The warm front that was responsible for the significant tornadoes on the afternoon of the 16th, lifted slightly north on the 17th into far northeast Nebraska. Extreme instability again developed along this boundary given the very warm and humid airmass in place across the region. By late afternoon an isolated supercell thunderstorm developed along this boundary and quickly become severe. This lone supercell produced several tornadoes, 3 of which were strong, as well as large hail and flash flooding, over Cedar County Nebraska over the next 4 hours.

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 18:57:00 to 17-JUN-14 19:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: HARTINGTON MUNI ARPT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This was the first of 3 tornadoes near the Coleridge area on the evening of June 17th. The tornado moved southeast and impacted a farm along 878th Road and 561st Ave where outbuildings were heavily damaged. Otherwise mainly tree damage was observed along the path of the tornado.

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 20:28:00 to 17-JUN-14 20:34:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAUREL
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This short-lived tornado traveled to the east and impacted two farmsteads along 873rd Road. One of these farms had significant damage where large portions of the roof of the home were removed and outbuildings were completely destroyed.

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 19:09:00 to 17-JUN-14 19:56:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLERIDGE
Tornado F-scale: EF3
Property damage: 2.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This was the strongest of the tornadoes that the Cedar County supercell produced. This tornado developed to the northwest of Coleridge and moved slowly east southeast just to the north of the city of Coleridge. As the tornado neared 567th Ave the tornado turned to the south along the eastern edge of the city producing some significant structural damage along the eastern side of Coleridge. The tornado continued south until nearing 875th Road where the foward speed further slowed, and the tornado changed to an eastern movement while becoming rain-wrapped. The eastern direction occurred for a half mile before the tornado moved almost due north along 568th Ave while significantly weakening. The most significant damage, which was strong EF3, occurred to the north of Coleridge along the 876th Road. Here, two farm houses were destroyed down to the foundation and trees were snapped and debarked. The total path of the tornado, including all the turns, was 8.24 miles.

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 20:10:00 to 17-JUN-14 20:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAUREL
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This was the first of 3 tornadoes that developed to the north of the Laurel area. This tornado was a large multi-vortex tornado. Video from storm chasers indicate that the tornado had vorticities that moved in varying directions, but the overall movement of the tornado was to the west southwest at a very slow pace. Although the tornado circulation was large, the slow movement of the tornado limited the potential damage. This included tree limbs and power poles, but one farmstead was impacted along Highway 15 where the house lost part of the roof and outbuildings were heavily damaged.

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 20:45:00 to 17-JUN-14 21:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAUREL
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 250.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This was the final tornado in the Cedar County event. This tornado initially moved southwest while increasing in intensity and width. The tornado produced the most significant damage as it turned south along 573rd Ave where the tornado impacted a farm where outbuildings were completely destroyed. The tornado continued south crossing United States Highway 20. The tornado started to turn southeast about 1.5 miles northeast of Laurel. The tornado continued southeast producing mainly tree and power line damage before crossing into Dixon County near 869th Road. The complete track of the tornado was 8.04 miles.

Flash Flood in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 22:14:00 to 17-JUN-14 23:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: HARTINGTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 50.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

The nearly stationary supercell over Cedar County produced very heavy rain and flash flooding. Flooding was reported over State Highway 57 south of Hartington. In addition to this flooding, numerous secondary gravel roads were flooded  and impassable during the late evening on June 17th from torrential rains.

Hail in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 18:55:00 to 17-JUN-14 18:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: FORDYCE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Tornado in CEDAR, NEBRASKA
From 17-JUN-14 20:10:00 to 17-JUN-14 20:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLERIDGE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This was a short-lived tornado that produced minor damage along 569th Ave. The tornado was captured on video by several storm chasers in the area.