Devastating Tornadoes Sweep through Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma
A series of devastating tornadoes swept through the Plains and Midwest starting on Friday to Sunday, causing significant damage and loss of life. Tornadoes, hail, floods, and damaging winds tore through states including Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Oklahoma, resulting in extensive destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure. The severe storms caused significant damage across several states, resulting in human casualties, injuries, property damage, and extensive destruction.
Oklahoma faced a series of multiple large and destructive tornadoes on Saturday, causing extensive structural damage, power outages, highway closures, and casualties. Over 27 million people remained at risk through Sunday as the severe weather continued, threatening more tornadoes, strong winds, hail, and flooding.
Sulphur, a small town 80 miles south of Oklahoma City, bore the brunt of the damage. An EF-3 tornado struck there, causing extensive destruction and damage to at least four structures near Newkirk in Kay County. Tornadoes crossed Oklahoma’s Highway 9 between Goldsby and Blanchard simultaneously, with another sighted near Tinker Air Force Base.
Nebraska and Iowa are reeling from tornadoes
Nebraska and Iowa continue to recover from the devastation left by two tornadoes that struck the region. One of the hardest-hit areas is Elkhorn in Omaha, Nebraska. On Friday afternoon, two tornadoes swept through the Omaha area, one starting near Lincoln and ending in western Douglas County. Omaha Eppley Airfield was hit by a tornado preliminarily assessed as an EF-2, according to emergency management officials.
In Iowa, a large tornado struck the small city of Minden in Pottawattamie County. Approximately 120 homes and businesses were damaged, compounding the challenges faced by these communities.
In addition to tornadoes, hail up to 2 inches in diameter, wind gusts reaching 70 mph, and heavy rainfall accompanied these storms. Flash flood warnings were issued in Texas, including Dallas, Johnson, Parker, and Tarrant counties, with 2-4 inches of rain already fallen by Sunday morning.
Devastating Tornadoes Sweep through Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma: Actionable Insights on EigenPrism
Subscribers of Canopy Weather can assess the impact of the tornadoes from Apr 16, 2024, using this report template within EigenPrism®
US Tornadoes April 26-27, 2024 Canopy Weather Impact Summary
All EigenPrism® users can assess the post-event impact of tornadoes and hail using the following report template:
US Severe Weather Apr 26-28, 2024 Post-Event Impact
The report template contains the latest available footprints. In this report, we have chosen to include only certain tornadoes (based on either intensity or availability as of Apr 29), such as an EF-3 from April 26th in Nebraska and Iowa, an EF-2 from April 27th in Kansas, and an EF-1 from April 28th in Oklahoma*.
- EF3 Tornado in Omaha
- EF3 Tornado in Elba
- EF2 Tornado near Afton west
- EF2 Tornado near Cowley
- EF1 Tornado in Howard Creek
- 24-Hr Hail Swath ending 2024-04-26
- 24-Hr Hail Swath ending 2024-04-27
- 24-Hr Hail Swath ending 2024-04-28
*EigenPrism users can find other tornado footprints in the model catalog in EigenPrism
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