Jessica Hafner

Jessica Hafner is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather. You can see her forecasts at 5:00, 6:00, 6:30, and 10:00 on KMIZ and at 9:00 PM on KQFX.

Jessica returned to ABC 17 News after three years at KSDK-TV in St. Louis, where she was a meteorologist and fill-in traffic anchor. During her time at KSDK, she visited more than 75 schools in Missouri and Illinois to speak to students about weather safety and broadcast meteorology.

Before making the move east, Jessica worked under former ABC 17 Stormtrack Chief Meteorologist Sharon Ray as the midday meteorologist and Digital Content Director from 2014 to 2016. She started her career in Mid-Missouri at KRCG in 2012 as the weekend meteorologist and general assignment reporter. Prior to graduating with a meteorology degree from Northern Illinois University, she was an intern at the National Weather Service in Lincoln, Illinois, and was part of a storm chasing course at the College of Dupage in 2011. Jessica spent all four years of college as a member of the school's Division I track and cross country teams.

Jessica earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist designation from the American Meteorological Society in 2015, and has covered numerous severe weather events and winter storms, along with devastating flooding in her time as a Missourian. She has been nominated twice for a Mid-America Regional Emmy Award for her work on the anniversary of the Great Flood of 1993 and severe weather in St. Louis.

Jessica is happy to be back in Mid-Missouri with her husband and two dogs, who love exploring the trails and state parks around the area.

If you have weather pictures or storm reports you’d like to share, send an email to jessica.hafner@kmiz.com.