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045 NOUS43 KLBF 021708 PNSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-030515- Public Information Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 1208 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025 /1108 AM MDT Fri May 2 2025/ ...NWS Damage Survey for April 27, 2025 Western Sandhills and Cherry County Tornado Event... Eleven tornadoes were confirmed from the April 27, 2025 Western Sandhills and Cherry County event. The Bingham/Ashby tornado was historic in that it was the widest tornado ever surveyed in the North Platte National Weather Service county warning area. Also, the tornado was only the 7th tornado to exceed a mile in width for the entire state of Nebraska. The records date back to 1950 and are maintained by the Storm Prediction Center. .Overview... Supercell thunderstorms formed across the eastern Nebraska Panhandle late Sunday afternoon ahead of approaching surface low pressure. The supercells tracked to the north northeast for over four hours bisecting Cherry County from south to north. The supercells were cyclic in nature and produced numerous tornadoes over the western Sandhills and across Cherry County. .Bingham SW... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: 0 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.06 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 06:38 PM CDT Start Location: 6 WSW Bingham / Garden County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.9656 / -102.166 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 06:50 PM CDT End Location: 4 WSW Bingham / Garden County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.9862 / -102.1371 Survey Summary: Approximate track of tornado one. .Bingham Anticyclonic... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Width /maximum/: Unknown Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 06:44 PM CDT Start Location: 6.5 WSW Bingham / Garden County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.94 / -102.18 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 06:44 PM CDT End Location: 6.5 WSW Bingham / Garden County / NE End Lat/Lon: 41.94 / -102.18 Survey Summary: Brief anticyclonic tornado with location estimated by radar, video, and photographic evidence. No damage was found. .Bingham/Ashby Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 132 mph Path Length /statute/: 18.96 miles Path Width /maximum/: 2200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 06:56 PM CDT Start Location: 3 SW Bingham / Garden County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 41.9775 / -102.0917 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 08:10 PM CDT End Location: 11 NNE Ashby / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.1749 / -101.841 Survey Summary: Supercell thunderstorms formed across the eastern Nebraska Panhandle late Sunday afternoon ahead of approaching surface low pressure. One supercell strengthened as it moved through extreme northeastern Garden County, producing a tornado 5 miles west southwest of Bingham. This tornado quickly increased in size as it moved northeast, impacting utility poles and trees along Highway 2. Just to the east, the tornado impacted a farmstead and freight train, producing EF2 damage. The tornado continued to move slowly to the northeast for the next hour, primarily impacting open country in rural southwest Cherry County. The tornado ended shortly after 8 PM CDT, 11 miles north-northeast of Ashby. .Hyannis N... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 1.24 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 08:04 PM CDT Start Location: 11 N Hyannis / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.1598 / -101.8016 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 08:10 PM CDT End Location: 11 N Hyannis / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.1651 / -101.7809 Survey Summary: Based on radar, photo, and video evidence. No damage was found. .Hyannis Northeast... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 08:42 PM CDT Start Lat/Lon: 42.141 / -101.648 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 08:42 PM CDT End Location: Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.141 / -101.648 Survey Summary: Based on radar, photo, and video evidence. No damage was found. .Whitman Road East... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: 0 mph Path Length /statute/: 5.45 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 08:12 PM CDT Start Location: 14 N Whitman / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.2651 / -101.5206 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 08:27 PM CDT End Location: 19 N Whitman / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.3395 / -101.4853 Survey Summary: Ground truth and sentinel data confirm track. No DI's were available. .Calf Creek... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 08:50 PM CDT Start Location: Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.25 / -101.44 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 08:50 PM CDT End Location: Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.25 / -101.44 Survey Summary: Location based off of radar and photographic evidence. No DI's were found. .North Loup Tornado... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 5.32 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 09:53 PM CDT Start Location: 22 SW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.4206 / -101.2228 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 10:10 PM CDT End Location: 21 WSW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.4817/ -101.2424 Survey Summary: Approximate path of radar confirmed tornado. .Boardman Creek... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 107 mph Path Length /statute/: 6.58 miles Path Width /maximum/: 0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 10:17 PM CDT Start Location: 18 SW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.4581 / -101.1576 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 10:25 PM CDT End Location: 13 WSW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.5408 / -101.0934 .Merritt Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 118 mph Path Length /statute/: 11.49 miles Path Width /maximum/: 880 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 10:27 PM CDT Start Location: 13 WSW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.5298 / -101.0807 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 10:45 PM CDT End Location: 3 WNW Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.6534 / -100.931 .Merritt Satellite Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 115 mph Path Length /statute/: Unknown Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/27/2025 Start Time: 10:27 PM CDT Start Location: 1 N Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE Start Lat/Lon: 42.64 / -100.93 End Date: 04/27/2025 End Time: 10:27 PM CDT End Location: 1 N Merritt Reservoir / Cherry County / NE End Lat/Lon: 42.64 / -100.93 Survey Summary: Significant damage to pine trees. Multiple dead trees tossed significant distance. Apparent satellite 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 in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$ Brown/Jacobs