OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – A cold front will move through the area this afternoon and try to produce strong to severe storms along the way. That’s why today continues to be a First Alert 6 Weather Day.
Follow our updates below:
6:19 p.m. – Tornado Warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. for Page County in Iowa.
6:11 p.m. – Tornado Warning in effect until 6:30 p.m. for Atchison and Nodaway counties.
6:09 p.m. – Tornado Warning in effect until 6:30 p.m. for Atchison and Nodaway counties.
6:04 p.m. – Tornado potential moves into Page County, Iowa, changing from a confirmed tornado warning and to a radar-indicated warning.
6:00 p.m. – Law enforcement confirmed the tornado on the ground near Riverton, Iowa.
5:57 p.m. – Flash Flood Warning in effect for Montgomery and Pottawattamie counties until 9 p.m.
5:42 p.m. – Tornado reported on the ground in southwest Iowa, specifically in Riverton, located in Fremont County. The tornado could continue to move toward Farragut, Shenandoah, and even Essex. Anyone in those areas should take shelter immediately.
5:35 p.m. – Tornado Warning in effect until 6:15 p.m. for Page and Fremont counties in Iowa, including Shenandoah.
5:09 p.m. – National Weather Service is tracking a possible wall cloud near Julian, Neb., in Nemaha County.
4:39 p.m. – Tornado Warning is in effect until 5:30 p.m. for Nemaha, Otoe, and Johnson counties. Residents there are urged to seek shelter. Weather sources are also indicating that destructive and dangerous hail, as large as baseballs, is possible.
4:01 p.m. – Eppley Airfield is reporting some flight delays.
3:50 p.m. – Short burst of small hail at First Alert 6 in the Blackstone area as smiliar reports come in around the area, including downtown.
3:29 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington counties until 4:30 p.m. Large hail and damaging winds of at least 60mph are possible. Reports of heavy pea- to dime-sized hail in Chalco.
3:00 p.m. – Reports of small hail at Eppley Airfield.
2:59 p.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for Lancaster and Cass counties until 4:00 p.m. Large hail and damaging winds of at least 60mph are possible.
12:36 p.m. – With the cold front’s earlier arrival, here is an updated look at when you could see severe storms in your area.
Severe risk timing(wowt)
12:06 p.m. – A Tornado Watch is currently in effect for portions of our viewing area until 7:00 p.m., meaning conditions are favorable for the development of severe storms & tornadoes.
Tornado Watch(wowt)
11:51 a.m. – Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for Dodge County until 12:45 p.m. Large hail and damaging winds of at least 60 mph are possible. If you are in the warning area, seek shelter indoors until the storm has passed!
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Thursday(First Alert 6)
Some spotty drizzle and light showers should not pose a big risk through midday. However, as we move into the afternoon, the cold front will move in and try to spark storms as early as 2pm. Here is roughly where the front will be in the 2pm hour as it tries to produce the first storms. It will then move east through the yellow shaded area producing more and more storms along the way.
Today(First Alert 6)
By 3pm or so it should be in or near and metro with the line of storms filling in more and more. Storms really fill in as the front moves into Iowa where a widespread wind threat will try to develop.
3pm(First Alert 6)6pm(First Alert 6)
By 7pm it should be east and out of the area and the rest of the night will be quiet. Along the way the storms have the potential to produce hail and a tornado as they develop then should evolve into mostly a wind threat as it moves east.
Today(First Alert 6)Thursday(First Alert 6)
Dew points should drop later tonight and comfortable air will move in for Friday. More scattered showers and a few storms are possible Saturday, especially in the afternoon and evening. I don’t expect a washout and temperatures have been trending a tad warmer.
Into the weekend(First Alert 6)
More rain and storms are possible Sunday as well with some downpours more likely and more widespread.
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