The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team tracked severe storms that left quite a bit of damage across southern and southwest Missouri on Tuesday morning as a Weather Alert Day was in effect. Storms moved in from the Joplin area after 8:00 a.m., overturning tractor trailers on I-44 near Joplin. As the line of storms intensified,
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with widespread rain and storms returning overnight. Lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Soggy morning with showers and storms off and on throughout the day. Highs in the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Another push of rain and storms will ride up along a stalled boundary late tonight into tomorrow, bringing
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TODAY: Scattered showers and storms remaing through the afternoon hours before clearing into the evening hours. Highs remain into the mid-60s as winds switch out of the northwest following the passing of a cold front. TONIGHT: Temperatures remain fairly steady overnight, in the 50s. This is as a warm front lifts north into Wednesday morning,
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TODAY: Tuesday will start wet with scattered thunderstorms. We remain in an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert day as we may have a strong storm or two, but our overall severe threat appears low. Our severe threat should completely come to an end after a cold front that is driving storms, passes out of the region
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly six months ago, Dominique Ford died after being shot in his apartment building, but the search for the killer remains ongoing. According to an October press release from police, Ford was found with life-threatening injuries in the 1400 block of Mokane Road on Oct. 25. Police later said Ford died from
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EDITOR’S NOTE: An incorrect bill number has been removed from the story. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Black Missourians are reported missing at disproportionately higher rates than their share of the population, a troubling trend now affecting a Columbia family. Desire Smith, 15, has been missing for nearly four months after she was last seen in Columbia
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) First year women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper has hit the ground running since she first got hired by Mizzou in the middle of March. Since getting introduced, she’s filled out her staff, made additions from the transfer portal and retained some key players from the 2024-25 roster. One of those players is
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After a year of collaboration between the University of Missouri and the National Weather Service, MU held an award ceremony in front of Jessie Hall celebrating the achievement featuring Kevin Deitsch of the National Weather Service office in Saint Louis. Kevin Deitsch, “I mean, the StormReady program is really just building that partnership between, you
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Mid-Missouri sees a decent amount of energy in the environment this evening/ tonight according to the instability tracker with higher values back towards Kansas City. Storm start times are looking to primarily exists after midnight Monday night due to an atmospheric CAP in place. So what exactly is a cap? Well, it’s a thing that
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) City of Columbia utility crews were back out on the streets picking up trash and blue recycling bags this morning despite recycling processing being suspended following an EF-1 tornado. The plans were announced last week with the plan of helping residents continue their trash and recycling routine even with both recycling and
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and breezy with strong storms moving in from the northwest after midnight. Some storms could become severe, bringing quarter size hail and isolated damaging winds. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Scattered storms, some strong in the morning. Some dry time with scattered storms through the evening. Highs in the upper 60s.
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Local agencies underwent an emergency training exercise at the Columbia Regional Airport on Monday. The triennial training allows emergency personnel to respond to a simulated plane crash.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The criminal investigation into Sedalia councilman who resigned last week may include sexual harassment of a juvenile, according to a Monday email from Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders. Former Ward 1 Councilman Tom Oldham stepped down on Thursday after “serious allegations” were brought against him, the City of Sedalia wrote in a
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for potential for storms this evening and into Tuesday morning. For the more detail, read our blog. Overall, Monday will be a dry and warm day, with highs in the mid-80s. This will be approaching our average high temperatures we expect during the hottest days of summer.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper took questions from reporters Monday afternoon along with star player Grace Slaughter. Harper has signed several players since being hired last month to lead the women’s team after the departure of Robin Pingeton. Watch the news conference live in the media player.
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TODAY: Monday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for potential for storms this evening and into Tuesday morning. For the more detail, read our blog. Overall, Monday will be a dry and warm day, with highs in the mid-80s. This will be approaching our average high temperatures we expect during the hottest days of
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day from late tonight into tomorrow morning for the potential of severe storms. SETUP An upper-level system has pushed an area of low pressure into the Upper Midwest on Monday. Moisture increases ahead of this system while dry air sharply filters in behind it,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17’s Kyle Helms caught up with PowerMizzou’s Jarod Hamilton in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-Down, diving into MU’s three NFL draft picks, their destinations and the players who have already signed undrafted free agent deals at the professional level. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It has been one week since tornadoes touched down across Mid-Missouri, causing damage and teaching some residents important lessons. In Columbia, city officials reported that at least five homes and several buildings sustained damage after a confirmed EF-1 tornado moved through the area. The tornado caught many by surprise, but several residents
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and breezy with highs in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and breezy with wind gusts up to 30 mph. Highs reach the mid-upper 80s. EXTENDED: Clouds remain this evening as low pressure sticks around to our west. Temperatures remain somewhat mild overnight and skies begin to break up a bit into
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