885  
WWUS53 KOAX 182123  
SVSOAX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
423 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
IAC071-NEC097-127-131-133-147-182145-  
/O.CON.KOAX.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-260518T2145Z/  
FREMONT IA-JOHNSON NE-NEMAHA NE-OTOE NE-RICHARDSON NE-PAWNEE NE-  
423 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...EASTERN JOHNSON...NEMAHA...SOUTHEASTERN  
OTOE...NORTHWESTERN RICHARDSON AND NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...  
 
AT 423 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM DUNBAR TO 4 MILES NORTH OF HUMBOLDT, MOVING EAST AT 25  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
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...  
NEBRASKA CITY, AUBURN, BROCK, JULIAN, STELLA AND PERU.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 17.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4065 9632 4080 9578 4058 9568 4059 9576  
4053 9577 4052 9570 4056 9568 4056 9567  
4052 9566 4051 9569 4047 9569 4046 9564  
4042 9566 4034 9562 4031 9566 4029 9556  
4014 9549 4010 9621  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 256DEG 23KT 4066 9602 4023 9596  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 
 
 
MEAD  
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