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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, NE — May 17, 2026

NWS GID · ETN 4 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office GID issued a tornado warning at 21:36 UTC on May 17, 2026. The warning was in effect for 39 minutes, ending at May 17, 2026 22:15 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 41.01, -98.66, moving east-northeast at about 37 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 NNE Cairo Hall, NE UNK (GID)
2 W Saint Libory Howard, NE UNK (GID)
4N Saint Libory Howard, NE UNK (GID)
4 N Saint Libory Howard, NE UNK Damage to structures reported. (GID)
7 N Saint Libory Howard, NE UNK (GID)
3 NW Archer Merrick, NE UNK Brief EF-0 tornado near the intersection of Hwy 92 and 7th Road NW of Archer per official damage survey... RaXPol radar analysis... and chaser video. (GID)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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