For the Omaha metro, 2024 has been quite the year for severe weather with numerous rounds of tornadoes, damaging wind storms, and hail. The city was again threatened with severe weather on Wednesday, but the strongest storms stayed off to the south and east. The featured chart presents the number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued for Douglas County, Nebraska (Omaha). This accounting is county based, so is a bit nuanced to understand with the present day storm based warning era. That aside, the total this year of 31 is already the largest on record since 1986 using unofficial archives maintained by the IEM. Severe weather is certainly still common during the months of August and September for the area, so the rough stuff may not be over yet for the storm weary folks there.

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