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Brief tornado touchdown south of Plattsmouth on Friday evening

The NWS confirmed a brief tornado was spotted near Murray, NE on Friday evening.
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OMAHA - A brief tornado was reported south of Plattsmouth, NE on Friday. near the town of Murray on HWY 75. This led to a tornado warning for Cass County, NE and Mills County IA during the 5pm hour on Friday evening.

A trained spotter from the national weather service reported multiple funnel clouds nearby Murray, NE, including a brief tornado. There were several funnel cloud reports as the storm slowly moved into Iowa, north of Bartlett.

Meteorologist Tim Schmidt at 5:48pm when the storm was east of Bartlett, NE

Several viewer photos show a funnel cloud nearby Murray, and a well-defined shelf cloud near Tabor, and a visible wall cloud west of Emmerson, in the vicinity of the tornado-warned storm at that time.

In Murray, NE - Photo credit to Cathy S.
Near Emerson, IA on HWY 34 - Photo credit to Justin S.
Tabor Cemetery near Tabor, IA  - Photo credit to Emilie R.

The tornado warning was allowed to expire at 6:30 p.m.

No damage has been reported from this brief tornado in Cass County, NE.

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