EF0 tornado in Frontier County, Nebraska
Tornado May 17, 2019 · Frontier County, Nebraska
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Red Willow County → Frontier County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
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 the National Weather Service wrote
Tornado touched down in far northern Red Willow county and crossed into southern Frontier county. No damage was reported.
The wider storm
A strong upper level trough of low pressure lifted across the central Rockies during the late afternoon of May 17th. As this feature approached a stalled out frontal boundary, which was anchored along the Kansas and Nebraska border, thunderstorms developed and quickly became severe as they lifted north. A lone supercell produced multiple tornadoes while moving northeast through Frontier County. Two farms sustained damage with the Johnson's farm sustaining damage to every building with the tornado rated an EF-3. As storms moved northeast large hail and damaging winds were reported.
Began near Hugh Butler Lake (40.3507, -100.6122).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
8 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 863430. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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