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NOUS43 KOAX 072148
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
448 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2024
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 6, 2024 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE EVENING OF MAY 6. THE
STORMS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN MANY LOCATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA, BUT ALSO PRODUCED SEVERAL
TORNADOES. THE TORNADO DAMAGE, AS WELL AS A FEW AREAS OF
CONCENTRATED DAMAGE NEAR MURDOCK AND BEATRICE THAT APPEAR MOST
LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DOWNBURST WINDS, WERE SURVEYED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
.WYMORE AREA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 07:07 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 WNW WYMORE / GAGE COUNTY / NE
START LAT/LON: 40.1376 / -96.7496
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 07:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 WNW BLUE SPRINGS / GAGE COUNTY / NE
END LAT/LON: 40.1485 / -96.7375
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STORM SPOTTERS PROVIDED VIDEO MATCHING UP WITH A SHORT DAMAGE
PATH. THE TORNADO DAMAGED THE HOOP BUILDING THAT STORES ROAD
SUPPLIES ALONG HIGHWAY 77, PROCEEDED NORTHEAST WHERE IT BROKE
SOME TREE BRANCHES AND QUICKLY DISSIPATED.
.GLENWOOD AREA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.66 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 08:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSE GLENWOOD / MILLS COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.9898 / -95.706
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 08:55 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW SILVER CITY / MILLS COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.0612 / -95.6543
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED AND SNAPPED TREES AT A HOME ON LUCAS ROAD,
MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE IT CUT A 30 YARD WIDE SWATH
OF SNAPPED TREES AND BRANCHES. ADDITIONAL SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE
WAS NOTED NEAR KANE AVENUE. A FARM WAS BADLY DAMAGED ALONG JAGGER
ROAD, WITH ONE LARGE SHED COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TWO LARGE
GRAIN BINS DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS DEPOSITED A HALF MILE
DOWNSTREAM. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 34 A QUARTER-MILE
WEST OF 270TH STREET DAMAGING A POWER POLE. DAMAGE CONTINUED
NORTHEAST THROUGH OPEN FIELDS CROSSING THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE LINE WHERE LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST DAMAGING TWO FARMSTEADS ALONG HERSHEY AVE
WHERE SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS SUSTAINED HIGH-END EF1 DAMAGE. MANY
TREES WERE SNAPPED AT BOTH FARMSTEADS.
.CARSON/MACEDONIA AREA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 93 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.53 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 09:07 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W MACEDONIA / POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 41.2027 / -95.4992
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 09:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 WNW MACEDONIA / POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.2189 / -95.4793
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BRIEF TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED 4 MILES WEST/NORTHWEST OF
MACEDONIA WHERE TWO LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED AND THEN LIFTED
ABOUT A MILE NORTHEAST OF WHERE ONE HOME SUSTAINED SHINGLE
DAMAGE.
.MINDEN/SHELBY AREA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 107 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.05 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2024
START TIME: 09:13 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 ESE MINDEN / POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 41.4627 / -95.5248
END DATE: 05/06/2024
END TIME: 09:19 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 W SHELBY / SHELBY COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.5084 / -95.4766
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT 9:10PM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MINDEN CAUSING EF1 DAMAGE TO A TRANSMISSION LINE. IT THEN
TRAVELED NORTHEAST AND DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS AND BROKE A WINDOW ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF A HOME ALONG TAMARACK ROAD. IN ADDITION, POWER
POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG TAMARACK ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST OF THIS
HOME. TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO THE AVOCA REST AREA
WHERE IT CROSSED I-80. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST A
HALF-MILE BEFORE LIFTING NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF YORK RD AND
ELMWOOD RD. THERE WAS TREE DAMAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SHELBY AS
THE STORM CONTINUED NORTHEAST BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF
TORNADO DAMAGE IN SHELBY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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