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F0 tornado in Fillmore County, Nebraska

Tornado April 18, 2005 · Fillmore County, Nebraska

F0
Rating
0.5 mi
Path length
30 yd
Path width
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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 tornado in far northwest Fillmore County knocked over an irrigation center pivot system on its short path.

The wider storm

A wild night of weather became the first major severe weather event of the season in south central Nebraska. Severe thunderstorms were responsible for tornadoes, very large hail and flash flooding, mainly east of Columbus to Hastings line. Fillmore County was hardest hit. A tornado in the northwest corner of the county damaged a center pivot. The county Emergency Manager was injured by flying glass after baseball sized hail pummeled his vehicles' windshield. He was treated and released from the hospital that evening. The hail hammered much of the county over the course of 3 to 4 hours. Geneva sustained some of the more widespread property damage. Damage in Fillmore County totaled in the millions. In York County, a tornado was reported south of Lushton, but not damaged was noted. Drifts of golf ball size hail and heavy rain pounded York County as well. Flash flooding was reported in York and Polk counties. In York County, the underpass north of downtown was full of water and the Beaver Creek Trails on the west side of town flooded. In Polk County, there were several roads reported under water around 8 pm in eastern sections of the county. Heavy rain of 1 to 3 inches in eastern Nuckolls County caused damage to county roads around Ruskin and Hardy.

Began near Grafton (41.1000, -97.4333).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F0 York County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5448046. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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