EF0 Tornado — Stanton, Nebraska

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

Event narrative

Documented from storm chaser video, this tornado developed just northeast of Pilger, north of Highway 275. It then traveled across a feedlot producing minor damage to a sun-shade before crossing into Cuming County. The peak estimated winds in this tornado were 70 miles per hour, with a width of 25 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 1198488. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.