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Tornado in Brown County, Nebraska

Tornado July 30, 2024 · Brown County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

50 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

Law enforcement reported a tornado 8 miles west of Ainsworth, tracking to the southeast. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

Supercell thunderstorms developed along a boundary, situated along the South Dakota and Nebraska border during the late afternoon of July 30th. As this initial activity tracked to the southeast, it quickly became severe as it traversed northeastern Cherry and Keya Paha counties into Brown and Rock counties. Hail up to 2 inches in diameter and a tornado was reported near Ainsworth.

Began near (anw)ainsworth Muni (42.5500, -100.0100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1204668. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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