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NWUS53 KOAX 192345
LSROAX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
645 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0719 PM TORNADO 1 S WINNEBAGO 42.22N 96.47W
05/17/2026 THURSTON NE NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF HIGHWAY
77 AND TRACKED NORTHEAST DAMAGING TREES AND
THE ROOFS OF HOMES. THE TORNADO IMPACTED
LOCATIONS NEAR BASEBALL FIELDS ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF HIGHWAY 75. DAMAGE TO BLEACHERS,
SIGNAGE, AND THE DUGOUT OCCURRED, AND ACROSS
THE HIGHWAY THERE WAS DAMAGE TO GRAIN BINS
AND A LARGE TREE LANDED ON A HOME. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND DID MINOR
DAMAGE TO A LARGE WATER TANK AND ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE ALONG D AVENUE.
0755 PM TORNADO 2 NNE ASHLAND 41.07N 96.36W
05/17/2026 SAUNDERS NE NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO DEVELOPED IN AN OPEN FIELD,
SNAPPING AND THROWING SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES
IN A FIELD. IT THEN PROGRESSED EAST
NORTHEAST TO THE SANDY POINTE LAKE AREA
WHERE IT THREW A DOCK APPROXIMATELY 100
YARDS, REMOVED SHINGLES FROM ONE HOUSE, AND
REMOVED MUCH OF A ROOF FROM ANOTHER HOUSE,
THROWING IT APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS AWAY INTO
THE LAKE. VIDEO SUGGESTS THAT THE TORNADO
ENDED TO THE NORTHEAST, WITH NO DAMAGE TO
ANY VEGETATION ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER.
0845 PM TORNADO 2 SSW PLATTSMOUTH 40.98N 95.91W
05/17/2026 CASS NE NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-1 TORNADO FORMED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE
OF PLATTSMOUTH EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. THE
TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND SNAPPED SEVERAL
PINE TREES ON THE TOP OF A SMALL INCLINE
THAT HAD A HOUSE AND SEVERAL GRAIN BINS. ONE
EMPTY GRAIN BIN WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST, CAUSING MINOR TREE
DAMAGE AND LIGHT DAMAGE TO SOME MOBILE
HOMES.
0405 PM TORNADO 4 NNE ELK CREEK 40.34N 96.10W
05/18/2026 JOHNSON NE NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO DEVELOPED IN OPEN FIELDS NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF 625 AVENUE AND 725 ROAD, AND
MOVED QUICKLY EAST. THE TORNADO DAMAGED MANY
TREES, FLIPPED PIVOTS, AND DESTROYED AT
LEAST TWO LARGE FARM SHEDS. THE DAMAGE ALONG
THE TRACK WAS SOMEWHAT SPORADIC AT TIMES,
AND THIS CONCENTRATED AREA OF TORNADO DAMAGE
WAS EMBEDDED WITHIN A MUCH BROADER AREA OF
60 TO 80 MPH WINDS IN THE DOWNDRAFT REGIONS
OF THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. THE PEAK WIDTH
OF THE TORNADO WAS DETERMINED WHERE IT
TRAVELED THROUGH A LONG LINE OF TREES AND
GAVE EVIDENCE TO THE MOST INTENSE FOCUSED
ZONE OF WINDS BEING APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS
WIDE.
0420 PM TORNADO 3 W AUBURN 40.39N 95.90W
05/18/2026 NEMAHA NE NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
136 AND WEST OF 636 AVENUE, AND MOVED EAST
NORTHEAST TO THE AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 136 AND
JUST EAST OF 637 AVENUE. THIS TORNADO CAUSED
SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE AND UPROOTING, AND
IMPACTED TWO FARMS. AT ONE FARM, A LARGE
TRAILER WAS ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS
AND DEBRIS DISTRIBUTED DOWNSTREAM ACROSS A
FIELD. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED AND LANDED ON A HOME. ANOTHER FARM
HAD A LARGE SHED DESTROYED WITH THE DEBRIS
FIELD EXTENDING MORE THAN A HALF MILE
DOWNSTREAM. THIS TORNADO WAS EMBEDDED IN A
BROAD AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE DOWNBURST WINDS
ESTIMATED AT UP TO 95 MPH, ESPECIALLY NEAR
AND JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK.
0427 PM TORNADO 3 S JULIAN 40.47N 95.86W
05/18/2026 NEMAHA NE NWS STORM SURVEY
VIDEO FROM BROADCAST MEDIA SHOWED A SMALL,
RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO MOVING GENERALLY
EASTWARD JUST SOUTH OF ROAD 733A AND HIGHWAY
75. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A SMALL CLUSTER OF
LARGE DOWNED TREE BRANCHES, WITH ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 80 MPH.
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