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EF2 tornado in Keith County, Nebraska

Tornado May 23, 2024 · Keith County, Nebraska

EF2

Rating

0.6 mi

Whole path

200 yd

Path width

$3.5M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Keith County → Keith County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief, but significant, tornado developed in the Lakeview Subdivision and traveled to the northeast. Multiple dwellings suffered damage, including a large pole barn destroyed and single family homes with roof or exterior wall loss. Multiple trees were also downed.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed over the central Nebraska Panhandle during the mid afternoon hours of May 23rd. As this activity moved east into better moisture and wind shear, storms became severe. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes were reported.

Began near Lake Mc Conaghy (41.2600, -101.7800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Keith County EF1 Keith County EF1 Keith County EF0 Keith County EFU Garden County EFU Keith County EFU Keith County EFU Hayes County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1178037. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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