Omaha weather: severe storms, flood potential Saturday night
EFFORTS NOW GET UNDERWAY, BEGINNING WITH A LIVE LOOK OUT FROM OUR CAMERA AT METHODIST WOMEN’S HOSPITAL. NOT SEEING MUCH DAMAGE HERE FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, BUT SEEING DAMAGE AND HEARING REPORTS OF QUITE A BIT OF TREE DAMAGE. BENNINGTON AND ELKHORN HERE THIS MORNING. STILL MOSTLY CLOUDY, TRACKING A FEW SHOWERS OUT IN THE VICINITY. MUST HAVE LOST POWER FOR SOME OF US IN LINCOLN. TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S THIS MORNING. ATLANTIC GETTING RAIN AND STILL A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES OUT THERE INTO NORTHERN GAGE INTO CENTRAL LANCASTER COUNTY. STILL STORMING IN LINCOLN, STILL AGAIN, NOT QUITE DONE WITH STORMS IN GENERAL AND RAIN IN GENERAL, BUT OUR SEVERE THREAT THIS MORNING. NOW OVER HERE AT HOME WHERE WE ARE SEEING CLEANUP EFFORTS NOW UNDERWAY. AND WE DO HAVE REPORTS AND GETTING THOSE CONFIRMED OF A FEW INJURIES WITH THIS MORNING’S STORMS, WE ARE STILL GETTING THAT RAIN AGAIN. JUST STAY INDOORS, LET FOLKS DO THEIR WORK. FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY, SEEING A FLOOD ADVISORY ADVISORY FROM SEWARD UP THROUGH HARRISON COUNTY, WHERE WE GOT ABOUT 3 TO 5IN OF RAIN. NOW, STORM PREDICTOR FOR THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY. BRIEF BREAK HERE IN THE AFTERNOON. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THAT SEVERE WEATHER DAY WITH US BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DAMAGE WE’VE RECEIVED THIS MORNING. OUR POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT DOES INCLUDE THE OMAHA METRO, BUT ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-80. IT’S GOING TO BE HARD HIT ON SOME OF THESE AREAS NOW. DON’T WANT ANYONE TO GET SEVERE WEATHER, BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE MOST OF OUR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SOUTH OF I-80, WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGE WE’VE RECEIVED THIS MORNING ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF I-80. SO AS WE HEAD OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING, SEEING A SLIGHT MARGINAL RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, A 70 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS, INCH AND A HALF SIZED HAIL. ALSO SOMETHING WE’RE WATCHING FOR ITS FLOODING THAT WE’RE REALLY GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON FOR YOUR SUNDAY MORNING. SEEING THAT HEAVIEST POTENTIAL INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI, FAR SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. AND THAT’S OUR IOWA, NEBRASKA, SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. SEEING A FLOOD WATCH 7:00 TODAY TO 4 A.M. MONDAY HERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE MID 80S, THOUGH, FEELING LIKE THE LOWER 90S. YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. IMPACT WEATHER FOR YOUR SUNDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE OF LINGERING SHOWERS A
Destructive thunderstorms early Saturday morning brought widespread damage, power outages and injuries to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Some communities saw heavy rain and flash flooding, as well. Another round of heavy rain and potential severe weather is possible overnight Saturday into early Sunday morning. Omaha’s Weather Leader has declared Saturday as a severe weather day. Storms appear most likely after 11 p.m. Saturday through 4 a.m. Sunday, primarily along and south of Interstate 80. The Storm Prediction Center has placed a slight to marginal risk for a couple severe thunderstorms overnight in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. 70 mph wind gusts, 1.5 inch hail, an isolated, brief tornado and flash flooding are possible. The Weather Prediction Center has placed a moderate to marginal risk for heavy rain and flooding for eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and northwest Missouri Saturday night into Sunday.Stay up to date with the latest weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
OMAHA, Neb. —Destructive thunderstorms early Saturday morning brought widespread damage, power outages and injuries to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Some communities saw heavy rain and flash flooding, as well. Another round of heavy rain and potential severe weather is possible overnight Saturday into early Sunday morning.
Omaha’s Weather Leader has declared Saturday as a severe weather day. Storms appear most likely after 11 p.m. Saturday through 4 a.m. Sunday, primarily along and south of Interstate 80.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed a slight to marginal risk for a couple severe thunderstorms overnight in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. 70 mph wind gusts, 1.5 inch hail, an isolated, brief tornado and flash flooding are possible.
The Weather Prediction Center has placed a moderate to marginal risk for heavy rain and flooding for eastern Nebraska, western Iowa and northwest Missouri Saturday night into Sunday.
Stay up to date with the latest weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.
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