Strong to severe storms possible for Omaha area Friday afternoon

OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. NOW FROM OMAHA’S WEATHER LEADER METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY. WITH THE ACCURATE FORECAST, YOU CAN TRUST. IT’S ABOUT 1215 HERE ON YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, STARTING WITH A LIVE LOOK FROM 72ND AND CROWN POINT. OUR COLD FRONT HERE ON OUR DOORSTEP AND THOSE TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS ARE DROPPING VERY, VERY QUICKLY. LOOK AT THIS TEMPERATURE SPREAD 71 RIGHT NOW IN OMAHA. 72 LINCOLN, 33 NORFOLK AND I-64. STILL SOME TIME TO WARM UP OVER IN ATLANTIC. DEUEL PULSE SUPER DOPPLER WITH OUR THREE MINUTE ADVANTAGE HERE IS THAT COLD FRONT RIGHT HERE. STARTING TO MOVE DOWN. WE STILL HAVE THOSE GUSTY WINDS BUT DRY HERE RIGHT NOW. NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE NORTHWARD OF THAT ENHANCED RISK. SO LET’S BREAK DOWN THESE THREATS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US IN DIFFERENT AREAS HERE ON THE DOT THAT IS OMAHA. YOU CAN SEE OUR ELEVATED RISK FOR TORNADOES STAYING MAINLY SOUTH OF OMAHA, NOW FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST MISSOURI, EVEN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. AS THAT RISK FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. OUR GREATEST RISK FOR NEARLY ALL OF US IS GOING TO BE THAT HAIL ENHANCED RISK ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH OMAHA AND LINCOLN. AND WITH THAT SIGNIFICANT HATCH MARK, WE’RE LOOKING FOR HAIL UP TO ABOUT TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. THAT’S ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN EGG OR A LIME. WINDS ALSO COULD PICK UP TO 75 MILES AN HOUR, ESPECIALLY AS THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT PROGRESSES. COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF BOWING ON SOME OF THESE STORMS. SO AS WE HEAD INTO STORM PREDICTOR THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY, AGAIN, TIMING NOT CHANGED ALL TOO MUCH. HERE’S 330. AND SINCE WE LAST SPOKE THIS NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE, WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS BEGINNING TO FIRE UP. STILL LOOKS LIKE FOR THE OMAHA METRO, THIS WILL MOVE IN AROUND 530. FALLS CITY A LITTLE EARLIER, MAYBE ABOUT 430. SHIFTING OVER TO THE IOWA SIDE, INCREASING IN INTENSITY. AND THERE’S WHERE WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THIS BOWING ACTION THAT WOULD BE STRONGER WINDS AS WE MOVE TOWARD THE I-35 CORRIDOR. HERE’S 7:00. NOW, MIND YOU, SOME OF OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT WINTRY MIX. THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY ABOUT 9 TO 10. BRAND NEW SINCE THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOME OF OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. NOON TODAY UNTIL NOON TOMORROW. SO ALREADY IN EFFECT, WHERE WE COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND A GLAZE OF ICE, EVEN FLASH FREEZING POSSIBLE AGAIN. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW IN NORFOLK 33 DEGREES. YOUR MAIN IMPACT THERE GOING TO BE SLICK ROADS AS WE HEAD INTO THIS EVENING, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NOW WE’RE IN THE LOWER 70S NOW, BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO PLUMMET AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. STARTING OFF CLOUDY, DRY THOUGH 53 WITH THAT