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Update on May 19 SE NE tornado

By John Nixon

05/22/2025

Reserve area tornado ( Credit: National Weather Service)

(KLZA)-- The severe storms that rolled through eastern Nebraska on Monday produced two confirmed tornadoes including one that moved through portions of Pawnee and Richardson counties.

The Omaha World Herald reported a tornado with an unknown EF rating was tracked by storm chasers for just over two miles and was approximately 50 yards wide.

The tornado originated and concluded near the village of DuBois.

Storm chaster videos indicated the intermittent weak tornado took a track from just south of Nebraska Highway 8, beginning in an open field east of Nebraska Highway 50 and was on the ground for and estimated 2.16 miles, with ground level circulation and dust ending just before the storm reached 631 Road.

No damage or injuries were reported from the tornado.

The other tornado, rated as an EF-1 storm was approximately 2 miles southeast of the village of Rogers in Colfax County with wind speeds of 100 mph. The tornado was on the ground for 1.7 miles and was about 70 yards wide.

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