Tornado in Dawes County, Nebraska
Tornado June 12, 2017 · Dawes County, Nebraska
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Storm chasers captured video of a tornado briefly touching down about 15 miles west-northwest of Chadron, NE in Dawes County. The location was estimated based on video and radar data. The tornado caused no damage from which the NWS could assign an EF-scale rating.
The wider storm
One of the most significant severe weather episodes to affect the western Nebraska Panhandle occurred during in the early evening of Monday 12 June 2017. Several tornadoes, hail to baseball size, and damaging winds were observed. Supercell thunderstorms developed during the afternoon along Interstate 25 between Fort Collins, CO and Wheatland. Lifting northeast, these thunderstorms spread into the western Nebraska Panhandle during the early evening.
Began near Wayside (42.8953, -103.3131).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
6 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 721638. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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