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EF1 tornado in Dixon County, Nebraska

Tornado June 16, 2014 · Dixon County, Nebraska

EF1

Rating

27.3 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

Death

$4.2M

Damage as recorded

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 tornado, crossing into Dixon County from the south, severely damaged the roof and garage of a farm home. The tornado also blew down power poles and lines, and caused tree and crop damage.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms produced two tornadoes in extreme northeast Nebraska, one of which crossed into Dixon County from the south. There were also reports of large hail. The storms affected the area during the late afternoon and evening of June 16th. Persistent moderate to heavy rain from the thunderstorms caused areal flooding which lasted into the morning of June 17th.

Began near Wakefield (42.2646, -96.8235).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF0 Dakota County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 525631. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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