Severe weather possible Friday for Omaha-area
Updated: 5:57 AM CDT Mar 14, 2025
LIGHTNING COULD HELP START A FEW NEW FIRES BEGINNING THIS MORNING WITH A LIVE LOOK. HIGHWAY 370 72ND STREET FROM OUR CAMERA AT THE COBALT CREDIT UNION. CLEAR SKIES RIGHT NOW, BUT VERY WARM. ALREADY BREEZY. 57 CURRENTLY OMAHA. 48 NORFOLK. OUR COLD SPOT ON THE BOARD. STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. 58 THIS MORNING IN LINCOLN WITH WINDS SUSTAINED OUT OF THE SOUTH. ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. GETTING THOSE GUSTS ALREADY UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AND THOSE WILL INCREASE FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE-MINUTE ADVANTAGE. STILL PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE. THAT WILL CHANGE INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGHOUT YOUR AFTERNOON AS THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER TO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS, STORM CHANCES INCREASE TO HERE THIS AFTERNOON, 77 OMAHA LINK A NORFOLK 76 LINCOLN, 74 ATLANTIC AND CARROLL ALREADY SEEING A WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. 1:00 TO 7:00 TODAY. GUSTS 45 MILES AN HOUR. STARTING AT 10:00 TONIGHT UNTIL 1:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HIGH WIND WARNING OUT WEST. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AND EXPECTING SOME SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. COULD EVEN SEE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON TO 8:00 TONIGHT AS DISCUSSED, EXTREME FIRE DANGER OUT THERE. BUT ALL OF US ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER, CLOUDS INCREASING AFTER MAINLY 3:00. WE’LL WATCH A FEW OF THESE STORMS BUBBLE UP NOW IN THE MOST RECENT MODEL RUNS. FORECAST. NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE WITH SOME OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. AGAIN, AFTER ABOUT THREE MOVING OUT AFTER SIX, ANY OF THOSE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD QUICKLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT COULD TRANSITION TO SNOW BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. BUT THAT LOOKING TO MAINLY STAY OUT OF OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT SEVERE POTENTIAL. SEEING A MODERATE RISK INTO CENTRAL IOWA. OMAHA LINCOLN INCLUDED HERE IN THIS ENHANCED RISK. NOW, SEEING ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP 80 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE, PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL. AND THOUGH UNLIKELY, AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE HERE. THIS AFTERNOON. AGAIN, 3 TO 6 P.M. THAT IS THE DRIVE HOME THAT IS SCHOOL PICK UP TIME. SEVERE ICONS HERE FOR TODAY. WITH THE THREAT OF STORMS AND THAT INCREASED FIRE DANGER BY TOMORROW. GUSTS 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. STAYING WINDY. CHILLY THOUGH A HIGH OF 46. TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING IN TIME FOR SAINT PATRICK’S D
Severe weather possible Friday for Omaha-area
Updated: 5:57 AM CDT Mar 14, 2025
