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F2 tornado in Hall County, Nebraska

Tornado May 7, 1993 · Hall County, Nebraska

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$5.0M

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F2 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F2 meant considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted; the scale paired it with winds of 113–157 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado touched down near Prosser. Equipment at a sand and gravel pit was damaged and five foot diameter cottonwood trees were uprooted. The tornado moved into southern Hall county and lifted.

Began near Prosser (40.7000, -98.5700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10333692. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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