Archives: KMTV special 10 years after the 1975 Omaha tornado | Part 2

Ten years after the 1975 tornado that tore through Omaha, KMTV aired a special broadcast looking back at the day and interviewed the weather person working that day.

[@samsticka]

Tom was the first meteorologist in Omaha to use Doppler Radar.

[@samsticka]

Tom Bevacqua. I remember him pretty well. He was quite popular in Omaha. Too bad he left in the early 90's. I wish he'd stayed at KMTV for many more years. Had he done so all the way to the 2010's, I have no doubt he would've been inducted into the Omaha Press Club Hall of Fame.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

I use to have a tape of Tom Bevacqua on March 13th, 1990 tracking the storms from that day but that tape broke and is long gone unfortunately.

[@cubswin3838]

He educated us. Tom Belvaquà:I LOVE that man!

[@dannydougin3925]

Why is audio so low??

[@huskerhammer6325]

I lived in Ralston and was in 7th grade at Ralston Middle school. I still remember this day vividly.

[@JayYoung-ro3vu]

Dayton(Ohio) stations do a remembrance every so often. We commemorated 50 years of Xenia's big one in 1974 last week.

[@samsticka]

If Tom had still been in Omaha during the October snowstorm of 1997, he'd have a field day talking about it. He might've done a special about it like he did with the 1975 tornado.

[@Filmpilot]

I used to fly SkyCam 3 for this station and sister station KFAB. Left in ‘79.....

[@LisaRichards_123]

Remember when KMTV did the weather in drag in the early 70’s to boost ratings? lol

[@weightgainers]

1975 - I lived in Lincoln and remember this day well! I remember the weather lady Carol Scott too! I wanted to marry her. Gorgeous woman! Even though at that time, I was a skinny, buck toothed 8th grader, I felt love for her! Wonder where she is today? Come back to me Carol!!!!!!!!

[@huskerhammer6325]

+weightgainers I loved the womens hair in the 80's...Carol was hot.

[@Filmpilot]

Dale Hansen beat you to it.