On the morning of April 26th, a potent negatively-tilted shortwave trough ejected out into the central Plains. Upper air analysis shows a jet streak on the downstream side of this trough with substantial divergence aloft over Nebraska.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
On the morning of April 26th, a potent negatively-tilted shortwave trough ejected out into the central Plains. Upper air analysis shows a jet streak on the downstream side of this trough with substantial divergence aloft over Nebraska. At the surface, morning cloud cover and drizzle across much of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa quickly gave way to partly cloud skies as a warm front moved north through the area, just after noon. At the same time, thunderstorms initiated along a pacific front/dryline in south-central Nebraska. One supercell produced several tornadoes from south-central Nebraska into Boone County, resulting in an EF-2 tornado just west of Cedar Rapids. A second round of supercells initiated in Jefferson and Saline counties. These long-track supercells produced the worst tornado outbreak the Omaha WFO has seen in 10 years. 5 EF-3 tornadoes were surveyed, with several of these tornadoes just shy of an EF-4 rating. One of these EF-3 tornadoes impacted the northeast side of Lincoln, Nebraska where 70 people were reported trapped in a manufacturing plant that collapsed as the tornado passed. Another long-track EF-3 tornado hit portions of Elkhorn, Bennington and Blair, Nebraska. Eppley Airfield was hit by the third EF-3 tornado of the day, doing damage to aircraft hangars on the southeast side of the airport before hitting homes in far western Pottawattamie County. The last two EF-3 tornadoes of the day both impacted portions of Pottawattamie County. While one remained primarily in rural areas in the central part of the county, the final EF-3 of the day hit the town of Minden, Iowa head-on, resulting in 1 fatality and 3 injuries. This was the only fatality of the entire event. This tornado continued into Shelby County, narrowly missing the towns of Tenant and Harlan. A total of 24 tornadoes were confirmed across both Nebraska and Iowa portions of the Omaha CWA. The strongest tornado was the EF-3 that impacted Elkhorn and Blair, with peak estimated wind speeds at 165 miles per hour.
Along the warm front the day prior, scattered thunderstorms developed along the Kansas-Nebraska border during the evening hours. Most of these storms were sub-severe, however, one thunderstorm produced severe hail in and north of Odell, Nebraska for around ten minutes just before 9 pm CDT.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 25, 5:39 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 639 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected through the weekend. - Marginal risk of severe weather tonight especially across eastern Nebraska. - Severe weather appears likely (>80% chance) during the afternoon and evening hours on both Friday, Saturday, and perhaps Sunday. - Flash flooding is also a concern due to the potential for repeated thunderstorm activity over the same areas. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 325 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 We had a pretty decent area of widespread rain and embedded thunderstorms move through the region this morning through early afternoon, which did produce some 1-1.5" inch rains in southeast NE. That precipitation has largely ended, save for spotty showers from Omaha southward. We are starting to see the lowering cloud bases from Norfolk to Lincoln, and this trend will continue through the night. We'll also see the next round of showers/thunderstorms which are already starting to develop across the front range of the Rockies, and as the low level jet strengthens tonight, we should see showers redevelop in our area, with the threat for more thunderstorms possible by 10 pm and beyond. There will be a threat for stronger and possibly severe storms through about 3 am, and especially across eastern NE, but there will still be a threat of storms through daybreak. Friday is setting up to be the more severe day with much of the forecast area in an enhanced risk of severe storms during the afternoon and evening, generally 2pm-9pm, with all modes of severe storms possible. This will be the result of a strong closed upper low moving off the Rockies, with the attendant surface low tucked closed to the southeast. Friday morning may not feel like a severe weather day with low clouds and showers/drizzle, but we'll begin to see breaks in the clouds which will help fuel the storms in the afternoon. Smaller, short lived, low top supercell tornadoes could be possible in northeast NE, but given atmospheric shear, stronger, longer lived discrete supercells will be possible in a line that develops through southeast NE, then moves into western Iowa. SPC has placed the Missouri River valley in a 10% probability for tornadoes, which is quite high, but also have highlighted the potential for significant tornadoes which could be EF2 or higher. Along with the tornado potential, very large hail of 2" or greater could occur with the supercells. Depending of the speed of various CAMs, the threat appears to wind down around 7-9 pm depending on location. Bottom line, there is the potential for very strong thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening. Be ready to implement severe weather plans. Once the rain shuts down Friday evening, the remainder of the night Friday night into Saturday morning looks quiet, especially for those participating in outdoor activities Saturday morning. However, a renewed severe weather threat develops Saturday afternoon by 4pm and beyond, as an attendant frontal boundary from the first system is reinvigorated by the next close trough and attendant surface low moving out of the Rockies. This allows widespread showers/storms to redevelop across the region Saturday night, with the next round of severe storms possible along/south of Interstate 80, when again, all modes of severe storms would be possible, including another round of supercells with potential tornadoes and very large hail. Given the multiple rounds of storms Saturday night, we'll have to be very cognizant of flooding potential with some small risk for flash flooding. Storm chances continue into Sunday as the second closed upper low/attendant surface low move through the region. While the bigger, stronger storms appear to be setting up east of the forecast area, we'll have to be wary of the low topped supercells which could still have a tornado threat given the proximity to more largescale atmospheric spin. And finally, more quite weather is expected for most of next week, although there additional shower/storm chances Tuesday and Wednesday. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/... Issued at 630 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 There are three primary aviation concerns through the TAF period. First is the thunderstorms. There will be a complex of thunderstorms that move through eastern Nebraska overnight tonight with moderate uncertainty in timing of storms impacting the terminals. Went with our best estimate based on current guidance in the TAFs, but will likely need adjustments as storms develop and we get a better idea on timing later this evening. Second concern is that there will be a period of low-level wind shear overnight as we see a fairly stout low-level jet ahead of this system which will bring 50 to possibly 60 kt winds in around 1800-2000 feet AGL out of 170 to 180 degrees which with surface winds out of 130 to 140 will lead to LLWS. This period will last from around 10Z to around 17Z. Third and final concern will be low clouds, and IFR conditions overnight, which will hold through the overnight hours at all three terminals. We could even see periods of LIFR cigs develop (20% chance). Expect improvement to MVFR between 16-18Z, with VFR cigs possible between 18-20Z Another round of storms appears likely between 20-23Z Friday, but holding off on putting them in the TAFs just yet due to uncertainties in timing and locations of storms. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...None. IA...None. && DISCUSSION...DeWald AVIATION...DeWald/McCoy
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 340 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-261045- Monona-Harrison-Shelby-Pottawattamie-Mills-Montgomery-Fremont- Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce-Wayne-Boone-Madison- Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge-Washington-Butler- Saunders-Douglas-Sarpy-Seward-Lancaster-Cass-Otoe-Saline- Jefferson-Gage-Johnson-Nemaha-Pawnee-Richardson- 340 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast Nebraska and southeast Nebraska. .DAY ONE...Tonight and Friday Thunderstorms will become widespread tonight with isolated occurrences of hail up to one-inch in diameter, wind gusts to 60 mph, and localized flooding possible. The best chance for severe weather appears to be across eastern Nebraska, and from 10 pm through 4 am. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday night through Thursday Severe weather is likely across much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa on Friday afternoon and evening. All hazards are possible, including hail up to three inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes, and thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph. Much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa are in an enhanced risk of severe weather. The best timeframe for severe storms should be from 2 pm through 9 pm. Be prepared to implement severe weather safety plans on Friday afternoon and evening. Another round of severe weather is likely late Saturday afternoon into Saturday night, especially along and south of I-80. Again, all severe hazards are possible, including hail up to three inches in diameter, a few strong tornadoes, and thunderstorm winds up to 70 mph. Severe weather is again possible Sunday afternoon into evening in parts of southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Hail up to quarter size and thunderstorm winds up to 60 mph are the main hazards, but an isolated weak tornado couldn't be ruled out that day as well. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be required on both Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:50 UTC.
19 hail, 18 tornado, 5 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The office received several reports of hail from trained spotters in the Odell area. Hail stones range from quarter to golf ball-sized with this storm.
The office received a public report of quarter sized hail.
The fire department in Friend, Nebraska called the office to report a funnel cloud.
A county official over NAWAS and law enforcement in Saline County reported a funnel cloud 1 mile northwest of Wilber, Nebraska. This funnel cloud was reported to have lasted until 4 miles NNE of Wilber.
The office received a public report of golf ball sized hail just to the west of Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. Another golf ball sized hail report in the area was reported on mPING at the same time.
This Wolbach/Primrose tornado crossed into Boone County along Highway 56 to the southwest of Primrose. The tornado caused minor damage to a home on a farmstead at the county line along with quite a bit of tree damage in the general area. The tornado moved north and appeared to strengthen some as it flipped and tossed several center irrigation pivot systems north of Highway 56. Power poles were snapped and debris was lifted into power lines. As the tornado moved north-northeast, the most significant damage was found about 2 miles southwest of Primrose. A single-family home was extensively damaged, including the three-car garage being totally ripped away along with much of the roof structure. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. Extensive tree damage and numerous power poles were snapped in the area. Tree damage was widespread west of Primrose and one large outbuilding was destroyed. The tornado appeared to slow down and possibly weaken some north of Primrose, but did manage to get moving northeast again after a short time. In its final few miles, the tornado damaged trees and center pivot irrigation systems in several places. Extensive damage to a livestock facility and several snapped power poles was noted about halfway between Petersburg and Primrose. The tornado likely dissipated in open country as it approached Beaver Creek southwest of Petersburg. The widest point of the tornado appeared to occur just to the west and southwest Primrose when the tornado may have been up to 500 yards wide. The average width of this tornado was estimated to be 200 yards. The EF2 rating and estimated maximum wind speed of 130 mph was based on the damage that occurred at the home southwest of Primrose. This tornado started in Greeley County and was on the ground for over one hour along its 27.5 mile path.
The office received reports from the public and amateur radio of quarter-sized hail in the Denton, Nebraska area. Hail fell for approximately ten minutes.
The Butler County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail in downtown Ulysses.
As a supercell moved northeast through Lancaster county, the office received multiple public reports on the northwest side of Lincoln of hail ranging from quarter to golf ball sized.
A trained spotter called into the office to report a funnel cloud over downtown Lincoln.
Several trained spotters observed a tornado that began near the intersection of Highway 15 and Ashland Road. It moved to the north-northeast as a broad multiple vortex tornado, but the overall motion was observed to be relatively weak despite the tornado's width. The tornado snapped several trees and a road sign near the intersection of Highway 15 and 66. It continued nearly due north from that location with very little damage along an intermittent track, but it did overturn multiple center pivot irrigation systems. While the funnel was often not fully condensed, there was a rather persistent dust whirl below the base of the funnel all the way north to near Road 29 just east of Highway 15. Near the time of its demise, a second brief tornado developed just 1 mile to the east of this tornado. The peak winds in this tornado were estimated to be at 100 miles per hour. The tornado was estimated to be 200 yards across at its widest, with an average width of 100 yards during its lifespan.
This tornado touched down on the northeast side of Lincoln near the intersection of Havelock Ave and 84th Street causing damage to a business and a large transmission line south of Havelock Ave. The tornado moved northeast through agricultural fields, snapping power poles and large trees while increasing in strength. The tornado hit a manufacturing plant at 98th Street and Highway 6 where 70 employees were sheltered. The plant received EF-3 damage. There was a complete failure of the roof and 3 walls of the plant. Employee cars sustained varying damage, with the worst being thrown at least 75-100 yards. Tree trunks were snapped northeast of this location at a nearby business which sustained roof and siding damage.
The tornado quickly crossed 98th Street and Highway 6 where a BNSF train locomotive took a direct hit, derailing numerous cars. The tornado continued northeast across open fields, crossing I-80 and eventually Salt Creek. There was substantial tree damage along the path and along Salt Creek as well as deposited roof debris from the manufacturing plant.
Satellite and video analysis indicate that this tornado ended almost due west of Waverly, with another separate tornado developing less than a mile to the west-northwest.
The office received a public report of tennis ball sized hail just to the east of Davey. The time of this event was estimated based on radar.
This tornado developed immediately prior to the dissipation of the Lincoln EF-3 tornado to its southeast. The tornado traveled northeast for nearly 3 miles, doing most of its damage to trees and powerlines, but also destroying two large outbuildings and causing window damage to a home. This tornado dissipated in a field as a new tornado developed quickly to its north according to video and satellite evidence. Peak estimated winds in this tornado were at 107 miles per hour, with a peak width of 150 yards and an average track width estimated at 100 yards.
The Butler County Emergency Manager reported a funnel cloud just to the southwest of Brainard.
The office received a public report with pictures of baseball sized hail near Ceresco, Nebraska.
A storm chaser with time and location stamps on their video tracked a tornado through mainly open fields. A damage survey team did find evidence of some minor tree damage at a few locations, sufficient to rate this as an EF-0 tornado.
Trained spotters with video and photo confirmation reported a tornado lasting approximately 1 minute over open fields. There was no damage found from this tornado, so its width and wind speeds were not able to be accurately estimated.
A storm chaser with time and location stamps tracked a tornado through mainly open fields. A subsequent storm damage survey revealed that EF-0 damage had been done in the Lancaster County portion of this track. Beginning on Little Salt Road a quarter mile east of County Road 10, several large branches were observed to have been broken by the tornado. The tornado continued into Saunders County where it produced EF-1 damage to a farmstead on Emery Road between County Road 8 and County Road 7. Peak estimated winds from this tornado in Lancaster County were estimated to be around 75 miles per hour. The tornado was roughly 30 yards wide for its duration in the county before moving into southeastern Saunders County.
A storm chaser with time and location stamps on their video tracked a tornado through mainly open fields. The storm damage survey indicated locations with snapped tree trunks, as well as one farmstead on Emery Road between County Road 8 and County Road 7 that was impacted. At that location, several trees were snapped, a barn was badly damaged, and there was minor damage to a home. The tornado was intermittent near the end of the track, but had a persistent surface circulation and dust whirl, as well as a partially to fully condensed funnel cloud for its entire duration. This segment is a continuation of the Lancaster County portion of this tornado. The maximum estimated wind speeds from this tornado in Saunders County was 108 miles per hour, with a peak width of 50 yards and an average width of 40 yards.
A trained spotter confirmed a short-lived tornado with no damage. This tornado was estimated to be around 50 yards wide.
This tornado developed about one quarter mile west of the West Q Road and 255th Street intersection in Western Douglas county where trees were knocked down and a farmstead sustained outbuilding damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing agricultural fields and flipping numerous center pivots, eventually crossing 252nd Street. The tornado caused EF-2 damage as it approached Highway 92, damaging numerous homes and striking an acreage northwest of the Highway 92 (West Center street) and Highway 275 intersection. Several center pivots were overturned as the tornado continued northeast crossing east of Highway 275, causing EF-2 damage to several acreages, homes, and outbuildings along Highway 275/240th Street. Continuing northeast, the tornado crossed 234th Street near Harney Street where it damaged a horse farm and an acreage as well as a home along Dodge Street/Highway 6 before crossing Dodge Street causing roof and outbuilding damage at the Junkstock Farm. The tornado crossed the Elkhorn River, damaging trees and flipping center pivots in an acreage along Blondo Street just south of the railroad tracks. The tornado continued into the western part of Elkhorn approximately one-half mile south-southwest of the intersection of West Maple Road and 216th Street. One home sustained high-end EF-2 damage losing large sections of its roofs. Another home just to the north had total destruction of the structure, resulting in EF-4 damage. The tornado moved across Prospect Hills Cemetery, damaging headstones, and moved across West Maple Avenue severely damaging a landscape business before entering the Ramblewood subdivision. Numerous homes in the subdivision received EF-3 damage with only small interior rooms standing. EF-3 damage persisted as the tornado continued north-northeastward damaging homes between 212th Street and Kestrel Parkway, again leaving only interior rooms standing. Two homes at the intersection of North 212th Street and Larimor Avenue were completely destroyed, resulting in a second instance of EF-4 damage. The tornado then crossed Fort Street about one-third of a mile east of 216th Street, causing the collapse of new development homes. This damage was also consistent with that of an EF-3 tornado. The tornado then veered to the northeast across mainly rural areas of northwestern Douglas County, between Fort Street and Military Road. By the time the tornado crossed Highway 31, it reached its peak width of 1 mile wide. EF-1 damage was noted in this area with several power poles and trees snapped. The tornado narrowed to about one-half mile wide and moved into residential development just northwest of the intersection of 180th Street and Military Road, where EF-1 damage was observed due to loss of roofs. The tornado then moved into Bennington’s Newport Landing neighborhood, causing high-end EF-2 damage by removing large sections of several home's roofs and collapsing some exterior walls. The tornado then moved across Bennington Lake, crossing just west of the intersection of Highway 36 and 168th Street, snapping the tops off of numerous trees. It then moved across agricultural land, damaging farm outbuildings southeast of the intersection of 168th Street and Dutch Hall Road, before crossing into Washington County. All walls of this home were collapsed. However, the walls were not attached to the foundation in a way that would discriminate between EF-3 and EF-4 damage. Thus, high-end EF-3 damage was determined. Peak estimated winds for this segment of the tornado's track were at 170 miles per hour. The maximum width of the tornado in this segment was 1450 yards, with an average width of approximately 900 yards.
Quarter sized hail fell at the Omaha-Valley National Weather Service.
The Boone County Emergency Manager reported a tornado just northeast of Albion, Nebraska. This was confirmed by a video taken by a storm chaser. No damage was observed following the tornado, hence was given an EF-U rating. Maximum estimated width was 100 yards with an average width estimated at 50 yards.
This segment of the tornado is a continuation of the EF-4 tornado that tracked through western Douglas County. After crossing Dutch Hall road into southern Washington County, the tornado damaged homes and farm outbuildings between County Road 29 and County Road 31 from Dutch Hall Road to County Road 36. The width of the tornado at this time ranged from one-third to one-half mile wide. The most significant damage was sustained to a home, machine shop and horse barn, one-third of a mile southeast of the intersection of County Road 40 and County Road 29. Trees were snapped and debarked, the house was moved from its foundation, flat-bed and horse-trailers rolled or lofted, and the machine shop and horse barns destroyed. The storm damage survey following this tornado determined high-end EF-3 damage occurred here. At least one horse was killed, and several others were injured. After this, the tornado crossed the intersection of County Road 36 and County Road 31, producing EF-0 to EF-1 damage in the form of partial roof and siding loss to farm buildings and manufactured homes, plus the snapping of large tree limbs. As it approached State Highway 133, several homes and farm outbuildings sustained EF-2 damage due to the loss of roofs or exterior walls. Crossing Highway 133, the tornado was just less than one-half mile wide, and moved into residential areas generally between County Road 32 and US Highway 75. The most significant damage of the whole tornado track occurred near the intersections of County Road P30 and County Road 33 with the destruction of multiple homes. Several houses were rated with high-end EF-3 damage, and one house was rated as receiving EF-4 damage. Peak winds in this area were estimated to be 170 miles per hour. The tornado then crossed US Highway 75 about 2 miles southeast of Blair moving across the very southern portion of the Cargill plant. The tornado weakened and narrowed, but snapped power poles and derailed several empty rail container cars from the tracks, resulting in EF-1 damage. The peak width of the tornado during this segment of its track was 1900 yards wide, with an average width of around 1000 yards. The tornado continued into southwestern Harrison county in Iowa where it dissipated shortly after crossing US Highway 30.
Shortly after the top of the hour, the office received a public report of half dollar sized hail in Blair. A few minutes after this report came in, there was another mPING report of golf ball sized hail, also in Blair.
Trained spotters reported that the tornado initially touched down just northwest of the intersection of 370th Street and 175th Avenue. It tracked north-northeast where it flipped a center pivot irrigation system. The tornado was intermittent as it tracked across 175th Avenue and toward Loseke Creek, becoming more persistent again as it reached and crossed Loseke Creek. At this point, it impacted a homestead where it snapped trees, blew windows out of a home, and caused significant damage to a barn roof. The tornado continued north where there was minor damage to fencing and an electrical pole at a feedlot, and continued to weaken and become intermittent to where the trained spotters reported that the ground circulation ended, just southwest of 160th Avenue and 445th Street. Peak winds in this tornado were estimated to be 100 miles per hour, with an average width of 35 yards.
For the second time this day, quarter sized hail fell at the Omaha-Valley National Weather Service.
The office received a public report of quarter sized hail on mPING.
The office received a public report of quarter sized hail in La Vista.
The National Weather Serivce in Topeka relayed a report to the Omaha-Valley National Weather Service of a funnel cloud in Richardson County, to the east of Du Bois.
The office received several reports from the public and trained spotters in the Papillion area of hail ranging from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The largest hail stone, measured at 2 inches, was reported in downtown Papillion by the public.
The office received a report from the public of quarter sized hail.
A report was received from the public via mPING of golf ball sized hail.
A report was received from the public via mPING of quarter sized hail.
A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported to have fallen across the Omaha metro just before 5 in the afternoon local daylight savings time. The largest hail was reported by the public north of downtown Omaha, where hail the size of golf balls fell.
This is a continuation of the first Pottawattamie County segment of this EF-3 tornado. In the prior segment, this tornado produced EF-0 and EF-1 damage to a neighborhood in western Council Bluffs, Iowa. This tornado crossed the Missouri River into Douglas County at the start of this segment of its track. This is where the first video evidence of a complete funnel in contact with the ground occurred. This video was taken at the Eppley Airport as the tornado did damage on the southeast side of the Eppley Airfield runway system. The tornado destroyed several aircraft hangars and flipped several untethered executive aircraft, producing EF-2 damage. The tornado continued northeast where it crossed the Missouri River for a second time and moved back into Pottawattamie County. Peak winds during this segment of the tornado track were estimated at 118 miles per hour. The maximum width while the tornado was in Douglas County was measured at 200 yards, with an average width during this track segment estimated at 100 yards.
The Eppley Airfield ASOS station recorded a 61 mile per hour wind gust as a tornado moved very close to the station. This wind was determined to have not been a part of the tornado, but associated with the rear flank downdraft of the storm as it moved through.
The Nemaha County Emergency Manager reported baseball sized hail was falling in Nemaha.
The Emergency Manager called reporting a tornado touchdown approximately two miles north of Salem, Nebraska. No damage was found nor video evidence taken by those in the area.
This tornado began just southwest of the East Sherwood Road and 558th Avenue intersection. A few branches were noted to have been broken just south of East Sherwood Road before the tornado crossed 558th Avenue into Stanton County. The tornado continued for another half a mile on the east side of 558th Avenue in Stanton County producing EF-1 damage to trees and a warehouse building. The peak windspeeds from the tornado in Madison County were estimated to be at 60 miles per hour, with the average width of the tornado being at 25 yards.
This tornado touched down just on the Madison side of the Madison-Stanton County line before crossing into Stanton County less than a mile north of the East Sherwood Road and 558th Avenue intersection. Right as it crossed the county line, it hit a warehouse, blowing off the majority of its roof and blowing in a garage door. Nearby trees just to the south of the warehouse were snapped near the base of their trunks. This tornado continued north-northeast for another half a mile before dissipating. The maximum estimated wind speed from this tornado in Stanton County was 103 miles per hour, and the average width was estimated to be 50 yards.
The Falls City ASOS recorded a 58 mile per hour wind gust.
Report received of a tornado touchdown a mile to the south-southwest of Rulo, Nebraska over NAWAS. No damage was observed after the fact, so a rating could not be assigned.
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