Severe thunderstorms possible for Omaha area Thursday

VIEW OUT FROM OUR CAMERA. METHODIST WOMEN’S HOSPITAL CLOUDS DARK OUT HERE IN THE OMAHA AREA, BUT STILL DRY HERE AT THE MOMENT. 80 LINCOLN 73 OMAHA 70. MARYVILLE AND ATLANTIC. THOSE WINDS STARTING TO GUST OUT OF THE SOUTH UP TO ABOUT 3035 MILES AN HOUR. YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR COLD FRONT STARTING TO MOVE THROUGH. WE’LL KEEP IT BREEZY HERE FOR THE AFTERNOON, BUT OUR STORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AGAIN A LITTLE SOON. OUT FOR SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES WEST OF THE OMAHA METRO. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK IN HERE. GET RID OF SOME OF THAT LIGHTNING WHERE WE DO HAVE OUR CURRENT SEVERE STORM THIS ON INTO DODGE COUNTY, IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 HERE TODAY. THIS NOW MOVING IN THROUGH THE WEBSTER AREA, MOVING INTO SCRIBNER HERE BEFORE TOO LONG. RULING. ALSO IN THE LINE OF THIS AND ARE ALSO GOING TO GET QUITE A BIT OF THIS LIGHTNING. NOW TAKING A CROSS VIEW HERE AT OUR 3D RADAR. SEE THE STORM HAS QUITE A BIT OF LIFT ON IT. SO OUR MAIN CONCERNS HERE WITH THIS WARNED AREA IS OUR HAIL RIGHT NOW UP TO ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER POSSIBLE 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS AND JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH. WE’RE ALSO SEEING SOME OF THAT UPWARD DEVELOPMENT. SO HAIL POSSIBLE TORNADO WATCH NOW ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI COUNTIES. INCLUDED IN THIS UNTIL 7 P.M. HERE THIS AFTERNOON INTO YOUR EVENING, SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 OR 2 TORNADOES. AND THOSE WOULD BE ABOUT EF ZERO, ONE AND TWO. ALSO, THE POTENTIAL FOR TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL THAT’S LARGER THAN WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING HERE THIS MORNING. AND 70 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. SO AGAIN, EASTERN NEBRASKA, WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI IN THIS TORNADO WATCH, INCLUDING THE OMAHA AND LINCOLN AREAS, UNTIL 7 P.M., WHERE WE’RE NOT IN OUR TORNADO WATCH, WE ARE STILL EXPECTING OUR GUSTY WINDS. WE JUST SAW THAT RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 1 P.M. TO 8 P.M. HERE TODAY. SO STORM PREDICTOR, AS WE TIME OUT, THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THESE STORMS ARE KICKING UP A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH THAN WE ANTICIPATED. BUT TIMING REALLY HAS NOT CHANGED TOO MUCH. AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR AFTERNOON FOR THE OMAHA AREA. STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE STORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND 2 P.M., QUICKLY RACING OFF TO THE EAST. AND THAT’S WHEN WE SEE OUR INTENSIFICATION JUST ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER ON INTO WESTERN IOWA, WHERE WE DO START TO SEE THESE CONVERGE AND CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A BOEING ACTION AS IT HEADS CLOSER TO THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AND AGAIN, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING THAT SHIFT FROM TORNADOES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL TO WINDS. IN FACT, NOW SEEING THAT ENHANCED RISK FOR THOSE WINDS INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE UP TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. SO SEVERAL WAYS TO RECEIVE WARNINGS AND ANY UPDATES AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A SEVERE WEATHER DAY ALREADY SEEING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP HERE FOR YOUR LUNCH HOUR. OTHERWISE, HIGHS IN THE 70S. LOOKING AHEAD TO T