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Windy Thursday, multiple storm chances ahead in Omaha area

Windy Thursday, multiple storm chances ahead in Omaha area

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Windy Thursday, multiple storm chances ahead in Omaha area

THROUGH THE WEEKEND, IT’S GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG, POSSIBLY SOME SEVERE STORMS. SO WE’VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE DAYS AHEAD. TODAY THE WINDS PICKING UP IT WILL BE WINDY WARM IN THE 80S. MOST OF US LIKELY STAYING DRY, MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER AND THEN TURNING UP THE HEAT FOR FRIDAY. HIGHS IN THE 90S. THEN STARTING FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY, MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR STORMS AND MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE ACTIVITY. SO FIRST OFF, WE’LL START FRIDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THAT SLIGHT RISK HERE. FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, SOUTHWEST IOWA. SO CLOSER TO THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS BORDERS, MAYBE A FEW STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. SO BETTER CHANCES SOUTH OF THE METRO AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVENING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. REALLY THAT SLIGHT RISK AREA. COLUMBUS, TEKAMAH AND SOUTH, INCLUDING THE OMAHA METRO. SO POSSIBLY SOME STRONGER STORMS LATER IN THE DAY. SATURDAY. SUNDAY EARLY LOOK HAS AN ORANGE ENHANCED RISK HERE FROM REALLY OMAHA BACK TO THE NORTH AND WEST. SO POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONGER STORMS. LATE AFTERNOON EVENING SUNDAY. AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW QUICK A FRONT CAN GET THROUGH MONDAY. RIGHT NOW, HINTING AT, WELL, THE WHOLE ENTIRE KETV VIEWING AREA IN THIS ENHANCED RISK FOR MONDAY, SO COULD SEE ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF POTENTIAL STRONG SEVERE STORMS. SO HAVE TO BE VERY WEATHER AWARE HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NO DAYS OF WASHOUT, BUT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE. AND WE’LL NAIL DOWN THOSE DETAILS AS WE GET CLOSER. BUT JUST A HEADS UP, IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTDOOR PLANS TODAY, 12 HOUR FORECAST AGAIN, WINDY, WARM. WE’LL GET INTO THE 80S. CAN’T RULE OUT MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER MID-MORNING, PERHAPS A STRAY RUMBLE OF THUNDER AND THEN AGAIN LATE IN THE DAY. BUT MOST ARE GOING TO STAY DRY. BUT EXPECT THOSE SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 35MPH AS WE GET THOSE TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 80S. RIGHT NOW, LOOKING BEAUTIFUL HERE AS WE’RE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM SUNRISE, MEMPHIS WOMEN’S HOSPITAL, 58 DEGREES DRY AIR IN PLACE, DEW POINTS IN THE 30S WITH THAT SOUTH BREEZE RIGHT NOW AROUND TEN MILES PER HOUR. MOST OF US IN THE 50S RIGHT NOW, 58 IN OMAHA, 55 IN LINCOLN. AND AGAIN, WE’LL WARM UP WITH THAT SOUTH BREEZE. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. STORM PREDICTOR HERE. SHOWING UP. MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER BUBBLES UP. PERHAPS A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, BUT AIR SO DRY THAT AGAIN, MOST OF US LIKELY STAY DRY THROUGH THIS MORNING. MIDDLE OF THE DAY 70 CLOUDY. AND THERE WE GO. 4 OR 5:00. MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER FOR A FEW TEMPERATURES. UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S. CLEARING OUT OVERNIGHT TOMORROW MORNING, STARTING OFF IN THE 50S AND LOW 60S. WARMING UP. LOOK AT THAT UPPER 80S LOW 90S. DRY THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY AND THEN WATCH AS WE GET AFTER 6:00, 7:00, THOSE STORMS BUBBLING UP CLOSER TO THE KANSAS MISSOURI BORDER. FALLS CITY NEBRASKA CITY, SHENANDOAH. A FEW OF THESE COULD HAVE SOME HAIL AND WIND POTENTIAL, BUT AGAIN, BETTER CHANCE. RIGHT NOW, LOOKING SOUTH OF THE METRO AREA, BUT AGAIN, MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, POSSIBLY MONDAY AS WELL. SO AGAIN, A VERY ACTIVE STRETCH AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY WITH GRADUATIONS, GRADUATION PARTIES, ALL THE SPORTING EVENTS. WE

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A windy and warm Thursday ahead. There’s severe weather potential with multiple storm chances through the weekend. Meteorologist Sean Everson has the latest forecast from Omaha’s Weather Leader.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.

A windy and warm Thursday ahead. There’s severe weather potential with multiple storm chances through the weekend. Meteorologist Sean Everson has the latest forecast from Omaha’s Weather Leader.

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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
8:05 am, May 14, 2026
temperature icon 60°F
Partly cloudy
44 %
1014 mb
13 mph
Wind Gust 19 mph
Clouds 50%
Visibility 10 mi
Sunrise 6:06 am
Sunset 8:34 pm

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