TODAY: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Heat index in the 93-96 range. TONIGHT: We’ll see clear skies as low drop into the upper 60s. EXTENDED: Heat and humidity stick around through Sunday and Monday with upper level high pressure overhead. Our main story of the week will come as tropical
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TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with lows in the upper 60s. Stray spot shower or storm can’t be ruled out, but most areas stay dry overnight. SATURDAY: Partly to mostly sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Heat index in the 93-96 range. EXTENDED: Heat and humidity stick around through Sunday and Monday with upper level high
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TODAY: Clouds have stuck around following the morning thunderstorms– this has dramatically slowed the progression of warming temperatures this afternoon. These clouds will only allow temperatures to get into the mid to upper 80s later on this afternoon, letting heat index values remain below 100º. It will still be warm and muggy, but not as
Continue Reading While we are waking up to stormy conditions this morning, we are primarily concerned with the warmer temperatures that we have yet to see for today. Highs this afternoon will be in the lower 90s. While these are already warm temperatures to begin with, the real concern comes from a heat index that will top
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TODAY: This morning we are waking up to a Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued by the National Weather Service as a storm system pushes toward mid-Missouri. This system is already producing gusty conditions, and we are expecting strong winds as this pushes through the viewing area. After this storm clears out, we will be partly sunny
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Rob Dixon, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, will join Gov. Mike Parson for the governor’s daily COVID-19 news conference Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools proposed a 2020-21 budget on Wednesday that relies on $17 million in deficit spending as COVID-19 continues to drag down revenue and a new middle school opens. Kathy Steinhoff, president of the Columbia Missouri National Education Association teachers’ union, said she believes that students or classrooms will not see
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A group of MU Health Care doctors held a show of solidarity with protesters Thursday. The group White Coats 4 Black Lives held the event on the University of Missouri campus. The group observed a moment of silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to honor George Floyd, the black man who
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A memorial service was held Thursday for George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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THURSDAY: Showers and storms will move through quickly this morning. By this afternoon sunshine looks to return with highs pushing into the middle 80’s with a heat index near 90. TONIGHT: Staying quiet under partly cloudy skies. Overnight lows fall back into the upper 60’s. EXTENDED: This boundary system will be in the area tomorrow,
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for the threat of severe storms through Thursday morning. MIDNIGHT UPDATE: Strong storms have been training across the eastern half of Mid-Missouri this evening, bringing anywhere from 2-4″+ rainfall to parts of Audrain, Callaway, Boone, Monroe, and Randolph counties. These storms will continue
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Protesters took to the streets in downtown Columbia again Wednesday evening. Groups have been marching through streets and kneeling in intersections of downtown Columbia for several days.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) As demonstrations continue across the state and country after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Gov. Mike Parson thanked citizens for a peaceful night in Missouri on Tuesday. Parson has said several times the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was unacceptable. He also condemned
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There are no set plans for what the City of Columbia’s curbside trash collection and recycling pick up will look like next week.
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The City of Columbia saw protests both Monday and Tuesday of this week and Columbia PD took very different approaches to handling each night.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny skies will continue for much of this afternoon with storm chances increasing through the evening hours. Temperatures will be in the upper 80s and low 90s with feels like temperatures near 95*. For all the severe weather timing and impacts for the Weather Alert Day head over to the Insider Blog. TONIGHT:
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The son of a black man who died last week in Minneapolis with a white police officer’s knee on his neck spoke Wednesday at a news conference.
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Becoming partly cloudy, hot, and humid. Highs in the low 90s, heat index in the upper 90s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely by late afternoon into the evening. EXTENDED: A cold front to our north will slide south on Wednesday,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) UPDATE 11:10 P.M.: Protests continued late Monday night. Protesters moved to the police station before walking towards the courthouse. Watch an update from the scene in the player below: ORIGINAL: At least two people were hit by vehicles during a protest near downtown Columbia. Multiple witnesses said they saw a woman with
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the mid-upper 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the upper 80s to around 90. Heat index in the low 90s. EXTENDED: Heat and humidity build across Mid-Missouri this week as the jet stream lifts well to our north, giving us highs near 90 and lows near
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