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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Hastings, NE

May 15, 2026Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2026, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Fillmore County, NE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, May 15, 7:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 8:15 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	44 min
May 15, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	45 min
May 15, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	26 min
May 16, 2:55 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Webster	11 hr
May 16, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	51 min
May 16, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	46 min
May 16, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	40 min
May 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York	60 min
May 16, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	38 min
May 16, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	46 min
May 16, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard	50 min
May 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	51 min
May 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	47 min
May 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo	44 min
May 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Dawson	42 min
May 16, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	15 min
May 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	15 min
May 16, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	41 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Sherman	24 min
May 16, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	37 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo	50 min
May 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Dawson	49 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	51 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo	42 min
May 16, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Dawson	40 min
May 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	39 min
May 16, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	50 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.