Severe storms knock out power to hundreds Wednesday evening (2024)

COVERAGE FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER KETV NEWS WATCH SEVEN. AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NBA FINALS, YOU ALREADY KNOW OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER HAS BEEN TRACKING SEVERE WEATHER IN THE METRO. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY, I’M JULIE CORNELL. PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA HAVE BEEN UNDER A TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS. WEATHER NOW CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BILL RANDBY IS LIVE WITH WHERE THE THREAT REMAINS RIGHT NOW. BILL, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, IT’S STILL ONGOING. THIS SEVERE STORM JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA, NOW AROUND PLATTSMOUTH AND GLENWOOD, YOU SEE THE ACTIVE LIGHTNING OCCURRING WITH OUR CAMERA THERE AT 72ND AND 370 LOOKING OFF TO THE EAST. THAT IS FROM THE COBALT CREDIT UNION HERE IN THE OMAHA METRO. AGAIN, THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTHEASTWARD. IT IS 75 DEGREES. GOT A SOUTH BREEZE BLOWING AT 21 MILES AN HOUR, AND THE DEW POINT IS 71. SO THERE’S A LOT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THE STORM WITH THE HAIL. CONTINUES TO WORK DOWN SOUTH OF BELLEVUE NOW AND NEAR AND EAST OF PLATTSMOUTH INTO MILLS COUNTY. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ON THAT AGAIN UNTIL 1030, INCLUDING MILLS COUNTY, FREMONT COUNTY, DEVASTATING HAIL ACROSS THE OMAHA METRO. MANY, MANY, MANY REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL. THERE GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF HOMES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REROOFED, AND HUNDREDS OF CARS THAT PROBABLY HAVE TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF HAIL DAMAGE. HOT DAY COMING THURSDAY, THEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MORE STORM CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY, WHERE IT HASN’T RAINED FREMONT LINCOLN PLATTSMOUTH AIRPORT, WHICH IS SOUTH OF TOWN, STILL 8386 DEGREES. SEE THE OUTFLOW WINDS IN OMAHA OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 36 MILES AN HOUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. AGAIN, THERE’S LIVE DUAL POLL SUPER DOPPLER SEVEN RADAR WITH THE STORM TRACKING SOUTHWARD, AND THEY PUT OUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE WELL, TWO THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY THE ONE AROUND ONAWA AND THEN THE ONE THAT CAME ACROSS THE OMAHA METRO. THERE’S THE 12 HOUR AS THIS MOVES OUT, TEMPERATURES WILL STEADY OUT IN THE 70S. OVERNIGHT NIGHT. AND I STILL THINK A VERY HOT DAY IS ON THE WAY AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY. ROBIN. JULIE. THANK YOU BILL. WELL, AT THIS HOUR, 700 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER IN DOUGLAS COUNTY FOLLOWING THAT DAMAGING HAIL. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADDIE AUGUSTINE WALKS US THROUGH WHAT ALL YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH TONIGHT. MADDIE. WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM MANY OF YOU ALL NIGHT AS WE’VE TRACKED THE STORM THROUGH THE METRO. AND WHILE WE MAY HAVE INTERRUPTED SOME OF YOU WATCHING GAME THREE OF THE NBA FINALS, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM THIS STORM CELL. HAIL COVERED FRONT YARDS IN BLAIR, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE THE GRASS UNDERNEATH AND MOVING FURTHER INTO THE METRO. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SHOT FROM 90TH AND DODGE A GREAT LOOK AT THIS SYSTEM. WITH THE SUNSET JUST ON THE HORIZON AND MORE HAIL TAKING OVER PARTS OF OMAHA ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL FALLING NEAR 52ND AND EMMETT JUST A FEW BLOCKS FURTHER HAIL BUSTING THIS FAMILY’S WINDOW. AND RIGHT HERE AT BURLINGTON STATION, WE HEARD THAT HAIL FALLING SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN SIZE, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF IT. AND LIKE BILL SAID, THIS STORM HAS STARTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE METRO. BUT PLENTY ARE FEELING THE IMPACT IT MADE WITH HAIL, LARGER THAN A GOLF BALL IN SOME AREAS, AND HUNDREDS NOW WITHOUT POWER, MORE STORM UPDATES AND IMPACT