Power Outage in Fremont, NE

This is part 1 of the tornado, Part 2 continues into Burt County. The tornado touched down just south of Highway 275, damaging a home, power poles and numerous trees as it entered the Elkhorn River valley. it caused EF-2 damage to a home just south of the Elkhorn River where a porch was ripped off and large trees damaged. The tornado crossed the Elkhorn River where significant tree damage was noted and several center pivots were flipped over. The tornado became wider and impacted additional farmsteads with EF-2 damage, especially as it approached County Road F up to the Dodge and Burt county line. At these farmsteads, several hog barns, machine sheds, and well-built outbuildings were destroyed. Farm equipment was significantly damaged. Windows were broken out of homes, roofs damaged, porches ripped off, and garage doors sucked out. Several people noted that their ears still hurt a day later due to the pressure drop during the tornado. Numerous livestock were injured or killed. The maximum width of this tornado approached one mile as it moved between County Road F and County Road B. A large cattle feedlot was impacted in extreme northeast Dodge county where very large grain bins and well built barns were destroyed. This tornado exhibited multiple vortex damage patterns at times. The tornado appears to have dissipated just north of County Road F in Burt County before developing a new tornado just to the north. Additionally, a satellite tornado was reported near the end of this tornado's life cycle.

Law enforcement reported major power lines down and have closed the roads.

Large tree limbs down. One tree limb fell on a power line in Fremont.

Several trees and power lines were blown down by damaging winds.

A downburst appeared to have occurred in the city of Fremont. The primary damage centered from midtown to the southeast side of town. In this area significant tree damage occurred including large branches downed and some uprooted. Power line and pole damage was also noted.

A measured gust of 77 mph was recorded at the Fremont Airport. As these winds moved through the city tree and power line damage was scattered throughout the city.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed at least one tree onto power lines. Six center pivots were flipped over in the region as well.

A NWS survey team determined a tornado tracked through the eastern and northern sections of Fremont before lifting a little north northeast of town. The tornado touched down near the intersection of old Highway 275 and Morningside Road and progressed north generally east of Lincoln Street. The tornado uprooted or snapped numerous trees, damaged a few homes and severely damaged a garage along its path. One vehicle was flipped over while other vehicles and homes sustained damage from fallen trees. The YMCA sustained major roof damage. A few power poles were snapped near and north of 23rd Street and center pivot was damaged on the north side of town before the tornado lifted. The path length was determined to be a little over 6 miles while the average width of the damage path was around 700 yards. As of late June the damage in town was estimated at a little over a quarter of million dollars.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 65 mph downed several trees and power lines in the Fremont area, causing loss of power to 90 to 100 people.

Rain changed to a brief period of freezing rain then to a heavy wet snow around midnight CDT on April 5th and continued into the mid morning hours of that day. The precipitation was accompanied by north winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Although snowfall ended during the late morning of the 5th, the strong winds caused continued drifting snow in open areas into the afternoon hours. Snowfall amounts were between 4 and 8 inches across the central and northern part of the county with an inch or so across the southeast. Eight inches of snow was reported in Scribner and 7 inches at Uehling were among the heaviest. The ice and heavy wet snow and strong winds snapped power poles from around Scribner to Snyder and caused power outages in those areas north into Cuming county and southeast toward Hooper and also caused hazardous driving conditions. In some cases power was out until the evening of the 5th. Cell phone service was also interrupted due to a tower being blown down.

Freezing rain accumulated between 1/4 and 1/2 of an inch over much of the county. The icing downed tree limbs and caused scattered power outages.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph were reported in Fremont. This was from a supercell that produced a tornado touchdown on the eastern sections of the city. The winds knocked down power lines and did tree damage and was accompanied by hail up to 4 inches in diameter.

A tornado apparently intermittently touched down from the eastern sections of town where it toppled an air-conditioning unit on top of Walmart onto an SUV parked below, to a farmstead 2 miles east southeast of town where it did extensive damage to farm outbuildings. Power poles were also snapped off in this path.

A thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 63 mph by the Fremont Awos, while a retired NWS employee measured 65 mph on his home equipment. The winds downed or broke off some large trees in town, some of which did some power line and building damage.

Measured at the Fremont AWOS. The thunderstorm gust was caused by the same supercell that earlier produced the tornadoes near Weston, Agnew and Seward. The strong winds downed tree limbs and power lines in Fremont and east of town knocking out power for part of town.

Tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph. The fallen large limbs blocked a few roads and downed several power lines in Fremont.

An ice storm began late Nov 9 and continued into Nov 10. It led to power outages and tree damage across 11 counties. The maximum ice measurement was 1.06 inches. Counties in colder air received less and significantly more snow with a maximum of 10 inches record.