Tornado warned supercell approaches Minden during the late afternoon of July 6, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
ROSELAND — After reporting four tornadoes were confirmed to have taken place during the evening of Saturday, July 6, a fifth was surveyed near Roseland in Adams County.
The Roseland tornado touched down at 4:36 p.m. and developed within a broader area of damaging wind gusts that reached as high as 60-80 mph, according to the National Weather Service – Hastings.
“The tornado developed near the intersection of Highway 74 and Roseland Avenue, just southeast
of the town of Roseland, then tracked southeast through crop fields, causing pivots to overturn,” per NWS Hastings, “The lone impacted buildings were at a farmstead on Conestoga Avenue where part of a roof was removed, and several small outbuildings were destroyed.”
“Tree damage was particularly worse at this location, and a couple of power poles were leaning east at the time of the survey. The tornado continued tracking southeast and eventually crossed Highway 74 near Pony Express Road before dissipating,” NWS Hastings stated.
It was noted that this tornado occurred within heavy rain and was not distinguishable in real time against the more pervasive straight-line winds occurring at the same time. The tornado lifted at 4:40 p.m.
The tornado was rated EF-0 with peak winds of 85 mph and a maximum width of 50 yards. The path length was 2.39 miles.
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