552  
WWUS53 KOAX 180224  
SVSOAX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
IAC085-155-165-180300-  
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-260518T0300Z/  
POTTAWATTAMIE IA-HARRISON IA-SHELBY IA-  
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT  
FOR EASTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SHELBY  
COUNTIES...  
 
AT 923 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF IRWIN TO 5 MILES EAST OF WALNUT  
TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRISWOLD, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...AT 916 PM, A PUBLIC MESONET STATION REPORTED 60 MPH IN  
OAKLAND, IOWA.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HARLAN, OAKLAND, AVOCA, TREYNOR, CARSON, WALNUT, SHELBY, MINDEN,  
EARLING, IRWIN, DEFIANCE, MACEDONIA, PANAMA, HANCOCK, PORTSMOUTH,  
WESTPHALIA, TENNANT, KIRKMAN, OLD TOWN PARK, AND PRAIRIE ROSE STATE  
PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 48.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN  
IOWA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4150 9516 4116 9516 4116 9565 4186 9546  
4186 9510 4160 9509 4160 9504 4151 9504  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 252DEG 40KT 4182 9512 4148 9512 4126 9521  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
PETERSEN  
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