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Public Information Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Hastings NE
946 PM CDT Fri May 24 2024

...Coorected Dates and Time Typographical Errors...

...NWS Damage Survey for May 24, 2024 Tornado Event...

.Overview...NWS Hastings staff surveyed several areas
of damage today and determined at least 4 tornadoes
occurred. The NWS would like to thank local emergency
management and local residents along the paths for
the help with their survey.

.Holdrege Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.71 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/23/2024
Start Time:             11:30 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 SW Holdrege / Phelps County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          40.4335 / -99.3832

End Date:               05/23/2024
End Time:               11:33 PM CDT
End Location:           1 ENE Holdrege / Phelps County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            40.4484 / -99.3575

Survey Summary:
An EF1 rated tornado tracked catty-corner from southwest to
northeast across Holdrege. Much of the damage was noted in trees
throughout town. Some large trees were uprooted or snapped. A
handful of garages sustained damage. The tornado winds initially
damaged the garage door, after which some structural wall damage
occurred. The peak wind speed was estimated at 95 mph based
on the damage to both trees and structures along its nearly
two mile path.

.Heartwell Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.54 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   60 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/24/2024
Start Time:             12:00 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 NNW Minden / Kearney County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          40.5457 / -98.9707

End Date:               05/24/2024
End Time:               12:10 AM CDT
End Location:           1 W Heartwell / Kearney County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            40.5722 / -98.8152

Survey Summary:
This EF0 rated tornado damaged a handful of pivots and
some trees along its over 8 mile path. The peak wind
of 85 mph was estimated based upon tree damage near the
middle of the path.

This tornado was also noted by a drop in the WSR-88D
correlation coefficient product. The drop in the correlation
coefficient coincides with the path, but damage was very
limited. One possible theory is the lower correlation
coefficient shown on radar was caused by corn stalks
from several no-till fields lifted in the air
by the tornado.

.Palmer Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.11 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   95 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/24/2024
Start Time:             12:09 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 SE Cushing / Howard County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          41.2455 / -98.3131

End Date:               05/24/2024
End Time:               12:18 AM CDT
End Location:           3 NE Palmer / Nance County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            41.2673 / -98.1821

Survey Summary:
This EF1 rated tornado started in extreme eastern
Howard County and ended in extreme southern
Nance County, but spent most of its travel
time in Merrick County north and northeast of
Palmer.

There were several spots of tree damage along
its roughly 7 mile path. The most significant
damage was to an outbuilding and large
cottonwood trees northeast of town. The
maximum wind speed of 95 mph was estimated
based upon the damage at this particular
farmstead.

.Silverlake Road Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.61 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   80 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/24/2024
Start Time:             12:26 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 NW Blue Hill / Adams County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          40.367 / -98.5084

End Date:               05/24/2024
End Time:               12:30 AM CDT
End Location:           3 NNW Blue Hill / Adams County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            40.3725 / -98.4605

Survey Summary:
A short EF1 tornado moved across far southern
Adams County just northwest of Blue Hill.

This tornado had an estimated peak wind of 95 mph
based upon damage to a large outbuilding at
one farmstead. This included a large door buckling
and the east side wall blowing out. There was
extensive tree damage as well. Two pivots in
particular were damaged, though there were several
other pivots flipped in the nearby area.
Eventually tornado skipped through another
farmstead causing damage to a barn and trees.
Unfortunately, three horses were casualties
of the storm.

Residents of both farmsteads which sustained
damaged were quick to credit the Wire Emergency
Alert received on their phone which told them
of the tornado warning.

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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 events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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NOAA/NWS/Moritz