Thursday Night Update: A line of strong storms capable of producing damaging winds is pushing into our far northern counties along Highway 36 and will continue to pose a damaging wind and large hail threat into the overnight hours. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 5AM for areas along and west of Highway
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Late Afternoon Update: The main push of severe storms has moved southeast, but additional development is possible south of Highway 50 through this evening. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 7PM for the threat of hail up to 2″ in diameter, along with 60-70 mph winds. SYNOPSIS A strong warm front is expected
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Stormtrack Weather Alert Day ahead of the threat for severe thunderstorms tonight. Tuesday Afternoon Update: Showers and thunderstorms have developed ahead of the cold front, and with ample sunshine this afternoon, they’ll have plenty of energy to work with through the evening. Storms will intensify and
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Strong winds knocked over an electric pole in Boone County as storms swept across Mid-Missouri on Tuesday. It happened on Route K at McBaine city limits before 6 p.m. BCJC: Electric pole leaning at Route K at McBaine city limits and creating a traffic hazard. Use caution, avoid area if possible.—
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More storms possible Saturday night.
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FRIDAY: Today things will warm into the 70s ahead of our next round of storms set to impact us in the afternoon to early evening. This round too has the potential to bring some hail and damaging wind gusts to mid-Missouri. For the latest timing/details check out the Stormtrack Insider Blog. TONIGHT: Storm coverage looks to be
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Afternoon Update: Skies have cleared across Mid-Missouri and storms have started to fire up across extreme northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa. There will be two more favorable areas for severe storms tonight; one along and north of Highway 24, and the other south of I-44. The area in between (most of Mid-Missouri) will still have
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THURSDAY: Storms push back in this morning but should behave aside from a rumble of thunder or two. These look to move out toward the later morning hours. But that break appears to be short-lived with another round of storms redeveloping and moving in. Anytime after 1 PM these storms could move in, depending on
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Arctic Air Blast! Bitterly cold temperatures have filtered in across Mid-Missouri thanks to a large arctic high pressure system centered to our northwest, blasting cold gusty winds through the region today. Temperatures managed to reach the single digits to low teens, but will drop to around zero tonight. A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team extended a Weather Alert Day for accumulating snow and bitterly cold wind chills.
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Local officials said Wednesday that the effects of a winter storm in Cole County were more manageable than originally expected. Cole County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a small number of minor crashes through Wednesday afternoon, according to Sheriff John Wheeler. He said the preparation of the city and county public works departments paid off. “Public
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Watch a Wednesday afternoon update on weather conditions from Chief Meteorologist Jessica Quick in the player below SYNOPSIS Precipitation continues to ride up a stationary boundary bringing heavy snow to the Midwest and several other precipitation types furth south and east. PRECIP BREAKDOWN/TIMINGS Precipitation is starting to slow down to our west and that should
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A 25-person plow crew will continue to treat and clear priority routes over night in Columbia, according to a news release.
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Jefferson City Public Works and MoDOT Central District officials are urging drivers to be cautious if they are headed to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools canceled classes Wednesday ahead of expected snow. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team issued a Weather Alert Day for the expected winter weather. District spokeswoman Michele Baumstark cited the impending weather and timing of the snow in an email sent after 5 p.m. “The safety of our students and
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Winter weather will make its way through Columbia and mid-Missouri Tuesday and Wednesday. With winter conditions, officials expect to respond to more crashes.
Continue Reading Columbia Public Works and Boone County Road and Bridge were working Tuesday morning on plans for pretreating and removing snow from roads.
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As winter weather continues to batter mid-Missouri roads, public works departments express the difficulty of treating rural roads.
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Experts say there could be health risks when shoveling snow, especially with heavy and wet snow like the type that hit Missouri this week. “The things we’ll run into and see is actually, once you get worked up then people start having chest pain, chest pain leads to numbness in the arm, tightness, shortness of
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After less than an inch of snow preceded multiple crashes in the Jefferson City area, road crews are expecting below-freezing temperatures to cause more headaches for drivers on Tuesday.
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