Tornado in WHEELER, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 18:10:00 to 12-JUL-04 18:14:00 (CST)
Location: BARTLETT
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 130K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The tornado touched down in an grove of trees, uprooting and breaking off numerous large trees.  As the tornado moved southeastwards, it encountered a farmstead where it ripped off the roof of the home, destroyed a machine shed and garage, and broke power poles.  Before lifting, the tornado moved through a field and overturned the end of a center pivot irrigation system.

Hail in BOYD, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 16:18:00 to 12-JUL-04 16:22:00 (CST)
Location: BRISTOW
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 2K
Crop damage: 5K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail ranged in size from nickel to baseball.

Hail in WHEELER, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 18:35:00 to 12-JUL-04 18:35:00 (CST)
Location: ERICSON
Magnitude: 4.50 
Property damage: 8K
Crop damage: 15K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail ranging in size from golf ball to softball was associated with a supercell thunderstorm that produced a tornado approximately 2 to 3 miles to the southeast.

Tornado in WHEELER, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 18:30:00 to 12-JUL-04 18:35:00 (CST)
Location: BARTLETT
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 170K
Crop damage: 25K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The tornado touched down in a cornfield and overturned a center pivot irrigation system as it moved west southwestwards.  Nearby, large tree limbs were broken off and a roof was taken off an open detached garage at a farmstead.  Then the tornado encountered a second farmstead where it lifted an unanchored manufactured home and smashed it on top of a camper trailer and a detached garage, destroying them.  It also lifted a semi-trailer and dropped it onto a John Deere tractor and a pickup sitting next to it.  Debris from the house and garage was carried into the cornfield to the west.  The tornado continued moving west southwestwards breaking tree limbs before lifting.  A husband, wife, and their daughter were inside the home when it was destroyed.  The woman was hospitalized with a broken neck and the girl required numerous stitches from lacerations on her leg.  The man only received minor cuts and bruises.

Tornado in WHEELER, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 18:35:00 to 12-JUL-04 18:38:00 (CST)
Location: ERICSON
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 90K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The tornado touched down in open rangeland and then moved south breaking off and uprooting numerous large trees as it encountered a farmstead.  One large tree fell on the roof of a home.  As the tornado moved south across the road, it hit another farmstead.  Again, it broke off and uprooted numerous large trees and broke many power poles.  The barn and steel fencing was lifted and tossed 50 yards northwestwards into a tree belt behind the house.  The roof of the home was taken off.  A detached garage was demolished.  Before lifting, the tornado moved through a corral south of the home where it severely injured or killed several horses.  After the storm, two colts and a mare were found up in a tree.

Tornado in GARFIELD, NEBRASKA
From 12-JUL-04 18:39:00 to 12-JUL-04 18:40:00 (CST)
Location: BURWELL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 1K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The tornado touched down in an open pasture and then traveled southwest breaking off trees and tearing out fences.