Local Storm Reports - Nebraska - 5/16/04

[weatherwunder]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
129 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0425 PM HAIL 6 NNW ALMERIA 41.91N 99.58W
05/16/2004 1.00 INCH LOUP NE PUBLIC

0445 PM HAIL 15 N TAYLOR 41.99N 99.38W
05/16/2004 0.88 INCH LOUP NE PUBLIC

0448 PM TORNADO 20 N TAYLOR 42.06N 99.38W
05/16/2004 LOUP NE PUBLIC

TOUCHDOWN REPORTED 3N OF INTERSECTION OF 183 AND 96

0525 PM HAIL 20 N BURWELL 42.07N 99.13W
05/16/2004 1.50 INCH GARFIELD NE CO-OP OBSERVER

SWAN LAKE COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 1.5 IN HAIL.

0530 PM HAIL 4 NE ROSE 42.21N 99.47W
05/16/2004 0.75 INCH ROCK NE TRAINED SPOTTER

0537 PM HAIL 18 SW AMELIA 42.05N 99.21W
05/16/2004 1.25 INCH GARFIELD NE TRAINED SPOTTER

0555 PM TORNADO 7 SW AMELIA 42.16N 99.06W
05/16/2004 HOLT NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0600 PM HAIL INMAN 42.38N 98.53W
05/16/2004 1.75 INCH HOLT NE CO-OP OBSERVER

0602 PM TORNADO 3 SW AMELIA 42.23N 98.96W
05/16/2004 HOLT NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

LARGE TORNADO ON GROUND MOVING NORTHEAST, CENTER PIVOT
HIT 6 W OF CHAMBERS, 1 OLD SHED AND TREES DESTROYED.

0605 PM HAIL 5 SSW CALLAWAY 41.22N 99.96W
05/16/2004 1.00 INCH CUSTER NE PUBLIC

ABOUT 10 MINUTES IN DURATION

0615 PM HAIL 16 NNW TAYLOR 41.98N 99.50W
05/16/2004 1.00 INCH LOUP NE PUBLIC

0648 PM HAIL 13 ESE ROSE 42.10N 99.29W
05/16/2004 1.00 INCH ROCK NE PUBLIC

0653 PM TORNADO INMAN 42.38N 98.53W
05/16/2004 HOLT NE LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR INMAN

0655 PM HAIL 12 ESE OCONTO 41.07N 99.55W
05/16/2004 1.00 INCH CUSTER NE PUBLIC

0721 PM TORNADO PAGE 42.40N 98.42W
05/16/2004 HOLT NE LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR PAGE LIFTED 1M E

0730 PM HAIL 5 S O'NEILL 42.39N 98.65W
05/16/2004 1.75 INCH HOLT NE EMERGENCY MNGR


&&
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEBRASKA PROVIDING A VARIETY OF SEVERE WEATHER. LOUP AND
HOLT COUNTIES WERE HIT THE HARDEST WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL AND TORNADOES. AT THIS TIME...NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

THE SUPERCELL THAT TRACKED THROUGH HOLT COUNTY PRODUCED FOUR
TORNADOES. THE EMERGENCY MANAGER IN HOLT COUNTY REPORTED A DAMAGE
PATH OF 15 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH RANGING FROM 400 YARDS TO A 1/4
MILE WIDE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO TORNADOES NEAR AMELIA. DAMAGE TO
SEVERAL WIND BREAKS INCLUDED COTTONWOOD TREES WITH 3-4 FEET DIAMETERS
BEING UPROOTED. 3 FARMSTEADS WERE HIT DAMAGING OUTHOUSES AND TREES.
ONE SHED WAS REPORTED TO BE BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. SEVERAL POWER
POLES WERE DOWN 2-4 MILES SOUTH OF AMELIA. THE TORNADO THAT WAS
REPORTED AT 555PM BEGAN 12 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERS TRACKING
NORTHEASTWARD CROSSING HIGHWAY 93 EIGHT MILES WEST OF CHAMBERS THAN
LIFTED 1 MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 93. THE SECOND TORNADO NEAR AMELIA
(REPORTED AT 602PM) BEGAN TWO AND A HALF MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMELIA
AND CONTINUED ACROSS RURAL COUNTRYSIDE ON A NORTHEAST TRACK DAMAGING
TREES AND DESTROYED AN OLD SHED. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE
TORNADOES NEAR INMAN AND PAGE AT THIS TIME.
$$

CDH




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[wx247]

Our J Squared chasers were there following that storm. It was awesome.

[weatherwunder]

Yes it was, I wish I could have been able to go, but we had family at the house, and my wife would have had a fit! LOL

[wx247]

I can see it now... where are you going honey?

To chase!!!