198  
WUUS53 KGID 170004  
SVRGID  
NEC019-099-170030-  
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0053.260517T0004Z-260517T0030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
704 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 704 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEARNEY,  
MOVING SOUTHEAST 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  
NORTHEASTERN KEARNEY AND SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 276 AND 292.  
 
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 4092 9872 4057 9872 4056 9896 4068 9903  
4092 9878  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 298DEG 15KT 4074 9900  
 
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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