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NOUS43 KOAX 190217
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IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
917 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/25 TORNADO EVENT
TABOR, IA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.48 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 440 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 08:13 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SW TABOR / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.8636 / -95.7144
END DATE: 04/18/2025
END TIME: 08:28 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SW RANDOLPH / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 40.8436 / -95.6131
SURVEY SUMMARY:
APPROXIMATELY 8:13 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2025, A TORNADO
FORMED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TABOR. THE TORNADO STIRRED UP COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF DUST AND DIRT FROM RECENTLY PLOWED AGRICULTURAL FIELD.
THE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY AGRICULTURAL FIELDS
UNTIL CROSS U.S. 275, PRODUCING EF-0 DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND FARM
OUTBUILDINGS JUST SOUTH OF 130TH STREET, REACHING A WIDTH OF
ABOUT 1/4 MILE. BASED ON VIDEO, THE TORNADO WEAKENED BRIEFLY EAST
OF U.S. 275 UNTIL IT CROSSED 280TH AVENUE, WHERE IT AGAIN REACHED
A WIDTH OF ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND STRENGTHENED AGAIN BEFORE CROSSING
290TH AVENUE, PRODUCING EF-0 DAMAGE TO TREES AND FLIPPING
IRRIGATION PIVOTS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED UNTIL ABOUT THE
INTERSECTION OF 300TH AVENUE AND 140TH STREET WHERE IT
DISSIPATED.
IMOGENE AND ESSEX, IA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 19.72 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 3130 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2025
START TIME: 08:32 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE RANDOLPH / FREMONT COUNTY / IA
START LAT/LON: 40.8523 / -95.5391
END DATE: 04/17/2025
END TIME: 09:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ESE COBURG / PAGE COUNTY / IA
END LAT/LON: 40.8936 / -95.1868
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:32 PM CDT, A TORNADO FORMED SOUTHEAST OF
RANDOLPH, IA. THE FIRST SIGN OF DAMAGE WAS SNAPPED TREE LIMBS
NEAR LAKE SHAWTEE. AS THE TORNADO PROGRESSED EASTWARD, CONTINUED
TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG WITH THE DAMAGE OF SMALL OUTDOOR
FARM BUILDINGS AND HOUSE ROOFS. A CONCENTRATED AREA OF THE MOST
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED SOUTH OF IMOGENE, IA. IN THIS AREA,
DAMAGE INCLUDED SNAPPED WOODEN POWER POLES, MINOR DAMAGE TO
HOMES, AND THE CONTINUED DAMAGE OF OUTDOOR BUILDINGS AND TREES.
THE WIDTH OF DAMAGE ALSO REACHED ITS PEAK, APPROXIMATELY
3130.6 YARDS IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO TRACKED JUST NORTH OF
ESSEX, IA, WITH MORE WOODEN POWER POLES SNAPPED AND FARM OUTDOOR
BUILDING DAMAGE. AFTER SLIDING NORTH OF ESSEX, IA, THE TORNADO
TRACKED NORTHEAST TOWARDS NYMAN, IA. SIMILAR DAMAGE, INCLUDING
TREES, OUTDOOR BUILDINGS, AND WOODEN POWER POLES WERE OBSERVED
ALONG THIS STRETCH. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST AT NYMAN, IA AT
APPROXIMATELY 9:08 PM CDT. THE TRACK LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS
APPROXIMATELY 19.7 MILES, WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED OF 110 MPH
CLASSIFYING IT AS AN EF1.
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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