539  
WUUS53 KGID 162325  
SVRGID  
NEC019-170015-  
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0046.260516T2325Z-260517T0015Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 624 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF PLEASANTON TO NEAR AMHERST, MOVING  
EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS LINE OF STORMS IS ON  
THE SOUTHERN FRINGES, NEAR AMHERST.  
 
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
AMHERST AROUND 630 PM CDT.  
RIVERDALE AROUND 640 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
PLEASANTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4105 9934 4105 9895 4071 9914 4074 9932  
4077 9942  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 283DEG 8KT 4101 9924 4080 9930  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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