745  
WWUS53 KOAX 180021  
SVSOAX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
NEC109-151-155-159-180030-  
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-260518T0030Z/  
LANCASTER NE-SEWARD NE-SALINE NE-SAUNDERS NE-  
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT  
FOR NORTHERN LANCASTER...SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD...NORTHEASTERN SALINE  
AND SOUTHWESTERN SAUNDERS COUNTIES...  
 
AT 721 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF CERESCO TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF  
PIONEERS PARK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR  
MALCOLM WITH THIS STORM.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO  
ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NORTHERN LINCOLN, RAYMOND, DAVEY, EMERALD, LINCOLN AIRPORT,  
PIONEERS PARK AND WAVERLY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 390 AND  
409.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4062 9698 4071 9706 4082 9692 4097 9685  
4106 9686 4114 9677 4092 9651  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 232DEG 37KT 4105 9672 4070 9687  
 
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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