Chance for strong to severe storms Tuesday evening, night in Omaha area (2025)

METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY WITH THE FORECAST. YOU TRUST WE’RE STARTING TO GET TO THAT TIME NOW WHERE WE’RE EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TO START ENTERING THE CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA. WE’VE GOT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH, THE PINK SHADED COUNTIES THAT GOES UNTIL 3 A.M. TONIGHT. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT RADAR AND SATELLITE. A LOT TO UNPACK HERE. SO WE HAVE THESE STORMS ALREADY IN THE CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA THAT HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL, SOME GUSTY WINDS IN THERE. ALSO THIS BEHIND THE THE CHANNEL SEVEN VIEWING AREA FOR THE WEST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THAT’S ON ITS WAY. AND THEN ALSO A COMPLEX OF STORMS DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. YOU SEE SOME TORNADO WARNINGS DOWN HEE IN CENTRAL NORTHERN KANSAS. BY THE TIME THAT STUFF GETS HERE, MAYBE INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, NOT QUITE AS A CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT. THE DEW POINTS QUITE A BIT LOWER. SO THOSE SHOULD START TO FIZZLE OUT. BUT LET’S GO INTO THESE. HERE’S ONE NEAR POLK COUNTY KIND OF GETTING INTO COLFAX COUNTY HERE JUST EAST OF COLUMBUS. THAT’S THE ONE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL ON IT THAT WILL CONTINUE TRAVERSING EAST OR EASTWARD, BUT ALL THE CONVECTION NORTH OF THAT NOT SEVERE. THAT’S JUST SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAYBE A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. THEN THERE’S THIS THAT IS JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE VIEWING AREA THAT’S GOING TO ENTER INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY HERE MOMENTARILY. YOU’LL GET SOME GOOD LIGHTNING STRIKES, SOME GUSTY WINDS, A LOT OF RAIN, AND SOME HAIL FROM THAT AS WELL. BUT THE TORNADO POTENTIAL WITH ALL OF THESE STORMS IS VERY LOW. SO HERE’S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. HERE’S 9:00. YOU CAN SEE THESE STORMS STARTING TO GET NEAR OMAHA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF OMAHA MIGHT GET CLIPPED BY SOME OF THESE STORMS. SO IF YOU LOOK NORTH, YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE A GOOD AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM THIS AS IT GOES BY. AND THEN OUT WEST, THESE STORMS, COLUMBUS AND NORFOLK WILL GET SOME GOOD RUMBLES OF THUNDER THAT COULD BE SEVERE. WARNED BY THE TIME IT GETS HERE, AND THEN BEATRICE JUST EAST OF LINCOLN, KIND OF UP INTO OTOE COUNTY. WE EXPECT STORMS BY 10:00. ALL OF THAT SHIFTS EAST. BY MIDNIGHT. WE’RE LOOKING DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST, FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI, SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA, GETTING THE BRUNT OF THE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. I’M SURE THERE WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN THERE AS WELL. AND THEN ALL OF THIS KIND OF FILLS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE. AROUND 2 A.M., THAT’S WHEN OMAHA MAY GET A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER BY THIS, BUT BY 4 A.M., MOST OF THE OR THE MEAT OF THIS STORM IS OUT OF HERE AND WE MAY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERNIGHT. AND THEN MAYBE A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER EVEN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW. BUT BY THE NOON HOUR, EVERYTHING IS DONE AND WE’RE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP AND WE’LL EVENTUALLY GET CLEARING SKIES. SO RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE, THINGS ARE CALM AND QUIET. IF YOU’RE IN OMAHA, WE’RE AT 54 DEGREES. STILL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY OUTSIDE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 14MPH. LINCOLN’S AT 5654 TEKAMAH YOU SEE THE 40S UP NORTH. IT’S REALLY NOT A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IT’S JUST TOO COOL UP THERE. AND THEN WE ALL HAVE THE SOUTHEAST BREEZE AT AROUND 15 TO 20MPH. THAT’S GUSTING UP NEAR 25 AND 30MPH. SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT. IT WAS GUSTIER A FEW HOURS AGO, SAY THREE FOUR HOURS AGO. AND THEN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. I THINK ANYONE IF YOU LOOKED OUTSIDE, YOU’LL SEE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. BUT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS ALL NIGHT. SPECIFICALLY NORTH OF I-80. YOU PROBABLY WON’T GET ANY RUMBLES OF THUNDER RIGHT OVER YOU, AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S AROUND THAT TIME. NOW, TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SOME OF US MAY GET INTO THE LOWER 60S, A LOT OF UPPER 50S ON THE BOARD AS WELL, DECREASING CLOUDS. IT WILL BE KIND OF BREEZY FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW. STILL AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER YOU MIGHT GET EARLY IN THE DAY. NOW, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY, THE BREEZE REALLY CALMS DOWN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S, SOME SUNSHINE AND THEN FRIDAY IS OUR NEXT IMPACT WEATHER DAY FOR A FEW SHOWERS ROLLING THROUGH. THOSE DON’T LOOK SEVERE. THE BIGGEST THING WE’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM