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| Tornadoes by Month for the 1950s | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Tornadoes by Intensity for the 1950s | |||||||
| F? | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 |
| # | Date | Time (CST) |
Path Length (miles) |
Path Width (yards) |
F-Scale | Killed | Injured | County | Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04/20/1951 | 1510 | 1.5 | 17 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wichita | near Wichita Falls |
| 2 | 05/09/1951 | 1700 | 5 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wichita | Iowa Park - near Wichita Falls |
| 3 | 03/17/1952 | 1930 | 0.1 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wichita | 5.5 SSW Wichita Falls Airport |
| 4 | 03/13/1953 | 1400 | 14 | 50 | F4 | 17 | 25 | Haskell/ Knox | near Judd... O'Brien and Knox City |
| 5 | 06/19/1953 | 1730 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 1 | Wichita | unknown specific location |
| 6 | 08/11/1953 | 1745 | 5 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Knox | near Knox City |
| 7 | 08/11/1953 | 1900 | 0.1 | 880 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wichita/ Clay | Wichita Falls and Suburban Areas |
| 8 | 05/01/1954 | 1415 | 69 | 440 | F4 | 0 | 2 | Foard TX/ Wilbarger TX/ Tillman OK/ Kiowa OK | Crowell and Elliot areas TX - E of Tipton OK - near Snyder OK [No injuries in Oklahoma] |
| 9 | 05/01/1954 | 2115 | n/a | 67 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Clay/ Montague | near Buffalo Springs - near Bowie |
| 10 | 06/01/1954 | 2030 | 1.9 | 133 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Knox | near Vera |
| 11 | 06/01/1954 | 2055 | 6 | 50 | F3 | 1 | 4 | Wichita | 1.5 NE Iowa Park then SE |
| 12 | 06/30/1954 | 1500 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Hardeman | E of Quanah |
| 13 | 04/05/1955 | 0830 | 0.1 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Clay | near Henrietta |
| 14 | 04/06/1955 | 0245 | 22 | 10 | F3 | 0 | 0 | Jack/ Clay | near Antelope - near Newport |
| 15 | 05/17/1955 | 1500 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Hardeman | 3 S Chillicothe |
| 16 | 05/19/1955 | 1500 | 32 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | King/ Knox | between Guthrie and Benjamin |
| 17 | 05/25/1955 | 2330 | 12 | 300 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Knox | 9 W Knox City |
| 18 | 05/26/1955 | 0138 | 1.3 | 33 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wichita | near Wichita Falls |
| 19 | 06/08/1955 | 1500 | 0.1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Archer/ Baylor | Lake Diversion |
| 20 | 07/28/1955 | 1540 | 1 | 10 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 5 S Vernon |
| 21 | 05/23/1956 | 2000 | 0.5 | 17 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 12 S Vernon |
| 22 | 05/27/1956 | 1630 | 13 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Knox/ Haskell | near Judd and Knox City |
| 23 | 05/27/1956 | 1630 | 10 | 17 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Knox/ Haskell | near Judd and Knox City |
| 24 | 08/08/1956 | 1600 | 2 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Clay | Byers (west side) |
| 25 | 04/25/1957 | 1605 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Archer | 10 S Wichita Falls |
| 26 | 05/24/1957 | 2030 | 0.1 | 10 | F? | 0 | 0 | Baylor | 10 SW Seymour |
| 27 | 08/12/1957 | 1550 | 0.4 | 100 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Baylor/ Throckmorton | 15 SW Seymour |
| 28 | 09/20/1957 | 1800 | 0.5 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 6 N Vernon (at airport) |
| 29 | 09/20/1957 | 1800 | 0.5 | 150 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Wilbarger | 6 N Vernon (at airport) |
| 30 | 10/07/1957 | 1915 | 2 | 10 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Baylor | W of Seymour |
| 31 | 03/08/1958 | 0010 | 1.3 | 33 | F1 | 0 | 0 | Baylor | Seymour and Bomarton areas |
| 32 | 04/02/1958 | 1755 | 16 | 333 | F3 | 1 | 14 | Wichita/ Clay | Wichita Falls - near 'Deandale' |
| 33 | 08/20/1958 | 1645 | 1 | 50 | F2 | 0 | 1 | Knox | near Vera |
| 34 | 11/17/1958 | 0715 | 5 | 200 | F2 | 0 | 0 | Wichita | 4 W Wichita Falls |
| 35 | 05/08/1959 | 2210 | 0.1 | 10 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Archer | Near Holliday |
| 36 | 05/15/1959 | 1940 | 0.7 | 100 | F0 | 0 | 0 | Baylor | 35 SW Electra |
Records taken from the Storm Prediction Center archive data, "Storm Data", and data from the National Weather Service office in Norman. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database").
Historic data, especially before 1950, are likely incomplete.
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