The May 4, 1950 tornado
F4Barton and Pawnee counties, Kansas
An F4 tornado on a 34.3-mile path that injured 1. It was one of 7 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day.
Watch how it happenedF4 tornado · May 4, 1950
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F4
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 34.3 mi
- Width up to 150 yards
- Killed
- 0
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 1
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Thursday, May 4, 1950
- 11:10 PM CST
Counties on its path
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.