Storms will continue to move in gradually from the west this evening. It will be a slow process, but eventually the rain makes it to Omaha around 10-11pm. This means fireworks displays in the metro should be dry, but out neighborhoods in eastern Nebraska may have to dodge some thunderstorms.
Scattered thunderstorms will continue overnight and into Saturday morning. It may take a few hours for the rain to clear out of western Iowa, but by midday, there should be some returning sunshine peeking through the clouds, helping us warm to highs in the upper 80s.
A second round of storms will move from north to south late in the afternoon through early evening. This will happen as a cold front sweeps through the region Saturday evening. By late Saturday evening, all of the rain will be moving into Missouri, leaving us dry and mostly clear by Sunday morning…