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EF2 tornado in Cuming County, Nebraska

Tornado December 15, 2021 · Cuming County, Nebraska

EF2
Rating
11.2 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 impacted several farms and residences along its 11 mile track with at least 5 points suggesting EF2 damage with maximum winds of approximately 120 mph. This tornado also had one of the wider paths in this region on December 15 where at one point the tree pattern suggested 200 yard width. The tornado destroyed several barns, including some well-built large structures. It also caused substantial power line damage, snapping several power poles in multiple locations.

The wider storm

A low pressure system brought strong (both thunderstorm, and non-thunderstorm) winds, tornadoes, dust, snow, and record temperatures into eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The event was determined to be a derecho meeting the criteria of wind damage extending more than 250 miles, including wind gusts of at least 58 mph and numerous gusts of at least 75 mph.

Began near Beemer (41.9100, -96.7500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF2 Cuming CountyEF2 Cass CountyEF2 Saline CountyEF2 Cass CountyEF2 Platte CountyEF1 Platte CountyEF1 Colfax CountyEF1 Cuming CountyEF1 Saunders CountyEF1 Saunders CountyEF1 Cuming CountyEF1 Pawnee CountyEF1 Pawnee CountyEF1 Otoe CountyEF1 Cuming CountyEF0 Pawnee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 998199. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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