1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Omaha radar (KOAX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The smaller of 2 strong tornadoes that hit Harrison county the afternoon of 5/16/99. This one destroyed a home west of Logan before it weakened, it then made a loop back to the northwest before dissipating.
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