FORECAST COMING UP. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, LOU. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE FROM TONIGHT’S STORMS, IT APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD. OUR CREWS ARE ACROSS THE AREA. WE BEGIN WITH MADDIE AUGUSTINE NEAR 78TH AND DUTCH HALL ROAD, NORTH OF THE NORTH OMAHA AIRPORT. MATTY. YEAH. ROB. JULIE. WE ARE JUST SOUTH OF DUTCH HALL ROAD ON 78TH STREET. AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRASS OVER HERE. IT’S BEEN COMPLETELY PUSHED DOWN AND SIDEWAYS, AND THIS FENCE LINE ALL ALONG, IT HAS ALSO JUST BEEN COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT. YOU CAN SEE SOME DEBRIS JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND HERE BEHIND ME. AND NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA TELL ME THIS TORNADO MISSED THEIR HOMES BY JUST MERELY 50 YARDS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME OF THIS MONSTROUS HAIL IS STILL ON THE GROUND, JUST GIVING YOU AGAIN, A PICTURE OF HOW LARGE THAT HAIL WAS. AND THIS IS JUST A FRACTION OF THE DAMAGE THAT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE SEEING IN THIS AREA. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EVER SO BRIEFLY, BUT LONG ENOUGH TO CREATE SOME PRETTY GOOD DAMAGE IN THE AREA. SOME OBVIOUSLY SOME LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL CAME THROUGH. WE’VE SEEN DAMAGE, ROOF DAMAGE, SIDING. TONS OF TREE. TREES THAT WERE KNOCKED DOWN. TONS OF OUTER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY SPLIT IN HALF, AND SO FORTH. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL DAMAGED POWER LINES, SOME DOWNED POWER LINES. AND FOR THAT REASON, WITH ALL THE OTHER DAMAGE GOING ON, THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC TO STAY CLEAR OF THE AREA FROM 72ND TO ABOUT 84TH STREET AND OMAHA CHASE STREET TO ABOUT DUTCH HALL ROAD. AS CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY HERE, AND DCSO WILL HAVE DEPUTIES OUT IN THE AREA ALL NIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING. REPORTING LIVE NEAR DUTCH HALL ROAD. MADD
KETV crews take a look at damage left behind from Thursday night’s tornadoes, large hail
Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Apr 17, 2025
KETV NewsWatch 7 is starting to get a picture of the damage from Thursday’s storms, which appeared to be widespread.Our crews were all across the area surveying the damage.Photo: KETV anchor Bill Schammert captures confirmed tornado north of Omaha. See the story here.Maddie Augustine was near 78th and Dutch Hall Road near the north Omaha airport.”Tornado touched down, ever so briefly, but it, long enough to create some pretty good damage in the area. Some obviously some, large amounts of hail came through. We’ve seen damage. Roof damage, siding, tons of tree, trees that were knocked down, tons of, outer buildings that have been, essentially split in half and so forth,” said Capt. Kristopher Peterson with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.Cleanup is already underway in the area, but DCSO is still asking the public to stay clear of the area due to all of the damage Deputies will be in the area all night and through the morning. Pete Cuddihy was checking the damage between Fort Calhoun and Crescent, Iowa.Driving throughout the area they found everything from downed street signs to flipped trucks. At a nearby farm, he met Cameron McNew who said his father has owned the farm for over 40 years.He was at the farm on Thursday when the tornado hit and shared footage of the tornado rolling through his property.READ MORE: KETV Viewers capture photos, videos of tornadoes, hail moves through Nebraska, IowaSilos were torn apart from the tornado along with shingles being ripped from their house, sending debris across the farmland.He said that recovery will take a while and impact their planting schedule.McNew said this is the second time in two years the property was hit by a tornado. Last time it leveled a barn. Despite cleanup setting back the planting schedule, he said he’s just happy his family is safe.Bill Schammert was chasing the storms all evening.He finished the night in Iowa, where he didn’t find a whole lot of damage, but when he was in Randolph, Nebraska, he saw some pretty significant hail damage.Vehicles were damaged, including a windshield being completely decimated.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
OMAHA, Neb. —KETV NewsWatch 7 is starting to get a picture of the damage from Thursday’s storms, which appeared to be widespread.
Our crews were all across the area surveying the damage.
Photo: KETV anchor Bill Schammert captures confirmed tornado north of Omaha. See the story here.
Maddie Augustine was near 78th and Dutch Hall Road near the north Omaha airport.
“Tornado touched down, ever so briefly, but it, long enough to create some pretty good damage in the area. Some obviously some, large amounts of hail came through. We’ve seen damage. Roof damage, siding, tons of tree, trees that were knocked down, tons of, outer buildings that have been, essentially split in half and so forth,” said Capt. Kristopher Peterson with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Cleanup is already underway in the area, but DCSO is still asking the public to stay clear of the area due to all of the damage
Deputies will be in the area all night and through the morning.
Pete Cuddihy was checking the damage between Fort Calhoun and Crescent, Iowa.
Driving throughout the area they found everything from downed street signs to flipped trucks.
At a nearby farm, he met Cameron McNew who said his father has owned the farm for over 40 years.
He was at the farm on Thursday when the tornado hit and shared footage of the tornado rolling through his property.
READ MORE: KETV Viewers capture photos, videos of tornadoes, hail moves through Nebraska, Iowa
Silos were torn apart from the tornado along with shingles being ripped from their house, sending debris across the farmland.
He said that recovery will take a while and impact their planting schedule.
McNew said this is the second time in two years the property was hit by a tornado.
Last time it leveled a barn.
Despite cleanup setting back the planting schedule, he said he’s just happy his family is safe.
Bill Schammert was chasing the storms all evening.
He finished the night in Iowa, where he didn’t find a whole lot of damage, but when he was in Randolph, Nebraska, he saw some pretty significant hail damage.
Vehicles were damaged, including a windshield being completely decimated.
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