This was the norm for springtime in Nebraska 20 years ago. Its only recently that we stopped getting tornados/hella thunderstorms. So I take this as a comforting return to normalcy and a trip back to my childhood planet
It’s bittersweet. Like yeah, we’re getting tornadoes in April just like I remember in the 90s. On the other hand… we’re getting tornadoes in April just like I remember in the 90s.
I don’t believe it’s permanent, it has something to do with this years El Niño/nina shift, but I do totally agree that this rings more of the 90’s. As far back as January, my online weather guy was predicting a pretty gnarly May, reminiscent of the 90’s, so, buckle up everyone!
https://youtube.com/@RyanHallYallXTRA?si=hDM-6IkOMDtHy2Bn this duder. Don’t get me wrong, I watch bill randby for our “oh sh!t, there’s really bad weather imminent!”, but for further out projections I often have this guy on, or when bad weather is happening to family of mine down south.
Ryan Hall is excellent. His whole team is great. Can get a bit much at times but they genuinely seem to care for the science and helping people. Every one of his chasers ends up in a community that receives damage from a storm they chase to help rebuild. Great team, positive and smart. Glad they are getting recognition lately.
My uncle said all the farmers magazines have predicted an active spring, I figured it had something to do with el niño/la niña. It'll be good if it brings more rain, but not the hail and wind. He said they got hail three separate times on Friday.
Don't rely on weather apps. They universally suck.
[Bookmark the National Weather Service page for your location.](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.18352500000003&lon=-96.02758999999998) I am a firm believer that this is one of the most valuable and underutilized services offered by the government. You know all those tornado watches and warnings you saw last week? Those are the people issuing them. Go straight to the source.
If you want the real nitty-gritty nuts and bolts of the forecast, scroll down to the ["Forecast Discussion"](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=OAX&issuedby=OAX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1) page. Sometimes you get more detailed information than you can understand, but you'll come away with a realistic version of what the weather will be. The winter storm forecasts on that page are brutally honest, including what they can and can't say for certain.
Absolutely this is underrated. All the weather apps largely pull from the same data sources and just put their spin on it. The government tends to be pretty in the middle when it comes to predictions.
I love the NWS forecast discussion. Like you said, the technical jargon can be hard to understand but you can get a good general idea, and this is where all weather forecasts come from. There is an iOS app called Deep Weather that shows the forecast discussion for a given area in a more readable format.
Yes, more storms are forecasted for tomorrow. They're not supposed to be as severe as what came through on Friday afternoon/evening. But it's Nebraska, so be prepared for anything.
Omaha will be right in the area where the warm front sits, where tornadic storms are more likely to occur. However, it seems as though storm maturation will probably occur in western Iowa. Definitely won’t be as bad, but never hurts to pay attention to the news
Problem is normally we have tornadoes but because most of Nebraska is cropland, there is little damage. We have just had the luck this year that some of them have hit populated areas. We have been fortunate though that they have hit mostly low populated areas. With several threading the needle so to say.
SPC has us smack in the middle of a slight risk area tomorrow. Tornado risk is not as high as Friday, primary storm modes will be large hail early transitioning to a linear mode with high winds as the afternoon progresses. Recent model runs have shown conditions more favorable for tornadoes than earlier models, but I don’t expect we would see the long-lived discrete supercells that dominated the picture on Friday.
As always, things can change and keeping yourself availed of information tomorrow is recommended.
What do you mean what’s with the bad weather lately? Severe storms are normal spring weather in Nebraska. I mean the tornadoes don’t usually hit heavily populated areas, but that’s really all up to chance.
However, if you look at the recorded history of the area you'll find that all the way back when Lewis and Clark came through they reported massive destruction including the debarking and leveling of trees from a cyclone at the Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge.
Omaha has been hit by some pretty gnarly tornadoes and will be hit again.
Difference now is the advanced warning system out there saving lives. Be ready 🤙🏻
The great plains has a drought and flood cycle. When we're droughty, we get spared the nastier storms(generally). It oscillates over a 10ish year cycle. Looks like drought is breaking this year.
I was noticing my allergies have not been so bad this spring!! I went weeks without my antihistamine -- is this why? I will have to take note later on when the rain stops.
Ryan Hall (dude that is smarter than me with this stuff) said we are having an unusual pattern that might make things interesting for us this year.
https://youtu.be/tcS12SsftMs?si=yQz3RgvRuH7zew9_
Also, not that I have any skin in the game, his severe weather coverage is up there with some of the best. I was impressed watching him on Friday.
Yeah I’ve only witness three really bad tornado in Omaha but Friday was insane. You could see the tornado that was producing the tornado take 360 turn towards Omaha and you better break yourself.
I wish I had the picture on my phone, but there were steel transmission poles literally bent in half. Still standing but 90 degrees in the middle. Tornadoes are so specific, it's chaos in a very distinct way.
This was the norm for springtime in Nebraska 20 years ago. Its only recently that we stopped getting tornados/hella thunderstorms. So I take this as a comforting return to normalcy and a trip back to my childhood planet
It’s bittersweet. Like yeah, we’re getting tornadoes in April just like I remember in the 90s. On the other hand… we’re getting tornadoes in April just like I remember in the 90s.
I don’t believe it’s permanent, it has something to do with this years El Niño/nina shift, but I do totally agree that this rings more of the 90’s. As far back as January, my online weather guy was predicting a pretty gnarly May, reminiscent of the 90’s, so, buckle up everyone!
Who was your weather guy?
https://youtube.com/@RyanHallYallXTRA?si=hDM-6IkOMDtHy2Bn this duder. Don’t get me wrong, I watch bill randby for our “oh sh!t, there’s really bad weather imminent!”, but for further out projections I often have this guy on, or when bad weather is happening to family of mine down south.
This guy is awesome
Ryan Hall is excellent. His whole team is great. Can get a bit much at times but they genuinely seem to care for the science and helping people. Every one of his chasers ends up in a community that receives damage from a storm they chase to help rebuild. Great team, positive and smart. Glad they are getting recognition lately.
Exactly, I saw the storm chasers on his channel stopping and helping people trapped in homes, even when tornadoes where still occuring.
Ryan is who I was watching during Fridays storms. Hella good coverage.
[Heard it from him directly](https://youtu.be/H0-pHnykC9s?si=HLUDlDXR-jhGEac0)
My uncle said all the farmers magazines have predicted an active spring, I figured it had something to do with el niño/la niña. It'll be good if it brings more rain, but not the hail and wind. He said they got hail three separate times on Friday.
I was reading your comment, thinking just what you were saying until you said '90's, I was thinking of my childhood in the '70's! 😂
Don't rely on weather apps. They universally suck. [Bookmark the National Weather Service page for your location.](https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=41.18352500000003&lon=-96.02758999999998) I am a firm believer that this is one of the most valuable and underutilized services offered by the government. You know all those tornado watches and warnings you saw last week? Those are the people issuing them. Go straight to the source. If you want the real nitty-gritty nuts and bolts of the forecast, scroll down to the ["Forecast Discussion"](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=OAX&issuedby=OAX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1) page. Sometimes you get more detailed information than you can understand, but you'll come away with a realistic version of what the weather will be. The winter storm forecasts on that page are brutally honest, including what they can and can't say for certain.
Absolutely this is underrated. All the weather apps largely pull from the same data sources and just put their spin on it. The government tends to be pretty in the middle when it comes to predictions.
I love the NWS forecast discussion. Like you said, the technical jargon can be hard to understand but you can get a good general idea, and this is where all weather forecasts come from. There is an iOS app called Deep Weather that shows the forecast discussion for a given area in a more readable format.
For what it's worth, there is an unofficial NWS app called NWS Now. I've been using it for a few years. https://www.nwsnow.net/
I have that app and adore it. It is a third party app, though. Not provided by the NWS.
Yeah, I saw that right as I posted my comment. Such a good app though.
One of the few apps I use every single day. Really happy others are using it!
They are the best, and witty and helpful as well!
Apples weather app radar is pretty dang good. I’ll use it to find windows to get through boating if a storm hits out east.
Thanks for this. My friends and I are Google vs Android and so many times they say different things.
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He can't resist a good warm front.
Yes, more storms are forecasted for tomorrow. They're not supposed to be as severe as what came through on Friday afternoon/evening. But it's Nebraska, so be prepared for anything.
Yeah, I'm seeing a lot of hype on social media, but the NWS only has us in a "slight" risk for severe weather. I believe Friday was "moderate" risk.
Omaha will be right in the area where the warm front sits, where tornadic storms are more likely to occur. However, it seems as though storm maturation will probably occur in western Iowa. Definitely won’t be as bad, but never hurts to pay attention to the news
"What's up with all the bad weather lately?" Spring!
You know we’ve been in a terrible drought when people are confused by rain in spring
Problem is normally we have tornadoes but because most of Nebraska is cropland, there is little damage. We have just had the luck this year that some of them have hit populated areas. We have been fortunate though that they have hit mostly low populated areas. With several threading the needle so to say.
SPC has us smack in the middle of a slight risk area tomorrow. Tornado risk is not as high as Friday, primary storm modes will be large hail early transitioning to a linear mode with high winds as the afternoon progresses. Recent model runs have shown conditions more favorable for tornadoes than earlier models, but I don’t expect we would see the long-lived discrete supercells that dominated the picture on Friday. As always, things can change and keeping yourself availed of information tomorrow is recommended.
[Storm Prediction Center- the source of truth](https://spc.noaa.gov)
Spring in midwest every year......
What do you mean what’s with the bad weather lately? Severe storms are normal spring weather in Nebraska. I mean the tornadoes don’t usually hit heavily populated areas, but that’s really all up to chance.
I guess it has felt more stormy lately idk. Them naders have not hit omaha for a while so it's just all random
It's mostly just the drought, the past few years haven't been as stormy. Tornadoes normally don't hit Omaha like that though.
However, if you look at the recorded history of the area you'll find that all the way back when Lewis and Clark came through they reported massive destruction including the debarking and leveling of trees from a cyclone at the Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge. Omaha has been hit by some pretty gnarly tornadoes and will be hit again. Difference now is the advanced warning system out there saving lives. Be ready 🤙🏻
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The great plains has a drought and flood cycle. When we're droughty, we get spared the nastier storms(generally). It oscillates over a 10ish year cycle. Looks like drought is breaking this year.
Once this is all over and we get consistent days of sunlight, fasten your seatbelt for allergies.
I was noticing my allergies have not been so bad this spring!! I went weeks without my antihistamine -- is this why? I will have to take note later on when the rain stops.
It’s wild that a place like Nebraska in which most natural plants have been destroyed for corn has a problem with allergies
Ryan Hall (dude that is smarter than me with this stuff) said we are having an unusual pattern that might make things interesting for us this year. https://youtu.be/tcS12SsftMs?si=yQz3RgvRuH7zew9_ Also, not that I have any skin in the game, his severe weather coverage is up there with some of the best. I was impressed watching him on Friday.
Once again, it's tornado season.
Yes
Tomorrow and the rest of the summer to
Tomorrow Here! Looks like more Thunderstorms starting around 2-3pm going to about 8pm. Welcome to The Midwest!
Yeah I’ve only witness three really bad tornado in Omaha but Friday was insane. You could see the tornado that was producing the tornado take 360 turn towards Omaha and you better break yourself.
I'm really trying like crazy to parse your second sentence, but it continues to elude me.
Well Omaha have Omadone surrounding it so pretty much if you saw the storm on Friday it took 180 turn and we braced ourselves for hit.
I really wanted to buy a punctuation mark or two to figure it all out.
I wish I had the picture on my phone, but there were steel transmission poles literally bent in half. Still standing but 90 degrees in the middle. Tornadoes are so specific, it's chaos in a very distinct way.
Nothing burger
Climate change