Tornado, Kearney
- When
- June 23, 8:32 PM CST to 8:34 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County, Axtell to 2 mi N of Axtell
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -99.120
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
A renegade thunderstorm moved southeast across western Kearney county and produced a brief tornado just north of Axtell. The tornado was observed by a trained spotter and no damage was reported.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
A renegade thunderstorm moved southeast across western Kearney county and produced a brief tornado just north of Axtell. The tornado was observed by a trained spotter and no damage was reported.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kearney
- When
- June 23, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County, 5 mi SW of Minden
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -99.020
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1999Warnings in Nebraska, June 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: 5705658, 5705659.