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Tornado in Cherry County, Nebraska

Tornado July 20, 2025 · Cherry 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

Brief touchdown in an open field. No damage reported.

The wider storm

Isolated thunderstorms developed over north central Cherry County during the mid afternoon hours of July 20th. This activity developed along a stationary front, which had been situated over the central and northern Sandhills over the past couple of days. Thunderstorms grew upscale as they tracked slowly to the east southeast into the late evening hours. One brief tornado was reported northwest of Valentine. Golf ball size hail and wind gusts up to 80 MPH were reported with the strongest storms.

Began near Valentine (42.9300, -100.6200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1282874. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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