Tornado Digest: June 15-21

If you’re a fan of our Weather Buzz section, you know last week had three big days of severe weather across the Plains, which included several tornadoes.  The following video displays the deadly EF4 tornado that hit Pilger, NE on June 16th, 2014 to refresh your memory:

I ran across a great article produced by Ian Livingston on Tornado Digest that breaks down all the highlights from that week:

“Unlike the first two weeks of June, this one did not include tornado reports every day. But three days went big, with one going huge.

June 16 was the largest regional outbreak of June 16-18 outbreaks, with multiple cells dropping a handful or more tornadoes into the night from the Plains into the Midwest. Four of those tornadoes were rated violent, with the now famed Nebraska twins creating Hollywoodesque visuals. June 17 and June 18 were no slouches either.

There’s now little to no doubt we’ll remember June 2014 as an active tornado month, especially given the year was running so quiet prior. Some chance we pull out another set of events before the month comes to as close…”

Although the vast majority of this severe weather season has been quiet, this past week was VERY active, especially across the plains.  Be sure to check out the entire piece, which includes a number of amazing images and video from last week’s events.  It does a great breaking down these events.