An E-F zero tornado struck in Otoe County, Nebraska Monday night. According to the National Weather Service in Omaha, the tornado occurred near the town of Avoca between 6:49 and 6:53 p.m. The tornado's peak winds were estimated to be 83 miles per hour with a path length of almost three miles and a maximum width of ten yards. The tornado resulted in no deaths or injuries.
The Otoe County tornado was associated with severe thunderstorm warnings Monday in southeast Nebraska, southwest Iowa, and the northern halves of Nodaway and Atchison counties in Missouri.
The Page County Iowa emergency management page reported downed trees and power lines in Clarinda Monday night that required barricading streets until debris was removed.
On Tuesday night, the weather service office in Kansas City issued severe thunderstorm warnings that included portions of Holt, Andrew, DeKalb, Clinton, Caldwell, and Livingston counties. A check of law enforcement and emergency management Facebook pages had no reports of weather related damage or casualties.
