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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
445 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 19, 2025 TORNADO EVENT
OVERVIEW
SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED EASTERN NEBRASKA AND FAR
WESTERN IOWA ON MAY 19. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WERE PARTICULARLY
STRONG, PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS,
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 66 MPH, AND TWO BRIEF TORNADOES.
DODGE COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.73 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 70 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: MAY 19, 2025
START TIME: 5:29 CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE ROGERS, NE
START LAT/LON: 41.46, -96.87
END DATE: MAY 19, 2025
END TIME: 5:31 CDT
END LOCATION: 3 W NORTH BEND, NE
END LAT/LON: 41.46, -96.84
A TORNADO DEVELOPED ON THE PLATTE RIVER JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 3
AT 5:29 PM. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ON THE RIVER BEFORE COMING ON
THE NORTH SHORE WHERE IT DAMAGED CAMPERS AND MOBILE HOMES, AS WELL
AS COTTONWOOD AND MAPLE TREES. THIS INCLUDED ONE VERY LARGE
COTTONWOOD TREE WHICH WAS UPROOTED AND FELL ON TO A HOME. THE LIFE
CYCLE OF THE TORNADO WAS EVALUATED USING TIME STAMPED VIDEO FROM
STORM CHASERS. THE FINAL PART OF THE TRACK WAS INTERMITTENT, AND
THE ENTIRE TORNADO LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND 30
SECONDS. DAMAGE TO TREES AND HOMES INDICATED A NARROW SWATH OF
PEAK ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 90 TO 100 MPH.
PAWNEE/RICHARDSON COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF-UNKNOWN
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.16 MILES, INTERMITTENT
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAY 19, 2025
START TIME: 5:50 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NE DU BOIS, NE
START LAT/LON: 40.05, -96.04
END DATE: MAY 19, 2025
END TIME: 5:53 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 ENE DU BOIS, NE
END LAT/LON: 40.05, -95.998
STORM CHASER VIDEOS INDICATE THAT AN INTERMITTENT WEAK TORNADO
TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 8, BEGINNING IN AN OPEN FIELD EAST
OF HIGHWAY 50, AND CONTINUING WITH AN INTERMITTENT GROUND-LEVEL
CIRCULATION AND DUST UNTIL ENDING PRIOR TO REACHING 631 ROAD. THE
GROUND LEVEL DUST CIRCULATION DID APPEAR TO BE CONNECTED TO A
CLOUD BASE CIRCULATION, ALTHOUGH WITHOUT A FULLY VISIBLE
CONDENSATION FUNNEL. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH THIS TORNADO.
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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