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Tornado May 12, 2024 · Howard County, Nebraska

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Not rated
2.3 mi
Path length
35 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 35 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

A fairly visible landspout touched down four miles of St. Paul. No damage occurred with this tornado, timing and location was approximated from reports and video.

The wider storm

A broad area of weak thunderstorms developed beneath a potent lobe of upper vorticity during the afternoon and early evening hours of May 12th. This activity largely remained benign and non-severe, thanks to both weak deep layer shear and instability within the upper trough axis. However, funnel clouds and at least one landspout occurred on the leading edge of slightly stronger thunderstorms over central Nebraska, aided in large part by high ambient vorticity and moderate 0-3km CAPE. No damage was reported and the location of the only known landspout was estimated based on spotter reports, pictures, and video.

Began near St Paul (41.2100, -98.5100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1175628. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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