 30 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 306:00 PM GMT-4F1Franklin, FL0.550$5,000 to $50,000

August 31 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
August 311:02 AM GMT-5F0Jackson, FL0.110$500 to $5,000

September 15 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 156:45 PM GMT-5F2Hughes, OK6.81006$50,000 to $500,000

September 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 162:30 AM GMT-5F0Pittsburg, OK0.110$50 to $500

September 21 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
September 216:30 PM GMT-5F1Lancaster, NE22.567$500 to $5,000

October 1 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 19:00 PM GMT-6F1Cimarron, OK15.810$5,000 to $50,000

October 9 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
October 93:15 AM GMT-5F3Columbus, NC2.08803$50,000 to $500,000

November 4 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 46:00 PM GMT-5F3Lancaster, PA15.91001$50,000 to $500,000

November 20 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
November 202:20 AM GMT-6F2Muhlenberg, KY0.110$50,000 to $500,000
November 205:00 AM GMT-5F1Scott, KY0.110$50,000 to $500,000
November 207:30 AM GMT-6F1Newton, MS2.0373$5,000 to $50,000

December 2 4 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
December 23:00 PM GMT-6F2Madison, IL18.85013$5,000 to $50,000
December 24:00 PM GMT-6F3Madison, IL18.0200225$500,000 to $5 million
December 24:25 PM GMT-6F3Izard, AR7.810under $50
December 25:30 PM GMT-6F1Randolph, IL9.650$5,000 to $50,000

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What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.