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NWUS53 KOAX 300343
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1043 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024
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0252 PM Tornado 5 ENE Lincoln 40.85N 96.61W
04/26/2024 Lancaster NE NWS Storm Survey
*** 3 INJ ***
This EF3 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.
0330 PM Tornado 5 SE Yutan 41.19N 96.32W
04/26/2024 Douglas NE NWS Storm Survey
The EF3 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.
0452 PM Tornado 1 N Pacific Junction 41.04N 95.80W
04/26/2024 Mills IA NWS Storm Survey
An EF1 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.
0458 PM Tornado 7 ENE Omaha 41.30N 95.88W
04/26/2024 Douglas NE NWS Storm Survey
This EF3 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.
0508 PM Tornado 7 WSW Treynor 41.19N 95.73W
04/26/2024 Pottawattamie IA NWS Storm Survey
This EF3 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.
0516 PM Tornado 4 SE Norfolk 41.99N 97.37W
04/26/2024 Madison NE NWS Storm Survey
This brief EF1 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.
0525 PM Tornado 3 E Mcclelland 41.33N 95.62W
04/26/2024 Pottawattamie IA NWS Storm Survey
*** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ ***
An EF3 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.
0628 PM Tornado 5 ENE Defiance 41.86N 95.26W
04/26/2024 Shelby IA NWS Storm Survey
An EF2 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.
0651 PM Tornado 1 NNE Defiance 41.83N 95.33W
04/26/2024 Shelby IA NWS Storm Survey
A second round of storms moved across Shelby
and Crawford counties. An EF1 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.
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