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Storm reports for October 4, 2013

NOAA recorded 33 hail reports, 31 wind reports and 17 tornado reports in 7 states on October 4, 2013.

in 7 states
81
Storm reports
About 30 miles from Omaha, NE
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 43.20, -94.42, IA
84 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 42.13, -97.08, NE
17
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on October 4, 2013 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

What happened

An EF4 tornado tracked across Wayne County, Nebraska, from 4:12 to 4:36 p.m. CST on October 4, 2013, and grew to nearly 1.25 miles wide.1 It missed downtown Wayne and the residential district, but numerous metal buildings in the industrial area on the east side of town, some of them large, were badly damaged or reduced to rubble.1 The tornado injured 15 people, and NOAA's Storm Events Database puts damage in the Wayne area at $50 million.1 An EF2 tornado touched down southwest of Macy in Thurston County at 4:55 p.m. and tracked through the town, leaving 6 homes heavily damaged or destroyed and 12 homes and a business with at least minor damage.2

In northwest Iowa, an EF4 tornado tracked about 23 miles across Woodbury County starting at 5:35 p.m., severely damaging or destroying about 10 houses, collapsing walls and tearing off roofs. The database lists $2 million in damage.3 Hail up to baseball size, 2.75 inches, fell near Union in Cass County, Nebraska, at 5:10 p.m. and in Mills County, Iowa, at 5:21 p.m.4,5

Sources

  1. 1. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 472670, tornado, Wayne County, Nebraska
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 472671, tornado, Thurston County, Nebraska
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 476100, tornado, Woodbury County, Iowa
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 473035, hail, Cass County, Nebraska
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 473037, hail, Mills County, Iowa

Reports by hour

Hail33, most at 6 PM

Wind31, most at 5 PM

Tornado17, most at 6 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:32 PMEF0Near 41.87, -97.34, NE4.71 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:48 PMEF2Near 42.25, -98.09, NE6.64 mi long, 264 yd wide
5:12 PMEF4Near 42.13, -97.08, NE18.34 mi long, 2428 yd wide
5:20 PMEF3Near 42.43, -97.88, NE6.43 mi long, 590 yd wide
5:55 PMEF2About 59 miles from Omaha, NE26.56 mi long, 264 yd wide
5:59 PMEF0Near 42.39, -96.73, NE0.68 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:17 PMEF1Near 42.22, -96.26, IA1.17 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:25 PMEF1Near 42.49, -96.59, NE5.89 mi long, 400 yd wide
6:35 PMEF1Near 42.57, -96.56, SD6.47 mi long, 800 yd wide
6:35 PMEF4Near 42.33, -96.11, IA24.7 mi long, 2600 yd wide
6:50 PMEF1Near 42.68, -96.45, IA1.11 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:55 PMEF0About 58 miles from Sioux Falls, SD1.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
Show all 17 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:41 PMEF0Near 42.69, -95.62, IA0.55 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:46 PMEF0Near 42.72, -95.59, IA0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:18 PMEF0Near 42.84, -95.40, IA0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:33 PMEF1Near 42.60, -95.36, IA5.45 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:47 PMEF0Near 42.98, -95.06, IA0.71 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Iowa361989
Kansas236170
Nebraska10307
Oklahoma9540
Missouri1010
Ohio1010
South Dakota1001

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Omaha, NE1.75 inNone0
Wichita, KSNone70 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.