1964 Central Nebraska tornado

1964 F5 tornado in Nebraska Extreme damage at Mr. and Mrs. Walter Troester’s house from the May 5, 1964 Nebraska F5 tornado.jpg Extreme damage at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Troester from the tornado May 5, 1964 atl >261 mph km/h on F5 4 50 >$3 million (1964 USD)(Hamilton County only) Adams, Clay, Hamilton, York, Polk, and Butler Counties, Nebraska tornado outbreaks of 1964 On May 5, 1964, a violent and long-tracked tornado, most commonly known as the Bradshaw tornado, struck Adams, Clay, Hamilton, York, Polk, and Butler Counties in Nebraska.Robert M. White (United States Weather Bureau) Luther H. Hodges (United States Department of Commerce) United States Department of Commerce United States Weather Bureau Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena Storm Data May 1964 6 5 46 United States Department of CommerceNational Weather Service in Hastings, Nebraska May 5, 1964: F5 Tornado Tracks From Adams To Butler County https://www.weather.gov/gid/May51964F5Tor National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 16 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230916171155/https://www.weather.gov/gid/May51964F5Tor 16 September 2023 English live The damage in the village of Bradshaw was extreme enough that the National Weather Service assigned a Fujita scale rating of F5 to the tornado.Storm Prediction Center F5 and EF5 Tornadoes of the United States https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f5torns.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 16 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230905221431/https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f5torns.html 5 September 2023 live Tornado summary The tornado touched down near Hastings, Nebraska and traveled 70 mi km as it passed through or near Harvard, Giltner, Hampton, Bradshaw, Benedict, Stromsburg, Shelby, and Rising City before it finally lifted near Bellwood. The United States Weather Bureau documented that every structure in the path of the tornado was completely destroyed. A farm 3 mi km out in northwest of Bradshaw was obliterated at F5 intensity, and two people were killed. Fifteen people were injured in Shelby, which was barely spared from a direct strike. The National Weather Service in Hastings documented that at least a dozen farms were leveled in the first 30 mi km of the tornado's track. The tornado had a width of 0.25 mi km for most of its life. At times, two to three individual damaging funnels were visible from the same cloud, during which the width of the tornado increased to 0.75 mi km. The U.S. Weather Bureau documented that severe hail occurred during the times when more than one funnel was visible. In the original damage survey from the U.S. Weather Bureau, and later the National Weather Service office in Hastings, it is documented that the tornado skipped (lifted and then touched back down again) several times for an additional 40 mi km after Bellwood, for a final path length of 110 mi km. It was documented that this tornado caused between $5-50 million (1964 USD). While the United States Weather Bureau documented four deaths from this tornado, modern publications from the National Weather Service only indicate two deaths.National Weather Service in Hastings, Nebraska Terrible Tuesday: F5 Tornado Rips Through Central Nebraska May 5, 1964 https://www.weather.gov/media/gid/events/may51964f5tornado/poster.pdf May 5, 1964: F5 Tornado Tracks From Adams To Butler County National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 16 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230916171209/https://www.weather.gov/media/gid/events/may51964f5tornado/poster.pdf 16 September 2023 1 English PDF live In total, the tornado killed four people, injured 50 others, and destroyed numerous buildings on 42 farms along its 70–110 mi km on path. The exact damage total from the tornado is unknown; it was reported that $3 million (1964 USD) in damage occurred just in Hamilton County, Nebraska. See also Tornadoes of 1964 List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes References 1964-05-05 05-05 1964-05-05