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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
833 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
IAC085-129-155-165-NEC025-055-153-177-180215-
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-260518T0215Z/
MILLS IA-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-HARRISON IA-SHELBY IA-SARPY NE-
WASHINGTON NE-DOUGLAS NE-CASS NE-
833 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR MILLS...POTTAWATTAMIE...SOUTHERN HARRISON...SOUTHWESTERN
SHELBY...SARPY...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND
EASTERN CASS COUNTIES...
AT 832 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES NORTH OF LOGAN TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CRESCENT TO PLATTSMOUTH, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...AT 827 PM, EPPLEY AIRFIELD REPORTED A GUST OF 63 MPH.
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...
EASTERN COUNCIL BLUFFS, PLATTSMOUTH, GLENWOOD, UNDERWOOD, PACIFIC
JUNCTION, COUNCIL BLUFFS AIRPORT, TREYNOR, NEOLA, PERSIA, SILVER
CITY, MINDEN, MALVERN, SHELBY, OAKLAND, AVOCA, CARSON, MACEDONIA,
HANCOCK, HENDERSON, HASTINGS AND HARLAN.
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 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 77.
INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 43.
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 437 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 4141 9527 4116 9534 4116 9538 4095 9539
4090 9576 4090 9581 4089 9581 4084 9626
4122 9617 4158 9612 4158 9579 4166 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 254DEG 40KT 4167 9578 4133 9578 4100 9588
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
PETERSEN
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