Dundy County
Tornados
| Two Tornados on May 20, 1949 |
On May 20, 1949, there were two tornado touch down in Dundy County.
One of them began several miles south in Cheyenne County Kansas
where it traveled across open country - taking out the Prairie Belle
Schoolhouse then continued northward into Nebraska where it destroyed
the Glenn Kuhns and Oren Bush farmsteads. This funnel was 400
yards wide and traveled on the ground for about 30 miles.
One
story was told of a man being taken from his porch in his rocking chair
landing miles away with no injuries. This story has not been
verified as fact.
"I was very small when the tornado destroyed school #52 on the corner of
my folks farm. I can remember it going up into the air and exploding
like a balloon. Weeks later we were still finding pieces of it in the
fields and pastures. That was the tornado that also damaged Kuhns and
Bush's buildings in 1949."
--Karen (White) Lindell
Taken
from a note from Karen (White) Lindell, who lived with her parents on a
farm about 4 miles south of the Nebraska/Kansas state line and about
2-1/2 miles east of our home.
The school was located
between her home and ours. I remember my mother grabbing my
little brother under her arm and my hand running down the sidewalk
toward the "ice house" which was lower than ground level. There
was huge drops of rain hitting the sidewalk as we ran along. We
watched the tornado travel just east of our barn going from southwest
to northeast. It is a sight I will never forget.
--Sherri Gregory
|
| Pictures from 1976 Haigler Book
Bush house | These pictures show the scene left by a tornado that went thru the Oren Bush farm. This devastating storm hit the Glenn Kuhns
farmstead first, just southeast of the Bush farm, literally destroying
everything. Glenn and Myrtle Kuhns barely escaped by seeking shelter in their
cellar just minutes before it hit. Mr. Bush was pulled from the house and
dropped into the yard, but was not seriously injured. A close observation of
the pictures will show the mysterious actions of a tornado. | 
Bush garage | 
Bush Barn | 
Bush truck | |
22
TORNADOES were reported in Dundy County, NE ... 01/01/1950 - 08/25/2008 |
| Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Width |
Length |
| Pre-1950 |
DUNDY |
04/25/1882 |
16:00 |
F2 |
0 |
M |
20 |
M |
| Pre-1950 |
DUNDY |
4/12/1941 |
21:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
2 |
| Pre-1950 |
DUNDY |
4/12/1941 |
21:30 |
F2 |
0 |
14 |
100 |
25 |
| Pre-1950 |
DUNDY |
5/20/1949 |
15:30 |
F3 |
0 |
1 |
400 |
f40 |
| Pre-1950 |
DUNDY |
5/20/1949 |
13:15 |
F3 |
0 |
1 |
400 |
f30 |
| Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Property |
Crop |
| 1 |
DUNDY |
6/5/1953 |
19:15 |
F |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 2 |
DUNDY |
7/7/1957 |
19:30 |
F2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
DUNDY |
5/14/1962 |
16:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
DUNDY |
6/6/1967 |
19:00 |
F |
0 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
| 5 |
DUNDY |
5/30/1971 |
13:08 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 6 |
DUNDY |
5/30/1971 |
13:20 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 7 |
DUNDY |
5/30/1971 |
16:00 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
DUNDY |
5/26/1978 |
19:45 |
F |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 9 |
DUNDY |
5/4/1982 |
19:00 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
250 |
0 |
| 10 |
DUNDY |
7/9/1982 |
16:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
250 |
0 |
| 11 |
DUNDY |
6/12/1983 |
17:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
DUNDY |
6/11/1984 |
14:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
250 |
0 |
| 13 |
DUNDY |
9/2/1985 |
18:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
| 14 |
DUNDY |
6/3/1991 |
15:52 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
DUNDY |
3/8/1992 |
16:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Benkelman |
5/22/1996 |
17:50 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Parks |
8/4/1996 |
19:55 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
Benkelman |
8/21/1997 |
18:25 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 19 |
Benkelman |
8/26/2002 |
13:05 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 |
Parks |
5/11/2005 |
16:15 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 21 |
Benkelman |
5/11/2005 |
16:34 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Benkelman |
3/28/2007 |
19:17 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
460 |
0 |
|
TOTALS: |
|
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|
0 |
2 |
1362 |
0 |
|
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|
Total Tornado |
F |
F0 |
F1 |
F2 |
F3 |
F4 |
F5 |
|
22 |
3 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
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