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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
217 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/23/26 TORNADO EVENT
.LITTLE SIOUX TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.90 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 01:46 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNW LITTLE SIOUX / HARRISON COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 41.8305 / -96.034
END DATE: 04/23/2026
END TIME: 01:54 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 WNW PISGAH / HARRISON COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.8465 / -95.9832
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DEVELOPED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF
LITTLE SIOUX AT 1:46 PM. THE TORNADO BEGAN JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF 120TH STREET AND DAYTON AVENUE, FLIPPING A CENTER
PIVOT. IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST, DAMAGING FARM OUTBUILDINGS, TREES,
AND POWER POLES NEAR 120TH STREET AND EARLY AVENUE. JUST OVER
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THIS INTERSECTION, ANOTHER CENTER PIVOT WAS
FLIPPED OVER. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED SLIGHTLY MORE EASTWARD AND
TORE THE FABRIC ROOFING OFF PART OF A HOOP BARN NEAR GAGE LANE
AND EASTON TRAIL, WHERE IT CAME TO AN END.
.RIVERTON TORNADO 1
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.76 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 05:34 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SE RIVERTON / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.6338 / -95.5033
END DATE: 04/23/2026
END TIME: 05:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 S FARRAGUT / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 40.639 / -95.4704
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SEVERAL VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES INDICATED
THAT A WEAK TORNADO DEVELOPED AND MOVED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
ALONG THIS APPROXIMATE PATH. WHILE THE NEAR-SURFACE DUST CLOUD
WAS WIDER, THE CORE CIRCULATION WAS QUITE NARROW AND WEAK. THE
ONLY DAMAGE ALONG THE TRACK WAS MINOR TREE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED
MOSTLY OPEN FIELDS.
.RIVERTON TORNADO 2
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.52 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 05:34 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 SE RIVERTON / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.6352 / -95.4875
END DATE: 04/23/2026
END TIME: 05:36 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 S FARRAGUT / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 40.637 / -95.4779
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO AND PHOTO EVIDENCE OF A SMALL TORNADO NEAR THIS LOCATION.
.COIN/COLLEGE SPRINGS TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/23/2026
START TIME: 06:17 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 E COIN / PAGE COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.6509 / -95.172
END DATE: 04/23/2026
END TIME: 06:20 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNW COLLEGE SPRINGS / PAGE COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 40.6532 / -95.132
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TWO SPOTTER REPORTS CONFIRMED A FUNNEL WITH ROTATING DUST AT
GROUND LEVEL WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE AT ONE LOCATION. THE TRACK
WAS MAINLY OVER OPEN FIELDS.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>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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