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The first tornado outbreak to be documented in the new tornado database, this deadly series of intense tornadoes struck areas from the Gulf Coast into the Ohio Valley. The strongest event was an F4 tornado that tore an 82.6-mile-path (132.9 km) near Shreveport, Louisiana , although further analysis concluded that this was likely a tornado family .
This was the fourth-most violent outbreak in U.S. since 1950 with 11 F4 tornadoes, most intense ever in Arkansas. F4 tornadoes that struck Judsonia and Cotton Plant killed a total of 79 people. Other F4 tornadoes struck Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. The event marked the first time the word "tornado" was used during a public television ...
Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942; Tornado outbreak of February 11–13, 1950; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak of February 13, 1952; Tornado outbreak of Leap Day 1952; Tornado outbreak of March 21–22, 1952; Tornado outbreak of March 12–15, 1953; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 28 – May 2, 1953
There have been 252 tornadoes in East Tennessee since 1950, according to the National Weather Service. The latest one left the town of Sunbright in Morgan County devastated.
While tornadoes are less common in New York compared to regions like the Midwest, they remain a notable and occasionally destructive aspect of the state's weather history. See Rochester tornadoes.
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Nashville area tornadoes: Dickson and Robertson counties hit with EF-2 tornadoes Preliminary results: SPRINGFIELD Robertson County: EF-2 with max winds 120mph. 3.23 mile length and 400 yard width.
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.