VIDEO COURTESY: Michael Horner

SIDNEY - Severe weather landed in the Nebraska Panhandle and northeast Colorado on Wednesday afternoon.

An unconfirmed report of a tornado was spotted two miles northeast of Lorenzo near County Road 107 and Road 10 at 1:20 p.m. No damage was reported. 

A storm cell spotted south of Sidney, near the city's Airport, at approximately 1:40 p.m. triggered a tornado warning and set off tornado sirens in Sidney. 

Tornadoes were also reported near Sterling, Merino and Akron, Colo. Storm Chaser Tony Laubach captured video of side-by-side tornadoes forming in Washington County, Colo. near Akron. 

A 58 mph wind gust was clocked at the Sidney Airport. Two-inch hail was was also reported south of Sidney. Tennis-ball-sized hail was seen in Lorenzo.

Storm chasers reported hail the size of ping pong balls in Wheatland, Wyo.

Two-and-a-half to five inches of rain fell in western Logan County, activating a flash flood warning for the region through Wednesday night.  

 

 

North Sterling Park, Colo.
North Sterling Park, Colo. Photo courtesy Pat White
Hail in Lorenzo
Hail in Lorenzo Photo courtesy Alicia-Willis-Weinbender

 

Hail in Lorenzo
Hail in Lorenzo Photo courtesy Alicia Willis-Weinbender
Hail damage in Lorenzo
Hail damage in Lorenzo Photo courtesy Whitney Whartman

 

Storm damage near Lorenzo
Storm damage near Lorenzo Photo courtesy Whitney Whartman
Merino, Colo.
Merino, Colo. Photo courtesy Peyton Nestor