Gusty winds over eastern Nebraska cause damage, power outages Monday

NEBRASKA CITY – Otoe County Emergency Management has not received any reports of damage following a severe thunderstorm warning Monday morning.

The Nebraska City Airport posted a top wind gust of 30 mph at 10:15 a.m. The Plattsmouth Airport reports a 48 mph gust at 9:40 a.m.

The highest gust at Falls City’s Brenner Field is reported at 28 mph.

At 9:39 a.m. thunderstorms were located along a line from Emerson to Sidney moving at 65 mph.

Damage was reported as the high winds made their way through the area. Downed tree limbs and power outages were reported in the Omaha metro with the storm.  There were wind gusts of up to 70 mph reported.

Omaha Public Power District reported more than 55,500 customers without power in Omaha and surrounding communities.

By 10 a.m., the storms had moved into western Iowa and later into central Iowa, including Des Moines and Ames, where straight-line gusts of up to 80 mph set off a number of tornado sirens.

OMAHA – The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Mills County in southwest Iowa and portions of Sarpy and Cass county in Nebraska.

A gust front associated with severe storms was located near Elkhorn and Wahoo. It was moving southeast at 50 mph.

The warned area includes Louisville, Greenwood and Cedar Creek in Cass County, as well as the Omaha and Council Bluffs area.

Wind gusts up to 75 mph are associated with the gust front