609  
WWUS53 KOAX 180018  
SVSOAX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
NEC095-151-180100-  
/O.CON.KOAX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-260518T0100Z/  
JEFFERSON NE-SALINE NE-  
718 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR  
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL SALINE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 718 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAYKIN, OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRBURY, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS  
LIKELY.  
 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
DAYKIN AROUND 725 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
WESTERN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A  
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER  
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4035 9737 4048 9717 4029 9704 4021 9737  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 238DEG 27KT 4029 9733  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
 
 
 
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