ASHLAND, Neb. (WOWT) – Sunday was a scary night for many across the Omaha metro as tornado sirens went off as severe storm and tornado warnings were issued.
The late-night severe weather tore up multiple homes in a neighborhood north of Ashland.
At least three homes suffered roof damage in the Sandy Point Lake area near Ashland. One of the homes had most of the roof torn completely off and windows blown out; then came the rains, bringing all sorts of water damage inside. Thankfully, no one was home at the time, so no one was hurt.
One viewer told First Alert 6 that he saw a funnel cloud.
Tornadic activity will need to be confirmed by the National Weather Service, which already had an assessment team examining the area late Sunday.
The storms also left thousands without power across the Omaha metro. As many as 8,000 outages were reported to OPPD in the aftermath of Sunday night’s storm, with an additional 1,000 or so outages in Council Bluffs, according MidAmerican Energy outage maps. Those numbers were down to about 2,000 and 120, respectively, at about 12:30 a.m. Monday.
First Alert 6 observed large limbs that had fallen into some side streets in the storm’s high winds. Our crews also found a large tree that smashed a white SUV in the Midtown area.
There were also some areas that saw flooding as a result of the heavy rains. First Alert 6 observed flooding in certain spots along the streetcar construction route, but no extensive flooding occurred on Saddle Creek Road as has happened in previous downpours.
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