####018023585#### NWUS53 KOAX 300343 LSROAX Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 1043 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0252 PM Tornado 5 ENE Lincoln 40.85N 96.61W 04/26/2024 Lancaster NE NWS Storm Survey *** 3 INJ *** This EF3 tornado touched down on the northeast side of Lincoln near the intersection of Havelock Ave and 84th street causing damage to a business and a large transmission line south of Havelock Ave. The tornado moved northeast through agricultural fields, snapping power poles and large trees while increasing in strength. The tornado hit a manufacturing plant at 98th Street and Highway 6 where 70 employees were sheltered. The plant received EF-3 damage. There was a complete failure of the roof and 3 walls of the plant. Employee cars sustained varying damage, with the worst being thrown at least 75-100 yards. Tree trunks were snapped northeast of this location at a nearby business which sustained roof and siding damage. The tornado quickly crossed 98th Street and Highway 6 where a BNSF train locomotive took a direct hit, derailing numerous cars. The tornado continued northeast across open fields, crossing I-80 and eventually Salt Creek. There was substantial tree damage along the path and along Salt Creek as well as deposited roof debris from the manufacturing plant. As the tornado continued northeast, it crossed Waverly Road just west of 134th St. A farm near this location sustained damage where the house sustained window damage and two large wood-framed outbuildings were completely destroyed. The tornado continued northeast and weakened and eventually crossed Salt Creek near 141st St before lifting just northeast of that location. Preliminary reports indicate 3 injuries and no fatalities associated with this tornado. 0330 PM Tornado 5 SE Yutan 41.19N 96.32W 04/26/2024 Douglas NE NWS Storm Survey The EF3 tornado developed about one quarter mile west of the West Q Road and 255th St intersection in Western Douglas county where trees were knocked down and a farmstead sustained outbuilding damage. The tornado continued northeast crossing agricultural fields and flipping numerous center pivots, eventually crossing 252nd Street. The tornado caused EF-2 damage as it approached Highway 92, damaging numerous homes and striking an acreage northwest of the Highway 92(West Center street) and Highway 275 Intersection where EF-2 damage was indicated. Several center pivots along Highway 275 were overturned as the tornado continued northeast crossing east of Highway 275 damaging several acreages, homes, and outbuildings along Highway 275/240th Street where EF-2 damage was sustained. Continuing its northeast path, the tornado crossed 234th Street near Harney Street where it damaged a horse farm and an acreage as well as a home along Dodge Street/Highway 6 before crossing Dodge Street causing roof and outbuilding damage at the Junkstock Farm. The tornado crossed the Elkhorn River, damaging trees and flipping center pivots in acreage along Blondo Street just south of the railroad tracks. The tornado continued into the western part of Elkhorn approximately one-half mile south southwest of the intersection of West Maple Road and 216th Street. Several homes sustained high- end EF-2 damage with homes losing large sections of their roofs and one home being shifted off its foundation. The tornado moved across Prospect Hills Cemetery damaging headstones, moving across West Maple Avenue severely damaging a landscape business before moving into the Ramblewood subdivision. Numerous homes in the subdivision were left with only small interior rooms standing sustaining EF-3 damage. The tornado continued northward across damaging homes between 212th Street and Kestrel Parkway, again leaving only interior rooms standing, with EF-3 damage sustained. The tornado crossed Fort Street about one-third of a mile east of 216th Street, causing the collapse of new development homes, with EF-3 damage being sustained. It veered to the northeast across mainly rural areas of Douglas County, between Fort Street and Military Road, becoming about one- mile wide as it crossed Highway 31, snapping power poles and large trees, producing EF-1 damage. The tornado narrowed to about one-half mile wide and moved into residential development just northwest of the intersection of 180th Street and Military Road, where EF-1 damage due to loss of roofs, was sustained. The tornado moved into Bennington’s Newport Landing neighborhood, removing large sections of several homes roofs and collapsing outside walls, sustaining EF-2 damage. The tornado moved across Newport Landing Lake, crossing near the intersection of Highway 36 and 168th Street, snapping the tops off of numerous trees. It then moved across agricultural land, damaging farm outbuildings southeast of the intersection of 168th Street and Dutch Hall Road, before crossing into Washington County. The tornado damaged homes and farm outbuildings east of County Road 29 and west of County Road 31 from Dutch Hall Road to County Road 36, ranging in width from one-third to one-half mile wide. The most significant damage was sustained to a home, machine shop and horse barn, one-third of a mile southeast of the intersection of County Road 40 and County Road 29, with high-end EF-3 damage occurring. Trees were snapped and debarked, the house was moved from its foundation, flat-bed and horse-trailers rolled or lofted, and the machine shop and horse barns destroyed. At least one horse was killed, and several others were injured. The tornado crossed the intersection of County Road 36 and County Road 31, producing EF-0 to EF-1 damage in the form of partial roof and siding loss to farm buildings and manufactured homes, plus snapping large tree limbs. As it approached State Highway 133, several homes and farm outbuildings sustained EF-2 damage due to the loss of roofs or exterior walls. Crossing Highway 133, the tornado was just less than one-half mile wide, and moved into residential areas generally between County Road 32 and US Highway 75. The most significant damage occurred near the intersections of County Road P30 and County Road 33 with nearly the complete destruction of several homes, with high-end EF-3 damage being sustained. The tornado crossed US75 about 2 miles southeast of Blair moving across the very southern portion of the Cargill plant. The tornado weakened and narrowed, but snapped power poles and derailed several empty rail container cars from the tracks, producing EF-1 damage. The tornado then moved across the Missouri River crossing into Iowa, crossing Highway 30 and Union Pacific Rail line about one- mile east of the Iowa-Nebraska state line. Several trees were snapped and broken, producing EF-0 damage. The tornado then moved across bottom-land/agricultural areas, snapping or uprooting several trees and tipping center pivots, producing EF-0 to EF-1 damage. The tornado dissipated approximately 2 miles southwest of Modale, Iowa at 4:29 pm CT. 0452 PM Tornado 1 N Pacific Junction 41.04N 95.80W 04/26/2024 Mills IA NWS Storm Survey An EF1 tornado damage path began approximately 1 mile north of Pacific Junction, where the tornado was also reported by a trained spotter. The tornado crossed Highway 34 one mile east of Interstate 29 where it snapped trees. It then moved up and into the bluffs, where a home took a direct hit and lost large portions of the roof, and a large camper was flipped on its side. Trees were also snapped at this location. The tornado progressed through a forested area where many tree trunks were snapped. The end of the damage appeared to be near Pony Creek Park, just to the east of the Pony Creek Lake dam. 0458 PM Tornado 7 ENE Omaha 41.30N 95.88W 04/26/2024 Douglas NE NWS Storm Survey This EF3 tornado developed just east of the Eppley Airfield runway system, about one-quarter mile west of the Amelia Earhart Plaza and Lindbergh Plaza intersection. The tornado destroyed several aircraft hangars and flipped several untethered executive aircraft, producing EF-2 damage. The tornado moved northeast across the Missouri River and crossed Interstate 29 near mile marker 58. It widened to about one-quarter miles, damaging numerous homes and businesses between the interstate and Little Kiln Road. EF-3 damage was sustained to a residence along Little Kiln Road due to the collapse of most of the exterior and interior walls except for a few interior rooms. The tornado continued northeast, moving across Old Lincoln Highway about 1.5 miles south of Crescent. EF-2 damage to several homes occurred due to the major loss of the roof and exterior walls. A vehicle detail shop was destroyed. The tornado moved across mainly woodland areas before impacting a home and farm outbuildings near the intersection of Badger and Jefferson Avenues, where EF-2 damage was sustained to the home due to major roof damage. The tornado moved across agricultural and woodlands between 195th Street and Cougar Avenue, producing EF-1 damage to several manufactured homes and farm outbuildings. It continued northeast across mainly agricultural and woodland, producing EF-0 damage to farm outbuildings by removing large portions of their roofs and snapping large tree limbs. The tornado weakened near the intersection of 210th Street and Teakwood Road, producing intermittent damage to tree limbs. It crossed Interstate 880 about 7 miles west of the I-29 and I-880 interchange, or about 7 miles southeast of Missouri Valley. The tornado dissipated just north of Harrison-Pottawatomie County line in an agricultural field. 0508 PM Tornado 7 WSW Treynor 41.19N 95.73W 04/26/2024 Pottawattamie IA NWS Storm Survey This EF3 tornado damage path began near Aspen Road, just west of 240th Street. The tornado tracked toward the north northeast, snapping trees and electrical poles as it went. A home was impacted along Chestnut Road with substantial roof damage. Two additional homes were directly impacted where the tornado crossed Highway 92. One of these sustained major roof damage while the other home had most external walls collapse while interior walls remained standing. Numerous trees were snapped and a large shed was completely destroyed at this location, while a large steel horse trailer was thrown more than a quarter mile. The tornado continued to Cottonwood road where it damaged a home and an outbuilding. The most significant damage along the track occurred at Dogwood road where a home was completely destroyed, and only the basement remained. Tree damage here was substantial as well with numerous snapped trunks. Residents of this home survived by seeking shelter in the basement bathroom, which was one of the few locations in the home not directly impacted by major flying debris. The tornado crossed Elmtree Road and Highway 6, and appears to have been at its widest near Highway 6 where it was approximately 800 yards wide. Another home was damaged near 270th and Hickory Road. The tornado continued northeast, damaging electrical poles, trees, and outbuildings all the way to where it ended near 295th and Juniper Road. The ending location is based upon photo evidence of spotters located southeast of the storm. A second tornado paralleled this storms track near the end, eventually intensifying and moving off to the northeast. 0516 PM Tornado 4 SE Norfolk 41.99N 97.37W 04/26/2024 Madison NE NWS Storm Survey This brief EF1 tornado touched down near Grandview Road and East Sherwood Rood, causing tree damage at a farmstead. The tornado moved northeast, damaging large trees along the way and causing EF-1 damage to a gymnastics gym and a pallet plant. The tornado then lifted as it crossed the North Fork of the Elkhorn river. 0525 PM Tornado 3 E Mcclelland 41.33N 95.62W 04/26/2024 Pottawattamie IA NWS Storm Survey *** 1 FATAL, 3 INJ *** An EF3 tornado developed approximately 3 miles east of McClelland, and developed prior to the dissipation of the tornado that tracked near Treynor, so both were occurring at the same time, side by side. This was confirmed by photo and video evidence of storm spotters. This tornado moved toward the north northeast, damaging mainly trees and outbuildings or barns as it tracked up to Sumac Road and 330th Street. At this point, according to radar and storm damage indicators, the tornado rapidly intensified. An outbuilding was totally destroyed near Sycamore road, and the tornado caused extensive tree damage east of 330th Road, south of Minden. The tornado intensified further, and widened to approximately 800 yards as it impacted the town of Minden. Video and spotter reports indicate that there were multiple vortices within the tornado near Minden and points northeast, and there was evidence of narrow zones of the most intense damage which lines up very well with the multiple vortex tornado concept. In fact, there were damage indicators of EF-1 damage and high-end EF- 3 damage within only 100 yards of each other. The most intense damage was on the far east side of Minden. Numerous homes were uninhabitable and several homes were completely destroyed. There were also several sizeable metal buildings southeast of Main Street that were completely destroyed. The construction of these metal structures and the homes that were most impacted, in conjunction with the tree damage and damage to cars with few if any cars being lofted and thrown indicated that this was a very strong EF-3 tornado, near the top of the damage range for an EF- 3. The damage to the town of Minden was extensive, with three injuries and one fatality. The tornado continued northeast of Minden where it produced EF-3 damage at two homes along 345th Street. One of the homes was somewhat intact but was removed from its foundation and slid approximately 10 yards to the northeast. The other home had only small interior rooms remaining. It is worth noting that these two homes were 700 yards apart along the north-south street. EF-2 damage occurred along Whippoorwill Road. The tornado crossed Interstate 80 near 355th Street, flipping a semi, and produced damage nearly three quarters of a mile wide along York Road just north of Interstate 80. Tree and powerline damage continued to the northeast, with a home being very badly damaged near County Road M16 and 450th Street. A home was badly damaged, and a barn was destroyed less than one mile southeast of Tennant. The tornado appears to have been widest near 750th Street and Hackberry Road, at approximately 1 mile in width based on tree and powerline damage. At Highway 44, a home was destroyed along with substantial tree damage. Most walls of the home were standing, but a large automobile was thrown or rolled nearly a quarter mile. The tree and vehicle damage suggested that this location was a stronger section of the tornado. The tornado tracked approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Harlan, and began to turn more toward the north, significantly damaging at least 3 homes near Highway 59 as it crossed. It turned almost due north and traveled several miles along Linden Road, and just narrowly missed the town of Defiance. A second tornado developed just to the east of this one at this time, tracking along Oak Road and causing separate damage. Near Defiance, the damage overlapped damage from another, later, tornado. It also became rain-wrapped according to chaser video, and appears likely to have ended near the Crawford-Shelby county line. There is some potential based on radar data that this tornado tracked farther north into Crawford county, but early damage surveys did not identify a track continuation at this time. 0628 PM Tornado 5 ENE Defiance 41.86N 95.26W 04/26/2024 Shelby IA NWS Storm Survey An EF2 tornado damage track begins near the V&W Petersen Wildlife Management Area, and moved almost due north from that point, tracking just to the west of Manilla, and generally near 320th Street for much of its track. There was substantial tree damage along this storm`s track, particularly in a line of evergreen trees near Highway 141 and 320th Street where all trunks were snapped and branches removed. The heaviest damage, on the low-end of the EF-2 range, occurred just south of that location where a barn was totally destroyed. The tornado continued due north according to a highly detailed video shared by storm chasers, and ended near 320th and P Avenue. 0651 PM Tornado 1 NNE Defiance 41.83N 95.33W 04/26/2024 Shelby IA NWS Storm Survey A second round of storms moved across Shelby and Crawford counties. An EF1 tornado developed just a few blocks outside of Defiance, near the track that the first tornado took only one hour prior. This tornado moved quickly northeast, impacting several farms, damaging outbuildings and trees along its 12.3 mile long track. The tornado reached a maximum width of approximately 200 yards along highway 141, and crossed the other tornado track that had come north from Manilla in a previous storm. The tornado damage path ended near 340th Street and QQ Avenue. && $$ ####018000640#### NWUS53 KMQT 300343 LSRMQT Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Marquette MI 1143 PM EDT Mon Apr 29 2024 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0600 PM Rain 4 NNW Escanaba 45.80N 87.12W 04/29/2024 M2.10 Inch Delta MI Public Social media report with picture of 2.1 inches of rainfall that fell between Sunday evening and Monday afternoon. && $$ EK