Nebraska Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/16/2026 20:37

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 10:37PM CDT until May 16 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 16, 2026 - 8:37pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2026 - 9:30pm
Description: 
SVRGID The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Hamilton County in south central Nebraska... Eastern Buffalo County in south central Nebraska... Southwestern Merrick County in central Nebraska... Southern Howard County in central Nebraska... Hall County in south central Nebraska... * Until 1130 PM CDT. * At 1037 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pleasanton to near Heartwell, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Automated Weather Station. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Gibbon, Shelton, and Poole around 1040 PM CDT. Wood River around 1050 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Cairo, Alda, Grand Island, Doniphan, Dannebrog, Phillips and St. Libory. This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 280 and 323.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Buffalo, NE; Hall, NE; Hamilton, NE; Howard, NE; Merrick, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Hastings NE
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov