National Weather Service: 19 tornadoes recorded in eastern Nebraska, western Iowa last Friday
Source: Omaha World Herald
Molly Ashford May 3, 2024 Updated 1 hr ago
After completing storm damage surveys, the National Weather Service said 19 tornadoes touched down in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa last Friday, including five rated EF-3.
Only two of the 19 tornadoes from the Arbor Day outbreak struck Douglas County. Both were rated as EF-3, or severe, on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which measures tornado strength by wind speed and damage on the ground on a scale of EF-0 to EF-5.
The outbreak was the strongest to hit the area since June 2014, when an EF-3 tornado hit Coleridge, Nebraska, and multiple EF-4 tornadoes caused extensive damage to Pilger, according to the NWS.
The tornado that caused extensive damage to Elkhorn, Bennington, Blair and other parts of rural Douglas and Washington Counties first touched down 3:30 p.m. on April 26, according to a damage assessment of the outbreak. The EF-3 tornado reached peak wind speeds of 165 mph and had a maximum width of one mile.
A map from the National Weather Service showing the path of the EF-3 tornado that tore through Douglas and Washington Counties before dissipating in Iowa.
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