Recap on Thursday’s storms along with your forecast
Updated: 10:38 PM CDT Apr 17, 2025
NOW OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY WITH THE FORECAST. YOU TRUST. WELL, WHAT AN AFTERNOON AND EVENING FULL OF ACTIVE WEATHER. WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RECAP HERE OF WHAT ALL WENT DOWN. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY. WE ROLLED THIS BACK ABOUT SIX HOURS HERE. IT’S REALLY TWO CELLS THAT ENDED UP BEING STRONG. WE HAVE ONE THAT KIND OF BLOSSOMED OR BEGIN TO AROUND YORK. AND THAT WENT JUST SOUTH OF OMAHA. PRODUCED PROBABLY A TORNADO NEAR CASS COUNTY AND THEN OFF NEAR CRESTON, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE IT PRODUCED ANOTHER TORNADO. MAYBE KIND OF NEAR MILLS COUNTY, AS IT WENT OFF TO THE EAST. AND THEN THE NORTHERN HALF OF, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER CELL UP NEAR WASHINGTON COUNTY, WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE PRODUCED THE TORNADO UP NEAR FORT CALHOUN THAT SHIFTED OFF TO THE EAST. BOTH OF THESE ARE OUT OF OUR CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA, AT LEAST GETTING CLOSE. A LOT OF STORM REPORTS, A LOT OF HAIL REPORTS. WE TOLD YOU EARLIER TODAY, WE THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME BIG HAIL INSIDE SOME OF THESE STORMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. SO LOOK HERE IN OUR FORT CALHOUN. A LOT OF HAIL REPORTS, A COUPLE TORNADO REPORTS AS WELL. THESE ARE PROBABLY SMALLER. THIS IS PROBABLY SMALLER TORNADO. WE’RE TALKING MINIMAL DAMAGE FROM TORNADOES IN TERMS OF THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. THE SAME THING NEAR MURDAUGH. AND THEN AS THAT CELL KIND OF BLOSSOMED EVEN MORE AS IT GOT TOWARDS THURMAN TABOR, THIS IS WHERE IT COULD PRODUCE A STRONG TORNADO. ANOTHER REPORT NEAR ESSEX. THAT’S WHERE THIS THING COULD HAVE BEEN, A BIG, MAYBE EVEN WEDGE TORNADO. SO THAT WAS THE BIG ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT GET MORE REPORTS ON AS TIME GOES ON. BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT STAYED OUT OF THE WAY OF POPULATED AREAS, WHICH IF YOU’RE GOING TO GET A TORNADO, THAT’S HOW YOU WANT IT. TORNADO WATCH STILL OUT FOR SOME OF OUR EASTERNMOST COUNTIES, THIS IS SHIFTING ALMOST OUT OF OUR VIEWING AREA NEAR CRESTON. STILL PLAY SOME HAIL IN THERE. THAT’S WHY IT’S SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. MAYBE SOME GUSTY WINDS, BUT NO INDICATION OF A TORNADO RIGHT NOW AS IT MOVES IN TO A LESS. FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. CLEARED OUT A LITTLE BIT, ALL STORMS SHIFTING OFF TOWARDS DES MOINES OVERNIGHT. LOOK. MATT SERWE OF THE DAY. SO KIND OF A GRAY DAY OUTSIDE. OVERCAST THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE DAY. NOW WE’RE AT 6:00 AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. YOU YOU SEE CLOUDS BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE METEOR DAY IS GOING TO BE CLOUDY OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, A NORTH BREEZE NOW AS THE COLD FRONT’S ALREADY THROUGH. THAT’S WHY WE’RE AT 62 AND NORTH WIND AT 22MPH. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURES. YOU SEE, THE FURTHER BEHIND THE FRONT YOU GO, THE COOLER YOU GET WITH THE NORTH WIND BLOWING A LOT LONGER THERE IN NORFORK AT 51 DEGREES. BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TONIGHT. WE’LL CALL IT SEASONABLY COOL AS TEMPERATURES GO INTO THE UPPER 40S. OUTSIDE SOME LOWER 40S AREAS WHERE THEY GOT THE NORTH WIND LONGER, SAY YORK, COLUMBUS, NORFOLK WHERE THEY GET INTO THE LOWER 40S OUTSIDE. HOUR BY HOUR THROUGH YOUR AFTERNOON TOMORROW. PRETTY GREAT OUTSIDE. IT’S GOING TO BE OVERCAST THROUGH THE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING UP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S. OUTSIDE A NORTH WIND PRETTY GUSTY, ESPECIALLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. LATER IN THE DAY IT’S SUPPOSED TO TAPER OFF A LITTLE BIT. 57 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AGAIN. OVERCAST SKIES, WINDY, A DIFFERENT FEEL FROM WHAT WE HAD TODAY, WHERE TODAY WAS WARMER. TOMORROW GOING TO BE MORE GLOOMY AND COOLER OUTSIDE. SATURDAY A BIT MORE SUNSHINE, BUT WE’RE STILL IN THE LOWER 60S. SUNDAY OR EASTER SUNDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME WIDESPREAD RAIN. I DON’T THINK IT’S QUITE ENOUGH TO CANCEL, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS, BUT STAY TUNED IN TO FORECAST ANOTHER RAIN CHANCE ON TUESDAY. BUT BY THEN, TEMPERATURES WARM UP INT
Recap on Thursday’s storms along with your forecast
Updated: 10:38 PM CDT Apr 17, 2025
Omaha’s Weather Leader says the storms have passed and a quiet night is ahead in the forecast. Meteorologist Luke Vickery has the forecast you trust.
Omaha’s Weather Leader says the storms have passed and a quiet night is ahead in the forecast. Meteorologist Luke Vickery has the forecast you trust.
