870
WUUS53 KGID 170307
SVRGID
NEC001-061-099-170330-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0071.260517T0307Z-260517T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1007 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.
* AT 1005 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILDRETH, OR
16 MILES EAST OF HOLDREGE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR AXTELL, HILDRETH, MINDEN, AND
NORMAN.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION. AROUND 955 PM CDT, 80 MPH WIND
GUSTS WERE MEASURED IN HOLDREGE.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MINDEN AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
NORMAN AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY, IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
LAT...LON 4061 9878 4037 9860 4028 9910 4042 9918
4047 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 247DEG 35KT 4040 9907
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH
THIES
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