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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. However, tornadoes were not given ratings until the Fujita scale came into effect in 1973, at which point every confirmed tornado back to 1950 was officially ...
This page documents all the known tornadoes that touched down in the United States during 1950. Hundreds of tornadoes went unnoticed in 1950 as only 201 were officially confirmed, compared to the average of over 1,000 per year. The total count of tornadoes and ratings differs from various agencies accordingly.
Some North American outbreaks affecting the U.S. may only include tornado information from the U.S. Exact death and injury counts are not possible, especially for large events and events before 1950. Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes (rated F2 or higher or causing a fatality) are listed for the number of tornadoes ...
An F4 tornado near Erie, Michigan on June 8, 1953. Photo courtesy of NOAA. The F4 Scottsbluff, Nebraska tornado passing the Scottsbluff airport on June 27, 1955.. This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating in the 1950s.
At age 16, Bill Boland won the 1950 Kentucky Derby on Middleground. Alonzo “Lonnie” Clayton was an exercise rider at age 12 in New Jersey and won the Travers at age 14 and then the Kentucky Derby.
Radar 3D volume scan of the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado showing debris lofted over 30,000 feet (9.1 km) in the air as the tornado struck Mayfield, Kentucky. Between March 2022 and April 2023, the Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project occurred. The project involved over a hundred people from sixteen ...
Tornado outbreak of February 11–13, 1950; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak of April 28–29, 1950; U. List of United States tornadoes in 1950
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