Thursday evening's storm knocks out power to thousands of OPPD customers
Thursday evening’s storm knocks out power to thousands of OPPD customers
Updated: 6:13 PM CDT Apr 17, 2025
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M QUANECIA FRASER BILL SCHAMMERT. TODAY IS A SEVERE WEATHER DAY. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. LET’S JOIN METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY, WHO’S LIVE LUKE. JUST SECONDS AGO. RIGHT. THE OMAHA METRO PUT IN A WATCH. YEAH, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, BILL QUANECIA. YOU SEE THE YELLOW SHADE BEHIND ME? THAT IS A TORNADO WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOW THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. SO THERE’S THE POSSIBILITY A STORM GETS GOING. REALLY STRENGTHENS UP ALONG THAT COLD FRONT. AND THERE’S A LOT OF WIND SHEAR IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW, MEANING THE WINDS ARE CHANGING WITH SPEED AND DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT. SO THAT CAN CAUSE SOME TORNADOES TO FORM. SO WE’LL WATCH THAT CLOSELY. BUT I STILL THINK THE BIGGEST THREAT HERE IS GOING TO BE LARGE HAIL AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING HOURS ALONG THAT COLD FRONT, YOU SEE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS US IN THAT THREE OUT OF FIVE ENHANCED RISK, NOT REALLY MANY STORMS FOR US RIGHT NOW. YOU LOOK JUST WEST OF YORK. THERE’S A LITTLE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNED JUST FOR HAIL. IT IS NOW NOT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNED AS IT HAS MOVED BEHIND THE COLD FRONTS. A BROAD VIEW THERE. YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE THE COLD FRONT MIGHT BE AS IT’S KIND OF RIGHT WHERE THAT LITTLE STORM HAS FORMED. JUST THE EAST OF KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP WHERE YOU SEE THAT PINK AREA WHERE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NORTH OF THE CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW LOWER 80, SOME UPPER 70S ON THE BOARD. LINCOLN IS THE WARM SPOT AT 87 DEGREES. IF YOU’RE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THERE, THERE’S MORE CLOUD COVER, SO SLIGHTLY COOLER. SEVERE WEATHER IMPACT ICONS FROM 6 TO 8:00. THAT’S WHERE WE THINK THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM. BUT MODELS HINTING THAT MOST STORMS WILL ACTUALLY BE NORTH OF OMAHA OVERNIGHT. EVERYTHING CLEARS OUT. TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. PRETTY SEASONABLY COOL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO WE’RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS ON STORM PREDICTOR, GIVE YOU A DETAILED LOOK. IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COULD SEE SEVE
Thursday evening’s storm knocks out power to thousands of OPPD customers
Updated: 6:13 PM CDT Apr 17, 2025
The National Weather Service has issued tornado watches and warnings in multiple counties throughout Nebraska and Iowa.The storm has knocked out power to thousands of OPPD customers.As of 6:00 p.m., the following counties are experiencing power outages:Dodge: 1,530Douglas: 2Saunders: 417Colfax: 305Click here to stay up to date on OPPD’s power outages.Stay up to date with the latest severe weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
The National Weather Service has issued tornado watches and warnings in multiple counties throughout Nebraska and Iowa.
The storm has knocked out power to thousands of OPPD customers.
As of 6:00 p.m., the following counties are experiencing power outages:
- Dodge: 1,530
- Douglas: 2
- Saunders: 417
- Colfax: 305
Click here to stay up to date on OPPD’s power outages.
Stay up to date with the latest severe weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.
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