Nebraska Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 17:31

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 7:31PM CDT until May 17 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 5:31pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
SVROAX The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Sarpy County in east central Nebraska... Northeastern Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska... Southeastern Douglas County in east central Nebraska... Southeastern Saunders County in east central Nebraska... Northern Cass County in southeastern Nebraska... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over northeastern Lincoln, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Emergency management. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Northeastern Lincoln and Waverly around 735 PM CDT. Greenwood around 745 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Ashland, Gretna, Springfield, Wehrspann Lake, Papillion, La Vista, Chalco, Prairie Queen Recreation Area, Walnut Creek Recreation Area, southern Omaha, Bellevue, Ralston, South Omaha, Offutt AFB and Aksarben. 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 29 near mile marker 58. Interstate 80 in Iowa near mile marker 1. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 397 and 454.
Instruction: 
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.
Area Description: 
Cass, NE; Douglas, NE; Lancaster, NE; Sarpy, NE; Saunders, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov