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WWUS53 KOAX 180051
SVSOAX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
751 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
NEC025-055-109-153-155-180130-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-260518T0130Z/
SARPY NE-LANCASTER NE-DOUGLAS NE-SAUNDERS NE-CASS NE-
751 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SARPY...NORTHEASTERN LANCASTER...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS AND NORTHERN CASS COUNTIES...
AT 750 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREENWOOD, OR
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRETNA, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER INSTRUMENTS MEASURED 66 MPH 5 MILES NORTH OF
WAVERLY.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ASHLAND, GRETNA, SPRINGFIELD, WEHRSPANN LAKE, PRAIRIE QUEEN
RECREATION AREA, SOUTHEASTERN OMAHA, PAPILLION, LA VISTA, CHALCO,
WALNUT CREEK RECREATION AREA, BELLEVUE, RALSTON, SOUTH OMAHA,
WESTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS, AKSARBEN, MIDTOWN, CARTER LAKE AND EPPLEY
AIRFIELD.
PEOPLE ATTENDING FRICKE FIELD, THE OMAHA CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION,
PAPILLION LAVISTA SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, WERNER PARK, AND TAL ANDERSON
FIELD SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 411 AND 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 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 4116 9588 4112 9586 4106 9588 4104 9586
4101 9587 4079 9649 4104 9658 4132 9588
4129 9587 4128 9589 4130 9590 4129 9593
4123 9591 4120 9593 4118 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 237DEG 39KT 4098 9642
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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