This violent tornado began 2 miles southwest of Holdenville, OK at 7:05 pm CST and moved northeastward through the city before turning to the north and dissipating 1 mile north of Holdenville. Unfortunately, it killed 5 people and injured another 32 people. Thirty-eight homes were destroyed, and another 188 homes were damaged. The tornado cut a swath of destruction six blocks wide and eighteen blocks long in the northwest section of Holdenville. Property loss in Holdenville was estimated at $500,000 (in 1950 dollars).

Three homes were completely destroyed and 8 homes were damaged when a tornado hit Sasakwa. Three businesses were also flattened and oil tanks were demolished. About 80% of the damage to buildings and cotton/peanut crops was due to the tornado with 10% of the damages coming from high winds, and another 10% due to heavy rainfall. The tornado moved northeastward through Sasakwa and into far southwestern Hughes County before dissipating.

A tornado was observed at 6:00 pm CST about 1 mile east-southeast of Francis, OK and or about 1 mile southwest of the Cedar Grove Community in northern Pontotoc County. As it moved northeastward for about 39 miles, a total of $2.5 million in damages occurred in or near the towns of Francis, Sasakwa, Spaulding, Holdenville, Yeager, Wetumka, and Weleetka.

This tornado formed northwest of the town of Wayne, OK in McClain County near the Canadian River and moved nearly eastward along a hit-and-miss path. In southern Cleveland County, a damage path 3 miles long and 1/4 mile wide was documented. In this area, 3 barns were destroyed, trees snapped, and crops flattened by wind, rain, and hail.

The tornado continued almost due east and the worst damage was inflicted in a 7-mile-long area near Sacred Heart, OK in southeastern Pottawatomie County and southwestern Seminole County. A tornado was observed 2 miles northwest of Konawa, OK at 6:55 pm CST. Two persons killed and 6 injured in 3 homes which were completely leveled along this path. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Extensive damage occurred to oil field equipment and a total of 8 rigs were destroyed with losses estimated at $40,000.

Other wind damage was reported near Wetumka, OK, but this damage was probably unrelated to this tornado, and may have been related to another in a series of tornadoes produced by the same parent supercell thunderstorm or another supercell. It is possible that the damage caused in Wetumka was due to straight-line winds.

A parent supercell thunderstorm produced a series of tornadoes from Stratford to Konawa to Wewoka through areas in Okfuskee and Okmulgee counties. The first tornado hit Stratford where considerable damage occurred to 50 homes and several businesses. One person was injured by flying debris in Stratford.

The next report of a tornado occurred in Seminole County at Konawa where the tornado moved northeastward and cut a 3-blick-wide path of destruction through across the city and through the main business district. About 150 homes and 40 businesses were destroyed or damaged. Seven people were injured in Konawa.

The same tornado or possibly a new tornado skipped and only produced spotty damage until it reached Wewoka where about 75 houses were damaged in a path the was 2.5 blocks wide and 11 blocks long. Several farmstead were damaged and two people were injured when their car was picked up off OK State Highway 9 about 6 miles west of Wetumka.

More tornadic damage was evident as several farmsteads, homes, and utility lines were damaged southeast of Pharoah in Okfuskee County and northwest of Henryetta in Okmulgee County, where 1 injury was reported. The last tornado in the series lifted south of Schulter in Okmulgee County.

A tornado with an intermittent damage path first destroyed a barn and tool shed just north of the Canadian River before moving southeastward into the northwestern section of the city of Calvin. The tornado then veered eastward across the northern side of Calvin before moving to the northeast and recrossing the Canadian River. The heaviest damage occurred at a pickle plant and a peanut company. Many homes and businesses lost windows, and trees and utility lines were down in all part of Calvin. A brief flurry of hail produced hailstones from 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter. Scores of huge pecan trees were blown down on 3 farms, and broken trees to the northeast of Calvin reflected the last damaging effects of the tornado. One man received a cut above his eye when he a was struck by a falling tree limb.

A widespread, long-duration and historic severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred from the late morning through late evening on the April 27th. In all, 34 tornadoes affected portions of the WFO Norman Forecast Area, the third most in a single day during the period of reliable record. This included six significant (EF-2+) tornadoes and one violent (EF-4) tornado that struck Marietta (Love County).

The Spaulding-Holdenville Tornado developed along County Road N369 in the south side of the town of Spaulding and moved north through Spaulding causing roof damage to a few homes and damaging some outbuildings, metal buildings and trees. The damage in and near Spaulding was primarily EF1 damage.

The tornado became wider as it moved north-northeast from Spaulding becoming almost two-thirds of a mile wide as it crossed County Road E135 and a mile wide as it moved north of County Road E134. Most of the damage west of Holdenville was between Spaulding Road and County Road N369 missing the most populated part of Holdenville to the west and then missing the Davis Correctional Facility to the east. The tornado continued producing roof damage to homes as well as damage to outbuildings, metal buildings, trees and power poles.

The tornado was still about one mile in width as it moved north-northeast crossing U.S. Highway 270 and County Road E132, but the intensity increased from EF1 to EF3 as it approached County Road E131. Multiple mobile homes were completely destroyed in this area. Two fatalities occurred in mobile homes here where a 35-year-old man was killed in one mobile home and a 4-month-old girl was killed in another.

Although the tornado moved through less densely populated areas of Hughes County continued moving north-northeast through less densely populated areas of Hughes County, it still produced significant roof damage to homes and destroyed mobile homes as it continued moving north-northeast, especially along OK State Highway 48 north of Holdenville, County Road E125 just east of OK State Highway 48, and County Road E120 where EF2 damage was observed in each of these areas. The tornado then crossed County Road E119 into Okfuskee County.

This strong tornado moved to the north-northeast from Hughes County, crossing into Okfuskee County between the County Roads N3730 and N3740. A home was destroyed just north of the county line. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and numerous power poles were blown down through the County Road E1170, then it moved into the Bearden Oil and Gas Field, where road access was very minimal. Two high tension metal pole structures were blown down in this area , just south of the County Road E1160, and east of the N3740 Road. The tornado continued to move north-northeast severely damaging a home, and snapping numerous trees along the County Road N3760, before dissipating south of the County Road E1110 and west of OK State Highway 27.