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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 ...
According to data from The Courier Journal, over 1,300 tornadoes have occurred in Kentucky since 1950. In 2023, 43 were recorded. In 2023, 43 were recorded. Tornado damage in Kentucky
An outbreak of seven tornadoes struck the Central Plains and Mississippi in Late-April 1950. Five of the seven tornadoes were significant (F2+), including two violent F4 tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, both of which killed five. Overall, the outbreak killed 11, injured 38, and caused $1.575 million in damage.
The National Weather Service office in Paducah alerted Western Kentucky of tornadoes earlier Friday, surpassing the average lead time for warnings.
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 3–9, 1961; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 1966; Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967; Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968; 1969 Hazlehurst tornadoes; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 10–16, 1970; 1971 Gosser Ridge tornado; 1974 Brandenburg tornado
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued over the Southwest Ohio region until 4 p.m., and a tornado warning has been issued in parts of Kentucky.