Tornado in Red Willow County, Nebraska

Tornado May 17, 2019 · Red Willow County, Nebraska

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Not rated

3.0 mi

Whole path

100 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Red Willow County → Frontier County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Tornado reported north of McCook, NE. No damage was found by storm survey other than a few snapped branches off trees and minor debris from unknown sources/structures. Could not find a defined path but tornado continued into Frontier County, NE.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms produce a tornado and 3 inch hail.

Began near Perry (40.3452, -100.6270).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Red Willow County EFU Hitchcock County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 863432. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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