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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
457 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/2025 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
TWO POWERFUL, LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS TRACKED ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
OF APRIL 17. THE STORMS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD DAMAGING HAIL UP TO 4
INCHES IN DIAMETER, WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 80 MPH, AND MULTIPLE
TORNADOES.
...TORNADO IN NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON
COUNTY...
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 140 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.26 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 170 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 06:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ENE BENNINGTON / DOUGLAS COUNTY / NE
START LAT/LON: 41.3886 / -96.0906
END DATE: 04/17/2025
END TIME: 07:15 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 ESE FORT CALHOUN / WASHINGTON COUNTY / NE
END LAT/LON: 41.4201 / -95.9426
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:55 PM CDT ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17, A TORNADO
DEVELOPED NEAR HIGHWAY 133, AND APPEARED TO PRODUCE FIRST DAMAGE
BY SNAPPING LIMBS IN AN AREA OF TREES. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE
EAST, IMPACTING TREES, HOMES, AND DESTROYING A GARAGE NEAR 108TH
STREET. IT DAMAGED TREES ALONG LITTLE PAPILLION CREEK AND THEN
IMPACTED A HOME AND LARGE GARAGE NEAR 84TH STREET, SOUTH OF DUTCH
HALL ROAD. THIS WAS THE POINT ALONG THE TORNADO TRACK WHERE THE
MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED, AS A WELL-BUILT ALL-BRICK HOME
WAS DESTROYED WITH ONLY SOME WALLS STILL STANDING. TREE DAMAGE
NEAR THE SITE, AS WELL AS THE DESTRUCTION OF A LARGE, WELL-BUILT
GARAGE, SUPPORTED THE ESTIMATE OF HIGH-END EF-2 TO LOW-END EF-
3 DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED TO DESTROY
ANOTHER LARGE SHED, AND REMOVE THE ROOF FROM A BRICK HOME A HALF
MILE TO THE EAST. IT THEN DESTROYED A VERY LARGE GARAGE-TYPE
BUILDING IN-BETWEEN TWO HOMES AT 78TH STREET SOUTH OF DUTCH HALL
ROAD. THE TORNADO PASSED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE HOMES, CAUSING
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE, LIFTING AND MOVING A FULL-SIZE PICKUP
TRUCK APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS, AND THROWING LARGE TREES NEARLY A
QUARTER OF A MILE DOWNSTREAM. THE TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BUT
DAMAGED SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES NEAR 72ND STREET. AT THAT
POINT, IT BEGAN TO MOVE MORE NORTHEASTERLY, SNAPPING SEVERAL
TREES AND FLIPPING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AT NASHVILLE, NE. IT
DIRECTLY IMPACTED ANOTHER HOME, DESTROYING TWO OUTBUILDINGS AND
CAUSING TREE DAMAGE NEAR COUNTRY ROAD P38. THE TORNADO IMPACTED
ONE MORE HOME AND DESTROYED ANOTHER OUTBUILDING NEAR COUNTRY ROAD
P51 BEFORE DISSIPATING IN AN OPEN FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 PM
CDT. THE TORNADO IS RATED AN EF-3 WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND
SPEEDS BASED ON DAMAGE OF 140 MPH, 0 FATALITIES AND 0 INJURIES.
THE MAXIMUM TRACK WIDTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 170 YARDS AND THE TRACK
LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 8.3 MILES.
.CASS COUNTY TORNADO #1
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 60 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.84 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 07:14 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NE ALVO / CASS COUNTY / NE
START LAT/LON: 40.8826 / -96.3728
END DATE: 04/17/2025
END TIME: 07:16 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE ALVO / CASS COUNTY / NE
END LAT/LON: 40.8866 / -96.3577
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO NEAR THIS LOCATION. LITTLE TO NO
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED, EVEN TO TREES, AS IT PASSED THROUGH MULTIPLE
WOODED AREAS. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
LESS THAN 50 YARDS.
.CASS COUNTY TORNADO #2
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 07:20 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SW MURDOCK / CASS COUNTY / NE
START LAT/LON: 40.8946 / -96.3249
END DATE: 04/17/2025
END TIME: 07:22 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSW MURDOCK / CASS COUNTY / NE
END LAT/LON: 40.8976 / -96.3001
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO EVIDENCE OF A TORNADO NEAR THIS LOCATION THAT LASTED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AS IT PASSED THROUGH
OPEN FIELDS.
.CASS COUNTY TORNADO #3
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 50 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 07:36 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 W MANLEY / CASS COUNTY / NE
START LAT/LON: 40.9119 / -96.2155
END DATE: 04/17/2025
END TIME: 07:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: MANLEY / CASS COUNTY / NE
END LAT/LON: 40.9182 / -96.1737
SURVEY SUMMARY:
APPROXIMATED TRACK OF AN INTERMITTENT TORNADO BASED ON VIDEO
EVIDENCE. INTERMITTENT TORNADO CIRCULATION PASSED THROUGH MAINLY
OPEN FIELDS, BUT ALSO THROUGH SOME AREAS OF TREES WITH LITTLE TO
NO DAMAGE.
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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