Tornadoes Occurred Near Thedford Friday Evening

Three tornadoes were reported over the central Sandhills Friday evening. The first tornado of the event occurred 15 miles southeast of Brownlee (about 10 miles northeast of Thedford) near 600 p.m. CDT. The second and third tornadoes occurred between 705 and 717 p.m. CDT about 18 miles southwest of Thedford. Several funnel clouds were also reported in the area.

The funnel clouds and tornadoes were relatively brief and occurred with relatively weak thunderstorms.  This happened because the storms formed near a weak frontal boundary, which provided rotation for the storms to ingest. One storm did finally move away from the front into the hot and humid air to its south across McPherson County. As it moved away from the front, the storm stopped producing funnel clouds, but began dropping hail up to the size of golf balls.

SUMMARY OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS

 

    
  .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
  
            ..REMARKS..  
  
0557 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 NE THEDFORD          42.08N 100.44W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0600 PM     TORNADO          15 SE BROWNLEE          42.14N 100.42W  
06/25/2010                   CHERRY             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            THE TORNADO WAS 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNLEE IN CHERRY   
            COUNTY...WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF   
            THEDFORD. THE TORNADO REPORTEDLY CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE.  
  
0600 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 S SENECA             41.90N 100.83W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0649 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     16 SW THEDFORD          41.81N 100.79W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0700 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     8 W THEDFORD            41.98N 100.73W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
0705 PM     TORNADO          18 SW THEDFORD          41.79N 100.82W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0712 PM     TORNADO          17 N TRYON              41.80N 100.94W  
06/25/2010                   HOOKER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
            THE TORNADO REPORTEDLY LIFTED BY 717 PM CDT.  
  
0715 PM     HAIL             3 W THEDFORD            41.98N 100.63W  
06/25/2010  E0.88 INCH       THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
0725 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     18 SW THEDFORD          41.79N 100.82W  
06/25/2010                   THOMAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER   
  
            SEVERAL SEPARATE FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCURRED AT ONE TIME.  
  
0810 PM     HAIL             10 N TRYON              41.70N 100.94W  
06/25/2010  E1.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          NE   PUBLIC            
  
0810 PM     HAIL             13 NE TRYON             41.69N 100.77W  
06/25/2010  E1.25 INCH       MCPHERSON          NE   PUBLIC            
  
0815 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 15 NW TAYLOR            41.92N 99.59W   
06/25/2010  E60.00 MPH       LOUP               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT   
  
            WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED OVER 60 MPH DOWNED TREES OF 12 TO 13  
            INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE WINDS OCCURRED WELL AWAY FROM ANY  
            THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  
  
0815 PM     HAIL             8 NNW TRYON             41.67N 101.00W  
06/25/2010  E1.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          NE   PUBLIC            
  
0905 PM     HAIL             7 NW TRYON              41.63N 101.04W  
06/25/2010  E1.00 INCH       MCPHERSON          NE   PUBLIC            
  
0928 PM     HAIL             TRYON                   41.56N 100.94W  
06/25/2010  E0.88 INCH       MCPHERSON          NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE  
 

 

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