Power companies prepare for possible outages Wednesday night
Power companies in Mid-Missouri are ready for potential outages Wednesday as the area deals with strong winds.
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Tracking strong winds and a few storms later tonight
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a chance for scattered storms. South winds between 15-25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cooler with highs in the upper 40s to around 50. EXTENDED: Wind gusts have remained around 40 mph or below, but
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Insider Blog: Damaging winds possible this evening
Strong south winds have helped shatter temperature records across Mid-Missouri this afternoon, but more pressing will be the threat for storms given the ripe environment this evening. A cold front moving into a moisture-rich, warm environment has triggered a line of strong to severe thunderstorms moving out of Kansas into far western Missouri Wednesday evening.
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Task Force 1 heading back to Columbia after taking part in Kentucky tornado recovery
Task Force 1 ran assessments on more than 1,600 structures and did wellness checks while in Mayfield. The team searched buildings for survivors and assessed the damage, which ranged from none to destruction. Task Force 1 uploaded its data into a GPS system that helped populate a map that local officials could use.
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Tracking warm and gusty conditions today
TODAY: A storm system developing out to our west will generate a lot of wind today. Winds will be whipping out of the south with sustained speeds around 20-25 mph but gusts will approach 50 mph at times. Our south wind along with our abnormally warm start this morning will get highs into the low to mid 70’s
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Tracking a windy and wet Wednesday
TODAY: A storm system developing out to our west will generate a lot of wind today. Winds will be whipping out of the south with sustained speeds around 20-25 mph but gusts will approach 50 mph at times. Our south wind along with our abnormally warm start this morning will get highs into the low to mid 70’s
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Experts explain why warehouse style buildings aren’t the safest place to be during a tornado
Experts are discussing concerns on the structure of warehouse buildings during severe weather.
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Tracking strong gusty winds, near record high temperatures on Wednesday
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with lows near 60. Wind gusts between 20-25 mph. TOMORROW: Warm and very windy with south wind gusts between 40-50 mph. Highs in the lower 70s. A Wind Advisory will go into effect for most of Mid-Missouri through late tomorrow night. EXTENDED: Winds begin to pick up overnight as low
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Insider Blog: Why wind is a concern on Wednesday
A Wind Advisory is in place for the entire viewing area for tomorrow, as our next system approaches from the west. Really, this is all thanks to the upper level pattern across the central U.S. Low pressure in the west will move towards us, while high pressure to our south will barely budge. We get
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Missouri Task Force 1 members help assess tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky
The members of Task Force 1 arrived in Mayfield on Monday. The team is based at the Boone County Fire Protection District.
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Tracking near record warmth, and a return to cooler weather
TONIGHT: Breezy conditions and clouds will stay with us tonight. Lows will bottom out around 60 tonight so we’ll be off to a very warm start tomorrow. TOMORROW: Wednesday looks windy and warm. An approaching system will send non-thunderstorm winds gusting as high as 40 mph at times. This will feed warmer air into the
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Tracking another mild, breezy afternoon
TUESDAY: A warm start will help us out a little more by the afternoon with a southerly breeze kicking in. Highs today will make it into the low to mid 60’s, despite some more clouds. A stray shower or two will be possible this afternoon under those clouds. TONIGHT: The breeze and clouds will stay
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Businesses, charities rally to help tornado victims
Businesses and charities around Missouri are coming together to help people in the South and Midwest affected by tornadoes on Friday.
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Amazon employee gives details on the night of the deadly tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois
As lives were lost that night, Quigley said he was one of the lucky ones that got his route down early.
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Insider Blog: Tracking preliminary survey reports from Friday’s storms
Severe weather on Friday brought tornado warnings across central Missouri, but so far, few tornadoes have been confirmed in our region. The National Weather Service has published preliminary reports of EF-0 damage in northeast Montgomery County, just north of Wellsville. Closer to St. Louis, Storms brought damage to communities from near Augusta to near Chesterfield, Missouri.
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Tracking a warm and windy next two days, near record highs Wednesday
TONIGHT: Mostly clear and much warmer than normal with lows in the lower 40s. TOMORROW: Increasing clouds and windy with highs in the low to mid-60s. Winds could gust from the south between 25-30 mph. EXTENDED: Gusty winds will begin to die down a bit overnight, but temperatures remain in the lower 40s heading into
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WATCH: Drone footage shows tornado damage in Mayfield, Kentucky
Kentucky’s governor said Monday afternoon that more than 74 people are dead after storms ravaged the state late Friday, including a tornado that flattened much of the small town of Mayfield.
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Missouri Task Force 1 gets Kentucky assignment
The task force said in a news release that it received the assignment at 7 a.m. Monday. The group arrived early Monday in Kentucky, the state hardest hit by the December tornado outbreak that also destroyed an Amazon warehouse in southern Illinois.
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Deadly tornadoes demolish more than 1,000 homes, claiming lives and livelihoods in several states
It’s been two days since tornadoes tore across eight states, killing dozens of people and pulverizing houses in Kentucky.
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Tracking another big warmup for midweek
TONIGHT: After yet another warmer than average day, temperatures overnight will stay mild. Expect mostly clear conditions, with temperatures dropping into the mid-40’s. TUESDAY: Skies will cloud up a bit on Tuesday. Some sunshine will likely peak through, but overall mostly cloudy skies are expected. Despite the extra shade, an influx of warmth from southerly
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