Douglas County The tornado first touched down at 3:30 pm CDT south of West Q Road near the
Platte River and traveled northeastward, damaging trees and farmstead outbuildings at EF0-EF1 intensity. As the tornado crossed the intersection of Grover Street and South 252nd Street, it strengthened to mid-EF2 strength, where it ripped the roof off a home. The tornado then weakened as it crossed 234th Street and
L-28B, where it damaged a horse farm and a home at EF1 intensity. As the tornado crossed the
Elkhorn River southeast of
Waterloo, it caused EF0 to EF1 damage to several trees and other center pivots.
Elkhorn and Bennington As the tornado entered the Omaha neighborhood of
Elkhorn around the intersection of 216th Street and
N-64, it abruptly became violent, leveling a home. In the initial final report on the tornado released in mid-July 2024, this damage was rated high-end EF3 with winds of due to the walls of the structure not being particularly well-anchored. However, a reanalysis of this location later in the month revealed that a substantial portion of the home had been swept away and nearby trees were snapped with some debarking noted. Based on this, the damage rating at this location was upgraded to low-end EF4 with winds of . It was also concluded that the location may have been hit by a sub-vortex with a slightly longer vortex residence time noted here. The tornado also collapsed metal light poles near the Prospect Hill Cemetery, where several headstones were damaged. The tornado then damaged the Heritage Nursery Landscaping business before moving into the Ramblewood subdivision, where it was approximately in width. The tornado had weakened slightly but remained at high-end EF3 intensity as it struck the subdivision, where it damaged or destroyed numerous homes with winds up to . Many homes were left almost completely flattened, and other homes collapsed after being shifted off their foundations. Continuing northeast, the tornado again became violent as it struck multiple homes along Fowler Street and Larimore Avenue. Two homes along Larimore Avenue that were newly built and newly anchored with nails and anchor bolts to a sill plate were leveled and swept away. Damage at these two homes was initially rated mid-range EF3 but was upped to low-end EF4 in the reanalysis. Other homes in this area were also leveled or had some or all of their exterior walls knocked down, a metal building system was heavily damaged, and some trees were snapped. The tornado then crossed Fort Street and struck another subdivision at EF3 strength, damaging several new homes, including one home that had all of its exterior walls knocked down and a newly built home that was leveled. Exiting the subdivision, the tornado grew to almost a mile-wide and crossed
N-31, snapped numerous wooden and steel power poles and trees. The tornado then narrowed to a half-mile wide and weakened to EF1 strength as it continued northeastward, snapping trees and damaging the roofs of outbuildings and homes. The tornado then reached EF2 intensity again southwest of
Bennington unroofing homes and snapping trees in a residential area. Continuing northeastward, the tornado intensified further to high-end EF2 intensity as it struck a development along Newport Landing Lake to the west of Bennington. Homes in this area suffered extensive damage with roofs removed and exterior walls knocked down, and power poles and trees were snapped. After crossing the lake and
N-36, the tornado continued to snap trees and power lines and damage outbuildings at EF1 intensity before moving into
Washington County.
Washington County The tornado regained EF2 strength upon entering the county, causing moderate to heavy damage to homes and damaging or destroying outbuildings well east of
Washington. It further strengthened and briefly reached low-end EF3 intensity near the intersection of County Road 29 and County Road 40, where an unanchored home was shifted entirely off its foundation and destroyed with nearby trees snapped and debarked. A flatbed and horse-trailers on the property were rolled or lofted, and the machine shop and horse barns were destroyed, killing at least one horse and injuring several others. Another unanchored home was shifted off its foundation and partially collapsed, power poles were snapped, and more trees were uprooted or snapped. As it approached
N-133, the tornado continued to cause mid-range to high-end EF2 damage, ripping the roofs off and knocking down the exterior walls of homes, damaging or destroying outbuildings, damaging at least one mobile home, snapping wooden power poles, and snapping or uprooting numerous trees. One home along County Road 36 was left with only interior walls standing, and the damage there was rated mid-range EF3. The tornado's width ranged from one-third to one-half-mile wide along this portion of its path. After crossing N-133, the tornado rapidly intensified and became violent for the third time as it impacted small neighborhoods to the south of
Blair. Several homes were completely destroyed, including some that were swept away. These homes were either unanchored or poorly anchored and the damage was rated high-end EF3 with winds of . However, one of the swept-away homes received a low-end EF4 rating in the reanalysis. Other homes in the area were also unroofed with some or all of the exterior walls knocked down. Northeast of there, the tornado inflicted EF2 damage to homes before destroying another unanchored home at mid-range EF3 intensity and causing extensive tree damage. The tornado then weakened, causing EF0-EF1 damage to homes and trees as it approached
US 75. EF2 damage occurred as the tornado crossed US 75, where an unanchored home was shifted off its foundation and leveled, other homes suffered minor to heavy roof damage, trees and power poles were snapped, and several tank cars at Cargill Plant were derailed.
Iowa and dissipation The tornado then weakened again and crossed the
Missouri River into
Harrison County, Iowa, producing EF0 damage to trees as it moved northeastward. The tornado then crossed over
US 30 and moved across bottom-land/agricultural areas at EF0-EF1 intensity, snapping or uprooting many trees and tipping over center pivots. The tornado then turned east-northeast and dissipated south of
Modale at 4:31 pm CDT after being on the ground for 61 minutes, traveling , and reaching a width of . Four people were injured. ==Post-analysis upgrade==