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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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With frigid temperatures sweeping through Mid-Missouri, experts have some advice on how to keep your car running smoothly. The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a weather alert day for Sunday and Monday as bitterly cold temperatures stay in the area. The store manager of Firestone Complete Auto Care in Columbia Vinnie
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The Wabash bus station is the latest warming shelter to open its doors in Columbia as temperatures overnight continue to be dangerous.
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TODAY: Temperatures will warm into the lower 20s, but a wind chill factor will make it feel as if the temperature were near zero. A few clouds are possible, otherwise, we will remain sunny. TONIGHT: Frigid conditions continue with sustained winds overnight. Lows will be near single digits. EXTENDED: Even colder air is set to build in
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Some of us have been upgraded from a Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Weather Advisory. A Winter Storm Watch is still in effect through late Friday night for the eastern half of Mid-Missouri as winter weather is expected to impact roads Friday morning.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation said road conditions are worsening, contributing to slide-offs.
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TODAY: Snow changes to freezing rain by late morning, lasting into the afternoon. A tenth to a quarter inch of ice accumulation is possible. Freezing rain changes to rain by mid-evening as temperatures rise above freezing. TONIGHT: Rain continues into early tomorrow morning. Lows in the mid 30s. EXTENDED: Windy conditions will persist after the
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SYNOPSIS: Snow continues to rotate out of mid-Missouri this evening. Most snowfall will exit our eastern counties by 7pm. Snow will continue to taper off with most of the area seeing 1-3″ total storm accumulation by sundown. In addition to the snowfall, temperatures stay below freezing with winds gusting up to 30 mph at times.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City’s Public Works department is equipped with 24 plow trucks “ready to go” for the forecasted snow. Britt Smith, the Jefferson City Public Works operations division director said when temperatures near that freezing mark, he will have a crew of supervisors out monitoring the roads determining when to bring in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A road in southwest Columbia was closed due to flooding amid heavy rainfall Friday night. According to a notification from Boone County Joint Communications, the 3900 block of Grant Lane between Post Oak and Maple Bluff was closed. Officials urged drivers to find an alternate route. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT officials said the state’s department of transportation has 222 plows across the central district ready to go for the expected rain and snow coming this weekend. “The next couple of days is a very high variable weather event,” said Adam Pulley, the MoDOT Central District communication manager. Pulley said rain
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ABC 17 Stormtrack Meteorologist Kevin Schneider explains what is needed for freezing rain to happen.
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Tuesday 6AM Update: Roads are still in poor shape, but we could be throwing a wrench into the road treatment plans this morning in some of our western counties. Clouds are streaming in, and it looks like we could be cold enough at the surface to essentially pull some of that cloud cover down, creating
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Road crews in Missouri’s capital worked around the clock on Tuesday as the second round of a winter storm moved dropped snow and water.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 25 person crews with Columbia Public Works reported to work overnight Monday. According to a media release, crews will focus on first and second priority routes Monday night until the snow stops. They were able to work on third priority routes Monday morning, but had to move back on to first
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The Jefferson City council will not meet on Monday, Dec. 16 because of inclement weather, postponing discussion on a crumbling building.
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The next round of snow arrives this morning and wraps up later tonight with an additional 1-3″ of snow possible.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Snow moving through the area on Sunday and Monday will cause crews to be on the roads overnight. Columbia Public Works had a full crew out clearing roads Sunday. It will also have a full, or close to full, crew in overnight Sunday. Barry Dalton from Columbia Public Works said the crews
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Cole County Public Works had 26 trucks treating the roads Sunday, according to Director Larry Benz. Benz said he called his entire team in before the snow started to make sure roads were treated across the county. The department will have trucks out overnight to give the main crew a chance to rest before the
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F responded to a deadly crash and more than 200 other calls for service during a winter storm on Sunday. The fatal crash occurred at Highway 94 and Route C near Mokane in Callaway County, according to the MSHP central district’s Twitter. According to the crash report, Nathan Clingman,
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