The following is a preliminary damage assessment on the Hallam, Nebraska tornado, which was a preliminary F3 tornado with the width being over a maile wide at it's base. The statement is below.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
130 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004
...AT LEAST AN F3 TORNADO AT HALLAM NEBRASKA...
A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEY IS CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN SOUTHERN
LANCASTER COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
BRIAN SMITH HAS RATED THE TORNADO IN THE HALLAM NEBRASKA VICINITY
AT LEAST F3 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 150 TO 200 MPH. THE DAMAGE
PATH WIDTH APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST A MILE WIDE IN SOME LOCATIONS.
THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME...AS THE SURVEY HAS
ONLY JUST BEGUN. THE STORM SURVEY TEAM WILL CONTINUE WORKING FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS WILL LIKELY BE
CONDUCTED ON MONDAY AS WELL.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY RATING...AND AS SUCH...IS STILL SUBJECT TO
CHANGE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AS DETAILS BECOME
AVAILABLE.
$$
DEWALD
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Jim
HALLAM, NE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
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