Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >
Overview:
Tuesday, May 5, 1964, a historic, damaging and deadly tornado event affected several counties within central and eastern Nebraska. Within the present-day NWS Hastings coverage area, two particularly damaging/violent tornadoes occurred, one rated F5 and the other rated F4. |
500mb Upper Air Maps:
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7 PM CDT - May 3rd | 7 PM CDT - May 4th | 7 PM CDT - May 5th |
Surface Maps:
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1 AM CDT - May 5th | 1 PM CDT - May 5th | 1 AM CDT - May 6th | 1 PM CDT - May 6th |
Tornado Track Information:
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Tornado track map courtesy of the Storm Prediction Center. | Damage points along the path. Courtesy of Monthly Weather Review. |
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Aerial tornado track images, taken near the Polk/Butler County line. Courtesy of Monthly Weather Review. |
Newspaper Articles & Images:
The following images are from the Omaha World Herald, dated May 6-7, 1964.
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The following images are from the Aurora News-Register, dated May 14, 1964.
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