Sunday's Brief Tornado Southeast of North Platte

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Persistent onshore flow across the Southeast and portions of the mid-Atlantic will keep the risk of rip currents through the weekend. Rainfall could be locally heavy across Florida, especially along the eastern shoreline. Meanwhile, record warmth for portions of the Plains and Midwest with elevated fire concerns. For the west, a trough will keep the pattern unsettled with wet conditions. Read More >

Brief Tornado Touch Down Southeast of North Platte Sunday

A thunderstorm developed just southwest of Maxwell around noon Sunday. The thunderstorm drifted slowly to the west, and produced a brief weak tornado about 7 miles south southeast of North Platte at 12:25 p.m. CDT. The tornado was on the ground for three to four minutes, and drifted slowly to the west while it was on the ground. The tornado touched down in open rangeland with no damage reported. The tornado details known include:

.TORNADO #1...

RATING: EF-0
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0

START DATE: JUN 14 2015
START TIME: 1225 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7.5 MILES SSE OF NORTH PLATTE/LINCOLN COUNTY/NEBRASKA
START LAT/LON: 41.04N/-100.69W

END DATE: JUN 14 2015
END TIME: 1229 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7.0 MILES SSE OF NORTH PLATTE/LINCOLN COUNTY/NEBRASKA
END LAT/LON: 41.04N/-100.71W

NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THE TORNADO.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE: The information is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data.

Pictures of the tornado taken from the North Platte Weather Service office at 12:25 p.m. are shown below and found on the NWS North Platte Facebook page.