EF1 Tornado — Stanton, Nebraska

2024-06-15 · near Stanton, Stanton, Nebraska

Event narrative

Based on chaser video as well as drone footage, this tornado developed 5.5 miles north of Clarkson, NE and moved east northeast. The tornado then produced EF-1 damage to a machine shed on a farmstead. The narrow tornado continued northeast another mile before lifting. Peak estimated winds in this tornado were at 101 miles per hour. The maximum width and average width of this tornado were both estimated to be 50 yards.

Wider weather episode

On the morning of the 15th, upper air analysis showed a shortwave trough centered over the High Plains. At the surface, a warm front draped across the Plains slowly lifted north throughout the day, eventually stalling out across eastern Nebraska and down into northwestern Missouri. That afternoon, two areas of thunderstorm development was noted, one in northeast Kansas and another in northeast Nebraska. The thunderstorms in northeast Kansas quickly grew upscale into an MCS bringing strong winds and a brief spin-up tornado to southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa. The thunderstorms in northeast Nebraska were tied to a lingering MCV, with the storm mode initially remaining as clustered supercells. This brought large hail and several tornadoes across northeast Nebraska before finally growing upscale into a second MCS and tracking east into west-central Iowa.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198483. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.