075  
WUUS53 KGID 162348  
SVRGID  
NEC019-170030-  
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0049.260516T2348Z-260517T0030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
648 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 648 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVERDALE, OR  
10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE 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.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 278 AND 282.  
 
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 4072 9924 4098 9911 4096 9877 4066 9892  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 265DEG 11KT 4084 9916  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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