Multiple rounds of severe storms bring tornadoes to southeastern Nebraska

FEMA. IN WASHINGTON, I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO LUKE, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB TODAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, IT WAS AN INTENSE DAY. WE HAD SO MANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE OMAHA AREA. IF YOU WERE IN OMAHA AND YOU THOUGHT, MAN, I JUST REALLY DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I GOT THE STORMS. I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST SOUTH OF YOU IN SOME PLACES, FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, THEY REALLY GOT HAMMERED. AND IT WASN’T JUST TODAY, IT WAS YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE THAT. AND THAT’S WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A FLASH FLOODING THREAT. THERE WERE SOME SPOTS. I MEAN, YOU ADD UP ALL THE RAINFALL SOUTH OF OMAHA, AN AREA LIKE BEATRICE, FALLS CITY OR MARYVILLE. YOU’RE TALKING INCHES. YOU’RE TALKING MAYBE NEAR EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST IN THE PAST THREE DAYS. SO THAT’S WHY THERE WAS A FLOOD. WATCH OUT. THAT’S THE GREEN SHADED COUNTIES. YOU LOOK AT THE RED, THAT’S WHERE THERE’S A FLASH FLOOD WARNING, I BELIEVE NOT PICTURED ON THIS MAP. THERE’S ACTUALLY A FLOOD ADVISORY THAT EXTENDS INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA THAT PROBABLY INCLUDES RICHARDSON, PAWNEE, NEMAHA JOHNSON COUNTIES AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS. THERE’S VULNERABLE SPOTS IN THOSE AREAS. IF YOU KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, YOU GOT TO BE SAFE. IF THERE’S PONDING, MAYBE NOT A GOOD DECISION TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE PAST 24 HOURS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE ORANGE SHADE, THAT’S 4 TO 5IN. THAT’S JUST TODAY. YESTERDAY THERE WAS A MASSIVE RAIN EVENT. THE DAY BEFORE WAS MORE MASSIVE RAIN. SO AGAIN, REALLY BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE AREAS FOR PONDING AND WATER COVERED ROADS. BUT THERE’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE THE CLOUDS STILL LOOKING DARK. BUT AGAIN, WE’RE DONE WITH SEVERE WEATHER. WE’RE MUCH COOLER. AIR IS MUCH MORE STABLE, 57 DEGREES, AND THE NORTH WIND AT 17MPH. SO THIS IS ALL RAIN COOLED AIR HERE. TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S FOR NORFOLK AND COLUMBUS. TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 60S FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA, MARYVILLE AND FALLS CITY. AND THAT’S WHERE THE STORMS ARE RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY WILL COOL EVEN MORE WITH THE RAIN COOLED AIR OUTSIDE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS, A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES, BUT MOST OF THE RAINFALL IS NOW PRESSING EAST OF OUR AREA. I’M SURE DES MOINES KCCI, OUR SISTER STATION, PROBABLY A WALL TO WALL COVERAGE FOR MAYBE SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. BUT AGAIN, IT’S MOVING OUT OF OUR AREA. YOU SEE THE CLEARING SKIES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. EVENTUALLY WE MAY GET THAT OVERNIGHT AND MORE SO INTO TOMORROW. SO HERE’S THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE FRONT CONTINUING TO PUSH THE STORMS OFF TO THE EAST. NO RAIN FOR US ANYMORE. AND AGAIN, YOU SEE THE CLEARING SKIES OUT WEST. WE WILL GET SOME OF THOSE CLEARING SKIES ONCE WE GET TO TUESDAY AROUND MIDDAY. SO YOU WAKE UP WITH CLOUDS AND THEN YOU FINISH OFF THE DAY WITH SUN. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BREEZY, PROBABLY IN THE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT HIGH PRESSURE TAKING OVER LATER IN THE DAY. THAT SHOULD CALM THE WINDS DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO TUESDAY, MUCH COOLER DAY, 60 DEGREES, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE. IT WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE NORTH WIND AT 10 TO 25MPH. PROBABLY FEELING PRETTY CHILLY ON TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER CHILLIER DAY WE’LL SAY. I MEAN, IT’S SPRING, SO I GUESS WE CAN CALL 60S, LOW 60S, MAYBE CHILLY, 62 WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE WIND IS A LITTLE BIT CALMER THERE ON WEDNESDAY, SO MAYBE WEDNESDAY FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE. WE DO HAVE TWO IMPACT WEATHER DAYS IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. NO SEVERE WEATHER DAYS. SO WE DON’T EXPECT ANY SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THE 60S, SO BELOW AVERAGE. AND AGAIN, THE IMPACT WEATHER JUST FOR THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS SATURDAY, SUNDAY THAT’S NEXT WEEKEND. WE LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER 70 TO 80. SATURDAY, SUNDAY MONDAY 85 DEGREES. THE FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES. SO THINGS WILL START LOOKING BETTER HERE WHERE WE LIKE IT, WHICH IS ON THE WEEKEND. SO WE’LL WAIT FOR THAT COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. BUT FOR NOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT COOLER. WE NEED A LITTLE BREAK. WE DO. WE NEED YOU GUYS COULD USE A BREAK.