Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
935 NOUS43 KOAX 012107 PNSOAX IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-020915- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 407 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 ...NWS Damage Survey for the Arbor Day Tornado Outbreak of April 26, 2024... .Update... Updated to add four new tornado tracks, update overall statistics in overview section, and minor edits to others. Please note that tornado damage surveys are ongoing, and these data are preliminary. Additional tornado tracks are likely to be added, and existing tornado track information may be updated in the weeks ahead. .Overview... A tornado outbreak occurred across Nebraska and Iowa during the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, April 26, 2024. Several significant, long-tracked tornadoes damaged or destroyed hundreds, if not thousands, of homes and businesses across the region. People across the region were deeply impacted, several were injured, and there was one fatality. At the National Weather Service, our hearts are with all of those impacted, including our friends, our neighbors, and everyone who has been affected by these devastating tornadoes. Historically speaking, these are the strongest tornadoes in eastern Nebraska or western Iowa (the NWS Omaha/Valley coverage area) in nearly 10 years, when an EF-3 tornado occurred at Coleridge Nebraska on June 17, 2014. This was one day after four EF-4 tornadoes impacted northeast Nebraska (including Pilger) on June 16, 2014. NWS Omaha/Valley would like to send our sincere appreciation and thanks to our media partners for sharing the warnings and urging people to safety in advance of these tornadoes. We would also like to send our deepest appreciation to emergency management, law enforcement, and first responders of all kinds who responded to this disaster. We are also so thankful to our storm spotters who reported play-by-play tornado information directly to the NWS, helping us to provide key information in warning products. NWS Omaha/Valley would like to thank our co-workers from Kansas City, St Louis, Hastings, and Sioux Falls for coming to assist with these damage surveys. Your help, years of experience with high-end damage evaluation, and expertise in these challenging evaluations is very much appreciated! Additional storm damage surveys are already planned for parts of Lancaster and Shelby counties. ~ NWS Omaha/Valley --------------------------------------------------------- Statistics (For Tornadoes in the NWS Omaha Coverage Area) Please note that for all of these statistics, the damage surveys continue, and these will be adjusted. Total Number of Tornadoes: * Total Number of Tornado Tracks: 14 * Total Track Length of All Combined Tornadoes: 181.2 miles * Combined time tornadoes were on the ground: 5 hours and 30 min * Maximum Tornado Wind Speed Based on Ground Level Damage Assessments: 165 mph * Maximum Single Tornado Track Length: 40.9 miles * Maximum Tornado Width: 1 mile (Two of the tornadoes were one mile wide) Tornado Counts So Far (For Tornadoes in the NWS Omaha Coverage Area) * EF-3: 5 * EF-2: 2 * EF-1: 5 * EF-0: 0 * EF-Unknown: 2 ------------------------------------------------------- .Greeley to Boone County Tornado (Wolbach/Primrose)... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 130 mph Path Length /statute/: 27.30 miles Path Width /maximum/: 500 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 02:04 PM CDT Start Location: 4 NNE Wolbach / Greeley County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.4553 / -98.3695 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 03:10 PM CDT End Location: 4 SW Petersburg / Boone County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.7999 / -98.1351 Survey Summary: 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 the 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 EF2 rating and estimated maximum wind speed of 130 mph was based upon 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. ..Lincoln/Waverly Area Tornado... Rating: EF3 Estimated Peak Wind: 158 mph Path Length /statute/: 8.55 miles Path Width /maximum/: 700 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 3 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 02:52 PM CDT Start Location: 5 NE Lincoln / Lancaster County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 40.8575 / -96.6121 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 03:04 PM CDT End Location: 3 NNE Waverly / Lancaster County / NE End Lat/Lon: 40.957 / -96.5151 Survey Summary: 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. As the tornado continued northeast, it crossed Waverly Road just west of 134th St. A farm near this location sustained damage where the house sustained window damage and two large wood-framed outbuildings were completely destroyed. The tornado continued northeast and weakened and eventually crossed Salt Creek near 141st St before lifting just northeast of that location. Preliminary reports indicate 3 injuries and no fatalities associated with this tornado. ..Elkhorn/Bennington/Blair Area Tornado... Rating: EF3 Estimated Peak Wind: 165 mph Path Length /statute/: 32.31 miles Path Width /maximum/: 1600 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 03:30 PM CDT Start Location: 4 SE Yutan / Douglas County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.1999 / -96.3267 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 04:31 PM CDT End Location: 2 S Modale / Harrison County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.59 / -96.01 Survey Summary: The tornado developed about one quarter mile west of the West Q Road and 255th St 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 where EF-2 damage was indicated. Several center pivots along Highway 275 were overturned as the tornado continued northeast crossing east of Highway 275 damaging several acreages, homes, and outbuildings along Highway 275/240th Street where EF-2 damage was sustained. Continuing its northeast path, 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 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. Several homes sustained high- end EF-2 damage with homes losing large sections of their roofs and one home being shifted off its foundation. The tornado moved across Prospect Hills Cemetery damaging headstones, moving across West Maple Avenue severely damaging a landscape business before moving into the Ramblewood subdivision. Numerous homes in the subdivision were left with only small interior rooms standing sustaining EF-3 damage. The tornado continued northward across damaging homes between 212th Street and Kestrel Parkway, again leaving only interior rooms standing, with EF-3 damage sustained. The tornado crossed Fort Street about one-third of a mile east of 216th Street, causing the collapse of new development homes, with EF-3 damage being sustained. It veered to the northeast across mainly rural areas of Douglas County, between Fort Street and Military Road, becoming about one- mile wide as it crossed Highway 31, snapping power poles and large trees, producing EF-1 damage. 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 due to loss of roofs, was sustained. The tornado moved into Benningtons Newport Landing neighborhood, removing large sections of several homes roofs and collapsing outside walls, sustaining EF-2 damage. The tornado moved across Newport Landing Lake, crossing near 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. The tornado damaged homes and farm outbuildings east of County Road 29 and west of County Road 31 from Dutch Hall Road to County Road 36, ranging in width 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, with high-end EF-3 damage occurring. 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. At least one horse was killed, and several others were injured. 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 snapping 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 occurred near the intersections of County Road P30 and County Road 33 with nearly the complete destruction of several homes, with high-end EF-3 damage being sustained. The tornado crossed US75 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, producing EF-1 damage. The tornado then moved across the Missouri River crossing into Iowa, crossing Highway 30 and Union Pacific Rail line about one- mile east of the Iowa-Nebraska state line. Several trees were snapped and broken, producing EF-0 damage. The tornado then moved across bottom-land/agricultural areas, snapping or uprooting several trees and tipping center pivots, producing EF-0 to EF-1 damage. The tornado dissipated approximately 2 miles southwest of Modale, Iowa at 4:29 pm CT. ..Pacific Junction to Pony Creek Park (Mills County)... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.70 miles Path Width /maximum/: 80 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 04:52 PM CDT Start Location: 1 NNW Pacific Junction / Mills County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.0344 / -95.8051 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 04:57 PM CDT End Location: 3 WNW Glenwood / Mills County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.0709 / -95.7883 Survey Summary: A tornado damage path began approximately 1 mile north of Pacific Junction, where the tornado was also reported by a trained spotter. The tornado crossed Highway 34 one mile east of Interstate 29 where it snapped trees. It then moved up and into the bluffs, where a home took a direct hit and lost large portions of the roof, and a large camper was flipped on its side. Trees were also snapped at this location. The tornado progressed through a forested area where many tree trunks were snapped. The end of the damage appeared to be near Pony Creek Park, just to the east of the Pony Creek Lake dam. .Eppley Airfield / Crescent Iowa Area Tornado... Rating: EF3 Estimated Peak Wind: 152 mph Path Length /statute/: 16.3 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 04:58 PM CDT Start Location: 2 ENE Carter Lake / Douglas County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.2993 / -95.883 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 05:28 PM CDT End Location: 8 ESE Missouri Valley / Harrison County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.509 / -95.7557 Survey Summary: The tornado developed just east of the Eppley Airfield runway system, about one-quarter mile west of the Amelia Earhart Plaza and Lindbergh Plaza intersection. The tornado destroyed several aircraft hangars and flipped several untethered executive aircraft, producing EF-2 damage. The tornado moved northeast across the Missouri River and crossed Interstate 29 near mile marker 58. It widened to about one-quarter miles, damaging numerous homes and businesses between the interstate and Little Kiln Road. EF-3 damage was sustained to a residence along Little Kiln Road due to the collapse of most of the exterior and interior walls except for a few interior rooms. The tornado continued northeast, moving across Old Lincoln Highway about 1.5 miles south of Crescent. EF-2 damage to several homes occurred due to the major loss of the roof and exterior walls. A vehicle detail shop was destroyed. The tornado moved across mainly woodland areas before impacting a home and farm outbuildings near the intersection of Badger and Jefferson Avenues, where EF-2 damage was sustained to the home due to major roof damage. The tornado moved across agricultural and woodlands between 195th Street and Cougar Avenue, producing EF-1 damage to several manufactured homes and farm outbuildings. It continued northeast across mainly agricultural and woodland, producing EF-0 damage to farm outbuildings by removing large portions of their roofs and snapping large tree limbs. The tornado weakened near the intersection of 210th Street and Teakwood Road, producing intermittent damage to tree limbs. It crossed Interstate 880 about 7 miles west of the I-29 and I-880 interchange, or about 7 miles southeast of Missouri Valley. The tornado dissipated just north of Harrison-Pottawatomie County line in an agricultural field. ..Southern Pottawatamie County Tornado (Treynor/McClelland Area)... Rating: EF3 Estimated Peak Wind: 145 mph Path Length /statute/: 13.31 miles Path Width /maximum/: 800 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 05:08 PM CDT Start Location: 7 NW Silver City / Pottawattamie County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.1833 / -95.7307 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 05:28 PM CDT End Location: 3 SE Underwood / Pottawattamie County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.3564 / -95.6229 Survey Summary: A tornado damage path began near Aspen Road, just west of 240th Street. The tornado tracked toward the north northeast, snapping trees and electrical poles as it went. A home was impacted along Chestnut Road with substantial roof damage. Two additional homes were directly impacted where the tornado crossed Highway 92. One of these sustained major roof damage while the other home had most external walls collapse while interior walls remained standing. Numerous trees were snapped and a large shed was completely destroyed at this location, while a large steel horse trailer was thrown more than a quarter mile. The tornado continued to Cottonwood road where it damaged a home and an outbuilding. The most significant damage along the track occurred at Dogwood road where a home was completely destroyed, and only the basement remained. Tree damage here was substantial as well with numerous snapped trunks. Residents of this home survived by seeking shelter in the basement bathroom, which was one of the few locations in the home not directly impacted by major flying debris. The tornado crossed Elmtree Road and Highway 6, and appears to have been at its widest near Highway 6 where it was approximately 800 yards wide. Another home was damaged near 270th and Hickory Road. The tornado continued northeast, damaging electrical poles, trees, and outbuildings all the way to where it ended near 295th and Juniper Road. The ending location is based upon photo evidence of spotters located southeast of the storm. A second tornado paralleled this storms track near the end, eventually intensifying and moving off to the northeast. ..Tornado Southeast of Norfolk... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 107 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.70 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 05:16 PM CDT Start Location: 4 SE Norfolk / Madison County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.9887 / -97.3695 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 05:19 PM CDT End Location: 3 SE Norfolk / Stanton County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.9986 / -97.3667 Survey Summary: This brief tornado touched down near Grandview Road and East Sherwood Rood, causing tree damage at a farmstead. The tornado moved northeast, damaging large trees along the way and causing EF-1 damage to a gymnastics gym and a pallet plant. The tornado then lifted as it crossed the North Fork of the Elkhorn river. ..Minden/Shelby/Tennant/Harlan/Defiance Tornado (Pottawatamie and Shelby Counties)... Rating: EF3 Estimated Peak Wind: 160 mph Path Length /statute/: 40.91 miles Path Width /maximum/: 1700 yards Fatalities: 1 Injuries: 3 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 05:25 PM CDT Start Location: 3 E McClelland / Pottawattamie County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.3221 / -95.6171 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 06:29 PM CDT End Location: 2 N Defiance / Shelby County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.8584 / -95.3307 Survey Summary: A tornado developed approximately 3 miles east of McClelland, and developed prior to the dissipation of the tornado that tracked near Treynor, so both were occurring at the same time, side by side. This was confirmed by photo and video evidence of storm spotters. This tornado moved toward the north northeast, damaging mainly trees and outbuildings or barns as it tracked up to Sumac Road and 330th Street. At this point, according to radar and storm damage indicators, the tornado rapidly intensified. An outbuilding was totally destroyed near Sycamore road, and the tornado caused extensive tree damage east of 330th Road, south of Minden. The tornado intensified further, and widened to approximately 800 yards as it impacted the town of Minden. Video and spotter reports indicate that there were multiple vortices within the tornado near Minden and points northeast, and there was evidence of narrow zones of the most intense damage which lines up very well with the multiple vortex tornado concept. In fact, there were damage indicators of EF-1 damage and high-end EF- 3 damage within only 100 yards of each other. The most intense damage was on the far east side of Minden. Numerous homes were uninhabitable and several homes were completely destroyed. There were also several sizeable metal buildings southeast of Main Street that were completely destroyed. The construction of these metal structures and the homes that were most impacted, in conjunction with the tree damage and damage to cars with few if any cars being lofted and thrown indicated that this was a very strong EF-3 tornado, near the top of the damage range for an EF- 3. The damage to the town of Minden was extensive, with three injuries and one fatality. The tornado continued northeast of Minden where it produced EF-3 damage at two homes along 345th Street. One of the homes was somewhat intact but was removed from its foundation and slid approximately 10 yards to the northeast. The other home had only small interior rooms remaining. It is worth noting that these two homes were 700 yards apart along the north-south street. EF-2 damage occurred along Whippoorwill Road. The tornado crossed Interstate 80 near 355th Street, flipping a semi, and produced damage nearly three quarters of a mile wide along York Road just north of Interstate 80. Tree and powerline damage continued to the northeast, with a home being very badly damaged near County Road M16 and 450th Street. A home was badly damaged, and a barn was destroyed less than one mile southeast of Tennant. The tornado appears to have been widest near 750th Street and Hackberry Road, at approximately 1 mile in width based on tree and powerline damage. At Highway 44, a home was destroyed along with substantial tree damage. Most walls of the home were standing, but a large automobile was thrown or rolled nearly a quarter mile. The tree and vehicle damage suggested that this location was a stronger section of the tornado. The tornado tracked approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Harlan, and began to turn more toward the north, significantly damaging at least 3 homes near Highway 59 as it crossed. It turned almost due north and traveled several miles along Linden Road, and just narrowly missed the town of Defiance. A second tornado developed just to the east of this one at this time, tracking along Oak Road and causing separate damage. Near Defiance, the damage overlapped damage from another, later, tornado. It also became rain-wrapped according to chaser video, and appears likely to have ended near the Crawford-Shelby county line. There is some potential based on radar data that this tornado tracked farther north into Crawford county, but early damage surveys did not identify a track continuation at this time. ..Shelby/Crawford County Tornado #1 (Manilla Area)... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 112 mph Path Length /statute/: 9.24 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:28 PM CDT Start Location: 2 SSW Manilla / Shelby County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.8593 / -95.2603 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 06:44 PM CDT End Location: 5 SSW Vail / Crawford County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.9923 / -95.243 Survey Summary: A tornado damage track begins near the V&W Petersen Wildlife Management Area, and moved almost due north from that point, tracking just to the west of Manilla, and generally near 320th Street for much of its track. There was substantial tree damage along this storm`s track, particularly in a line of evergreen trees near Highway 141 and 320th Street where all trunks were snapped and branches removed. The heaviest damage, on the low-end of the EF-2 range, occurred just south of that location where a barn was totally destroyed. The tornado continued due north according to a highly detailed video shared by storm chasers, and ended near 320th and P Avenue. ..Shelby/Crawford County Tornado #2 (Defiance to North of Manilla)... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 107 mph Path Length /statute/: 12.32 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:51 PM CDT Start Location: Defiance / Shelby County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.83 / -95.3325 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:08 PM CDT End Location: 5 S Vail / Crawford County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.9809 / -95.2084 Survey Summary: A second round of storms moved across Shelby and Crawford counties. A tornado developed just a few blocks outside of Defiance, near the track that the first tornado took only one hour prior. This tornado moved quickly northeast, impacting several farms, damaging outbuildings and trees along its 12.3 mile long track. The tornado reached a maximum width of approximately 200 yards along highway 141, and crossed the other tornado track that had come north from Manilla in a previous storm. The tornado damage path ended near 340th Street and QQ Avenue. ..Buler County Tornado #1... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 8.09 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 02:51 PM CDT Start Location: 4 NW Bee / Butler County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.053 / -97.109 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 03:07 PM CDT End Location: 3 E Garrison / Butler County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.1666 / -97.0992 Survey Summary: 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 tornadoes 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 29 Road just east of Highway 15. Near the time of it s demise, a second brief tornado developed just 1 mile to the east of this tornado. ..Butler County Tornado #2... Rating: EF-Unknown (No Damage Indicators Hit) Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 0.72 miles Path Width /maximum/: 30 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 03:06 PM CDT Start Location: 4 WSW Brainard / Butler County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.1646 / -97.0716 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 03:07 PM CDT End Location: 3 W Brainard / Butler County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.1739 / -97.0654 Survey Summary: Trained spotters with video and photo confirmation reported a tornado lasting approximately 1 minute over open fields. ..Saunders County Tornado (Ashland/Memphis Area)... Rating: EF-Unknown (Survey Ongoing) Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 3.73 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 03:12 PM CDT Start Location: 4 NNW Greenwood / Lancaster County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.025 / -96.4712 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 03:18 PM CDT End Location: 2 SSE Memphis / Saunders County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.0663 / -96.4251 Survey Summary: A storm chaser with time and location stamps tracked a tornado through mainly open fields along this track. 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. Additional surveying may be needed in an effort to assign a damage rating to this tornado. ..Platte County Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 4.79 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 04:07 PM CDT Start Location: 7 S Creston / Platte County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.6004 / -97.3551 End Date: 05/01/2024 End Time: 04:20 PM CDT End Location: 3 SSE Creston / Platte County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.6681 / -97.3372 Survey Summary: 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. && EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories: EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$