EF0 Tornado — Kimball, Nebraska

2023-06-28 · near (ibm)kimball Arpt, Kimball, Nebraska

Event narrative

A supercell first developed over Laramie County in southeast Wyoming

dropping golf ball to baseball size hail while exhibiting mid-level

rotation. The supercell was long lived and made its way into Kimball

County, Nebraska where it began to show tornadic structure. Based off

of radar and storm spotter reports, the estimated start point is just

southeast of the intersection of County Road 29 and 14 at around 6:35

PM MDT. The tornado tracked south-southeast, remaining mainly over

open farmland, kicking up large amounts of dirt and dust. As the

tornado tracked south-southeast it eventually crossed County Road

10 between County Road 29 and 33. At this site, there was very

little damage aside from an insulator cap blown away and a loose

wire on an electrical pole. The tornado continued travailing to

the southeast on County Road 35, north of County Road 6, where

it caused minor damage to a farmhouse and the surrounding barns

on the property. Tree limbs 1 to 3 inches in diameter were broken

and scattered across the property. A few shingles were torn off

the farmhouse, an augur was pushed approximately 5 feet to the

southwest digging a groove in the soil, and a calving hut was

blown 20 feet and rotated about 100 degrees. A few hundred

yards south down County Road 35 an electrical pole roughly 50

years old was snapped at the base but still upright as it was

still attached to the electrical wires. A plastic 5 gallon bucket

from the farmhouse was thrown about half a mile away from the

home in a field off of County Road 6. Finally, the tornado

dissipated over an open field just to the west of Highway 71,

about 2 miles southeast of the farmhouse at 6:45 PM MDT.

Overall, damage seen was consistent with that of an EF-0 tornado

with maximum winds of 80 to 85 MPH.

Wider weather episode

Strong upper level system led to severe thunderstorm development moving into the western Nebraska Panhandle on the 28th with one particular storm tracking across Kimball County producing an EF0 tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1101091. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.