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Tornado in Perkins County, Nebraska

Tornado May 16, 2022 · Perkins County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Land spout tornado briefly touched down in an open field with no damage reported.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed in the southern Nebraska Panhandle as well as southwestern Cherry county during the early evening hours of May 16th. As they tracked east, they became severe. Wind gusts to 65 MPH, ping pong sized hail and a couple of land spout tornadoes were reported.

Began near Grant (40.9000, -101.7900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Deuel County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1021155. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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