Tornado, Holt
- When
- May 3, 7:20 PM CST to 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, Ewing to 3 mi ENE of Page
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -98.330
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
A severe thunderstorm spawned a tornado in extreme eastern Holt County of north central Nebraska. The tornado touched down 3 miles south southeast of Ewing and travelled along a power line, lifting up and touching down again at least once.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $768,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 LBF wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm spawned a tornado in extreme eastern Holt County of north central Nebraska. The tornado touched down 3 miles south southeast of Ewing and travelled along a power line, lifting up and touching down again at least once. The tornado finally ended as it lifted back into the cloud 6 to 7 miles east northeast of page. While the tornado was down, it destroyed twelve center pivot irrigation systems. At one farm, it also destroyed a 40 foot by 60 foot quonset machine shed and heavily damaged the machinery within. Also destroyed were a granary, a barn, and a chicken house. Several farm animals were injured as well, and the dwelling received minor damage. No human injuries were reported and no storm related deaths occurred. The 1.75 inch and 4.50 inch hail were associated with the tornado.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Holt
- When
- May 3, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, Ewing
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -98.350
Hail, Holt
- When
- May 3, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 7 mi ENE of Page
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -98.280
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999
- High Wind in California, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, May 3 to 5, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1999Warnings in Nebraska, May 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: 5699999, 5699998, 5699997.