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F1 tornado in Thayer County, Nebraska

Tornado May 8, 1996 · Thayer County, Nebraska

Rating

7.0 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

$500K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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.

The wider storm

A tornado set down 5 miles southwest of Gilead and traveled northeast. The tornado totally destroyed the St. Paul Lutheran Church and did extensive damage to the Parsonage. The roof of the church ended up entering the kitchen of the Parsonage. The tornado also did considerable damage to 3 other farmsteads along its path.

Began near Gilead (40.0800, -97.5300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5550500. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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