Nebraska, 2000

Tornado in Nebraska, October 29, 2000

October 29, 2000 · 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
$1,000
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), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Otoe

When
October 29, 5:14 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
Where
Otoe County, 3 mi WSW of Syracuse
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
40 yd
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.633, -96.233

This tornado was the 2nd of 3 in Otoe county this night. The tornado was only on the ground 1 mile but did take the roof off of a shed and downed a few power poles.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2000Warnings in Nebraska, October 2000

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: 5157993.