Multiple tornadoes were spawned by a beastly supercell that developed near Stanton in northeast Nebraska on June 16, 2014. After dropping its first large tornado near that town, the storm continued northeast, putting down several more tornadoes along its path. It will maybe be most remembered for its “twin” tornadoes as it went near, through and past Pilger, NE.
Here’s a velocity loop showing the storm as it dropped tornadoes, including the twins near Pilger. I’ve marked it up to show the rotation tracks.
(Zoomed in on Pilger)
And one of the many videos showing two large tornadoes on the ground simultaneously:
Via Storm Chasing Video on YouTube.
After the main twin tornado set passed Pilger, you can see them begin to cross paths in the video below.
Via Shalyn Phillips on YouTube.
Also, a screen shot around when both tornadoes were very similar in size/structure, comparing them to a similar look on Palm Sunday 1965.
Twin #tornadoes in #NEwx (top img via @USTornadoes) compared to Palm Sunday Outbreak twins 1965 in #INwx. Eerie pic.twitter.com/mZpgjzyBwD
— Sean Ash (@SeanWTHR) June 16, 2014
This is sure to be a day long remembered and heavily researched.
Ian Livingston contributed to this post.
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It looks like, for a very brief period, the “twins” were in fact “triplets”! It seems the yellow, olive and cyan paths were all active at the same time at the very end before the pink begins. Does anyone else have thoughts on this?
There’s still debate whether three were down at once or not. Given there are no 100% proof images thus far, still a bit questionable. The closest look something like this: https://twitter.com/KristaG3/status/480855864400560129
NWS Omaha has stated their survey found only two to be down at once as well. Though investigations still continue.