Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950

An intense outbreak produced 16 destructive tornadoes across the Mississippi Valley on March 26-27, 1950. A total of 12 significant (F2+) tornadoes touched down, including three that hit Little Rock, Arkansas and Jackson, Mississippi. Overall, there was one fatality, 52 injuries, and $1.883 million in damage from the outbreak. Two additional deaths occurred due to severe thunderstorm winds as well.

Meteorological synopsis
A low-pressure that had formed in Colorado on March 25 moved eastward and then moved slowly northeastward into Great Lakes region. A cold front extending back through the already favorable conditions in the Mississippi Valley sparked multiple severe and tornadic thunderstorms that moved generally eastward.

Confirmed tornadoes
March 26 March 27
 * Note: The Climatological Data National Summary and/or Thomas P. Grazulis reported some additional tornadoes that were not counted toward the final total:
 * A tornado moved directly through Ellsinore, Missouri, damaging homes in the town.
 * An F2 tornado destroyed tenant homes and barns just north of Manila, Arkansas. A related tornado may have also injured two people at Joiner.

Non-tornadic impacts
Severe thunderstorms impacted Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Southern Wisconsin, causing widespread hail, wind, and lightning damage and killing livestock. Princeton, Indiana saw a peak hailstone of 1.25 in on March 26. In Kansas City, Missouri, two boys were killed when they were crushed to death by a falling tree. On March 27, severe thunderstorms struck the Southeast and two people were injured in wind damage instances of Concordia Parish, Louisiana. In Iberia Parish, the winds downed power lines and injured two people. A fatality also occurred when a person was electrocuted by a high voltage wire.

High winds blew soil and light snow across north-central and eastern Colorado between March 25–26, damaging small buildings and grain. Transportation was slowed or halted due to reduced visibility, especially across mountain passes, and multiple car accidents led to the death of one person as well as injuries of three others. Blizzard conditions also impacted all of North Dakota in between March 25-28 with accumulations reaching as high as 20 in in southwestern and south-central portions of the state, making it one of the worst blizzards to hit the area. Moderate temperatures of around 30°F at the start of the event on March 25 also led to a cold rain falling in some areas and Fargo saw its heaviest 24-hour rainfall amount ever recorded in March. Many stations across state also recorded record snowfall accumulations for March as well. Transportation stalled and numerous cars stalled in the heavy, wet snow with people taking refuge in them or even on stranger's farms. Some cattle was lost and feed stocks were isolated on some farms. One person died near Devils Lake due to heart failure while another person died attempting to look for help after his car stalled near Streeter. Temperatures across the state eventually bottomed out near 0°F on March 28 after the storm ended the day prior.

March 26 also saw strong winds and blowing dust across Kansas with gusts of 50 mph on the west side and 70 to 80 mph on the east side. Highways were closed in numerous areas and there was crop and minor roof and property damage. Reduced visibilities led to vehicle accidents that killed five and injure many others.