EF3 Tornado — Lincoln, Nebraska

2007-04-20 · near Brady, Lincoln, Nebraska

Event narrative

This tornado formed 4 miles southeast of Moorefield in Frontier County and entered Lincoln County about 23 miles south southeast of Brady at 8:25 PM CST. The tornadic supercell continued for another 12 miles before dissipating 14 miles south of Brady at 8:46 PM CST. In addition to power poles and trees being snapped off, the tornado hit 2 farmsteads. At the first farmstead, it completely destroyed one large storage building and took off the roof and northeast exterior wall of the home. At the farmstead across the road, the tornado completely destroyed an unanchored farm house and 3 storage sheds. The 2 occupants in the home were on the main floor of the home when the tornado hit and were carried with the debris 50 feet. The tornado was rated F2 in Frontier County and F3 in Lincoln County.

Wider weather episode

Supercells developed rapidly and became tornadic across southwest Nebraska during the evening of April 20th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 24016. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.