FOURTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI. 797 



"There was a rather rapid procession of warm and cool periods, due 

 to the movement of energetic cyclones eastward, with the center near 

 this section. On the 23d one of these was central over southeastern 

 Nebraska in the late afternoon, and between 5 and 6 p. m. Several distinct 

 tornadoes formed and moved northeastward across the eastern part of 

 the state. One moved from about four miles south of Douglas, Otoe 

 County, to the Missouri River near Rock Bluff, a distance of about forty 

 miles. In its course it destroyed the small town of Berlin and some forty 

 farm buildings. Another moved from near Papillion, in Sarpy County, 

 northeastward across Douglass County, to the Missouri River just north 

 of Omaha. It passed through Omaha and Ralston and did a large amount 

 of damage. A third moved from a point south of Mead, Saunders 

 County, northeastward to the Missouri River just south of De Soto. It 

 destroyed the small town of Yutan, and a large number of farm buildings. 

 A fourth moved from near Craig, in Burt County, northeastward to the 

 Missouri River, and destroyed several farm houses." 



The storm that devastated such a large part of the city of Omaha, a 

 report of which is given in preceding article, crossed the Missouri River 

 just north of Council Bluffs, moving northeastward through Pottawatta- 

 mie County, and over southeastern Harrison, Shelby, Carroll, Greene, 

 southern Webster, Hamilton, northwestern Hardin, Franklin, Bremer, 

 Fayette, southeastern Winnebago, northeastern Clayton and Allamakee. 

 Another storm which originated near Bellevue, Neb., crossed the river 

 near Lake Manawa, just south of Council Bluffs, and moved northeast- 

 ward up Mosquito Creek, and west of Harlan, Shelby County. The storm 

 that passed through Berlin, Neb., and Mills County, Iowa, crossed the 

 river south of Pacific Junction and moved northeastward over Mills and 

 Pottawattamie Counties, and east of Harlan, Shelby County. A fourth 

 storm, or the Yutan, Neb., tornado, crossed the river near De Soto on the 

 Nebraska side into Harrison County, Iowa, near California Junction, 

 thence northeastward across the county. Another tornado is reported 

 from Burt County, Neb., which may have crossed the river north of 

 Tekamah, Neb., into Monona County, Iowa, but if so it was too high to 

 have caused much, if any damage. While all of these storms were un- 

 doubtedly typical tornadoes in Nebraska, most of the manifestations on 

 this side of the river indicated, over the larger part of these courses, 

 straight line squalls. The storms that passed north of Council Bluffs, 

 over Lake Manawa and through Mills County, did, however, show tornadic 

 characteristics through a part of their course, but it is believed that after 

 passing through Shelby County the funnel clouds did not reach the earth, 

 although the tornado roar was heard up in the clouds all along the 

 storm track to the northeastern part of the state. Not only was the roar 

 heard along the main course of the storms, but it attended many local 

 storms in various parts of the state, indicating a violent disturbance 

 above the earth. The several storms crossed the river within a few 

 moments of each other. The Omaha storm struck the Iowa side about 

 6 p. m. and the Manawa and Mills County storms about 0:15 p. in., 

 and the disturbance passed off over the Mississippi River about midnight. 

 During those hours, severe, and in many places destructive, wind squalls 



