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EF1 tornado in Custer County, Nebraska

Tornado July 16, 2024 · Custer County, Nebraska

EF1

Rating

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

$10K

Damage as recorded

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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.

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

Tornado briefly touched down just northwest of the intersection of Ryno Road and Highway 2, west of Broken Bow. Surveillance video showed a brief tornado that picked up an 800 pound trailer and tossed it into a car. A large SUV was also lifted and moved 3 inches.

The wider storm

A broken line of thunderstorms developed from northwestern Garden into northeastern Cherry county during the mid afternoon hours of July 16th. As this activity tracked to the southeast, portions of the line became severe, generally south of a line from Logan county, northeast to Brown County. Large hail up to 2 inches in diameter, along with wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported with the strongest storms.

Began near Broken Bow (41.4030, -99.6750).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1197104. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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