F0 tornado in York County, Nebraska
Tornado April 18, 2005 · York County, Nebraska
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 the National Weather Service wrote
A brief tornado was reported by local law enforcement near Lushton in southwest York County. No damage was reported.
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 Lushton (40.4667, -97.5333).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5448117. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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