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Tornado in Kimball County, Nebraska

Tornado May 21, 2026 · Kimball County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.3 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. 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

Emergency manager observed a quick tornado spinup that lasted about 30 seconds. No damage was reported, so tornado was rated an EF-U.

The wider storm

A widespread weather event across the region with snowsqualls in Carbon County and several severe thunderstorm warnings and a tornado warning across western Nebraska.

Began near Kimball (41.2000, -103.6200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Kimball County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331809. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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