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Powerful Storms to Impact the Western U.S. and Northern Plains

A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will bring excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and very strong winds to southwest Oregon and northwest California through Thursday. A High Risk (level 4 of 4) of Excessive Rainfall has been issued. A storm system over the northern Plains will produce locally heavy snow in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Read More >

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Tornadoes by Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
0 1 1 5 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 23
 
Tornadoes by Intensity
F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
0 1 11 9 1 1 0 23
 
Tornado
Number
Date Time
(CST)
Length
of Path
(miles)
Width
of Path
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 02/27/1950 1020 2 50 F2 0 0 Oklahoma near Lake Hefner
2 03/27/1950 0300 0.1 77 F2 0 0 Pittsburg S of McAlester
3 04/02/1950 1800 1 100 F2 0 0 Lincoln near Carney
4 04/03/1950 1615 1 33 F1 0 0 Tulsa Harvey Young Airport
5 04/28/1950 1417 21 400 F3 1 1 Kiowa/ Washita near Lugert (15 SW Hobart) - near Lone Wolf - near Sentinel
6 04/28/1950 1905 5 200 F4 5 32 Hughes Holdenville
7 04/28/1950 1930 0.8 100 F2 0 0 Coal near Cottonwood
8 05/04/1950 2130 6 293 F2 0 0 Beckham 3 NW - 6 N Carter
9 05/04/1950 2130 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Custer 3.5 NW Stafford
10 05/04/1950 2145 1 100 F2 0 0 Woodward near Fort Supply
11 05/07/1950 1830 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Ellis 1.5 W - 2 W Gage Airport
12 05/07/1950 2300 4 10 F2 0 3 Kingfisher E of Hennessey
13 05/07/1950 2300 0.1 10 F1 0 0 Payne unknown specific location
14 05/09/1950 2020 0.8 200 F1 0 0 Pontotoc 7 W Ada
15 05/11/1950 1830 0.5 77 F1 0 0 Beaver Beaver
16 05/16/1950 1930 7 100 F1 0 1 Dewey near Aledo
17 05/22/1950 1239 1.5 100 F1 0 0 Custer W of Butler
18 05/24/1950 2130 1 33 F2 0 2 Woodward Quinlan
19 05/29/1950 1448 1 33 F1 0 0 Mayes 3 S Adair
20 06/09/1950 1825 0.1 100 F1 0 0 Kay E of Blackwell
21 09/15/1950 1745 7 100 F2 0 6 Seminole/ Hughes Sasakwa
22 09/16/1950 0130 0.1 10 F0 0 0 Pittsburg Savanna and US Naval Depot
23 10/01/1950 2100 16 10 F1 0 0 Cimarron Boise City - 15 NE Boise City