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Tornadoes Occur over the Western Sandhills on 6/17/14 |
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Thunderstorms developed over western Cherry County along a frontal boundary that spanned north to south across the western Sandhills in the late afternoon of June 17th, 2014. The storms had very little movement initially, but then did see movement and further development to the south into Hooker County into the evening. These storms produced multiple tornadoes along with very large hail. The first tornadoes to develop were from two different storms. The northern storm was west of Merriman, with a tornado reported near the South Dakota border. The second storm was further south, with the first tornado report coming from an area around the Snake River just west of Highway 61. The northern storm weakened, however the southern storm remained strong and started a very slow progression southeast along the frontal boundary into western Hooker County. The last reported tornado was shortly after 815 pm MDT southwest of Mullen before the storm weakened and dissipated. Although there were numerous tornadoes with these storms, they impacted rural areas across the Sandhills and no damage has been noted. With no damage reported, the tornadoes have been rated EF-0. Very large hail also fell out of these storms, with several reports of golfball to softball size hail. This information is preliminary and subject to change pending a final review of the event.
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1105 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL 16 S MERRIMAN 42.69N 101.70W
06/17/2014 E1.50 INCH CHERRY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0540 PM TORNADO 10 WNW MERRIMAN 42.98N 101.88W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ROPE TORNADO STILL IN CONTACT
WITH THE GROUND.
0540 PM HAIL 17 S MERRIMAN 42.68N 101.70W
06/17/2014 E1.25 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
MOST HAIL WAS QUARTER SIZED OR SMALLER.
0540 PM TORNADO 37 SW CODY 42.56N 101.76W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
0543 PM TORNADO 27 SW CODY 42.66N 101.62W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
TORNADO LIFTED UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WITH DEBRIS
VISIBLE ON GROUND BEFORE TORNADO MOVED SOUTHEAST.
0630 PM TORNADO 32 S MERRIMAN 42.46N 101.70W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
TORNADO LIFTED A 40 FOOT STOCK TRAILER OF THE HIGHWAY.
THE DRIVER HEADED FOR THE DITCH TO AVOID THE TRAILER
BEING OVERTURNED. THE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON HIGHWAY 61 AT
MILE MARKER 195.
0630 PM TORNADO 35 NE HYANNIS 42.36N 101.28W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
SAW TORNADO ON WAY HOME FROM WORK IN VICINITY OF WILLOW
VALLEY SCHOOL. FLIPPED A SEMI ON HIGHWAY 61 AROUND MILE
MARKER 194. CAR FROM NEIGHBOR WAS BLOWN OFF ROAD.
0643 PM HAIL 27 SW CODY 42.66N 101.62W
06/17/2014 M4.00 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
HAIL FROM PEA SIZED TO NEARLY THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL.
0643 PM HAIL 27 SW CODY 42.66N 101.62W
06/17/2014 M4.25 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
PEA TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL.
0700 PM TORNADO 25 N WHITMAN 42.41N 101.54W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
FIRST TORNADO SIGHTED...APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WIDE.
LOCATION IS JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROUND LAKE.
0710 PM TORNADO 25 N WHITMAN 42.41N 101.54W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
2ND TORNADO TOPPED TREES ON PROPERTY AND SOME LARGE TREE
BRANCHES WERE DOWNED...JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROUND LAKE.
0715 PM HAIL 23 N WHITMAN 42.38N 101.54W
06/17/2014 M1.75 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
0715 PM TORNADO 25 N WHITMAN 42.41N 101.54W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE PUBLIC
2 TO 3 SEPARATE TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST
OF THIS LOCATION. REPORTED AS SEPARATE DISTINCT
TORNADOES.
0718 PM HAIL 32 NE HYANNIS 42.33N 101.32W
06/17/2014 M2.75 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAIN. SOME STANDING WATER IN FIELDS.
0728 PM HAIL 30 NE HYANNIS 42.31N 101.35W
06/17/2014 M1.75 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
0730 PM HAIL 25 NE HYANNIS 42.26N 101.42W
06/17/2014 M4.25 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
HAIL WAS LARGER THAN SOFTBALL SIZE AND MEASURED 5 INCHES
IN DIAMTER. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED.
0836 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 12 WSW MULLEN 41.98N 101.26W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0838 PM HAIL 19 W MULLEN 42.04N 101.41W
06/17/2014 M2.75 INCH HOOKER NE PUBLIC
GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...SPARSE AT TIME OF
REPORT.
0839 PM TORNADO 8 NW MULLEN 42.12N 101.15W
06/17/2014 CHERRY NE NWS EMPLOYEE
BRIEF FULL CONDENSATION TO GROUND...VERY RAPID ROTATION
REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0907 PM TORNADO 12 WSW MULLEN 41.98N 101.26W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
POSSIBLE RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO
0910 PM TORNADO 12 WSW MULLEN 41.98N 101.26W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTI VORTEX TORNADO PICKING UP DIRT
0915 PM TORNADO 9 SW MULLEN 41.95N 101.17W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE PUBLIC
TORNADO REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH OF HECLA. REPORTED AS CONE
GOING TO ROPE PHASE.
0915 PM HAIL 9 SW MULLEN 41.95N 101.17W
06/17/2014 M1.75 INCH HOOKER NE PUBLIC
0917 PM TORNADO 9 SW MULLEN 41.95N 101.17W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED A SMALL WEDGE SHAPED TORNADO
APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN.
0920 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 SW MULLEN 41.94N 101.18W
06/17/2014 HOOKER NE PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLEN.
0920 PM HAIL 3 SW MULLEN 42.01N 101.08W
06/17/2014 M0.50 INCH HOOKER NE PUBLIC
0950 PM HAIL 7 SW MULLEN 41.97N 101.14W
06/17/2014 E1.25 INCH HOOKER NE PUBLIC
MARBLE TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AT TIME OF REPORT.
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