921  
NWUS53 KOAX 241911  
LSROAX  
 
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
211 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
   
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
 
   
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
 
 
..REMARKS..  
 
0146 PM TORNADO 2 N LITTLE SIOUX 41.83N 96.03W  
04/23/2026 HARRISON IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
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.  
 
0534 PM TORNADO 5 SE RIVERTON 40.64N 95.49W  
04/23/2026 FREMONT IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
VIDEO AND PHOTO EVIDENCE OF A SMALL TORNADO  
NEAR THIS LOCATION.  
 
0534 PM TORNADO 5 SE RIVERTON 40.63N 95.50W  
04/23/2026 FREMONT IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
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.  
 
0617 PM TORNADO 3 NW COLLEGE SPRINGS 40.65N 95.17W  
04/23/2026 PAGE IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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