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17:34Z EF1 KLNX NE Custer Anselmo The tornado move to the northwest, causing extensive tree damage on the west side of Anselmo.
17:39Z EFU KLNX NE Logan Logan This tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed. Video evidence supports this tornado.
17:42Z EFU KLNX NE Custer Arnold The tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed.
17:47Z EFU KLNX NE Custer Arnold This tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed.
19:25Z EF1 KUEX NE Greeley Spalding This tornado developed out of a northwestward tracking supercell that was located within a band of supercells that were rotating around a strong low pressure system over central Nebraska. The tornado formed right around 2:25 PM CDT and tracked over open pasture and recently planted fields mainly hitting several pivots and tree lines as it tracked northwest. No homes were impacted by this tornado. The worst damage appeared to be the flipped pivots, snapped cedar trees, and finally damage to at least 2 parked vehicles at the intersection of Highway 91 and Highway 281. The windows were blown out on two vehicles that were parked at this location and two large metal electrical transmission poles were leaning, but still standing at this intersection. After hitting the Highway 91 and 281 intersection the tornado continued onto the northwest over open road-less country across far north central Greeley county where based on video and surveying, it was believed to have lifted just shy of the Greeley/Wheeler County line. The maximum wind gust was estimated to be 105 MPH.
20:11Z EF1 KUEX NE Wheeler Bartlett This tornado touched down and mainly impacted open areas. However, a few stands of trees were damaged, with trunks snapped and large limbs lost.
20:25Z EFU KUEX NE Wheeler Ericson This tornado touched down in open country northwest of Ericson. At this time, only tree damage was seen. Video evidence from multiple storm chasers support the occurrence of this tornado as well.
20:55Z EF2 KUEX NE Wheeler Bartlett This tornado touched down in far northern Wheeler County, quickly strengthening and caused extensive damage to shelter belts. Debarking was observed in trees along the county line. This tornado continued northwestward into Holt County, damaging additional trees, farm outbuildings, and pivot systems.
20:55Z EFU KOAX NE Platte Rosenburg Storm chasers in the area confirmed that EF-U tornado touched down near the location.
21:00Z EF2 KUEX NE Holt Chambers This tornado touched down in far northern Wheeler County, quickly strengthening and caused extensive damage to shelter belts. Debarking was observed in trees along the county line. This tornado continued northwestward into Holt County, damaging additional trees, farm outbuildings, and pivot systems.
21:00Z EFU KLNX NE Custer Arnold This tornado touched down in an open field. No damage was observed.
21:09Z EF1 KOAX NE Boone Closter A short-lived tornado developed south of Highway 32 and traveled toward the northwest for approximately 1.5 miles. The most intense damage occurred when the tornado destroyed a one-year-old machine shed and deposited the debris a few hundred yards north across the highway. There were also several power poles snapped in this area and a center pivot was flipped farther north, closer to 130th street.
21:22Z EFU KOAX NE Madison Newman Grove Storm spotter video confirmed a tornado at this location. There was no damage.
21:33Z EF1 KTWX NE Pawnee Pawnee City Tornado started on the northeast side of Pawnee City where the baseball fields sustained damage. The tornado continued northeast and destroyed a grain bin and ended in a field 1 1/2 miles southwest of Table Rock.
21:53Z EF1 KOAX NE Stanton Stanton A tornado tracked due north for approximately 9 miles in Stanton County. The primary damage was snapped tree trunks, which at times indicated the width of the tornado as it bisected an east-to-west tree line. There was some damage to a home along highway 32, primarily minor roofing, siding, and window damage. Several center pivots were flipped, and near the end of the track the north side of a large hog barn was torn off and a trailer was flipped.
22:01Z EF1 KOAX NE Madison Battle Creek A short-lived tornado traveled approximately 3.1 miles to the north northwest, primarily causing damage to trees. The most focused damage was in a grove of mature cottonwood trees where multiple trunks were snapped.
22:15Z EF2 KOAX NE Dodge Ames A tornado developed just north of the Platte River in Dodge County, initially as a wide dust plume 4 miles east of North Bend. The tornado moved northeast where it flipped multiple center pivot irrigation systems. it then damaged several large power lines and caused substantial damage to outbuildings, trees, and structural damage to a home. The tornado then caused some damage to another house as well as trees before dissipating just north of County Road P.
22:17Z EF1 KOAX NE Stanton Stanton A tornado tracked northeast for approximately 5 miles in Stanton County. The most intense damage occurred at a farm near the start of the track where a hog barn was completely destroyed and debris was deposited up to a half mile downstream. There was also some tree damage as well as flipped center pivots.
22:34Z EF1 KOAX NE Stanton Stanton A tornado tracked north northwest for approximately 2.8 miles across part of Stanton County. Most of the track occurred in difficult to access areas but the assessment revealed that this was most likely caused by a tornado. The most intense damage was near Highway 275 where several trees were uprooted, a few were snapped, and there was minor roof damage to a home. A shed was also damaged along the track.
22:39Z EF1 KOAX NE Stanton Stanton An intermittent tornado damage track was noted along the west flank of a focused and elongated area of downburst winds. Initial damage was to a center pivot and three wooden double-posted electrical transmission structures. After that, the damage was largely to trees although there were a couple of farm outbuildings damaged along the track. One east- west oriented tree line had a focused damage area approximately 200 yards wide. it appears likely that this tornado track had some gaps in it based on the somewhat sporadic damage pattern. Special thanks to Stanton county emergency management for their assistance in this survey and drone-based evaluation.
22:42Z EF0 KOAX NE Dodge Scribner Arpt A tornado damaged a roof on a hog barn, overturned several center pivots, and damaged outbuildings and a block building at a farmstead as it moved northeast. This tornado likely dissipated before the storm continued on to produce additional tornadoes.
22:46Z EF2 KOAX NE Dodge Scribner Arpt This is part 1 of the tornado, Part 2 continues into Burt County. The tornado touched down just south of Highway 275, damaging a home, power poles and numerous trees as it entered the Elkhorn River valley. it caused EF-2 damage to a home just south of the Elkhorn River where a porch was ripped off and large trees damaged. The tornado crossed the Elkhorn River where significant tree damage was noted and several center pivots were flipped over. The tornado became wider and impacted additional farmsteads with EF-2 damage, especially as it approached County Road F up to the Dodge and Burt county line. At these farmsteads, several hog barns, machine sheds, and well-built outbuildings were destroyed. Farm equipment was significantly damaged. Windows were broken out of homes, roofs damaged, porches ripped off, and garage doors sucked out. Several people noted that their ears still hurt a day later due to the pressure drop during the tornado. Numerous livestock were injured or killed. The maximum width of this tornado approached one mile as it moved between County Road F and County Road B. A large cattle feedlot was impacted in extreme northeast Dodge county where very large grain bins and well built barns were destroyed. This tornado exhibited multiple vortex damage patterns at times. The tornado appears to have dissipated just north of County Road F in Burt County before developing a new tornado just to the north. Additionally, a satellite tornado was reported near the end of this tornado's life cycle.
23:09Z EF1 KOAX NE Burt Oakland This is part 2 of a tornado that started in Dodge County. After doing damage to trees along County Road E in Burt County. The tornado continued The tornado appears to have dissipated just north of Country Road F in Burt County before developing a new tornado just to the north. Additionally, a satellite tornado was reported at the end of this tornadoes life cycle. just east of this dissipating tornado.
23:14Z EF0 KOAX NE Wayne Wayne A tornado began in an open field and tracked across the east side of a farm, tipping a grain wagon, damaging trees, lifting an open shed, and damaging the roof of another shed. The debris was deposited up to 150 yards downstream where the track appeared to end in an open pasture prior to crossing 852nd road. Special thanks to Wayne County emergency management and Stanton County emergency management for assistance with the damage survey and drone-based evaluation.
23:14Z EF1 KOAX NE Burt Oakland Storm spotters reported a tornado just to the east of the much larger main tornado. This anti-cyclonic satellite tornado appears to have caused damage to center pivot irrigation systems and power lines as it traveled north for approximately one mile.
23:20Z EF2 KOAX NE Burt Oakland This tornado started around 620 PM near Burt County Road H, a little over 2 miles west of US Highway 77. The tornado started moving north northeast and then curved back to due north. As it moved north it gained strength and started destroying outbuildings and trees at various farmsteads, reaching EF-2 strength. By the time the tornado reached Burt County Road K, it became nearly 5/8 of a mile wide. Nearly a half mile span of double-wide wooden electrical transmission poles were snapped north of County Road L. The tornado, which was wrapped in rain, continued trekking to the north, damaging farmstead after farmstead, as well as uprooting and snapping trees. The tornado eventually weakened at 644 PM, 3 miles west of Lyons. Two people were injured by the tornado. One had a tree fall on a shed with the person inside, injuring his head. The other had cuts to the face from flying glass.
23:34Z EF0 KOAX NE Wayne Wayne A brief tornado uprooted and snapped trees at two farmsteads. The tree damage was in a narrow swath near the road while the other buildings and trees just to the west were largely untouched.
00:03Z EF2 KTWX KS Brown Hamlin A tornado touched down north of Hamlin and moves north-northeast producing some tree damage and overturning a center pivot before hitting a homestead. Outbuildings were completely destroyed with winds estimated to be 112 mph. The home sustained damage to the siding and roof with the windows broken out. The tornado dissipated after hitting the homestead.
00:11Z EF1 KTWX KS Jackson Holton A tornado touched down just north of Holton damaging a well constructed barn. Large portions of the roof were blown off and some of the walls were blown out from winds estimated to be up to 90 mph. The tornado skipped northeast across the county side and produced some tree damage as it moved towards Straight Creek.
00:18Z EF0 KTWX KS Brown Reserve A power pole was downed on the Kansas side of 340th street which appeared to be related to a tornado that began just south of the state line and then crossed into Nebraska around 718 pm on May 12th.
00:18Z EF0 KTWX NE Richardson Preston A small tornado traveled approximately 2 miles toward the northeast, beginning just a few hundred yards south of the Nebraska Kansas border and continuing north into Richardson County. This tornado caused power line damage, roof damage to a shed, and door damage to another outbuilding. There was also evidence of swirl marks in the cornfields. A spotter did report a tornado near this location.
00:23Z EFU KOAX NE Burt Craig Storm chasers reported a long rope tornado near this location, extending out the south side of the storm. This is supported by radar data at that time. No damage was reported and length and width are estimated based on firsthand reports.
00:38Z EFU KTWX KS Jackson Netawaka A brief tornado was observed between Netawaka and Whiting around 7:38 PM. While photo evidence exists of the tornado kicking up dirt beneath its funnel, no damage was observed due to the brief and rural location. Exact location estimated based on photo and radar evidence.
00:43Z EFU KOAX NE Burt Tekamah Arpt A brief tornado was witnessed and reported with video evidence near this location at approximately 743 pm. The tornado lasted for 15 to 30 seconds. No damage was reported as it was over open fields.
00:49Z EFU KTWX KS Jackson Whiting A brief tornado that formed for around 30 seconds, in an inaccessible area near the Delaware River north of Whiting. Photo evidence exists from several observers of this tornado, but no damage was found do the brief and rural nature of this tornado. Exact location estimated based on photo and radar evidence.
01:06Z EF0 KVNX OK Kay Tonkawa A number of spotters and chasers observed this tornado estimated to be about 2 miles southwest of Tonkawa. Some light tree damage was reported.
09:06Z EF1 KBRO TX Cameron Bayside A rapidly-developing mini-supercell formed ahead of an approaching squall line near the Lower Texas coast just before 4 AM Saturday, May 13. The supercell spawned a quick spin-up tornado that struck the town of Laguna Heights, Texas, over a two-minute period before the circulation moved over Laguna Madre Bay and rapidly dissipated. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast after the circulation was impacted by the approaching squall line, creating a boomerang effect since the original motion of the radar couplet was to the north-northwest prior to touchdown. Winds may have reached 110 mph, the top of the EF1 scale, in a few locations ��� but the very poor quality of construction suggests 105 mph is a better estimate.||The strongest portion of the tornado, rated EF1, flattened at least six poorly built mobile home structures, removed part of the second story of a local business, and removed the majority of roof decking on at least ten other residences and buildings. At least a half dozen ash and mesquite trees were snapped or uprooted and two wooden power poles were bent. Casualties were found in several of the demolished mobile homes. A man in his forties was killed when the home collapsed on him. Five others were injured in the same cluster of damaged homes, and two more were injured in a flattened mobile home near the shoreline of Laguna Madre Bay. Two of the injuries, in the home along the bayfront, required extended hospitalizations. Thirty-eight additional residents were displaced by the tornado and were housed at the local events center with American Red Cross assistance. In all, there was the one fatality and eleven injuries, of which two were critical head injuries. Surrounding the EF1 area, portions of roofs and shingles were removed from residences, large limbs were broken, and fences were knocked down.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).