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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1018 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for May 23-24, 2024 Tornado Event Update # 1...

.Update...Updated to include an additional tornado. To date, a
total of five tornadoes has been confirmed.

.Axtell Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  4.37 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   75 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/23/2024
Start Time:             11:51 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 NNW Axtell / Kearney County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          40.5675 / -99.1742

End Date:               05/23/2024
End Time:               11:56 PM CDT
End Location:           5 NNE Axtell / Kearney County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            40.555 / -99.0934

Survey Summary:
A local resident reported damage to a pivot and soybean field
along the path north of Axtell late on May 23rd.

Subsequent radar review depicts a circulation in the same area
and time as the report which is supportive of a tornado.
Location of the path was estimated based upon radar and the
local resident report. The tornado was rated an EF0 with
peak winds estimated to be 80 mph based upon the damage
described to a pivot.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

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NOAA/NWS/MORITZ

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