Cities that could be affected by violent storms Friday and/or Saturday include Dallas, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita, Kansas City, Mo., Omaha, Des Moines and Milwaukee.
By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow, The Washington PostDamaged houses are seen after a tornado passed through the area near Omaha, Neb., on Friday, April 26, 2024.
At 3:41 p.m. local time, the Weather Service declared a tornado emergency for a “confirmed large and destructive tornado” near Elkhorn, just a few miles west of Omaha. “This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!,” the Weather Service warned. Around this time, a separate tornado was also spotted at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, which was closed at 5:37 p.m. One passenger obtained footage of the twister through the window of a plane on the airport’s tarmac.
Storms will fire during the afternoon on the leading edge of a dry slot, or a wedge of cool, dry air filtering in on the backside of a low-pressure system in Nebraska. Ahead of that low, warm, humid air will waft north. The insurgence of dry air will kick that moisture upward into storms. Given proximity to the surface low, meanwhile, the atmosphere will be replete with spin.
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