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EF0 tornado in Keith County, Nebraska

Tornado March 28, 2007 · Keith County, Nebraska

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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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.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 supercell thunderstorm spawned a brief tornado that produced minor roof damage to homes and broke off some tree limbs.

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 Ogallala (41.1900, -101.7100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Perkins County EF1 Arthur County EF1 Keith County EF1 Grant County EF1 Chase County EF1 Perkins County EF0 Cherry County EF0 Chase County EF0 Keith County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 22860. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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