Nebraska Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/16/2026 21:46

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 11:46PM CDT until May 17 at 12:45AM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 16, 2026 - 9:46pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2026 - 10:45pm
Description: 
SVROAX The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Johnson County in southeastern Nebraska... Southeastern Jefferson County in southeastern Nebraska... Pawnee County in southeastern Nebraska... Southern Gage County in southeastern Nebraska... * Until 1245 AM CDT. * At 1146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles southwest of Steele City, or 10 miles southeast of Fairbury, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter 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. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Steele City around 1150 PM CDT. Odell around 1200 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Barneston, Liberty, Summerfield and Pawnee City.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Johnson, NE; Pawnee, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov