YearFinal SPC data

1950

201 tornadoes in 1950, with 0 hail and 0 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

Hail reports

Wind reports

F0 16 F1 86 F2 68 F3 24 F4 7

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

Tornadoes by month

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Storm days

Every day with a tornado, hail or wind report. Warmer colors mean more tornadoes; gray days had hail or wind only; a white ring marks a day with an F4/EF4 or stronger tornado.

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Running count

1950 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19501991 to 2020 average1951 to 1955 (other years)

201 tornadoes in 1950, 84% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	02/12/50	13	1	43	F4	AR, LA, MS, TN, TX
2	03/27/50	9	0	0	F2	IL, LA, MS, TN
3	05/08/50	9	0	0	F2	FL, IA, KS, NE
4	05/04/50	8	1	1	F4	IA, KS, OK, TX
5	06/25/50	7	1	3	F4	KS, WI
6	03/26/50	7	0	1	F3	AR, MS, OK
7	05/01/50	7	0	1	F2	LA, MS
8	02/11/50	6	0	2	F3	TX
9	04/28/50	5	2	11	F4	KS, OK, TX
10	07/19/50	5	0	0	F3	IN, MO, OH
11	05/07/50	4	0	0	F2	OK, SD
12	05/14/50	4	0	0	F2	NC, TX
13	05/18/50	4	0	0	F3	KS, NE
14	05/29/50	4	0	0	F1	LA, OK, TX
15	12/02/50	4	0	3	F3	AR, IL

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Largest hail	Top gust
1	02/12/50	13	13	–	–
2	03/27/50	9	9	–	–
3	05/08/50	9	9	–	–
4	05/04/50	8	8	–	–
5	03/26/50	7	7	–	–
6	05/01/50	7	7	–	–
7	06/25/50	7	7	–	–
8	02/11/50	6	6	–	–
9	04/28/50	5	5	–	–
10	07/19/50	5	5	–	–
11	05/07/50	4	4	–	–
12	05/14/50	4	4	–	–
13	05/18/50	4	4	–	–
14	05/29/50	4	4	–	–
15	12/02/50	4	4	–	–

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/12/50	F4	Logansport to Cullen, Louisiana	LA	82.6 mi	100 yd	18	77
04/28/50	F4	Clyde, Texas	TX	1.3 mi	233 yd	5	5
04/28/50	F4	Holdenville, Oklahoma	OK	4.5 mi	200 yd	5	32
05/05/50	F4	Macksville to Hoisington, Kansas	KS	34.3 mi	150 yd	0	1
06/08/50	F4	Inman to McPherson, Kansas	KS	17.1 mi	700 yd	1	5
06/25/50	F4	Rhinelander, Wisconsin	WI	13.1 mi	880 yd	2	12
07/15/50	F4	West Point to Oakland, Nebraska	NE	10.0 mi	440 yd	0	33

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/12/50	F4	Logansport to Cullen, Louisiana	LA	82.6 mi	100 yd	18	77
02/13/50	F2	Ripley, Tennessee	TN	0.2 mi	10 yd	9	1
02/12/50	F2	Mansfield to Haynesville, Louisiana	LA	58.4 mi	100 yd	5	10
02/12/50	F3	Zwolle to Gibsland, Louisiana	LA	74.5 mi	100 yd	5	25
04/28/50	F4	Clyde, Texas	TX	1.3 mi	233 yd	5	5
04/28/50	F4	Holdenville, Oklahoma	OK	4.5 mi	200 yd	5	32
02/12/50	F2	Myrtle, Mississippi	MS	0.1 mi	10 yd	3	2
02/12/50	F3	Center, Texas	TX	1.9 mi	50 yd	3	15
06/03/50	F3	Kosciusko, Mississippi	MS	2.0 mi	50 yd	2	1
06/25/50	F4	Rhinelander, Wisconsin	WI	13.1 mi	880 yd	2	12
12/02/50	F3	Highland to Greenville, Illinois	IL	18.0 mi	200 yd	2	25
01/13/50	F3	Hatfield, Arkansas	AR	0.6 mi	17 yd	1	1
02/11/50	F3	La Porte to Baytown, Texas	TX	12.0 mi	1,000 yd	1	12
02/12/50	F2	Maud to New Boston, Texas	TX	8.0 mi	833 yd	1	8
03/27/50	F2	Belzoni, Mississippi	MS	0.1 mi	10 yd	1	2

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.
Ratings before the mid 1970s. The F Scale came into use in the early 1970s. Tornadoes from 1950 until then were rated afterward from newspaper accounts, photos and records, which tends to make those ratings less certain.
Early record. SPC notes that tornadoes before 1953 were likely underreported.

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