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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
721 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2025 /621 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2025/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/18/2025 HAYES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
TORNADO EVENT...
A POWERFUL SUPERCELL DEVELOPED IN FAR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MAY 18, 2025 AND TRACKED NORTH INTO
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE SUPERCELL SPAWNED SEVERAL TORNADOES BEFORE
CROSSING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL HAYES COUNTY. AS THE SUPERCELL
CONTINUED TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST, A TORNADO DEVELOPED WEST OF THE
COMMUNITY OF HAYES CENTER IN HAYES COUNTY. THE TORNADO GREW QUITE
WIDE, ECLIPSING A HALF MILE IN WIDTH AT TIMES AS IT TRACKED
NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL HAYES COUNTY INTO FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY. THE TORNADO LIFTED SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF
DICKENS, BUT THE SUPERCELL CONTINUED NORTH TO THE CITY OF NORTH
PLATTE.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND A LIFTING WARM FRONT WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERCELL AND SUBSEQUENT TORNADO. ADDITIONAL
SUPERCELLS FORMED DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA, THOUGH THE ENVIRONMENT WAS LESS FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLULAR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
HAYES COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 17.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/18/2025
START TIME: 7:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3.3 MILES WEST OF HAYES CENTER
START LAT/LON: 40.51 -101.09
END DATE: 5/18/2025
END TIME: 8:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5.2 MILES SOUTH OF DICKENS
END LAT/LON: 40.75 -100.98
THE TORNADO IMPACTED NUMEROUS CENTER PIVOTS AND POWER LINES ACROSS
CENTRAL HAYES COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE TORNADO MOVE THROUGH TWO
FARMSTEADS. NUMEROUS WINDOWS WERE KNOCKED OUT IN BOTH HOMES AND
CARS. THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH A LARGE BOVINE OPERATION AND
KNOCKED OUT FENCING AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS. DAMAGE WAS
SPARSE AS IT MOVED INTO LINCOLN COUNTY, THOUGH ADDITIONAL
POWER LINES, CENTER PIVOTS, AND TREES TOOK DAMAGE.
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 EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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