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Tornado in Custer County, Nebraska

Tornado July 3, 2024 · Custer County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

Weak tornado briefly touched down. No damage reported.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed around midday over portions of the northwestern Sandhills and north central Nebraska. These storms developed ahead of a weak cold front and approaching upper level trough of low pressure. As the afternoon progressed, storms intensified, becoming severe, then persisted into the evening hours across the Sandhills into southwestern Nebraska. Hail up to ping pong ball size, thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH and a tornado were reported with these storms.

Began near Arnold (41.2600, -100.2000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1196593. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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