Event Record Details (from NCDC)
Event: Tornado
Begin Date: 09 Jun 2003, 06:40:00 PM CST
Begin Location: 2 Miles North West of Comstock
Begin LAT/LON: 41°34'N / 99°17'W
End Date: 09 Jun 2003, 06:58:00 PM CST
End Location: 2 Miles North East of Comstock
End LAT/LON: 41°34'N / 99°13'W
Length: 4 Miles
Width: 580 Yards
Magnitude: F1
Fatalities: 0
Injuries: 0
Property Damage: $ 25.0K
Crop Damage: $ 10.0K
State: Nebraska
County: Custer
Description:
The tornado touched down in an open field and then moved east through a corn
field overturning a pivot irrigation system and snapping off hundreds of large
tree limbs in the adjacent shelter belt. The tornado also destroyed a barn and
grain bins at a nearby farm. The tornado then crossed the county road just 2
miles north of Comstock and destroyed another barn, overturned another pivot
irrigation system, and broke off several power poles. As the tornado continued
to move east, it broke off and uprooted numerous trees. Baseball size hail associated
with the storm broke many windows in homes near the path of the tornado and
also in the town of Comstock.