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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
241 PM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024...COR for 3 ending times

...NWS Damage Survey for 06/15/24 Tornado Event 1st issuance...

..Clarkson Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    101 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.10 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/15/2024
Start Time:             07:06 PM CDT
Start Location:         5 N Clarkson / Stanton County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          41.8085 / -97.1316

End Date:               06/15/2024
End Time:               07:12 PM CDT
End Location:           6 NNE Clarkson / Stanton County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            41.8174 / -97.0928

Survey Summary:
Based on chaser video as well as drone footage, this tornado
developed 5.5 miles north of Clarkson, NE and moved east
northeast. The tornado then produced EF-1 damage to a machine shed
on a farmstead. The narrow tornado continued northeast another
mile before lifting.

..Meadow Grove Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.73 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/15/2024
Start Time:             05:42 PM CDT
Start Location:         7 S Meadow Grove / Madison County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          41.9199 / -97.7616

End Date:               06/15/2024
End Time:               05:53 PM CDT
End Location:           7 S Meadow Grove / Madison County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            41.9233 / -97.7514

Survey Summary:
This was a very slow-moving tornado that developed 7 miles south
of Meadow Grove, destroying a metal shed and a cattle trailer.

..Newman Grove Tornado...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    unknown
Path Length /statute/:  0.16 miles Path
Width /maximum/:        20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/15/2024
Start Time:             06:14 PM CDT
Start Location:         7 NNE Newman Grove / Madison County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          41.8436 / -97.6962

End Date:               06/15/2024
End Time:               06:14 PM CDT
End Location:           8 NNE Newman Grove / Madison County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            41.8453 / -97.6941

Survey Summary:
Photo evidence and eyewitness reports of a funnel cloud with a
short-lived ground circulation and dust cloud. Brief tornado at
this location.



..Winside Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    84 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.08 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/15/2024
Start Time:             06:37 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 S Winside / Stanton County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          42.0793 / -97.1802

End Date:               06/15/2024
End Time:               06:37 PM CDT
End Location:           6 S Winside / Stanton County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            42.0798 / -97.1788

Survey Summary:
Very brief tornado caused window damage to a home and several
trees sustained damage.


..North of Pilger Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    70 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.26 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   25 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/15/2024
Start Time:             06:56 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 NE Pilger / Stanton County / NE
Start Lat/Lon:          42.0227 / -97.0291

End Date:               06/15/2024
End Time:               06:58 PM CDT
End Location:           4 NE Pilger / Cuming County / NE
End Lat/Lon:            42.0493 / -97.0048

Survey Summary:
Documented from storm chaser video, this tornado developed just
northeast of Pilger, north of Highway 275. It then traveled across
a feedlot producing minor damage to a sun-shade. The tornado
continued northeast before lifting without doing any further
damage.

&&

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.


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