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Tornado in Sioux County, Nebraska

Tornado May 26, 2021 · Sioux County, Nebraska

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Not rated

0.4 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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

Multiple photos and video confirmed evidence of landspout tornado near the Agate Fossil Bed National Monument. Landspout remained over rural areas producing no discernable damage to rate other than unknown. Given sparse information and lack of damage, path and width are estimates.

The wider storm

Several strong to severe thunderstorms moved across the Nebraska Panhandle producing large hail, damaging winds and a noted tornado near Agate Fossil Bed National Monument. Multiple photos and video confirmed evidence of tornado near the Agate Fossil Bed National Monument. Tornado remained over rural areas producing no discernable damage to rate other than unknown. Given sparse information and lack of damage, tornado path and width are estimates. In addition hail up to the size of baseballs were reported in the strongest storms on the 26th.

Began near Agate (42.4100, -103.7600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 953764. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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