BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley Nebraska
825 PM CDT Sun May 17 2026
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Sarpy County in east central Nebraska...
Eastern Douglas County in east central Nebraska...
Southeastern Saunders County in east central Nebraska...
Cass County in southeastern Nebraska...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 824 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Ithaca to 3 miles southeast of
Ashland to Elmwood, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported 70 mph wind gusts near
Waverly with this storm.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Gretna, Louisville, and Murdock around 830 PM CDT.
Omaha, Springfield, Cedar Creek, Chalco, Wehrspann Lake, Prairie
Queen Recreation Area, and Zorinsky Lake around 835 PM CDT.
Papillion, Boys Town, Millard, La Vista, and Walnut Creek
Recreation Area around 840 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Bellevue, Ralston, Offutt AFB, Aksarben, South Omaha, western Council
Bluffs, Plattsmouth, Midtown, Benson, Carter Lake, Eppley Airfield
and Florence.
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.
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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 0124Z 237DEG 44KT 4111 9643 4100 9633 4085 9630
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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