800  
WFUS53 KGID 172348  
TORGID  
NEC169-180030-  
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0007.260517T2348Z-260518T0030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
648 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
   
..TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR HEBRON  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
EAST CENTRAL THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 648 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS  
OBSERVED OVER HEBRON, OR 22 MILES NORTH OF BELLEVILLE, MOVING EAST  
AT 20 MPH.  
 
TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR HEBRON. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS  
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!  
 
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.  
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS  
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE  
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,  
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE  
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...  
HEBRON AROUND 655 PM CDT.  
GILEAD AROUND 705 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY  
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE  
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID  
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME, A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS, MOVE TO THE  
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE  
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4010 9767 4016 9767 4028 9737 4009 9737  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 260DEG 19KT 4014 9760  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN  
 
 
 
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