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660 NOUS43 KOAX 152234 PNSOAX IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-252130- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 535 PM CDT TUE OCT 15 2013 ...DAMAGE SURVEY FOR PARTS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AND KNOX COUNTY NEBRASKA FOR ROYAL TORNADO AND CREIGHTON TORNADO... A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED FOR PARTS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AND KNOX COUNTY IN NEBRASKA. TWO TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THIS AREA ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 4. ONE WAS NEAR ROYAL AND THE OTHER WAS NEAR CREIGHTON. THE TORNADO NEAR ROYAL STARTED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF ROYAL...THEN ENDED ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF ROYAL. SEVERAL FARMSTEADS...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE 6.5 MILE LONG PATH. THE TORNADO NEAR CREIGHTON STARTED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH AND 1 MILE EAST OF CREIGHTON...THEN HEADED NORTH CAUSING DAMAGE TO IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 59 IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO A RURAL HOME AND BUILDINGS...THEN IT HIT THE CREIGHTON AIRPORT. SEVERAL BUILDINGS AT THE AIRPORT WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTH AND THEN FINALLY NORTHWEST...HITTING SOME POWER POLES BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR BAZILE MILLS. THE MAXIMUM WINDS WITH THIS TORNADO WERE NEAR 136 MPH...OR IN THE LOWEST END OF THE EF-3 CATEGORY. .ROYAL TORNADO... EF SCALE RATING: EF-2 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 6.5 PATH WIDTH/MAXIMUM/: 0.15 MILES FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: OCTOBER 4...2013 START TIME: 448 PM CDT START LOCATION: 6 SSE ROYAL/ANTELOPE COUNTY/NE START LAT/LON: 42.246/-98.092 END DATE: OCTOBER 4...2013 END TIME: 501 PM CDT END LOCATION: 1.5 ENE ROYAL/ANTELOPE COUNTY/NE END LAT/LON: 42.342/-98.096 .CREIGHTON TORNADO.. EF SCALE RATING: EF-3 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 136 PATH LENGTH/STATUTE/: 6.5 PATH WIDTH/MAXIMUM/: 0.23 MILES FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: OCTOBER 4...2013 START TIME: 520 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2 SSE CREIGHTON/ANTELOPE COUNTY/NE START LAT/LON: 42.434/-97.882 END DATE: OCTOBER 4...2013 END TIME: 536 PM CDT END LOCATION: 4 N CREIGHTON/KNOX COUNTY/NE END LAT/LON: 42.526/-97.904 THE STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER COORDINATION. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA TORNADO SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. NOTE: INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$ MILLER/SMITH