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EF2 tornado in Dixon County, Nebraska

Tornado October 4, 2013 · Dixon County, Nebraska

EF2

Rating

18.3 mi

Whole path

2,394 yd

Path width

Injuries

$500K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Wayne County → Dixon County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 2,394 yards (1.36 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 tornado, crossing into Dixon County from Wayne County, severely damaged the roofs of two houses, one of which was a manufactured house, and caused damage to the siding and windows of the houses. Windows of at least one other house were blown out. The tornado also overturned a camper, destroyed or severely damaged a grain bin, numerous farm outbuildings, farm storage buildings, several pieces of farm equipment, and flattened corn crops in several areas. The tornado caused tree damage along its path, including trees uprooted and snapped off at the trunks, and blew down power poles and power lines.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms produced three tornadoes which tracked over Dixon and Dakota Counties in extreme northeast Nebraska on the late afternoon of October 4th. One damaging tornado crossed into Dixon County from Wayne County Nebraska, a brief tornado formed and dissipated in Dixon County, and another tornado developed in northern Dakota County before crossing the Missouri River into Union County South Dakota.

Began near Wakefield (42.2642, -96.9618).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Dakota County EF0 Dixon County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 476178. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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