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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
148 PM CST SAT DEC 18 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0304 PM     TORNADO          COLUMBUS                41.44N 97.36W
12/15/2021                   PLATTE             NE   NWS STORM SURVEY 

            *** 2 INJ *** 
            UPDATES PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 
            COLUMBUS. A NARROW, FAST-MOVING, TORNADO 
            BEGAN IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BUSINESS ALONG 
            HOWARD BLVD WHERE IT TIPPED OVER A SEMI 
            TRAILER AND PROCEEDED TO CAUSE ROOF, SIDING, 
            FENCE, AND TREE DAMAGE. APPROXIMATELY ONE 
            BLOCK LATER, IT CAUSED THE WORST DAMAGE OF 
            THE ENTIRE TRACK WHERE AN ATTACHED GARAGE 
            AND ENTIRE ROOF WERE REMOVED FROM A RANCH 
            HOME. MUCH OF THE ROOF WAS DEPOSITED 20 TO 
            100 YARDS DOWNSTREAM. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED 
            TO PRODUCE SPORADIC DAMAGE OVER THE NEXT TWO 
            BLOCKS AND THEN A MORE CONSISTENT DAMAGE 
            PATH FOR A 6 BLOCK PERIOD WHERE MANY HOMES 
            HAD MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE AND 
            SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 
            THERE WAS THEN ANOTHER 5 BLOCKS OF SPORADIC 
            MINOR TO MODERATE TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE 
            FOLLOWED BY A 2 BLOCK STRETCH OF CONTINUOUS 
            MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. 
            THE TORNADO THEN TRAVELED ACROSS OPEN FIELDS 
            UNTIL REACHING THE INDIAN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD 
            WHERE IT SNAPPED TWO POWER POLES AND CAUSED 
            GENERALLY MINOR DAMAGE TO A FENCE AND 
            SHINGLES, WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE DOWNSTREAM. 
            THE ENTIRE 2.7 MILE TRACK OCCURRED IN 
            APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. 


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