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F0 tornado in Howard County, Nebraska

Tornado July 12, 2004 · Howard County, Nebraska

F0
Rating
0.1 mi
Path length
25 yd
Path width
$75K
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 F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief tornado was reported near the intersection of state highways 92 and 11, west of Saint Paul.

The wider storm

A large severe thunderstorm took aim on a portion of south-central Nebraska and produced a tornado and extensive property and crop damage due to hail and high winds. The thunderstorm initially ripped across Greeley county. Damage was noted throughout almost the entire county. Of note, hangers at the Greeley Airport sustained damage, a large grain bin at the County Partners Co-op collapsed, pivots were overturned and windows broken out and roofs damaged. A communications tower west of Wolbach was toppled. The tower had withstood 42 years of Nebraska weather before collapsing during this storm. Flooding was reported in southeast Greeley county near Wolbach.In Howard county, a brief tornado west of St. Paul destroyed a couple of grain bins. North of town, a tree fell into the living room of one house. Tree and property damage was widespread throughout St. Paul. To the west, large hail was reported in Sherman and Buffalo counties. Crop damage was heavy in many locations. A 60 mph wind was recorded at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport near Grand Island before the thunderstorm dissipated.

Began near St Paul (41.2167, -98.5667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5411075. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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