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EF1 tornado in Perkins County, Nebraska

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Perkins County, Nebraska

EF1
Rating
2.3 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
$15K
Damage as recorded
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large supercell thunderstorm originally spawned two tornadoes with the eastern tornado eventually taking over. This western tornado moved northeast and broke off power poles before dissipating. The eastern tornado went on to produce extensive damage through Perkins County.

The wider storm

An intense upper level low pressure system approached Western Nebraska on March 28th. Supercells developed quickly along a dryline extending from western Cherry County southward through western Chase County. The supercells produced tornadoes, hail, and strong winds during the late afternoon and evening hours.

Began near Brandon (40.7598, -101.7800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Perkins CountyEF1 Arthur CountyEF1 Keith CountyEF1 Grant CountyEF1 Chase CountyEF0 Cherry CountyEF0 Chase CountyEF0 Keith CountyEF0 Keith County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22854. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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