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From: Robbi (nemetona{at}drynemeton.com)
Date: Tue May 25 2004 - 01:51:14 EDT
NWS Preliminary of Tornadoes of May 22 04
DOC/NOAA/NWS/Braun/Carmel
Hastings Nebraska
Robbi//South central Nebraska
Tornado Outbreak Across South Central Nebraska
Twister Moment in Thayer County
A warm front sitting across south central Nebraska served as the
focus for tornadic thunderstorms late Saturday afternoon and evening.
Warm and moist air was drawn north into the region Saturday which led
to very unstable conditions by late afternoon. As an upper level
disturbance moved out of eastern Colorado, it helped provide a
trigger to break the cap and allow thunderstorms to develop. Another
factor was the dryline which started to push east along the warm
front by 4 PM CDT. The first supercell thunderstorms developed near
the intersection of the warm front and the dryline between 3 and 4 PM.
At 5:28 PM CDT, the first tornadic thunderstorm of the day was
reported in southern Furnas county, 3 miles south of Beaver City. By
5:32 PM, storm spotters reported that it was a large tornado just to
the east of Beaver City. Initial damage survey of the area found that
the tornado tracked from 3 to 4 miles southwest of Hendley, to near
Beaver City, to near Stamford. A farm was damaged 2 miles north of
Precept, and several trees were completely denuded of barks and limbs.
The thunderstorm weakened as it moved further to the northeast, but
large hail up to tennis ball size continued to fall across Furnas
county. As the thunderstorm continued towards Harlan county, it
became tornadic once again. At 6:04 PM CDT, a tornado was reported 5
miles northwest of Alma. Near Stamford, softball size hail caused
extensive tree damage. The thunderstorm continued to move to the east
northeast through Harlan and into Franklin county. In Franklin
county, the thunderstorm generated a funnel cloud 4 miles north of
the city of Franklin.
As the storm tracked to the northeast through northern Webster county
and into southern Adams county, several tornadoes touched down. The
tornadoes caused some damage in Blue Hill in Webster county, then in
Pauline in southern Adams county. Initial damage surveys estimates
there were 3 seperate touchdowns. The first touchdown was about 3
miles northwest of Bladen. The second tornado was 2 miles south of
Pauline, where Showboat road turns to the east, and it tracked
northeast into Clay county near Spring Ranch. The third tornado was 2
miles southwest of Pauline, and it tracked just north of Pauline
where it damaged trees and outbuildings. All three of these tornadoes
have been initially rated as F1s.
Meanwhile in Thayer county, a supercell thunderstorm quickly
developed on the intersection of the warm front and an old outflow
boundary from the previous nights convection. At 6:52 PM CDT, a
tornado was reported 3 miles northwest of Hebron. The thunderstorm
tracked to the northeast, and there were reports of tornadoes near
Bruning between 7:12 PM CDT and 7:28 PM CDT. As the tornadic
thunderstorm moved through the county; it also produced large hail up
to the size of a baseball. This tornadic thunderstorm eventually
moved east of our area into Jefferson and Saline counties.
The original long lived supercell thunderstorm moved out of Adams
county into Clay county where it spawned another tornado. The tornado
caused extensive damage in Clay county. It was reported to be 4 miles
northwest of Fairfield at 7:42 PM CDT. The tornado caused a freight
train to derail near Fairfield. The tornado continued to the east and
moved just south of Clay Center. Damage was reported to homes and
farms to the south and east of Clay Center. At the USDA Animal
Research Center near Clay Center, numerous large trees and power
poles were downed, a calving barn was destroyed, and a well house was
destroyed.
The tornado lifted somewhere east of Clay Center, but the supercell
thunderstorm continued into Fillmore county. The thunderstorm
produced large hail up to golf ball size 9 miles north of Carleton.
The next supercell thunderstorm to develop began its life in
northeastern Jewell county in Kansas. The storm quickly developed
rotation and moved northeast into Republic county then into Thayer
county Nebraska. Storm spotters reported a tornado near Byron at 8:54
PM CDT.The tornado move towards the northeast and was reported near 5
miles north of Byron at 9:07 PM CDT. Another tornado was reported 2
miles west of Alexandria at 9:27 PM CDT. Several reports of damaged
or missing outbuildings were received from just north of Alexandria.
A storm chaser near the Fillmore-Thayer county line reported seeing
cows flying through the air. A report has been received from a farm 4
miles north of Alexandria that their herd of 20 to 25 head of cattle
was missing on the morning of May 23rd. The storm chaser also
reported hail of 4 to 6 inches in diameter falling out of the
thunderstorm.
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