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May 13th, 2019 Nebraska tornado outbreak
Date of tornado outbreak: May 13th, 2019
Duration1: 3 hours, 27 minutes
Maximum rated tornado2: F7 tornado
Tornadoes caused: 10
Damages: $125 billion (2019 USD)
Fatalities: 8,166
Areas affected:

1Time from first tornado to last tornado
2Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale


Event[]

Imagine if this actually happened.


Storm similarities[]

This storm in some ways was similar to the storm that caused the night of the twisters in 1980. Mainly because of it being anti-cyclonic is nature. There were cyclonic and anti-cyclonic tornadoes produced by this storm.


Tornado count[]

Confirmed
Total
Confirmed
F0
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F1
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F2
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F3
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F4
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F5
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F6
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F7
10 2 2 (1 anti-cyclonic) 1 2 (1 anti-cyclonic) 1 (1 anti-cyclonic) 2 0 1


Tornadoes[]

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List of confirmed tornadoes - May 13th, 2019
F#
Location
Time (UTC)
Path length
Comments/Damage
Nebraska
storm colour|storm} S of Grand Island 0337 3.5 miles 0 deaths - A skinny funnel briefly formed and went a short distance without any damage caused.
{storm colour|cat3} SSW of Aurora 0359 19.5 miles 4 deaths - A mile wide tornado destroyed several farms.
{storm colour|cat1} NE of Wilber 0411 9.5 miles 0 deaths - A tornado tore through a park.
{storm colour|cat3} SW of Grand Island 0428 20.5 miles 7 deaths - An anti-cyclonic cone tornado tore apart a neighborhood.
{storm colour|cat4} St. Paul 0450 29.5 miles 90 deaths - An anti-cyclonic half mile wide tornado devastated St. Paul.
{storm colour|cat1} SSE of Aurora 0459 8.7 miles 1 death - An anti-cyclonic tornado tore apart a farm-steed, one of the farmers was killed when a tractor was dropped on a propane tank while the farmer was filling it.
{storm colour|cat5} NW of Aurora 0524 26.5 miles 9 deaths - A skinny yet powerful rope tornado tore down a radio station, completely flattened a wal-mart and devastated part of a neighborhood.

Shopping carts were found as far as 4 miles away from where they used to be. For a tornado this small, its winds were recorded as high as 309 mph.

{storm colour|cat2} Nebraska City 0539 15.5 miles 5 deaths - A half mile wide tornado destroyed several farms.
{storm colour|cat7} SW of Nebraska City 0559 141.5 miles 8,000 deaths - A massive mile and a half wide tornado first started near Altus, Oklahoma and dissipated a few miles north or Evansville, Indiana.

This tornado flattened entire cities, airports, strip-malls, neighborhoods and shopping centers. This tornado was strong enough to even Obliterate brick and concrete houses. Winds with this tornado topped 415 mph.

{storm colour|cat5} Nebraska City 0639 51.5 miles 50 deaths - A half mile wide tornado destroyed Nebraska city.
storm colour|storm} Omaha 0641 2.3 miles 0 deaths - A compact tornado blew the roof tiles off some roofs in Omaha.
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