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EF2 tornado in Custer County, Nebraska

Tornado June 7, 2024 · Custer County, Nebraska

EF2
Rating
1.7 mi
Path length
750 yd
Path width
$80K
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 750 yards (0.43 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

Tornado touched down in the vicinity of Eureka Valley road and 15 road and traveled to the southeast for approximately 2 miles. Where the initial touchdown occurred, numerous power poles were snapped and a twisted a center pivot irrigation system occurred. Several large pieces of aluminum irrigation pipe were lofted and deposited. The tornado tracked east southeast, uprooting and damaging large trees near Dry Creek and Road 420.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed over the central Sandhills in the vicinity of a stalled out frontal boundary. This activity quickly became severe with large hail up to golf ball size, severe thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH and a tornado was reported over western Custer County. Severe thunderstorms also tracked across far southwestern Nebraska, impacting Chase and Hayes county. Hail up to 3 inches in diameter was reported in the Wauneta area.

Began near Arnold (41.5390, -100.0580).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1185399. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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