Late night storms that dropped out of South Dakota produced severe weather for parts of the metro very early Wednesday morning. Omaha’s Eppley Airfield reported a 63 mph wind gust around 1am… which contributed to multiple power outages.
On the plus side… the storms also dropped some much needed rainfall on the area. Here are some of the rainfall totals as of 7am Wednesday morning…
Bellevue (Offutt AFB): 1.57″
Blair: 1.33″
Council Bluffs (Airport): 1.75″
Fremont: .43″
Millard (Airport): .49″
Nebraska City: .32″
Omaha (Eppley Airfield): 1.83″
West Omaha (near 152nd & Maple): .83″
Papillion: 1.38″
Plattsmouth: .90″
Red Oak: 1.08″
Shenandoah: .55″
Valley (National Weather Service office): .54″
Right now… it looks like we could see another round of storms Wednesday evening (20% chance)… late Thursday afternoon (40% chance)… and on Friday (30% chance). Those storm chances will also be combined with some hot and humid weather… as highs will be in the 90s into the upcoming weekend.
By the way… speaking of rainfall… here’s another weather factoid. On this date (July 8th) in 1950… York (Nebraska) picked up 13″ of rain in 24 hours… which (not surprisingly) stands as the record rainfall for the state.
Also… in case you’re looking for an interesting bit of trivia to win a bet at your office watercooler… today marks the anniversary of the first recorded tornado in America. The event happened in 1680 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Chuck McWilliams
