Tornado in Nebraska, April 8, 1999

Name: Tornado in Nebraska, April 8, 1999
Start: 1999-04-08T12:07
End: 1999-04-08T12:13
Location: Nebraska

April 8, 1999 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Saunders

When: April 8, 12:07 PM CST to 12:13 PM CST
Where: Saunders County, Morse Bluff to 4 mi N of Morse Bluff
Rating: F1
Path length: 4.5 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.380, -96.780

Of the 12 tornadoes reported over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa on 4/08/99 this tornado probably caused damage to the most individual buildings. In Morse Bluff, damage was sustained to 10 buildings including one business that was nearly destroyed. This tornado then tracked north/northeast and crossed the Platte River just south of North Bend and then continued into Dodge county causing damage in North Bend before lifting.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 1999 Warnings in Nebraska, April 1999

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5695852.