Tornado Reports
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| 20:08Z | EF0 | KDDC | OK | Beaver | Clear Lake | A landspout tornado formed during the afternoon hours of the 28th. Eye-witness accounts described the landspout as a brief spin-up that started from the ground and connected with the base of a developing thunderstorm. Several pictures were taken by the eye-witnesses from U.S. Highway 83 approximately 4 miles south of Beaver (Beaver County). A National Weather Service survey team, using the eye-witness accounts, located the track of this landspout. Very little damage was evident given the landspout formed over grasslands and away from developed real estate. The max estimated wind speed was 60 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this landspout tornado. |
| 20:29Z | EF0 | KDDC | OK | Beaver | Forgan | A landspout tornado formed during the afternoon hours of the 28th near the town of Beaver (Beaver County). Eye-witness accounts stated the landspout developed north of the Beaver Sand Dunes State Park east of State Road 23. A National Weather Service survey team located the start of the track approximately 4 miles north of Beaver (Beaver County). Eye-witness reported that the landspout traveled to the northwest, crossed State Road 23, and traveled west of State Road 23 before dissipating approximately 5 miles north-northwest of Beaver (Beaver County). The survey team verified the eye-witness accounts and noted that little damage was evident since the landspout formed over undeveloped grassland. The estimated max wind speed with this tornado was 60 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this landspout. |
| 21:16Z | EF3 | KTWX | KS | Nemaha | Centralia | NWS storm survey indicated that a tornado touched down initially approximately 4 miles west of Corning. The tornado became large and strong producing EF3 damage along its path. It moved slowly and eventually turned north northeast before ending. Maximum winds were estimated around 150 mph. |
| 21:20Z | EF1 | KTWX | KS | Nemaha | Corning | The resident of the EF-1 house south of the EF-3 farm described seeing several sub-tornadoes along with the main one. It appears that a smaller satellite tornado hit this location producing EF1 damage to the south of the main strong tornado. This would have been the 3rd tornado associated with this supercell. |
| 21:23Z | EF0 | KCYS | NE | Sioux | Porter | A weak tornado touched down in open country 10 miles north-northeast of Mitchell. The tornado moved east-southeast. It lifted briefly before crossing State Highway 71 and lowered east of the highway. The tornado dissipated about four miles north of Lake Alice. No damage was reported. |
| 21:45Z | EF1 | KTWX | KS | Nemaha | Corning | Brief touchdown with house and tree damage. This was the last tornado associated with the supercell thunderstorm that produced the strong tornado to the west of Corning earlier. |
| 22:05Z | EF0 | KCYS | NE | Box Butte | Nonpareil | The supercell thunderstorm that spawned the EF0 tornado in southern Sioux County moved east into southwest Box Butte County. Another EF0 tornado developed about 14 miles northeast of Lake Alice and touched down a few times in open country before dissipating. No damage was reported. |
| 22:33Z | EF0 | KICT | KS | Ottawa | Culver | Video shows a brief rope tornado touch down around 533pm CDT nearly 12 minutes prior to the main violent tornado touch down. |
| 22:45Z | EF3 | KICT | KS | Ottawa | Lindsey | A large tornado developed around 545pm CDT and proceeded to move slowly east for approximately 2 miles before turning back to the west and south toward highway 18. The tornado was lost in rain and was not visible after approximately 630 pm however mobile doppler radar supplemental data indicates that this tornado likely persisted through around 645 pm CDT. This tornado was nearly 1 mile wide at times and NWS damage survey found EF3 damage indicators suggesting winds to around 150 mph. 2 mobile doppler radars were within 5-6km of this tornado and did sample winds around and above 100m well in excess of 166 mph. In fact they measured winds of 247 mph at 100m! Nothing close to EF5 damage was revealed on the survey. However, given the lack of damage indicators available within the track of the tornado we have incorporated the mobile doppler wind data into our assessment of the tornado strength and we believe that this tornado contained at least EF4 winds in excess of 166 mph. We acknowledge the current directive which states that one cannot rate tornado intensity by non-damage data sources so we will enter this in as EF3 however we are stating in the comments that this was a violent tornado with most likely EF4 intensity at some point during its life. Amazingly no serious injuries or fatalities were reported. However there were approximately 100 head of cattle that were killed by the tornado. |
| 23:35Z | EF1 | KPBZ | PA | Erie | Ivarea | A supercell thunderstorm produced two tornadoes in Erie County. The first tornado touched down about two miles northeast of Cranesville. The tornado was on the ground for over a mile and a half and downed many trees. A mobile home was also overturned and destroyed. Five people inside the mobile home were injured. A couple of farm buildings were also heavily damaged. Peak winds were estimated to be around 90 mph making it an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The damage path was no more than 50 yards wide. |
| 23:37Z | EF0 | KDDC | KS | Barton | Albert | A nearly stationary rope tornado was reported along the Rush/Barton county line. The tornado remained in the country and caused no damage. |
| 23:40Z | EF0 | KDDC | KS | Rush | Otis | A rope tornado did not cause any damage as it moved south. |
| 23:45Z | EF0 | KAMA | TX | Deaf Smith | Bootleg | A discrete supercell thunderstorm produced a brief tornado southwest of Bootleg (Deaf Smith County) during the evening hours of the 28th. Several eye witnesses reported this tornado and submitted pictures. A National Weather Service survey team located the path of this tornado and verified that the tornado was very narrow which matched the description of a rope tornado given by one eye witness. The max wind estimated with this tornado was 70 mph. The tornado remained over undeveloped grasslands and produced little damage. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado. |
| 23:53Z | EF1 | KPBZ | PA | Erie | Edinboro | A second tornado touched down about two miles north of Edinboro. This tornado then traveled east to Union city and finally lifted about three miles southeast of the town. The tornado appears to have been on the ground only intermittently. The damage path was almost 18 miles in length and up to 150 yards in width. The tornado caused considerable tree damage in Union City. Trees were uprooted and multiple trees fell on homes causing additional damage. Some of the uprooted trees damaged road surfaces. The strong winds from the tornado also caused damage to roofs and siding. A building along Main Street lost it's brick facade. A couple of homes west of Union City lost large sections of roofing. A couple of farm buildings were also damaged. Damage elsewhere along the damage path consisted of mainly downed trees. Peak winds were estimated around 105 mph making this an EF1 tornado. Two minor injuries were reported. |
| 00:13Z | EF1 | KUDX | SD | Bennett | Allen | A tornado touched down on the west side of Allen Road south of Allen and rolled a mobile home down a hill. It tore off the roof and collapsed several walls of a small stick built house on the east side of the road before dissipating. |
| 00:47Z | EF0 | KDTX | MI | Shiawassee | Shaftsburg | The Tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds to 75 mph. Path width was 60 yards and path length 3/4 mile. The tornado started at Lansing and Warner roads, and followed lansing road and then crossed I-69. The tornado ended at the entrance ramp of the highway rest area. Many trees were uprooted and shingles were torn off a church. |
| 00:52Z | EF0 | KDTX | MI | Shiawassee | Morrice | The tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds to 75 mph. Path width was 100 yards and path length 1/2 mile. The tornado started at Bethemy Cemetary and moved northeast, ending at West Britton and Hidden Ridge Roads. Trees were uprooted and many tree limbs were downed. |
| 01:01Z | EF1 | KDTX | MI | Genesee | Beecher | The tornado was rated an EF1 with maximum wind speeds of 105 mph. The maximum path width was 400 yards with a total path length of 2.3 miles. The tornado started at the southern end of Hasselbring Park and continued northeast to around the intersection of Harry Street and Humprey Avenue. The greatest damage occurred along Saginaw Street in between Holtslander and Downey Avenues. There was significant tree damage as well as damage to older commercial buildings of small to medium size. |
| 01:09Z | EF1 | KDTX | MI | Shiawassee | Bancroft | This tornado formed 4 miles south-southeast of Bancroft and tracked east-northeastward for about 5.5 miles before exiting Shiawaseee County about 3 miles north-northeast of Byron at 2019EST. The tornado continued in Genesee County for another 4 miles, before dissipating at 2024EST. The tornado was rated EF1 with maximum winds to 100 mph. Path width was 550 yards. The tornado started just south of the intersection of Britton and Grand River Roads. The tornado moved northeast near the city of Byron, before exiting Shiawassee County. Many trees were uprooted and snapped. 50 percent of a roof and siding were torn off a home. An old barn was destroyed and another whole roof was torn off. |
| 01:18Z | EF0 | KLOT | IL | Grundy | Gorman | An EF0 tornado touched down northeast of Mazon near Reed Road, west of Higgins Road where a power pole was blown down. The tornado moved northeast and blew down part of a tree on Higgins Road just south of Spring Road. Three more power poles were blown down on Campbell Road. Doors were blown off an outbuilding nearby before the tornado dissipated west of Coal City. |
| 01:19Z | EF0 | KDTX | MI | Genesee | Gaines | This tornado formed 4 miles south-southeast of Bancroft in Shiawassee County and entered Genesee County about 1.5 miles west-southwest of Gaines at 2019EST. The tornado then continued for another 4.3 miles before dissipating 1.3 miles northwest of|the Gaines Airport at 2024EST. While in Genesee County, the tornado was rated EF0 with maximum winds to 80 mph. The path width was 200 yards. The tornado ended at the intersection of Baldwin and Seymour roads. Many trees were uprooted and snapped. One barn lost a section of roof. |
| 01:25Z | EF0 | KBUF | PA | Warren | Chandlers Vly | A survey team comprised of NWS meteorologists and Warren County Emergency Management officials determined a weak EF0 tornado occurred during the late evening of May 28th. The tornado first touched down in northwest Brokenstraw township on Murray Hill Road. The tornado touched down and lifted several times...finally lifting just east of Brown Hill Road in Sugar Grove Township. The estimated maximum winds were 80 mph along the sporadic path. The EF0 tornado moved northeast along a 2 3/4 mile path for about 4 minutes. The tornado was embedded within a larger area of straight-line winds. A total of about 400 trees were knocked down or uprooted. Four homes and a church sustained minor structural damage. Two outbuildings also sustained significant damage. There were no injuries or fatalities. |
| 01:30Z | EF2 | KDTX | MI | Genesee | Lake Fenton | The tornado was rated EF2 with maximum wind speeds of 115 mph. The maximum path width was 500 yards with a total path length of 5.1 miles. The tornado started along Odell Road south of Linden Road and continued to Fenton Road north of Baldwin Road. The greatest damage occurred along Thompson Road between Fairbanks and Jennings Roads. There was significant damage to homes, including removal of roofs, along with substantial tree damage. |
| 01:54Z | EF2 | KDTX | MI | Genesee | Grand Blanc | The tornado was rated EF2 with a maximum wind speed of 130 mph. The maximum path width was 300 yards with a total path length of 4.6 miles. The tornado started near the intersection of Vassar Road and Pointe North Drive and continued to State Road near Perry Road. The greatest damage occurred near the intersection of Hegel Gale Roads. A house was nearly destroyed, along with a garage and external storage facilities wrecked. |
| 01:58Z | EF1 | KBUF | PA | Warren | Scandia | A survey team comprised of NWS meteorologists and Warren County Emergency Management officials determined a EF1 tornado occurred in Pine Grove and Elk Townships. The estimated peak winds were 100 mph. The EF1 tornado first touched down on the west-side of Cole Hill Road about 3 miles southeast of Russell and skipped east-northeast along a 4-mile path with intermittent touchdowns. The tornado finally lifted near Macks Corners. Most of the damage was confined to a large swath of trees with about 500 either uprooted or sheared-off. Two homes also sustained minor damage. |
| 02:06Z | EF0 | KFDX | TX | Deaf Smith | Walcott | A discrete supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado over northwest Deaf Smith County during the evening hours on the 28th. An eye witness on County Road RR west of Simms (Deaf Smith County) reported seeing the thunderstorm produce a funnel cloud which touched down, widened quickly, shrunk, and then lifted off the ground. A National Weather Service survey team located the path of this brief tornado and found that the tornado traveled a little over 2 miles in the 5 minutes it was connected with the ground. The max wind speed was estimated to be 80 mph. No injuries or fatalities were associated with this tornado. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).