Stella, NE Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
Hot Rankings
The chance of earthquake damage in Stella is about the same as Nebraska average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Stella is about the same as Nebraska average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #142
| Stella, NE | 0.03 |
| Nebraska | 0.04 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Stella, NE | 0.0000 |
| Nebraska | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #319
| Stella, NE | 201.42 |
| Nebraska | 205.07 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 3,260 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Stella, NE were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 16 | Cold: | 45 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 6 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 278 | Hail: | 1,547 | Heat: | 19 | Heavy Snow: | 15 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 19 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 50 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,072 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 0 | Winter Storm: | 104 | Winter Weather: | 16 |
| Other: | 73 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Stella, NE.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Stella, NE.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Stella, NE.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 78 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Stella, NE.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 7.2 | 1950-05-08 | 2 | 40°23'N / 95°48'W | 40°17'N / 95°41'W | 8.80 Miles | 467 Yards | 0 | 1 | 25K | 0 | Nemaha |
| 10.6 | 1956-04-02 | 2 | 40°22'N / 95°50'W | 40°24'N / 95°47'W | 2.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Nemaha |
| 10.9 | 1968-04-16 | 2 | 40°23'N / 95°50'W | 1.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Nemaha | |
| 13.5 | 1963-04-28 | 3 | 40°23'N / 95°53'W | 40°27'N / 95°50'W | 4.90 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 8 | 25K | 0 | Nemaha |
| 16.4 | 2008-06-05 | 2 | 40°04'N / 95°31'W | 40°12'N / 95°28'W | 9.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Richardson |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This tornado started approximately 4 miles east of Falls City and traveled north northeast. Soon after the initial touchdown there was damage to the roof of a home and a church. The tornado then produced tree damage before blowing the roof off of a home and destroying several sheds and barns at another farmstead. Other tree, house, outbuilding and power pole damage was observed along its path before it crossed the Missouri River into Holt county Missouri. The damage path reached a half mile wide where high tension power poles were snapped northeast of Falls City. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front and low pressure system over northern Kansas lifted northeast into southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system lifted from the Rockies into the northern plains. The front and upper level disturbance caused fast moving thunderstorms, a few severe, to develop during the late morning hours in northeast Nebraska. After a brief lull in the activity through early afternoon, additional thunderstorms developed over eastern Nebraska. The storms developed along 2 lines, one extended north of Columbus while the other stretched from southeast Nebraska into southwest Iowa. Several of the storms turned severe, including one supercell that produced an EF2 tornado in extreme southeast Nebraska. Besides the severe weather, a few of the thunderstorms produced additional areas of heavy rain that fell on saturated soils and caused some already high rivers to flood. | |||||||||||
| 16.7 | 1968-04-16 | 2 | 40°11'N / 96°05'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pawnee | |||
| 20.1 | 1961-05-07 | 2 | 39°58'N / 95°37'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Brown | |||
| 21.1 | 1965-07-08 | 2 | 40°32'N / 95°42'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Fremont | |||
| 22.9 | 1998-06-13 | 2 | 39°54'N / 95°47'W | 39°54'N / 95°47'W | 1.00 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3.5M | 0 | Nemaha |
| Brief Description: A tornado ripped through downtown Sabetha causing extensive structural damage to buildings in a two block area, as well as downing power lines and several large trees. The tornado's path extended from one-half mile west to one-half mile east of the City Hall building. Eighteen buildings in downtown sustained damage with five buildings including City Hall damaged close to the point of loss. The tornado caused 2 million in damage to City Hall alone as it destroyed half the roof and walls of the building. Away from downtown several homes and vehicles were damaged from fallen trees and limbs on the fringes of the tornado or from strong straight line winds. | |||||||||||
| 24.3 | 1975-12-13 | 2 | 40°13'N / 96°14'W | 1.00 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Pawnee | |
| 25.2 | 1984-06-07 | 2 | 39°49'N / 95°43'W | 39°59'N / 95°26'W | 18.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 5 | 2.5M | 0 | Brown |
| 26.3 | 1963-04-28 | 2 | 39°52'N / 96°15'W | 40°00'N / 95°55'W | 19.80 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Marshall |
| 27.7 | 1982-04-15 | 2 | 40°31'N / 96°09'W | 40°32'N / 96°07'W | 2.00 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Otoe |
| 28.0 | 1967-06-07 | 2 | 40°07'N / 96°56'W | 40°14'N / 95°40'W | 67.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jefferson |
| 28.5 | 1982-04-15 | 2 | 40°30'N / 96°12'W | 40°31'N / 96°09'W | 3.00 Miles | 70 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Johnson |
| 28.5 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 40°23'N / 95°25'W | 40°26'N / 95°09'W | 14.20 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Atchison |
| 29.0 | 1973-04-19 | 2 | 39°53'N / 95°28'W | 0.20 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Brown | |
| 29.1 | 1955-04-23 | 2 | 40°26'N / 95°18'W | 40°28'N / 95°18'W | 2.30 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Atchison |
| 29.9 | 1959-05-18 | 3 | 39°49'N / 95°37'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Brown | |
| 31.0 | 1983-05-01 | 2 | 40°38'N / 95°40'W | 40°42'N / 95°35'W | 7.00 Miles | 20 Yards | 0 | 3 | 2.5M | 0 | Fremont |
| 31.2 | 2004-08-26 | 2 | 40°39'N / 95°36'W | 40°40'N / 95°33'W | 3.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fremont |
| Brief Description: A tornado that eventually reached f2 in strength first touched down 2.5 miles southwest of Riverton. The tornado reached it's maximum intensity and maximum damage width of 1/2 mile when it destroyed a home on 270th street. The tornado also caused signifcant damage to another house, several vehicles, other farm outbuildings, crops and trees before lifting 1 mile southeast of Riverton. | |||||||||||
| 31.4 | 1958-07-03 | 2 | 40°14'N / 96°28'W | 40°18'N / 96°16'W | 11.20 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Pawnee |
| 31.8 | 1954-04-05 | 4 | 40°33'N / 95°23'W | 40°35'N / 95°20'W | 3.00 Miles | 900 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Atchison |
| 32.9 | 1993-05-06 | 2 | 39°42'N / 95°44'W | 39°49'N / 95°42'W | 8.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 50K | Brown |
| Brief Description: The tornado began near Highway 75 about eight miles south of Fairview and moved northnortheast damaging about half dozen farmsteads before dissipating southeast of Fairview. The tornado was not on the ground continuously along its path. Debris from the tornado was reported in the sky west of Hiawatha. | |||||||||||
| 33.2 | 1959-05-26 | 2 | 40°36'N / 95°38'W | 40°49'N / 95°45'W | 15.90 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fremont |
| 33.2 | 1993-05-06 | 2 | 39°37'N / 96°08'W | 39°58'N / 95°55'W | 23.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 5.0M | 50K | Nemaha |
| Brief Description: The longest track tornado of the day moved southwest to northeast across Nemaha county miraculously producing no deaths or injuries. However significant damage occurred to about 20 different farms or farmsteads and related business, machinery and buildings. The tornado just missed populated areas and remained generally in fields and farm areas. Excessive rain in the days after the storm hampered cleanup. Property damage from the tornado was estimated at $1.1 million. In some areas the tornado was about 1/2 mile wide while in other areas damage was only about 100 yards wide. At times the tornado had multiple vortices. | |||||||||||
| 33.3 | 1968-04-16 | 2 | 40°40'N / 95°30'W | 0.50 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Fremont | |
| 33.4 | 1959-05-04 | 2 | 39°55'N / 95°49'W | 39°35'N / 95°38'W | 24.90 Miles | 1760 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 34.5 | 1962-05-31 | 2 | 39°42'N / 95°36'W | 39°48'N / 95°36'W | 6.90 Miles | 13 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Brown |
| 34.9 | 2005-06-04 | 2 | 39°46'N / 95°32'W | 39°47'N / 95°27'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 400K | 0 | Brown |
| Brief Description: Three farmsteads or businesses sustained damage with a total of 15 buildings damaged or destroyed. Several cars were rolled and a combine was moved a considerable distance. A salvage yard was near one of the houses damaged by the tornado. A hubcap from the salvage yard had become airborne and was impaled in the sheet rock in the living room of the house. | |||||||||||
| 35.0 | 1957-05-09 | 2 | 40°32'N / 96°18'W | 40°39'N / 96°11'W | 9.90 Miles | 120 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Otoe |
| 35.3 | 1995-05-08 | 2 | 40°27'N / 96°23'W | 40°31'N / 96°20'W | 1.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 450K | 0 | Nemaha |
| Brief Description: A tornado touched down four miles west and one-half mile south of Auburn and did extensive damage to a house, farm, its outbuildings, and power lines along the path of the tornado. A second farmsite was damage three and one-half miles west of Auburn. | |||||||||||
| 35.5 | 1950-05-05 | 3 | 39°39'N / 95°34'W | 39°51'N / 95°31'W | 14.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Brown |
| 35.9 | 1954-04-05 | 4 | 40°35'N / 95°19'W | 40°37'N / 95°16'W | 3.30 Miles | 700 Yards | 0 | 2 | 25K | 0 | Page |
| 35.9 | 1966-05-23 | 2 | 40°27'N / 95°13'W | 40°28'N / 95°06'W | 5.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Atchison |
| 36.3 | 1979-08-28 | 3 | 40°41'N / 95°22'W | 40°32'N / 95°13'W | 12.80 Miles | 533 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Page |
| 37.5 | 1959-05-10 | 2 | 40°31'N / 95°10'W | 0.20 Mile | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Nodaway | |
| 37.5 | 1968-04-16 | 2 | 40°43'N / 95°27'W | 2.00 Miles | 200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fremont | |
| 37.7 | 1967-06-09 | 2 | 40°35'N / 96°23'W | 40°39'N / 96°11'W | 11.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Otoe |
| 37.9 | 2001-04-11 | 2 | 40°15'N / 96°30'W | 40°16'N / 96°29'W | 2.00 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 2 | 400K | 0 | Gage |
| Brief Description: A tornado caused extensive damage in Virginia with most of the damage occurring along a 4 block long and 1 block wide stretch through the center of town. One house was almost completely destroyed causing minor injuries to 2 people living there. Six other homes and businesses sustained extensive damage, and trees and other debris were scattered all over the community. | |||||||||||
| 38.5 | 1963-04-28 | 2 | 39°48'N / 96°19'W | 39°52'N / 96°15'W | 5.60 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Marshall |
| 39.1 | 1954-05-31 | 2 | 40°26'N / 95°09'W | 40°27'N / 95°01'W | 6.80 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Morgan |
| 39.3 | 1959-05-18 | 2 | 39°44'N / 95°25'W | 1.00 Mile | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Brown | |
| 39.7 | 1955-04-23 | 2 | 40°38'N / 95°14'W | 1.50 Miles | 30 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Page | |
| 39.8 | 1979-08-28 | 3 | 40°52'N / 95°40'W | 40°41'N / 95°22'W | 19.90 Miles | 533 Yards | 2 | 14 | 2.5M | 0 | Fremont |
| 40.5 | 1964-06-22 | 3 | 40°45'N / 95°36'W | 40°50'N / 95°29'W | 8.00 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fremont |
| 40.8 | 1964-04-20 | 2 | 40°45'N / 95°28'W | 40°47'N / 95°25'W | 2.70 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Fremont |
| 40.9 | 1954-04-05 | 3 | 40°36'N / 95°14'W | 40°40'N / 95°10'W | 5.20 Miles | 667 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Page |
| 40.9 | 1991-04-26 | 2 | 40°26'N / 96°30'W | 40°31'N / 96°28'W | 4.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Gage |
| 41.2 | 1979-03-29 | 4 | 40°29'N / 95°09'W | 40°34'N / 95°02'W | 8.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 4 | 0K | 0 | Nodaway |
| 41.3 | 1975-06-18 | 2 | 40°40'N / 95°14'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Page | |||
| 41.3 | 1954-03-18 | 2 | 39°40'N / 95°31'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Brown | |||
| 41.4 | 1964-06-22 | 4 | 40°42'N / 95°27'W | 40°46'N / 95°14'W | 11.90 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fremont |
| 41.7 | 1965-07-01 | 3 | 40°43'N / 96°25'W | 40°39'N / 96°11'W | 12.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Otoe |
| 42.5 | 1950-05-05 | 3 | 39°37'N / 95°37'W | 39°39'N / 95°34'W | 3.30 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 12 | 250K | 0 | Jackson |
| 43.3 | 1991-04-26 | 3 | 40°36'N / 96°24'W | 40°47'N / 96°16'W | 14.00 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Otoe |
| 44.2 | 2008-05-29 | 2 | 40°20'N / 96°42'W | 40°21'N / 96°30'W | 11.00 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 0 | 750K | 0K | Gage |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A bow echo that moved across the Beatrice area spun up an EF2 tornado just north of town while south through east of town a narrow path of straight line wind damage occurred. The tornado touched down around 2 miles east of Highway 77 near Hackberry Road where it severely damaged two houses. Farm outbuildings were also severely damaged or destroyed. The tornado was rated an EF2 at that location. From there the tornado damaged a church on Elm Road with trees also snapped or uprooted in both areas as well. The tornado continued east northeast causing substantial tree and outbuilding damage to 10 more farmsteads, along with some house damage. Most of the damage occurred along Hackberry Road with the damage path around 1/4 mile wide. As the tornado worked its way east northeast toward Johnson county...the damage gradually weakened and the path narrowed. The tornado was estimated to have lifted a little northeast of Filley. Emergency management estimated that the tornado and the wind damage south through east of town caused at least a million dollars worth of damage. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A warm front lifted north across the region during the afternoon and evening of May 29th followed by a weak cool front passage later that night. As the warm front passed, temperatures warmed into the lower to mid 80s and dewpoint temperatures climbed into the 65 to 70 degree range. The whole system was aided by an intense upper level low pressure area that moved from the eastern Rockies into the northern plains. The combination of the high instability in place, the 2 fronts and the upper level disturbance created conditions that were favorable not only for severe thunderstorms, a few of which were supercells that produced tornadoes, but also areas of very heavy rainfall that produced flash flooding that night and river and stream flooding that lasted a day or two later. | |||||||||||
| 44.6 | 1984-06-12 | 2 | 40°52'N / 95°56'W | 0.50 Mile | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Cass | |
| 44.6 | 1953-06-19 | 2 | 39°36'N / 95°36'W | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Jackson | |||
| 45.0 | 1959-05-18 | 3 | 39°44'N / 95°20'W | 39°39'N / 95°16'W | 6.50 Miles | 400 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Doniphan |
| 45.1 | 2006-04-15 | 2 | 40°08'N / 96°47'W | 40°27'N / 96°28'W | 29.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 4.5M | 0 | Gage |
| Brief Description: This tornado formed about 6 miles west of Wymore at 433 pm CDT (1533 CST), tracked northeast to around 4 miles east of Beatrice where it caused f2 damage, then tracked just south of Adams and crossed into Johnson county 2 miles southeast of Adams around 515 pm CDT. In Johnson county the tornado tracked another 5 miles before dissipating or lifting 3 miles north of Sterling. This tornado formed from a supercell which then became rain-wrapped and took on a heavy rain (hp) supercell characteristics. In Gage county, the average width of the damage path of the tornado was around 150 yards, but it did reach around 1/2 mile in a 3 mile stretch from 4 miles east of Beatrice to 6 miles east northeast of Beatrice. The total path length in Gage and Johnson counties was 34 miles. Seventy-three homes were affected by the tornado, one house was basically destroyed and two others received major damage. One farmstead had 10 trees uprooted. The tornado also destroyed two large chicken houses that when full could house up to 86,000 broilers. In Gage county the damage was estimated at $4.5 million. | |||||||||||
| 45.3 | 2004-08-26 | 2 | 40°40'N / 95°12'W | 40°39'N / 95°02'W | 7.00 Miles | 1200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Page |
| Brief Description: This tornado first touched down around 2 miles east of Coin and tracked 7 miles before lifting just northwest of Shambaugh. The tornado reached it's maximum intensity of f2 north of College Springs where a farmstead sustained serious damage. The roof of a house at this farmstead was removed and siding was damaged, a hay barn was flattened, grain bins were crushed and the roof of a silo and other nearby outbuildings were destroyed. Other farmsteads received damage to outbuildings and the crop and tree damage path at times widened to 3/4 of a mile. | |||||||||||
| 45.5 | 1967-06-11 | 3 | 39°32'N / 95°27'W | 39°45'N / 95°20'W | 16.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Atchison |
| 45.6 | 1979-08-28 | 3 | 40°55'N / 95°46'W | 40°52'N / 95°40'W | 5.60 Miles | 533 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Mills |
| 45.9 | 1984-06-12 | 2 | 40°48'N / 96°09'W | 40°55'N / 95°59'W | 11.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Cass |
| 45.9 | 1990-06-13 | 2 | 40°52'N / 95°39'W | 40°53'N / 95°27'W | 10.50 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Fremont |
| 46.0 | 1964-06-19 | 3 | 40°43'N / 95°21'W | 40°50'N / 95°11'W | 11.50 Miles | 350 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Page |
| 46.2 | 1973-09-25 | 3 | 40°00'N / 96°47'W | 40°31'N / 96°31'W | 38.20 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 8 | 2.5M | 0 | Gage |
| 46.3 | 1964-09-22 | 2 | 40°39'N / 95°14'W | 40°48'N / 95°07'W | 11.80 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Page |
| 46.5 | 1964-04-12 | 2 | 40°17'N / 94°59'W | 40°23'N / 94°49'W | 10.80 Miles | 80 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Nodaway |
| 46.7 | 1958-07-03 | 2 | 40°09'N / 96°51'W | 40°14'N / 96°28'W | 20.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 1 | 250K | 0 | Gage |
| 47.8 | 1975-06-02 | 2 | 40°07'N / 96°40'W | 0.20 Mile | 27 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Gage | |
| 47.9 | 1964-04-12 | 4 | 40°40'N / 95°14'W | 40°50'N / 95°06'W | 13.10 Miles | 400 Yards | 1 | 28 | 2.5M | 0 | Page |
| 48.5 | 1984-04-26 | 3 | 39°38'N / 95°13'W | 39°48'N / 95°05'W | 15.00 Miles | 1200 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25.0M | 0 | Doniphan |
| 48.6 | 2006-03-30 | 2 | 39°59'N / 94°55'W | 40°02'N / 94°53'W | 5.00 Miles | 800 Yards | 0 | 8 | 800K | 0 | Andrew |
| Brief Description: Tornado touched down southeast of Fillmore and traveled northeast 5 miles before dissipating around Highway 71 and A Highway. Three homes were nearly or completely destroyed and 8 had minor to moderate damage. Eight persons were injured. | |||||||||||
| 49.2 | 2008-06-11 | 2 | 39°30'N / 96°02'W | 39°34'N / 95°53'W | 9.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 1 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Jackson |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This is the second segment of a tornado that initially touched down in Pottawatomie County and then continued northeast into Jackson County before continuing northeast and dissipating in Nemaha County. This is segment 2 of 3. Upon entering Jackson County the tornado did EF1 and EF0 damage primarily to outbuildings, power poles and large trees. As the tornado continued northeast, it moved south of Soldier causing extensive damage to two farmsteads. One residence was blown off of its foundation while another sustained extensive damage to its external walls and roof. All surrounding outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast, striking a mobile home just south of the Nemaha County border. The mobile home was destroyed, and the occupant sustained fatal injuries. The tornado then continued northeast into Nemaha County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Two long lived supercells wreaked havoc across portions of north central and northeast Kansas on the night of June 11th. Three significant tornadoes touched down, caused millions of dollars in damage, killed two, and critically injured three citizens. The town of Chapman saw the most extensive damage. Approximately three-quarters of the town were damaged by the tornado that passed through. Numerous homes were demolished, as were both the middle school and high school. One death occured, as a result of a tree having fallen onto a young woman oustide her car, who had just placed her daughter into her car seat. The most severe, but more localized damage occurred in the Miller Ranch neighborhood in Manhattan, where several homes were completely destroyed. Several buildings on the Kansas StiThe Soldier, Kansas tornado was responsible for the other death. A man was killed in his mobile home when it flipped several times and was found a few miles from it's original location. The unoccupied home a few hundred feet from the mobile home went virtually untouched. Thousands of citizens turned up over the next few weeks to help with the clean-up effort in both Chapman and Manhattan. | |||||||||||
| 49.4 | 1993-05-06 | 2 | 39°28'N / 95°33'W | 39°38'N / 95°26'W | 12.00 Miles | 500 Yards | 0 | 0 | 500K | 50K | Atchison |
| Brief Description: The tornado formed west of Arrington near Highway K116 moved north along the Delware River bottom crossing the river 0.5 miles west of Muscotah, then moved northeast through open country before dissipating five miles west of Huron near the county lake. The Tornado was not on the ground continuously but bounced up and down leaving many areas undamaged. At least four farmsteads sustained significant damage along with many trees and numerous power poles and cable. No injures or deaths were reported. | |||||||||||
| 49.8 | 1974-03-08 | 2 | 39°25'N / 95°30'W | 39°40'N / 95°30'W | 17.20 Miles | 220 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Atchison |
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.