Weather Alert Day Archives

Roads around Jefferson City are mostly clear to clear as we enter the evening hours

January 27, 2021 1:50 PM Chanel Porter

Plow crews have been working around the clock in Mid-Missouri in anticipation of snowfall Wednesday morning.

WEATHER ALERT DAY: Tracking accumulating snow, potentially slow Wednesday morning commute

January 26, 2021 4:42 PM Jessica Hafner

AFTERNOON UPDATE: Accumulating snow is coming to an end in the early hours of this afternoon. A few flurries look like they’ll hang on but shouldn’t be complicating anything on the roads. Still need to take it slow out there, anything left on the roads could refreeze tonight. LATE MORNING UPDATE: After a cold day

WEATHER CONDITION UPDATES: Multiple crashes called out across Columbia

January 27, 2021 7:31 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the winter weather conditions around Mid-Missouri.

Weather Alert Day: Snow winding down, strong winds remain

January 14, 2021 2:44 PM Jessica Hafner

AFTERNOON UPDATE (3:15 PM): Snow showers have tapered off quite a bit across the northern portion of the area, with ongoing snow for areas east of Highway 54 and south of Lake of the Ozarks. Clouds stick around tonight along with gusty winds, so travel might be tricky into the evening commute despite the snow

WINTER STORM UPDATES: Roads show continued improvement as snow tapers off

January 15, 2021 6:13 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the conditions in Mid-Missouri.

Officials warn of high winds and snow, creating rough driving conditions

January 14, 2021 7:25 PM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With high winds and snow in the forecast, officials say driving conditions could deteriorate quickly late Thursday into Friday morning. The ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day through early Friday night for the potential of accumulating snow and strong gusty winds. MoDOT issued a warning about travel, saying

Weather Alert Day: Ice creates dangerous conditions into Friday

December 30, 2020 11:30 AM Kevin Schneider

FRIDAY LATE MORNING UPDATE: The worst of the conditions will be in our western counties. That’s in the process of changing over to snow if it hasn’t already and will start to pull east. Most locations east of HWY 65 have replaced freezing rain with near freezing drizzle. Temperatures will play an important role-if we

Public works monitoring conditions ahead of expected winter weather

December 31, 2020 6:12 AM Ben Fein

The Columbia Department of Public Works is getting ready for winter weather moving in New Year’s Eve.

Weather Alert Day: Tracking dangerously cold wind chills Christmas morning

December 23, 2020 7:06 PM Jessica Hafner

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Friday morning for the threat of dangerously cold wind chills on Christmas Day. Temperatures have dropped like a rock behind the front that moved through yesterday. Arctic air dropping south from Canada sticks around through tomorrow afternoon before exiting east and winds

WEATHER ALERT DAY: Light precipitation overnight, Tuesday morning slick spots

October 25, 2020 4:48 PM Jessica Hafner

MONDAY EVENING UPDATE Light drizzle is coming down from Columbia to Jefferson City before 7:00 PM with the steadier rainfall south of Highway 54. Another batch of light snow and sleet is moving in from the west, but not much more accumulation is expected for the rest of tonight. However, temperatures will fall a few

Tracking light wintry precipitation tonight, morning impacts

October 26, 2020 4:05 PM Jessica Hafner

TONIGHT: A Weather Alert Day continues through this evening with light wintry precipitation in the form of sleet, snow, and freezing drizzle will be possible through about midnight. Lows fall to near freezing, allowing for elevated surfaces to remain slick along with side streets and sidewalks. TOMORROW: Clouds hang on for the morning with most

Rain delays treatment of Columbia roads as wintry mix falls

October 26, 2020 11:54 AM Zach Boetto

Rain that mixed in with the snow Monday made it impractical to apply anti-freezing treatment to Columbia’s road, an official said.

MoDOT reminds drivers to watch for winter weather conditions

October 26, 2020 5:45 AM Brittany Wiley

The Missouri Department of Transportation says there are a number of things drivers need to keep in mind as winter weather makes its first push of the year into mid-Missouri.

Weather Alert Day: Tracking strong gusty winds and heightened fire danger today

October 16, 2020 3:25 PM Jessica Hafner

A Weather Alert Day has been issued ahead of strong, potentially damaging winds today. Despite expected warmer temperatures this afternoon, it will be tough to spend much time outside with strong gusty winds expected out of the southwest. A deep area of low pressure to our northwest will battle with high pressure to our southeast,

WEATHER ALERT DAY: Severe storms likely through this evening

August 9, 2020 10:48 PM Luke Victor

SYNOPSIS A cold front continues to track south across northern Missouri Monday afternoon. Instability values are expected to be very high due to the heat and humidity expected. Wind shear looks relatively low, so a tornado threat looks low at the moment. Damaging wind, flash flooding and hail look like greater threats. TIMING Storms have

Weather Alert Day: Tracking dangerous heat through this weekend

July 13, 2020 5:46 PM Jessica Hafner

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day in effect today through tonight for the potential of dangerous heat. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the entire viewing area for heat indices between 105-107 on Sunday. The jet stream will continue to lift north this week, with high pressure building

Weather Alert Day: Tracking possible severe storms with damaging winds, hail

July 11, 2020 1:04 PM Jessica Hafner

The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the potential of strong to severe storms by this evening into late Saturday night. Storms diminished to our west early this morning, leaving the environment in better shape for ingredients to come together by afternoon. Plenty of instability is available for storms

Weather Alert Day: Flooding rainfall, summer heat to affect mid-Missouri this week

June 29, 2020 10:05 AM Luke Victor

Monday Morning Update:It’s starting to look like we may have avoided the worst of the flooding threat so far. We’ll continue to monitor trends on radar, but the area of concern has shifted more into Illinois this morning. There’s still a chance we pick up some afternoon showers & storms, east of HWY 63. A

Weather Alert Day: Tracking heavy rain and potential flash flooding

June 29, 2020 4:29 PM Jessica Hafner

TONIGHT: Scattered storms early, with heavy rain moving in overnight for areas along and north of I-70 through morning. Rain amounts will be between 2-4″ with the highest amounts across northeast Missouri. Lows in the low 70s. TOMORROW: Rain and storms early, becoming hot and humid with highs in the upper 80s and heat indices

WEATHER ALERT DAY: Tropical rain causes flooding, severe storms possible this afternoon

June 6, 2020 10:37 PM Luke Victor

MONDAY MORNING UPDATE:The heaviest of the rain appears to be moving to our north, which may be coming a touch too late. Some folks have picked up enough rain to cause ponding and flooding on area roadways. We’ll begin to transition to whether or not we’ll pick up strong to severe storms this afternoon. This