EF1 and EF2 Tornadoes Hit Portions of Omaha Metro 6/8/08-Updated

Map and Damage Photos Below

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
745 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

A SECOND TORNADO CONFIRMED IN OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING
DATA COLLECTED FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEYS ON
SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS WELL AS RADAR DATA...INDICATED TWO
TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
HERE ARE THE SPECIFICS OF THE FIRST AND STRONGEST TORNADO.
LOCATION...FIRST TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF GRETNA NEAR 232ND AND WEST
ANGUS ROAD AND TRAVELED EAST AND NORTHEAST BEFORE MERGING WITH THE
SECOND TORNADO JUST EAST OF 132ND AND WESTWOOD LANE.
ESTIMATED TIME...TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 210 AM...AND MERGED WITH SECOND
TORNADO AROUND 225 AM.

EF-SCALE RATING...EF2
PATH WIDTH...0.25 MILES AT WIDEST POINT
PATH LENGTH...11 MILES
INJURIES...3 KNOWN
FATALITIES...NONE

TORNADO NUMBER ONE STARTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF 232ND AND WEST ANGUS
ROAD...ABOUT A MILE WEST OF GRETNA. A GARAGE WAS DEMOLISHED AT THIS
POINT...SUGGESTING EF1 DAMAGE. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH...AND PRODUCED ONLY SCATTERED EF0 DAMAGE IN GRETNA WITH TREE
AND SHINGLE DAMAGE NOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO NEAR
156TH AND GILES ROAD BY 220 AM. EF2 DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST SOUTHWEST
OF 156TH AND GILES WITH MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE TO ONE HOME. THE TORNADO
THEN TRAVELED NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...ACROSS THE MILLARD AREA...THEN
MERGED WITH THE SECOND TORNADO NEAR 132ND AND WESTWOOD LANE.

THE AREA THAT WAS HIT THE HARDEST WAS IN THE VICINITY OF 137TH
STREET AND Y STREET...WHERE EF2 DAMAGE OCCURRED. A FEW HOMES HAD
ROOFS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF IN THIS AREA. IT THEN HIT THE
WALMART...SAMS CLUB...HOME DEPOT SHOPPING AREA AFTER IT CROSSED L
STREET JUST EAST OF 132ND STREET.

SPECIFICS FOR TORNADO NUMBER TWO.
LOCATION...FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF 204TH AND Q
STREETS...AND TRAVELED EAST NORTHEAST TO NEAR 132ND AND WESTWOOD
LANE WHERE IT MERGED WITH TORNADO NUMBER ONE. THE DAMAGE PATH
CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST FROM 132ND AND WESTWOOD LANE NEAR 114TH AND
SHIRLEY STREETS.

ESTIMATED TIME...TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 212 AM...AND LIFTED AROUND 227 AM.

EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
PATH WIDTH...0.25 MILES AT WIDEST POINT
PATH LENGTH...9 MILES
INJURIES...NONE KNOWN
FATALITIES...NONE

TORNADO TWO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF 204TH AND Q
STREETS...AND PRODUCED EF1 DAMAGE TO ROOF AND DECKING ON ONE HOME.
THE TORNADO PRODUCED MAINLY EF0 DAMAGE AS IT MOVED EAST AND PASSED
JUST SOUTH OF LAKE ZORINSKY AND SOUTHEAST OF OAK VIEW MALL...BEFORE
LIFTING NEAR 114TH AND SHIRLEY STREETS. MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE...
TREE DAMAGE AND LIFTED SHINGLES...COMPRISED MOST OF THE DAMAGE WITH
THIS TORNADO.

ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE
EF0...65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...201+ MPH