5/29/08 DISC: SD/NE/KS/IA

[afischer]

Hastings NWS rated the Glen Elder to Jewell KS tornado an EF-3. The EF-3 damage was found near the end of the track. They don't start the track till right near the Glen Elder dam, but do indicate that additional tornadoes in Mitchell county will be investigated soon. Seemed to me like the substantial truncated cone apparent by 843pm, which remained an increasingly nondescript tornado from my vantage point through/northeast of Glen Elder and beyond, touched down a couple miles SW of the dam. Maybe they didn't find any damage, or more likely it went right over the southeastern tip of that lake. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=gid&storyid=14993&source=0

Many more damage ratings listed here, including EF-2 in Kearney. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_news.php?wfo=gid

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

NWS rated the Kearney tornado EF-2, and said the town took a direct hit from multiple vortexes:

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/31/news/local/doc4841ec2eb63ba641686064.txt

 

[Peter Wharton]

Trying to find information on the tornado tracks in/around Kearney on 29th May - I had a link - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=gid&storyid=14986&source=0 - but it no longer seems to work - are these articles taken down after some time period? - can anyone help me find the info?

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

Just a heads up; I've posted some damage photos from the Kearney and Aurora Nebraska May 29th tornados on my blog at http://backingwinds.blogspot.com. Right now they're the current posts, but as they move down over time, the photos will be available here and here. Photos of the storm itself are available here.