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EF1 tornado in Keith County, Nebraska

Tornado May 23, 2024 · Keith County, Nebraska

EF1

Rating

2.0 mi

Path length

200 yd

Path width

$450K

Damage as recorded

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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 EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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 tornado touched down in the vicinity of Road west I south and road west 50 damaging several trees and overturning a center pivot irrigation system. The tornado traveled approximately 1 mile to the east southeast, destroying two more center pivot irrigation systems. About a half a mile east of this point, the tornado struck a farmstead, destroying a large covered building, destroyed trees and caused roof damage to a farm house. The tornado dissipated approximately a half a mile east of this point, where it overturned a center pivot irrigation system.

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 Brule (41.0640, -101.9030).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 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 1178269. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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