EF1 tornado in Stanton County, Nebraska

An intermittent tornado damage track was noted along the west flank of a focused and elongated area of downburst winds. Initial damage was to a center pivot and three wooden double-posted electrical transmission structures. After that, the damage was largely to trees although there were a couple of farm outbuildings damaged along the track. One east- west oriented tree line had a focused damage area approximately 200 yards wide. it appears likely that this tornado track had some gaps in it based on the somewhat sporadic damage pattern. Special thanks to Stanton county emergency management for their assistance in this survey and drone-based evaluation.

A strong low-pressure system which had been slowly moving east off the Rocky Mountains finally progressed into central Nebraska. This left eastern Nebraska in the warm sector as a warm front moved north into the area. The SPC issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather with a 30% hatched for severe hail. There ended up being 19 confirmed tornadoes (3 EF2, 8 EF1, 4 EF0, 4 EFU). There were numerous hail reports the largest of which was 4.5 inches in Pawnee County. Another 4-inch report was received in Richardson County. Flash flooding was also observed in a few locations.