Hundreds of OPPD customers without power as severe thunderstorms move through area
Updated: 5:39 PM CDT Apr 24, 2025
YOU TRUST LUKE? YEAH. QUANECIA. BILL, SO MUCH HEAVY RAINFALL WE’VE JUST SEEN OVER THE PAST HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF HERE. STILL A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INSIDE THE METROPOLITAN AREA. IT’S KIND OF MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF OMAHA, THOUGH. AND EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT IN OMAHA, IF YOU LIVE IN GRETNA JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF OMAHA, THERE’S A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN SALINE COUNTY IS NOW JUST BEEN DROPPED, SO YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF MODERATE RAINFALL THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE MAIN CELL WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT KIND OF MOVING UP NEAR CRESCENT, IOWA OR JUST EAST OF CRESCENT, IOWA, AS IT EXITED NORTH AND EAST OF COUNCIL BLUFFS. THAT’S WHERE WE’VE SEEN LARGER HAIL, A LOT OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ROTATION INSIDE THAT STORM AS WELL. AND THERE’S BEEN A MARGINAL RISK OUT FOR THIS EVENING. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SO UNFORTUNATE THE TRACK THAT STORMS ARE TAKING RIGHT NOW KIND OF MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF OMAHA AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF OUR VIEWING AREA RIGHT ALONG I-80. THAT’S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS HAVE TRACKED. AND THAT COLD FRONT IS KIND OF ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF BOOST. AND YOU CAN SEE CERTAINLY THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES, THE 50S TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST, 70 TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST, AND THE CONVERGENCE IN THE AIR AS WELL, KIND OF RIGHT OVER OMAHA, JUST KIND OF A POOR PLACE FOR THAT FRONT TO SET UP, WHICH IS ADD ADDED QUITE A BIT OF A BOOST TO SOME OF THESE STORMS, HELPED THEM STRENGTHEN TO WHAT THEY’VE BECOME. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERE WEATHER ICONS THROUGH 6:00 FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS NEAR US. ONCE WE GET LATER INTO THE EVENING, THINGS WILL TAPER DOWN QUITE A BIT. CLOUDS WILL BE LEFT OVER AND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A LITTLE BIT OVERNIGHT.
Hundreds of OPPD customers without power as severe thunderstorms move through area
Updated: 5:39 PM CDT Apr 24, 2025
Hundreds of Omaha Public Power District customers lost power as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area Thursday.As of 5:35 p.m., OPPD reports 170 customers without power in Douglas County, 749 in Cass County, 1 in Sarpy County and 1 in Washington County. Hail and strong winds hit the Omaha area as part of the storm, which included a tornado warning and a severe thunderstorm warning.Stay up to date with the latest impact weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
OMAHA, Neb. —Hundreds of Omaha Public Power District customers lost power as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area Thursday.
As of 5:35 p.m., OPPD reports 170 customers without power in Douglas County, 749 in Cass County, 1 in Sarpy County and 1 in Washington County.
Hail and strong winds hit the Omaha area as part of the storm, which included a tornado warning and a severe thunderstorm warning.
Stay up to date with the latest impact weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.
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