Several Nebraska and Iowa counties see tornadoes Friday

WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR. LUKE IS 11 PEOPLE AT SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES IN LINCOLN. WE HAD TWO PEOPLE IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. ONE HAD SERIOUS INJURIES BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING. THE OTHER 1ST MAY HAVE BEEN A MEDICAL SITUATION. AND THEN TWO TWO OTHER INJURIES TO REPORT. SO REMARKABLE. AND WE HEARD THE FIRE. POLICE CHIEF TODD SCHMADER, EARLIER TODAY CREDIT THE EARLY WARNING THAT EVERYBODY HAS AND THAT DIRECTLY SPEAKS TO ARE THE TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? OH, 100%. AND, UH, YEAH, IT WAS SIGNIFICANT JUST SEEING SOME OF THOSE REPORTS COME ACROSS THE SCREEN IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS DOING WALL TO WALL WITH, WITH BILL AND JUST SHOUTING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TORNADO REPORTS AND ALONG WITH THE DAMAGE REPORTS THAT WE HAD AND REALLY GROWING, YOU KNOW, REALIZING HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS EVENT WAS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING I KNOW I'LL REMEMBER FOREVER. AND, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY JUST A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. BUT BUT, UH, THE STORM REPORTS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME IN AND AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO THE METRO, AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IF YOU WERE TUNING IN EARLY AND, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE JUST LINES OF TRACKS OF SIGNIFICANT LONG TORNADOES THAT WERE ON THE GROUND FOR REALLY LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND THAT'S NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE HAIL REPORTS WE HAD IN MULTIPLE OF THESE CELLS AS WELL. SO, UH, A LOT OF SIGNIFICANCE, SEVERE WEATHER THAT'S HAPPENED TONIGHT. AND YES, WE ARE DONE FOR SO THERE IS NOT MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT. WE'RE SEEING OUR SKIES CLEAR OUT NOW. THE SYSTEM IS REALLY OVER US, BUT ALL THE WEATHER IS OUT TO THE EAST OF IT. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME TORNADO WARNINGS STILL IN EFFECT. AND THOSE ARE THE SIMILAR CELLS THAT WERE HERE FOR TWO HOURS AGO. THEY HAVE JUST NOW PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. BUT AGAIN, THE SEVERE THREAT FOR US IS DONE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY UNDER THE NEXT TWO DAYS OR SO, WE DO HAVE MORE STORMS ROLLING THROUGH. SO I DO WANT YOU TO STAY WEATHER AWARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KETV MOBILE APP, I SUGGEST DOWNLOADING IT. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT'S OVER US RIGHT NOW. THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH AND EAST. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS FOR THIS TONIGHT. BUT IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, THIS IS THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO COME HERE TOMORROW. IT'S DOWN BY ALBUQUERQUE. NOW, THAT LITTLE AREA OF SPIN THAT WILL CONTINUE LIFTING TO THE NORTH AND EAST, AND A FRONT THAT IS KIND OF STALLED OUT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US, WILL LIFT FURTHER NORTH. AND THAT IS WHERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ON FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT BACK TO TODAY. WE GOT SO MUCH RAINFALL FROM THIS I GUESS. ANY GOOD TAKEAWAY WAS BENEFICIAL RAINFALL BECAUSE WE REALLY GOT ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4IN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. BUT AGAIN, OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD REPORTED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND A LOT OF AREAS GOT CLOSE TO OR ABOVE THAT INCH. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO STAY TUNED IN FOR TOMORROW, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AND EVENING. EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT STORMS TO ROLL THROUGH. BUT NOTICE HOW THE MAJOR THREAT, THE ENHANCED RISK, WAS JUST A THREE OUT OF FIVE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY, BUT IT'S SOUTH OF I-80 AND AS I SHOW YOU WITH STORM PREDICTOR, IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS WHAT WE HAD TODAY. SO AGAIN, THAT'S SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE THE ACTIVITY THAT WE HAD TODAY WITH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT THEN AGAIN TOWARDS SUNDAY, THE RISK SHIFTS DOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST FOR DAMAGING WIND, HAIL AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO. BUT AGAIN THIS LOOKS NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW TODAY. SO LET'S RUN THROUGH STORM PREDICTOR REAL QUICK. GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. HERE'S SATURDAY AT 3:00 DOWN TOWARDS FALL CITY. THIS FRONT LIFTS FURTHER NORTH AND THAT'S WHERE THESE STORMS ARE REALLY RELYING ON. THEY LIFT FURTHER NORTH, BUT THEY KIND OF WEAKEN. YOU CAN SEE EAST OVER EAST TOWARDS, UH, SHENANDOAH JUST EAST OF THERE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A STRONGER STORM, BUT THAT ALL LIFTS NORTH, AND BY 8:00 THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT. BUT THIS NEXT ROUND OUT WEST WILL COME IN, AND THEN IT KIND OF SCATTERS EVERYWHERE. SO NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SEVERE RISK. SEVERE RISK OVERNIGHT FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. BUT THEN AGAIN FAR SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY. THAT'S WHERE THAT MAIN RISK IS GOING TO BE. AND AS THAT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS FURTHER EAST, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THIS LINE OF STORMS HERE AND THIS LINE OR THAT CLUNK OF STORMS UP NORTH. SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TOTALLY DONE WITH THE THESE SYSTEMS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. BUT AGAIN, THE NANCE DOESN'T LOOK NEAR WHAT WE HAD TODAY WITH THESE NEXT FEW DAYS, 66 DEGREES RIGHT NOW, WEST SOUTHWEST WIND AT AROUND 13MPH. AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THE 60S AND THE 50S. THE FURTHER YOU GO UP TO THE NORTH. SO OUR TEMPERATURES STILL FAIRLY COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE, BUT OUR LOWS TONIGHT NOT GOING TO DROP TOO MUCH 51 DEGREES AND THE WINDS WILL STAY CALM TONIGHT FOR TOMORROW'S HIGH TEMPERATURE. WE JUMP UP NEAR 70 DEGREES YET AGAIN. AND AGAIN. THE WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. IT'S GOING TO CARRY SOME MOISTURE WITH IT. WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM. AND WE DO HAVE THAT THREAT OF SOME SOME STORMS ROLLING THROUGH. SO HERE'S THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST A LOT OF IMPACT ICONS ON HERE. BUT NO ALERT. THE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER ICONS ON THERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. IT'S SATURDAY DAY TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER SEVERE THREAT TO ROLL THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERE THREAT DOES NOT LOOK AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE ONE WE HAVE TOMORROW, AND CERTAINLY NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAD TODAY. AND THEN MAYBE A FEW OTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BUT FRIDAY WE REALLY CLEAR OUT 68 DEGREES FOR A HIGH THAT DAY. BUT AGAIN, WOW, SIGNIFICANT DAY WE HAD TODAY. JUST HOPING IT'S NOT A REPEAT TOMORROW. YOU SA

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Tornadoes tear through Nebraska and Iowa Friday

A tornado was issued for portions of multiple Nebraska counties, according to the National Weather Service.Track the weather wherever you are with our Interactive Radar Thousands of people are without power, and numerous power lines have been reported to be down.OPPD urges people to treat all power lines as live and stay away. Read more: Where to go if you were affected by Friday's tornadoes, stormsThe American Red Cross and the Salvation Army have people stationed in the St. Patrick's parking lot at 204th and West Maple Road in Elkhorn.Bill Randy reported a tornado developed right over downtown Omaha and damaged the general aviation at Eppley Airfield.The airport has since reopened.A tornado has been confirmed over Crescent, Iowa, about 10 miles northeast of Omaha.Minden, Iowa, was hit with a confirmed tornado.Police have shut down traffic in the area of West Dodge Road and 192nd Street. KETV reporter Jessica Perez was in Waterloo, noting multiple houses and buildings have been leveled.A message from St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln said they no longer need extra staff.They confirmed 11 people had been treated and released.A Gardener Industries employee was inside of the building when the tornado hit in Lancaster County.A few people have been injured at the Gardner Industries area.A Lincoln hospital confirmed two people were treated for injuries sustained in the Lancaster County tornado.KETV reporter Alex McCloon talked with multiple people in Lancaster County, expressing their shock from the incident and their joy of surviving the storm. KETV reporter Sarah Fili has reported a woman was in her home when the tornado came through. She was taken to the hospital.She said, some people have reported it sounded like trains were coming through the area.Fili reported almost every home in the Millstone Estates in Blair has been either damaged or is gone.KETV's Bill Schammert was in Elkhorn, talking with a family who was in the path of the tornado.The family said everyone made it out fine, as they stayed in their bomb shelter basement.They said, it was "loud" but they were thankful to make it out alright.Read more: Police provide update on stormsOmaha police and fire departments are calling in extra people to aid in searching.They said only minor injuries have been reported.Creston, Iowa, had a confirmed tornado.A tornado has been spotted in the Omaha metro near the West Shores area.Radar showed a cell across the Platte River in Saunders County, heading toward Sarpy County.National Weather Service said a tornado was confirmed about four miles north of Ashland and eight miles west of Gretna.A tornado was confirmed four miles southeast of Yutan and five miles northwest of Gretna, moving at 40 mph.NWS confirmed a tornado six miles east of St. Edward.A confirmed tornado was about three miles west of Brainard and six miles southeast of David City.There was a report of a brief touchdown near the Kawasaki plant in Lincoln.Reports of debris with possible train derailment in Waverly.Read more: Best places to be in your home during a tornadoThose counties in the warnings should take cover immediately, moving to a basement or interior room on the lowest floor without windows.If you are traveling in a vehicle or in a mobile home, you should take shelter in the closest building possible.Large hail and other flying debris can cause damage to roofs, vehicles, and windows. Tornado safety: Prepare your family well in advance of severe weather

OMAHA, Neb. —

A tornado was issued for portions of multiple Nebraska counties, according to the National Weather Service.

Track the weather wherever you are with our Interactive Radar

Thousands of people are without power, and numerous power lines have been reported to be down.

OPPD urges people to treat all power lines as live and stay away.

Read more: Where to go if you were affected by Friday's tornadoes, storms

The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army have people stationed in the St. Patrick's parking lot at 204th and West Maple Road in Elkhorn.

Bill Randy reported a tornado developed right over downtown Omaha and damaged the general aviation at Eppley Airfield.

The airport has since reopened.

A tornado has been confirmed over Crescent, Iowa, about 10 miles northeast of Omaha.

Minden, Iowa, was hit with a confirmed tornado.

Police have shut down traffic in the area of West Dodge Road and 192nd Street.

KETV reporter Jessica Perez was in Waterloo, noting multiple houses and buildings have been leveled.

A message from St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Lincoln said they no longer need extra staff.

They confirmed 11 people had been treated and released.

A Gardener Industries employee was inside of the building when the tornado hit in Lancaster County.

A few people have been injured at the Gardner Industries area.

A Lincoln hospital confirmed two people were treated for injuries sustained in the Lancaster County tornado.

KETV reporter Alex McCloon talked with multiple people in Lancaster County, expressing their shock from the incident and their joy of surviving the storm.

KETV reporter Sarah Fili has reported a woman was in her home when the tornado came through. She was taken to the hospital.

She said, some people have reported it sounded like trains were coming through the area.

Fili reported almost every home in the Millstone Estates in Blair has been either damaged or is gone.

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KETV's Bill Schammert was in Elkhorn, talking with a family who was in the path of the tornado.

The family said everyone made it out fine, as they stayed in their bomb shelter basement.

They said, it was "loud" but they were thankful to make it out alright.

Read more: Police provide update on storms

Omaha police and fire departments are calling in extra people to aid in searching.

They said only minor injuries have been reported.

Creston, Iowa, had a confirmed tornado.

A tornado has been spotted in the Omaha metro near the West Shores area.

Radar showed a cell across the Platte River in Saunders County, heading toward Sarpy County.

National Weather Service said a tornado was confirmed about four miles north of Ashland and eight miles west of Gretna.

A tornado was confirmed four miles southeast of Yutan and five miles northwest of Gretna, moving at 40 mph.

NWS confirmed a tornado six miles east of St. Edward.

A confirmed tornado was about three miles west of Brainard and six miles southeast of David City.

There was a report of a brief touchdown near the Kawasaki plant in Lincoln.

Reports of debris with possible train derailment in Waverly.

Read more: Best places to be in your home during a tornado

Those counties in the warnings should take cover immediately, moving to a basement or interior room on the lowest floor without windows.

If you are traveling in a vehicle or in a mobile home, you should take shelter in the closest building possible.

Large hail and other flying debris can cause damage to roofs, vehicles, and windows.

Tornado safety: Prepare your family well in advance of severe weather