- List of US tornadoes of 1950
Infobox Tornado Year|name=Tornadoes of 1950
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date=January-December 1950
fujitascale=F4
location=7 locations
max date=6 Occurrences
tornadoes=201
total daUSD) $294.95 Million (2007 USD)
total fatalities=70
total fatalities world=70+
five seasons=1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952This page documents all the known tornadoes that touched down in the U.S. during 1950. Hundreds of tornadoes went unnoticed in 1950 as only 201 were confirmed, compared to the average of over 1,000 per year.Major Events
A major milestone in weather history, 1950 marks the first public tornado warning and use of radar to track storms. With this, tornado records began to be kept and a database was started.
1950 had an early and violent start to the year with the first tornadoes touching down on January 3. Two F3's and one F1 touched down. The first tornado, and most damaging, was an F3 which struck St. Louis, Missouri causing almost $3 million in damages. The second F3 struck Fillmore, Illinois causing $250,000 in damages. The last tornado was a brief F1 in northeastern Ohio.
The first killer tornado of 1950 was a lone F3 on January 13 which struck Polk County, Arkansas. One person was killed and another was injured.
A rare F2 tornado touched down in northeastern Illinois on January 26. This is one of only two tornadoes to hit that area in the month of January. The other being an EF3 on January 7, 2008.
A deadly outbreak occurred between February 11 and 13 across the southern United States. 19 tornadoes touched down including an F4 which left 18 people dead along a 82.6 mile long track in Louisiana on February 12. There were 8 killer tornadoes, 6 of which were on February 12, which left 37 people dead. Two other long track tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, and F3 which tracked 74.5 miles leaving 5 dead, and an F2 which traveled 58.4 miles and left another 5 dead.
Confirmed tornadoes
* 5 tornadoes were not given an F-scale intensityTornado Chart
Total = 201
F0 = 18
F1 = 82
F2 = 66
F3 = 22
F4 = 7
F5 = 0
Enhanced=January
There were 7 confirmed tornadoes in January.
January 3 event
January 25 event
February
There were 20 tornadoes confirmed in February.
February 11 event
February 13 event
March
There were 21 tornadoes confirmed in March.
March 1 event
March 19 event
March 27 event
April 3 event
April 24 event
April 28 event
May
There were 61 tornadoes confirmed in May.
May 1 event
May 4 event
May 7 event
May 9 event
ee also
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks References
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