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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
831 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
NEC025-055-153-155-180215-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-260518T0215Z/
SARPY NE-DOUGLAS NE-SAUNDERS NE-CASS NE-
831 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SARPY...EASTERN DOUGLAS...SOUTHEASTERN SAUNDERS AND CASS
COUNTIES...
AT 830 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF GRETNA TO 4 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND TO 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF ELMWOOD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...AT 827 PM, A PUBLIC MESONET STATION REPORTED 67 MPH 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ALVO, NEBRASKA.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES,
ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GRETNA, SPRINGFIELD, LOUISVILLE, CEDAR CREEK, AND WEHRSPANN LAKE
AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OMAHA, PAPILLION, MILLARD, LA VISTA, CHALCO, PRAIRIE QUEEN
RECREATION AREA, WALNUT CREEK RECREATION AREA, AND ZORINSKY LAKE
AROUND 840 PM CDT.
BELLEVUE, RALSTON, AND BOYS TOWN AROUND 845 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WESTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS, OFFUTT AFB, PLATTSMOUTH, MIDTOWN, BENSON,
AKSARBEN, SOUTH OMAHA, CARTER LAKE, FLORENCE 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 415 AND 454.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA...AND SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4079 9646 4109 9646 4139 9594 4137 9593
4135 9596 4130 9587 4129 9587 4128 9590
4130 9590 4130 9592 4123 9591 4120 9593
4118 9584 4116 9588 4108 9587 4106 9588
4104 9586 4100 9587 4097 9583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 237DEG 44KT 4113 9638 4102 9628 4087 9625
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
PETERSEN
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