2026 Weather Thread

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Cermak wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 12:01 pm Apparently last nights storm was remnants of hurricane Polo. I also had water seeping into my garage from cracks in the floor with is partially below grade. .
I hope someone will correct me, but I can’t recall Omaha ever getting hit with tropical remnants, especially from the Pacific.
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GenX wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:04 pm
Cermak wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 12:01 pm Apparently last nights storm was remnants of hurricane Polo. I also had water seeping into my garage from cracks in the floor with is partially below grade. .
I hope someone will correct me, but I can’t recall Omaha ever getting hit with tropical remnants, especially from the Pacific.
I think ive heard of others making it here, but yeah, coming from the pacific is different.
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Busguy2010 wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:20 pm
GenX wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 3:04 pm
Cermak wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 12:01 pm Apparently last nights storm was remnants of hurricane Polo. I also had water seeping into my garage from cracks in the floor with is partially below grade. .
I hope someone will correct me, but I can’t recall Omaha ever getting hit with tropical remnants, especially from the Pacific.
I think ive heard of others making it here, but yeah, coming from the pacific is different.
Yeah, I remember getting rain from Katrina, but from a Pacific storm...that might be a first.
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Re: 2026 Weather Thread

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Seeing lots of flooding reports.
51st and Center (south end of Saddle Creek rd)
70th and Q. Winchester Bar had water to the top of the door frame. (my goto karaoke place!)
67 and Center, Aksarben village and Baxter Arena.
HWY 370 from 36th street and east from there.
To my recollection this is the first time a Pacific hurricane had such direct impact here. Several from the Gulf have swung up this far in my life time.
To Growth! When do we get a Supertall! :mrgreen:
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zedmib wrote: Thu Oct 01, 2026 9:16 pm To my recollection this is the first time a Pacific hurricane had such direct impact here. Several from the Gulf have swung up this far in my life time.
I heard someone say that a typical low pressure system was coming though and collected the hurricane's moisture and drug it up here more than a normal system.
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As far as I know my house had never had any water issues before this storm and I’ve lived in my house for over 30 years. it had always stayed dry during major storms. This one I got water in the garage and basement. No huge amount or damage but enough for concern. This storm was definitely different and pushed any water barrier around my house to its absolute limit . The fact that the ground was already saturated before this storm even started probably played a big role as well. Hopefully this isn’t the new normal, and was a freakish rare event. Let’s hope.
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Rode around the Zorinsky last night. You can't make it all the way around the path because it is underwater in several areas.

156th north of F is washed out on one lane near the dam outlet, which is why it was closed.