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Tornado - 11 SSE Stratton, NE Rawlins County, KS Date 5/17/2019 Time (Local) 5:28 pm CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds N/A Path Length N/A Max Width N/A Injuries/Deaths 0 Summary: Fire Department and Trained Spotters reported a brief tornado near the KS/NE state line, about 7 to 8 miles east of HWY 25. The tornado was in open country with no structures nearby. Track Map

Tornado - 8 S Culbertson, NE Hitchcock County NE Date 5/17/2019 Time (Local) 5:40 pm CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds N/A Path Length N/A Max Width N/A Injuries/Deaths 0 Summary: Hitchcock County Emergency Management reported a tornado south of Culbertson, NE. The tornado crossed Highway 17 between mile markers 10 and 11. No damage was reported and no damage was found by NWS storm survey on May 18th, 2019. Track Map

Tornado - NW of McCook, NE Red Willow County, NE Date 5/17/2019 Time (Local) 5:55 pm - 6:01 pm CDT EF Rating EF-2 Est. Peak Winds 120 mph Path Length 6 miles Max Width 350 yards Injuries/Deaths 0 injuries Summary: The tornado began just south of Highway 34 along the Red Willow and Hitchcock County line. The tornado moved north-northeast across Red Willow County before ending northwest of McCook, NE. The tornado struck a farm and this is where the most intense damage was done. Otherwise, damage consisted of sporadic tree  limbs down, some barbed wire fences knocked over, irrigation pivots overturned, and minor loss of metal roofing. The primary damage occurred when the tornado moved across a farm. The tornado entered the property from the southwest, where it went through a wind break and snapped numerous hardwood and softwood trees. The storm also destroyed 6 grain bins, 5 farm outbuildings, and produced significant damage to a house. The EF-2 rating is a direct result of the house damage, which consisted of a few collapsed exterior brick walls, uplift or removal of half of the structure's roof, and complete removal of the garage. Additional damage included shattered windows to the house and vehicles, damage to a combine due to being struck by a grain bin, damage to fences, and other trees with losses to branches. Track Map Downloadable KMZ File

Tornado - 10 N McCook, NE Red Willow County, NE Date 5/17/2019 Time (Local) 6:15 pm CDT EF Rating EF-0 Est. Peak Winds N/A Path Length N/A Max Width N/A Injuries/Deaths 0 Summary: Tornado reported north of McCook, NE. No damage was found by storm survey other than a few snapped branches off trees. Could not find a defined path but tornado likely continued into Frontier County, NE. Track Map

 

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0 Weak 65-85 mph	EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph	EF2 Significant 111-135 mph	EF3 Severe 136-165 mph	EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph	EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph

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Photos & Video

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Just before McCook tornado formation (Bryan Wood)	McCook tornado formation (Bryan Wood)	McCook tornado (Greg Johnson)	McCook tornado (Greg McLaughlin)

McCook tornado (Jeff Frame)	McCook tornado (Brittany Newman)	McCook tornado (Freddy McKinney)	McCook tornado dissapating (Bryan Wood)

McCook tornado from airport (Karen Storrs)	Northern Rawlins County (Jared Ireland)	Damage NW of McCook (NWS Storm Survey)	Damage NW of McCook (NWS Storm Survey)

Damage NW of McCook (NWS Storm Survey)	Damage NW of McCook (NWS Storm Survey)	Damage NW of McCook (NWS Storm Survey)	Hail on Road (DDubs)

Hail north of Edson, KS (Elizabeth Lundquist)	Hail 1 mile SE of Benkelman (Julie Jones)	Hail around Edson, KS (Sharmis Blake)	Near HWY 25 and KS/NE State Line (Ellie Palmer)

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Storm shortly after developing, producing up to 2" hail (4:54 pm CDT)	Storm crossing into Nebraska, produced 3" hail at this time (5:15 pm CDT)	Storm south of Culbertson, first reports of funnel clouds and/or tornadoes received at this time (5:36 pm CDT)	Storm when tornado formed along HWY 34 west of McCook, NE.

Tornadic thunderstorm moving into Frontier County Nebraska (served by NWS North Platte, NE)	NWS Goodland Forecast Area Rainfall	NWS Goodland Forecast Area Radar Estimated Hail Tracks	Regional Radar. Note the swaths of rain associated with supercells over SW Kansas and NW Kansas to central Nebraska

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Storm Reports

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

835 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2019

 

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..

 

0502 PM     TORNADO          6 NW MCCOOK             40.27N 100.69W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK.

 

0501 PM     TORNADO          7 ENE CULBERTSON        40.27N 100.72W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   STORM CHASER    

 

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS REPORT STATING MULTIPLE

            REPORTS FROM STORM CHASERS VIA TWITTER WITH

            PICTURE OF A TORNADO ROUGHLY 2 MILES SOUTH

            OF CULBERTSON, NE LOOKING WEST FROM HWY 17.

            LOCATION OF TORNADO HAS BEEN ADJUSTED TO

            REFLECT RADAR.

 

0500 PM     TORNADO          6 WNW MCCOOK            40.23N 100.72W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   NWS EMPLOYEE    

 

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED VIA TWITTER A TORNADO

            APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES EAST OF CULBERTSON,

            NE. IT WAS A WEAK ROPE TORNADO THAT DID NOT

            LAST LONG. REPORT INCLUDED SEVERAL PICTURES

            CONFIRMING THE TORNADO.

 

0500 PM     HAIL             7 NNW MCCOOK            40.30N 100.65W

05/17/2019  M1.50 INCH       RED WILLOW         NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL UP TO 1 TO 1.5

            INCHES IN DIAMETER ALONG US HWY 83 NORTH OF

            MCCOOK, NE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

 

0500 PM     TORNADO          8 N INDIANOLA           40.35N 100.42W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   PUBLIC          

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK WITH A PICTURE

            A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTH OF

            INDIANOLA, NE LOOKING WEST.

 

0500 PM     TORNADO          10 N MCCOOK             40.35N 100.62W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   PUBLIC          

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK WITH A PICTURE

            A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES N OF MCCOOK, NE.

 

0500 PM     TORNADO          6 NW MCCOOK             40.27N 100.70W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   NWS EMPLOYEE    

 

            OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE CONFIRMS TORNADO ON

            THE GROUND NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK.

 

0455 PM     TORNADO          6 ENE CULBERTSON        40.26N 100.72W

05/17/2019                   RED WILLOW         NE   STORM CHASER    

 

            STORM CHASER REPORTED PIVOTS KNOCKED OVER,

            TREE DAMAGE, POWER LINES DOWN, AND MINOR

            DAMAGE TO FARM.

 

0459 PM     HAIL             8 NNE TRENTON           40.28N 100.97W

05/17/2019  M1.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   PUBLIC          

 

            PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED FROM STORM

            CHASERS.

 

0445 PM     HAIL             1 NNE CULBERTSON        40.24N 100.83W

05/17/2019  M2.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   CO-OP OBSERVER  

 

            NUMEROUS HAIL FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES IN

            DIAMETER. OCCURRED FROM 430-500 PM MOUNTAIN

            TIME.

 

0444 PM     TORNADO          6 S CULBERTSON          40.14N 100.84W

05/17/2019                   HITCHCOCK          NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

 

            MCCOOK PD REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 7 MILES

            WSW OF MCCOOK.

 

0440 PM     HAIL             12 SSE TRENTON          40.01N 100.95W

05/17/2019  M0.88 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

 

            FIRE DEPT REPORTED HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE

            HAIL 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE KS/NE STATE LINE

            ON RD 368.

 

0440 PM     TORNADO          8 S CULBERTSON          40.12N 100.82W

05/17/2019                   HITCHCOCK          NE   EMERGENCY MNGR  

 

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE

            TORNADO 8 MILES S OF CULBERTSON ON HWY 17

            BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 11.

 

0438 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 ESE TRENTON           40.13N 100.89W

05/17/2019                   HITCHCOCK          NE   STORM CHASER    

 

            PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR TRENTON.

 

0436 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 SSW CULBERTSON        40.19N 100.86W

05/17/2019                   HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            3 FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 MILES SSW.

 

0434 PM     HAIL             1 SW TRENTON            40.16N 101.03W

05/17/2019  E0.25 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

 

            FIRE CHIEF IN TRENTON, NE REPORTED HAIL UP

            TO 3/8IN IN DIAMTER 1 MILE SW OF TRENTON AT

            534 CDT.

 

0428 PM     TORNADO          11 SSE STRATTON         40.00N 101.16W

05/17/2019                   HITCHCOCK          NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

 

            FIRE DEPT/TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE KS/NE STATE

            LINE ABOUT 7 TO 8 MILES EAST OF HWY 25. THE

            TORNADO WAS IN OPEN COUNTRY WITH NO

            STRUCTURES NEAR BY.

 

0415 PM     HAIL             12 SSW TRENTON          40.00N 101.06W

05/17/2019  E3.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   PUBLIC          

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK WITH A PICTURE

            OF HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER ALONG HWY

            25 AT THE KS/NE BORDER.

 

0400 PM     HAIL             1 NE BENKELMAN          40.06N 101.53W

05/17/2019  M0.88 INCH       DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            PEA TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL IN DOWNTOWN

            BENKLEMAN.

 

0357 PM     HAIL             3 NE BENKELMAN          40.08N 101.49W

05/17/2019  M1.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

 

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT BENKLEMAN

            GOLF COURSE.

 

0346 PM     HAIL             BENKELMAN               40.05N 101.53W

05/17/2019  M1.25 INCH       DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE

            HAIL IN BENKELMAN.

 

0345 PM     HAIL             BENKELMAN               40.05N 101.53W

05/17/2019  E0.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   PUBLIC           

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK HAIL IN

            DOWNTOWN BENKELMAN, NE UP TO JUST LARGER

            THAN DIME SIZE,L WITH SEVERAL STONES AROUND

            PEA SIZE.

 

0345 PM     HAIL             1 SE BENKELMAN          40.04N 101.52W

05/17/2019  E2.00 INCH       DUNDY              NE   PUBLIC          

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK HAIL UP TO 2

            INCHES IN DIAMETER 1 MILE SE OF BENKELMAN.

            REPORT INCLUDED A PICTURE WITH SEVERAL HAIL

            STONES LARGER THAN A GOLF BALL.

 

0302 PM     HAIL             13 N EDSON              39.51N 101.57W

05/17/2019  E2.00 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 13 N

            EDSON. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL UP TO 2

            INCHES IN DIAMETER, WITH PEA TO DIME SIZE

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. ALSO REPORTED

            DAMAGE TO PROPERTY INCLUDING BROKEN WINDOWS

            AT THEIR HOUSE AND HAIL DAMAGE TO THEIR CAR.

 

0439 PM     HAIL             10 NNW LUDELL           39.98N 101.06W

05/17/2019  M2.00 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   PUBLIC          

 

            PUBLIC REPORTED VIA TWITTER HAIL UP TO 2.25

            INCHES IN DIAMETER 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE KS/NE

            BORDER ALONG HWY 25.

 

0432 PM     HAIL             9 NNW LUDELL            39.97N 101.04W

05/17/2019  E1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            

 

0338 PM     TORNADO          7 SE MCDONALD           39.72N 101.28W

05/17/2019                   RAWLINS            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

 

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT FROM 7

            SE MCDONALD. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A

            FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH A SEVERE-WARNED

            STORM 7 MILES SSW OF BEARDSLEY KS. MULTIPLE

            SPOTTERS REPORTED A SPIN UP/ROTATION, BUT

            THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER

            THIS WAS A BRIEF TORNADO OR NOT.

 

0337 PM     HAIL             MCDONALD                39.78N 101.37W

05/17/2019  M0.70 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

 

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IN MCDONALD, KS.

 

0330 PM     HAIL             10 N BIRD CITY          39.89N 101.53W

05/17/2019  E1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           KS   PUBLIC          

 

            CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 10 N BIRD

            CITY TO 3:30 PM MDT. PUBLIC REPORTED VIA

            FACEBOOK HAIL UP TO 1 INCH SIZE 10 MILES

            NORTH OF BIRD CITY.

 

 

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