National Storms

January 1950 storm reports: hail, wind and tornadoes

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In January 1950, 7 tornado reports were logged on 4 storm days across 5 states. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center record starts with tornado reports in 1950; hail and damaging-wind reports start in 1955. Tornadoes killed 1.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

All 1950 storm days February 1950 →

7tornado reports
4storm days

Biggest storm days of January 1950

DayHailWindTornadoLargest hailStates
Jan 3, 1950––3–3
Jan 25, 1950––2–2
Jan 12, 1950––1–1
Jan 26, 1950––1–1

Storm reports by state, January 1950

StateHailWindTornadoLargest hail
Illinois––2–
Missouri––2–
Arkansas––1–
Ohio––1–
Texas––1–

Every storm day in January 1950

Jan 3 Jan 12 Jan 25 Jan 26

A storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Read more about NOAA storm reports.