Severe storms possible Friday for Omaha area

OUTSIDE IN THOSE LINES. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT HERE THIS MORNING. DAMP START. SOME OF US EVEN WAKING UP TO MORE THUNDERSTORMS. MORE SEVERE RISK HERE THIS MORNING. MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING. MAINLY AFTER 3 P.M. LET’S BEGIN RIGHT NOW WITH A LIVE LOOK COURTESY OF OUR CAMERA. EMBASSY SUITES LA VISTA. THIS IS I-80, NEAR GILES. LOW CLOUDS IN THE MIX. IT IS DREARY. YOU HEARD SAMANTHA SAY THOSE ROADS WET. 58 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. CLOUDY OUT AT EPPLEY. NORFOLK GETTING SOME RAIN. 5061. A BALMY START OUT IN MARYVILLE WITH THOSE WINDS RIGHT NOW OUT OF THE SOUTH. NOW, REGARDLESS OF OUR WINDS, WE ARE SEEING SOME FOG DEVELOP OUT WEST OF THE METRO. THE SPECIAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS DEVELOPING FOG. WE COULD WATCH THAT FALL VISIBILITY DOWN TO ABOUT A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. SO GIVE YOURSELF THAT EXTRA TIME ON TOP OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WE’RE SEEING HERE THIS MORNING. LIVE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE. GETTING THAT LIGHTNING OUR STORMS OUT INTO IOWA. NOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL IOWA CLOSER TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR. BUT A CLOSER LOOK UP NORTH AS WE HEAD OUT TOWARD WEST POINT ON INTO PARTS OF CUMING COUNTY, BURT COUNTY, MONONA COUNTIES STILL GETTING QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING, STEADY RAIN, AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL HERE AT TIMES. NOW THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE OUT THIS MORNING. WE’LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL BREAK IN THE ACTION BY LUNCH TODAY. BUT THOSE STORMS PICKING UP WITH SOME ATMOSPHERIC LIFT LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL, EVEN A FEW TORNADOES, SPIN UPS AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. AFTER 3 P.M. THERE’S WE’RE SEEING OUR SEVERE WEATHER ICONS NOW HEADING INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. TEMPERATURES PRIMARILY INTO THE 60S FEW OF US CLIPPING THE 70, BUT THAT WILL BE PRETTY SHORT LIVED. STORM PREDICTOR AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, GIVING US THAT LULL HERE ABOUT LUNCHTIME. CLOUDS STAYING WITH US. THAT COLD FRONT STARTS TO DEVELOP. WE’LL STOP IT HERE AT 330 AS THOSE STORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP ALONG THAT LINE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL WATCH THESE INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THIS IS 530 NOW IN TIME FOR YOUR DRIVE HOME. WATCH US CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE METRO, SHIFTING ON INTO PARTS OF WESTERN IOWA, CENTRAL IOWA BY 7 P.M., COMPLETELY OUT BY ABOUT NINE 10:00. NOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCREASED THAT ENHANCED RISK, SEEING THE CHANCE FOR UP TO TWO INCH SIZED HAIL, 75 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS, AND ISOLATED TORNADOES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER SOUTH OF THE METRO, BUT DOES INCLUDE OMAHA AGAIN. 3 P.M. THROUGH ABOUT 9 P.M. OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT WE’LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE SKIES STA