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EF1 tornado in Lancaster County, Nebraska

Tornado May 9, 2016 · Lancaster County, Nebraska

EF1

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 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

This tornado produced mainly tree and shingle damage. One home did sustain some garage damage. The tornado touched down and traveled to the west remaining just south of Highway 2. The tornado was filmed by many residents and storm chasers.

The wider storm

More to come.

Began near Cheneys (40.7365, -96.6106).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Cass County EF1 Lancaster County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 624319. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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