List of United States tornadoes in 1951 explained

This page documents all U.S. tornadoes confirmed in 1951. Due to lack of modern radar and storm spotters, tornado counts from this period are much lower than what we see today.

January

January 6 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F3	Alexandria to Tioga to Simms to Pollock	Rapides, Grant	LA		20:30-20:40	16.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on	317abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Tornado developed within a squall line and moved north-northward through the Alexandria metropolitan area with damaging winds extending several miles from the circulation. The towns of Sieps, Tioga, Simms, and Pollock were all severely damaged as well. In the end, two houses and four stores were destroyed while another 42 homes and 11 building damaged. Damages are estimated at $500,000 and 11 people were injured.	^[1] ^[2]

January 11 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	Los Altos to N of Sunnyvale	Santa Clara	CA		16:25-16:30	5.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	This tornado developed near Los Altos causing damage in a residential area before lifting. About three miles further northeast the tornado touchdown in an orchard, near Sunnyvale, with several trees uprooted. The tornado widened as it moved through the business district downing power poles, shifting buildings off foundations, and removing roofs off others. The tornado lifted north of Highway 101. Damages are estimated at $2.5 million.	^[3]

February

February 1 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F1	NE of Appomattox	Appomattox	VA		19:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	50abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Brief tornado damaged a barn and a number of other outbuildings. Trees were also uprooted along the path. Damages are estimated at $2.5 thousand.	^[4]

February 6 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F1	NW of Leonville	St. Landry	LA		21:50	0.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $25 thousand.	^[5]
bgcolor=	F1	E of Hammond	Tangipahoa	LA		23:00	4.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Small rain wrapped tornado damaged a few houses and signboards. Damages are estimated at $25 thousand.	^[6]

February 19 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	W of El Reno	Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher	OK		00:30–02:00	43.9abbr=onNaNabbr=on	20abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Several tornadoes were possibly counted along the 45-mile path. When the tornado first touched down in Caddo County, five people were injured when two houses and one store had their roofs torn off. As the tornado entered southern Canadian County, several farms were damaged. In El Reno, two buildings were damaged, with the cooperative weather station being demolished. The tornado continued into Kingfisher County where it dissipated. Damages are estimated at $50,000 and five people were injured.	^[7] ^[8]
bgcolor=	F0	S of Norman	McClain	OK		04:00–04:15	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	100abbr=onNaNabbr=on	One farm building was hit by this brief tornado. Damages are estimated at $0.25 thousand.	^[9]

February 20 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	Keo to Marked Tree	Lonoke, Prairie, Woodruff, Cross, St. Francis, Poinsett	AR		15:15	112.8abbr=onNaNabbr=on	333abbr=onNaNabbr=on	The second longest tracked tornado in the state of Arkansas started near the town of Keo. The twister continued northeast damaging and destroying several houses and farm buildings. The tornado lifted to the northeast of Marked Tree. Damages are estimated at $50,000 and three people were injured.	^[10] ^[11]
bgcolor=	F1	SW of Columbus	Lowndes	MS		21:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $2,500.	^[12]
bgcolor=	F3	WSW of Starkville	Oktibbeha	MS		21:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	1 death – A farm house and several outbuilding were destroyed. Damages are estimated at $2,500 and one person was injured.	^[13]
bgcolor=	F2	W of Bankston	Fayette	AL		22:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	123abbr=onNaNabbr=on	One building was completely demolished, while 15 others were damaged. Telephone and power lines also damaged. Damages are estimated at $25,000 and two injuries.	^[14]
bgcolor=	F2	Bagdad	Shelby	KY		00:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	73abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Several buildings, crops, and livestock damaged or destroyed as the tornado moved through Bagdad. Damages are estimated at $25,000.	^[15]

March

March 2 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F3	E of Osborne to Jamestown	Osborne, Mitchell, Jewell, Cloud	KS		22:00-23:00	38.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Long lasting tornado did damage to buildings, uprooted trees, and cut through wheat fields. Damages are estimated at $25,000.	^[16] ^[17]
bgcolor=	F0	S of Fairview	Brown	KS		02:30	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	One barn was destroyed. A roaring noise was heard in the town of Hiawatha. Damages are estimated at $25,000.	^[18] ^[19]

March 12 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	Nokomis	Sarasota	FL		23:00	2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	77abbr=onNaNabbr=on	A waterspout moved ashore from the Gulf of Mexico causing damage to 20 buildings. Several of those buildings had roofs blown off and one was moved off its foundation. Power lines were also downed. Damages are estimated at $25 thousand.	^[20]

March 28 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F1	NW of Crockett	Houston	TX		11:10	0.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	17abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $2.5 thousand.	^[21]

March 29 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	Greenfield	Hancock	IN		00:30-01:00	3abbr=onNaNabbr=on	400abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2 injuries - Many farm buildings were destroyed, trees downed, and a few heads of livestock killed. One farmer was injured when they were blown into a field. Damages are estimated at $250 thousand.	^[22]

March 30 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F1	Gettysburg	Adams	PA		21:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	20abbr=onNaNabbr=on	One house had its roof torn off west of Gettysburg. Damages are estimated at $2.5 thousand.	^[23]

April

April 5 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	Moore	Cleveland	OK		19:20-19:40	5.7abbr=onNaNabbr=on	127abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damage to a school near Newcastle and to a farm house in Moore. Damages are estimated at $25 thousand.	^[24]
bgcolor=	F2	W of Newcastle	Grady	OK		19:22-19:30	0.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on	100abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2 injuries - Damage to the Bridge Creek School. Damages are estimated at $250 thousand.	^[25]
bgcolor=	F2	S of Waynoka	Woods	OK		22:45	3.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2 injuries - A house and vehicle destroyed. Damages are estimated at $2.5 thousand.	^[26]

April 20 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F2	E Wichita Falls	Wichita	TX		21:10	1.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	17abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $25 thousand.	^[27]
bgcolor=	F0	W of Rolla	Morton	KS		21:30	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Small tornado stayed over open country without causing damage.	^[28]

April 21 event

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Location	County / Parish	State	Start Coord.	Time (UTC)	Path length	Max width	Summary	Refs
bgcolor=	F1	N of Raleigh	Smith	MS		18:00	0.1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $25,000.	^[29]
bgcolor=	F0	ENE of Chatham	Ouachita	LA		20:00	1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $25,000 and one person was injured.	^[30]
bgcolor=	F0	SE of Georgetown	La Salle	LA		20:00	1abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Damages are estimated at $25,000 and two people were injured.	^[31]
bgcolor=	F3	W of Laurel to NE of Montrose	Jones, Jasper	MS		00:25-00:40	33.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on	33abbr=onNaNabbr=on	2 death – Damages are estimated at $50,000 and 16 people were injured.	^[32] ^[33]

May

There were 57 tornadoes confirmed in the US in May.

June

There were 76 tornadoes confirmed in the US in June.

June 27 event

July

There were 23 tornadoes confirmed in the US in July.

August

There were 27 tornadoes confirmed in the US in August.

September

There were 9 tornadoes confirmed in the US in September.

September 26 event

October

There were 2 tornadoes confirmed in the US in October.

November

There were 12 tornadoes confirmed in the US in November.

December

There were 10 tornadoes confirmed in the US in December.

See also

• Tornadoes of 1951
• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

Works cited

• Brooks . Harold E. . Harold E. Brooks . On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity . Weather and Forecasting . April 2004 . 19 . 2 . 310 . 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2 . American Meteorological Society . Boston . 2004WtFor..19..310B . free.
• Book: Grazulis . Thomas P. . Significant Tornadoes 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events . July 1993 . The Tornado Project of Environmental Films . St. Johnsbury, Vermont . 1-879362-03-1.

Notes and References

1. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032651. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
2. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032652. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
3. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 9990145. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
4. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10153059. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
5. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032653. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
6. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032654. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
7. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099493. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
8. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099704. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
9. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099705. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
10. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 9983006. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
11. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 9983007. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
12. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10047276. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
13. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10047277. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
14. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 9979424. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
15. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10035923. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
16. Web site: Kansas F3 . Tornado History Project . Storm Prediction Center . 17 October 2020.
17. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10028680. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
18. Web site: Kansas F0 . Tornado History Project . 17 October 2020.
19. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10028681. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
20. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 9985760. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
21. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10120421. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
22. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10004031. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
23. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10104933. National Climatic Data Center. June 7, 2019.
24. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099706. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
25. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099707. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
26. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10099708. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
27. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10120422. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
28. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10028682. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
29. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10047278. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
30. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032656. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
31. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10032655. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
32. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10047279. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.
33. National Climatic Data Center. NCDC Storm Events Database Item 10047280. National Climatic Data Center. June 9, 2019.