{"id":14117,"date":"2014-07-07T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14117"},"modified":"2014-07-07T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:01:00","slug":"video-captures-twin-ef-4-tornadoes-in-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/national-weather\/video-captures-twin-ef-4-tornadoes-in-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Video captures twin EF-4 tornadoes in Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The twin terrors of the June 16, 2014 tornadoes near Pilger and Wisner, Nebraska were captured on video. (YouTube \/ Timothy Klaustermeier)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Severe weather struck eastern Nebraska on June 16 spawning an amazing four EF-4 rated tornadoes in less than an hour.\u00a0 Two of these were twins, formed from the same supercell thunderstorm at nearly the same time, and stunning video from a resident\u2019s porch shows the beasts.<\/p>\n

While this event and the video are a few weeks old, it is well worth sharing.\u00a0 The imagery is a stunning display of Mother Nature\u2019s most violent phenomena.<\/p>\n

Timothy Klaustermeier took the video and posted it to YouTube.\u00a0 The nearly seven minute long video shows both tornadoes that spawned near Pilger and lifted north of Wisner.\u00a0 Amazingly the man appears to have been quite calm during the event as the only sounds heard are the roaring of the twisters.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service rated both of these tornadoes as EF4s<\/a> on the Enhanced Fujita Scale which means they were packing winds of at least 166mph.\u00a0 One traveled over 18 miles, the other nearly 12 miles.<\/p>\n

Two other twisters in the same area, one just before and one just after the twins, were also rated EF4s.<\/p>\n

Extensive damage was seen in the areas of Pilger and Wisner.\u00a0 Two fatalities were recorded: A five year old girl and a 75 year old man.\u00a0 Sixteen people were critically injured in the storms.<\/p>\n