NWUS53 KOAX 192345 LSROAX Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 645 PM CDT Tue May 19 2026 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0719 PM Tornado 1 S Winnebago 42.22N 96.47W 05/17/2026 Thurston NE NWS Storm Survey An EF-1 tornado touched down west of Highway 77 and tracked northeast damaging trees and the roofs of homes. The tornado impacted locations near baseball fields on the south side of Highway 75. Damage to bleachers, signage, and the dugout occurred, and across the highway there was damage to grain bins and a large tree landed on a home. The tornado continued northeast and did minor damage to a large water tank and additional tree damage along D Avenue. 0755 PM Tornado 2 NNE Ashland 41.07N 96.36W 05/17/2026 Saunders NE NWS Storm Survey A tornado developed in an open field, snapping and throwing several large branches in a field. It then progressed east northeast to the Sandy Pointe lake area where it threw a dock approximately 100 yards, removed shingles from one house, and removed much of a roof from another house, throwing it approximately 80 yards away into the lake. Video suggests that the tornado ended to the northeast, with no damage to any vegetation along the Platte River. 0845 PM Tornado 2 SSW Plattsmouth 40.98N 95.91W 05/17/2026 Cass NE NWS Storm Survey An EF-1 tornado formed on the southwest side of Plattsmouth east of Highway 75. The tornado moved northeast and snapped several pine trees on the top of a small incline that had a house and several grain bins. One empty grain bin was destroyed. The tornado continued northeast, causing minor tree damage and light damage to some mobile homes. 0405 PM Tornado 4 NNE Elk Creek 40.34N 96.10W 05/18/2026 Johnson NE NWS Storm Survey A tornado developed in open fields near the intersection of 625 Avenue and 725 Road, and moved quickly east. The tornado damaged many trees, flipped pivots, and destroyed at least two large farm sheds. The damage along the track was somewhat sporadic at times, and this concentrated area of tornado damage was embedded within a much broader area of 60 to 80 mph winds in the downdraft regions of the parent thunderstorm. The peak width of the tornado was determined where it traveled through a long line of trees and gave evidence to the most intense focused zone of winds being approximately 200 yards wide. 0420 PM Tornado 3 W Auburn 40.39N 95.90W 05/18/2026 Nemaha NE NWS Storm Survey A tornado developed just south of Highway 136 and west of 636 Avenue, and moved east northeast to the area near Highway 136 and just east of 637 Avenue. This tornado caused sporadic tree damage and uprooting, and impacted two farms. At one farm, a large trailer was rolled approximately 50 yards and debris distributed downstream across a field. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and landed on a home. Another farm had a large shed destroyed with the debris field extending more than a half mile downstream. This tornado was embedded in a broad area of straight line downburst winds estimated at up to 95 mph, especially near and just south of the tornado track. 0427 PM Tornado 3 S Julian 40.47N 95.86W 05/18/2026 Nemaha NE NWS Storm Survey Video from broadcast media showed a small, rain-wrapped tornado moving generally eastward just south of Road 733A and Highway 75. Damage consisted of a small cluster of large downed tree branches, with estimated maximum winds of 80 mph. && $$