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Photos: Severe weather hits Omaha area

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  • May 21, 2024
  • May 21, 2024 Updated May 21, 2024
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Here are photos from the severe weather that hit the Omaha metro on May 21, 2024.

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Heavy rains accompanied severe weather in the early morning hours in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Heavy rains accompanied severe weather in the early morning hours in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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An Omaha police officer and an employee of nearby Dingman's Collision Center push a car that had been caught in flood waters out of Saddle Creek Road north of 50th Street in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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An Omaha police officer uses his vehicle to push a car that had been caught in flood waters out of Saddle Creek Road north of 50th Street in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Heavy machinery clears debris washed out by flooding from nearby construction sites out of Saddle Creek Road in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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A car that was caught in earlier flooding was abandoned on Saddle Creek Road north of Leavenworth Street in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Water pours out of a parking lot onto the ground near 46th and Farnam Streets in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Debris washed into the road by flooding is caught on a sign in the middle of Saddle Creek Road in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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A car that was caught in the early-morning flooding and was abandoned on Saddle Creek Road in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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An Omaha police officer gets into steer a car that another officer will push with his vehicle out of the road on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The vehicle was caught in the early-morning flooding and was abandoned on Saddle Creek Road in Omaha

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A car that was abandoned during flooding after early-morning storms on Saddle Creek Road in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Omaha police believe the driver broke out the back window to escape.

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Omaha police stop traffic on Saddle Creek Road near 50th Street so they can move cars that were abandoned during flooding after early-morning storms in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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A sign on the door of Amateur Coffee, located at 3913 Cuming St.which was closed due to flooding after heavy rains in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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The sign for Amateur Coffee located at 3913 Cuming St., is reflected in water on the floor. The shop was closed due to flooding after heavy rains in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Jacob Wichert, co-owner of Amateur Coffee located at 3913 Cuming St. looks around after spending most of the morning cleaning up due to flooding after heavy rains in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The shop was closed on Tuesday.

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An early-morning storm knock tree branches onto the Pacific Street sign on 42nd Street in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Water flows along Big Papillion Creek in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Water overflows into Crosskey Villages Park from Big Papillion Creek in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Water overflows into Crosskey Villages Park from Big Papillion Creek in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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The grounds crew puts the tarp on Charles Schwab Field before the Purdue and Indiana game in the Big Ten baseball tournament in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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A tractor is used to try and keep the tarp on the infield as high winds and heavy rain delay the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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High winds blow the water off the tarp on the infield during a weather delay at the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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The Purdue baseball team walks out into the dugout to check the field after severe weather delayed their game against Indiana in the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Dark clouds portend the storm approaching that delayed the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Members of the grounds crew spread dirt on the right field line trying to make the field playable again after heavy rains delayed the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Members of the grounds crew spread dirt on the right field line trying to make the field playable again after heavy rains delayed the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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Members of the grounds crew spread dirt on the right field line trying to make the field playable again after heavy rains delayed the Big Ten baseball tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

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A large whole appeared in Center Street near 67th Street after a break in a 24-inch transmission water main inOmaha on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. MUD says " preliminary information indicates it was related to the excess rainfall and flooding."

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