145  
WWUS53 KOAX 232052  
SVSOAX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
352 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
 
NEC055-153-232130-  
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-260423T2130Z/  
SARPY NE-DOUGLAS NE-  
352 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT  
FOR WESTERN SARPY AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...  
 
AT 351 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN  
OMAHA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED  
NEAR GRETNA, ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN MILLARD AND PING  
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN PAPILLION WITH THIS STORM.  
 
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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
OMAHA, BELLEVUE, PAPILLION, RALSTON, GRETNA, MILLARD, LA VISTA,  
CARTER LAKE, SPRINGFIELD, AKSARBEN, BENSON, FLORENCE, CHALCO, PRAIRIE  
QUEEN RECREATION AREA, EPPLEY AIRFIELD, SOUTH OMAHA, WALNUT CREEK  
RECREATION AREA, MIDTOWN, WEHRSPANN LAKE, AND ZORINSKY LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 428 AND  
454.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN  
IOWA...AND SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE  
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER, INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4128 9590 4130 9590 4130 9593 4119 9592  
4102 9624 4102 9629 4109 9631 4113 9629  
4137 9593 4135 9595 4130 9587  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 233DEG 32KT 4126 9595  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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