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Tornado in Kimball County, Nebraska

Tornado May 27, 2023 · Kimball County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.5 mi

Path length

50 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

Trained weather spotters observed a brief tornado approximately 3 miles NW of Bushnell.

The wider storm

A few strong to locally severe thunderstorms impacted far western Nebraska along the Wyoming border during the late afternoon and early evening hours on 5/27. These storms produced strong wind gusts and some hail across portions of Banner and Kimball counties. A brief tornado was also observed northwest of Bushnell.

Began near Bushnell (41.2600, -103.9300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093134. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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