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Tornado (EF3)Hitchcock, Nebraska

May 18, 2025 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$575K
Tornado scale
EF3
Area
Hitchcock

Event narrative (NOAA)

The tornado touched down south of Muddy creek where it tore shingles off of a house. The tornado then traveled to the north and crossed Road 714. As it crossed the road it completely removed a metal machine shed, which included pulling bolts through the concrete foundation. The structure was tossed roughly 50 yards to the north. Other notable damage at this location included leveling two buildings at an old farmstead, pushing a combine roughly 60 feet, tipping over an empty grain cart into a grain truck, pushing a drill backward in the shape of a quarter circle, and then scattering seven empty cattle feeders feeders in a line going north into a wheat field. ||The tornado continued north to CR 717 where it damaged trees and grain bins, broke a power pole, and blew a stock tank over a hu

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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