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Quiet Thursday night, showers and storms back this weekend

Showers and storms back this weekend

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Quiet Thursday night, showers and storms back this weekend

Showers and storms back this weekend

METEOROLOGIST LUKE VICKERY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. WELL, THE STORMS ARE DONE FOR TODAY AND WE’RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO A BETTER WEATHER DAY TOMORROW. NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR YOUR FRIDAY. IT WILL BE SUNNY OUTSIDE AND SEASONAL WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPERATURES. WE’LL GET INTO THE UPPER 60S OUTSIDE, WHICH IS PRETTY NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SATURDAY WILL BE AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD RAIN. IT’S GOING TO BE INTERMITTENT RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO IF YOU WANT A RAIN JACKET, MAYBE THAT’S YOUR DAY TO DO SO. AND EVEN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, A BETTER DAY FOR AN UMBRELLA. THAT’S ANOTHER IMPACT. WEATHER DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SO LET’S LOOK AT RADAR. NOW. I WANT TO KIND OF REWIND SHOW YOU THE STORMS WE HAD EARLIER TODAY THAT LASTED INTO THE EVENING. SO THEY STARTED TO GET GOING HERE IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. BUT AS THEY PASSED IN ACROSS THE RIVER INTO IOWA, I SHOULD SAY THAT’S WHEN THEY REALLY GOT GOING. AND IT WAS MORE OF A STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT. AND WE GOT MANY HAIL REPORTS. THERE WERE TORNADO REPORTS. BURT COUNTY UP INTO MONONA COUNTY. WE HAD ANOTHER TORNADO KIND OF IN FREMONT COUNTY. AND WE DID HAVE ONE CONFIRMED TORNADO WARNING. KIND OF IN BETWEEN AUDUBON AND CARROLL COUNTY, IOWA. SO THERE WAS KIND OF AN ALL HAZARDS TYPE DAY. WE JUST GOT A LOT OF HAIL REPORTS WITH THESE STORMS. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WHEN THEY STARTED GOING AND THEY KIND OF FILLED INTO THAT LINE IN WESTERN IOWA, THAT’S WHERE WE GOT THE MAJORITY OF THE RAIN. SO OMAHA ACTUALLY GOT LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH. AND MOST LOCATIONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA GOT EVEN LESS MOISTURE THAN THAT. BUT WE’LL TAKE IT. MUCH NEEDED RAIN HERE. THERE’S A LOOK, THE FLAG HARDLY BLOWING THERE. TURNER PARK, 60 DEGREES NORTHWEST WIND IS BLOWING AT 14MPH. SO A LITTLE BREEZY LATE THIS EVENING. HERE’S YOUR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT CHILLY OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT. IT WON’T BE THE 60S YOU WOKE UP TO THIS MORNING. WE’LL GO INTO THE MID 40S TO WAKE UP TO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT WE’LL HAVE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE DAY, A BIT OF A BREEZE AND TEMPERATURES WILL LOOK NICE. 67 IN THE AFTERNOON. NOT AS WARM AS WE WERE TODAY OR THE DAY BEFORE OR THE DAY BEFORE THAT. BUT WE’LL HAVE THE SUNSHINE AND THE WINDS WON’T BE TOO BAD. SO GOOD DAY TO BE OUTSIDE FOR YOUR FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY AGAIN. INTERMITTENT SHOWERS. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD. YOU CAN HAVE THE UMBRELLA IN THE CAR IF YOU NEED IT, BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO NEED IT ALL DAY. SO LET’S WALK THROUGH SATURDAY HERE ON STORM PREDICTOR. CLOUDS WILL FILL IN THROUGH THE DAY. SO CLOUDS MORE THAN ANYTHING IN EASTERN NEBRASKA, YOU’LL HAVE SPOTTY AND INTERMITTENT SHOWERS, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER IN THERE. I THINK THAT’S MORE THAN LIKELY. THERE’S LATER IN THE DAY, SATURDAY AT 7:00, CLOUDS CLEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CLOUDS FILL BACK IN. BY SUNDAY. THERE’S SUNDAY MORNING CHURCH SERVICE, CLOUDY SKIES, MAYBE RAIN, THOUGH, AND WE’LL WATCH FOR RAIN TO MOVE IN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS COULD BE MORE RUMBLES OF THUNDER. AND THIS COMPUTER MODEL HAS HAD LESS COVERAGE THAN MANY OF OUR COMPUTER MODELS. JUST BECAUSE THAT DOESN’T SHOW RAIN OVER YOUR AREA ON SUNDAY, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET IT. I THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH SUNDAY AND CERTAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVEN INTO MONDAY MORNING. IT WILL CLEAR OUT THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. SO MONDAY IS NOT A WASHOUT AND REALLY NEITHER SUNDAY AND SATURDAY EITHER. YOU’LL FIND SOME DRY TIME IN THERE AS WELL. BUT SUNDAY WILL BE THE DAY THAT WE PROBABLY SEE THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF RAIN. AND NOTICE HOW TEMPERATURES A LITTLE COOLER THROUGH THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE’RE TALKING TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S, PROBABLY NOT REACHING THE 70S ANY ONE OF THESE DAYS. BUT HEY, IT’S SPRINGTIME. AND THIS IS MORE CONSISTENT WHEN IT COMES TO TEMPERAT

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Quiet Thursday night, showers and storms back this weekend

Showers and storms back this weekend

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Updated: 10:52 PM CDT Apr 23, 2026

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Storms done in Omaha area tonight. We look ahead to a seasonable and dry Friday and more rain chances to come this weekend in the forecast you trust.With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.

Storms done in Omaha area tonight. We look ahead to a seasonable and dry Friday and more rain chances to come this weekend in the forecast you trust.

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With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.

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Omaha, US
4:21 pm, Apr 24, 2026
temperature icon 64°F
Sunny
37 %
1012 mb
7 mph
Wind Gust 8 mph
Clouds 0%
Visibility 10 mi
Sunrise 6:30 am
Sunset 8:14 pm

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