The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day effective for a storm threat that may redevelop on Wednesday SETUP: After watching storm energy struggle to build north on Tuesday night (see the “What Changed” section below), we will continue reap the benefits of this shift in the data again on Wednesday.
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Storm timing plays an important role in determining storm intensity, with late overnight and early morning storms less likely to be strong to severe due to decreased energy levels in the environment.
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Although meteorological summer officially began on June 1st, much of the area is still waiting for their first 90-degree days. Columbia and St. Louis are both behind schedule on reaching this mark, thanks to a wetter and milder start to the season. On average, Columbia sees its first 90-degree day on the very last day
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Things are looking a lot better across much of Mid-Missouri in terms of drought conditions. The latest drought monitor came out Thursday morning. When taking a look at the percent of normal the last 30 days, most of the region remains well above average in terms of rainfall totals with the exception of northwestern portions
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You may have seen videos going around on social media of a black bear passing through portions of mid Missouri in Centralia. It’s not often that we see black bears across this area, but this site might increase in future years as populations increase. Nate Bowersock is a furbearer biologist for the Missouri Department of
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In Missouri, if you like golf, you might be gearing up to watch the US Open this upcoming Thursday through Sunday in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Many golfers might be struggling however due to the upcoming forecast. When looking at temperatures, it’s going to be a warmer afternoon each day until Saturday where widespread chances of showers
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A cold front tracked through Mid-Missouri on Sunday, bringing elevated thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and hail through the southern half of the area into the evening. Most of the storms stayed below severe limits, but a few were able to produce large volumes of hail that piled up across Morgan and Miller counties, and
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Our severe threat has ended. Locally heavy rain, and hail was the dominant impact of Sunday’s storms. At one point near Aurora Springs in Miller County, hail was reportedly covering the ground shortly after 8 p.m. SETUP FUTURETRACK The cold front is now centered over I-44, with storms behind the front being more elevated in
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June 6th is D-Day, the anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in history that almost didn’t happen. But meteorologists on the Allies’ side made a weather forecast that would prove successful. A lot of factors had to come together for a successful invasion. The Allies needed low tides, light winds, and little cloud cover to
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The United States is on the cusp of another above-average hurricane season while NOAA continues to work through federal funding cuts and loss of staffing. Nearly 600 employees have been let go from the National Weather Service, but the agency is now reversing course and looking to fill over 100 critical vacant positions as hurricane
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Rain has continued into the summer and is bringing the spring floods with it. Recent showers and storms dropped 2 to 3 or more inches of rain across a wide swath of Mid-MO in under a day, quickly inundating local creeks and rivers. The rain is connected to a slow-moving front that has stalled right
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FINAL UPDATE: The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day is over as our severe threat has come to an end. No severe watches or warnings are in effect. Flood alerts do remain in effect as rain continues to fall early this morning. There have been reports of tree damage and downed power lines across Pettis,
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City lakes like Phillips Lake located in South Columbia, depend on the Missouri Department of Conservation and weather conditions to determine the Largemouth bass population health. Fish shocking events are an important tool used to sample populations of fish, like that of the Largemouth bass in an effort to track species health. Darby Niswonger is
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A high pressure system has been causing cooler temperatures across the eastern US, but it will break down and move eastward, allowing warmer temperatures to return to Mid-Missouri by next weekend.
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Memorial Day in Columbia, MO is expected to be 16 degrees below average and may see showers, with pollen levels slightly peeling back and water conditions choppy.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As of this week, Missouri leads the nation in the number of tornado warnings issued since Jan. 1, with 140 more warnings than normal. The severe weather season ramped up in March and has been relentless ever since. Missouri typically averages around 50 tornadoes (2000-2024 average), and we have had more than
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A trio of EF-1 tornadoes have been confirmed to have touched down in Benton County on Monday night, according to the National Weather Service. The first tornado touched down at 7:24 p.m., wind speeds maxed out at 105 mph, with an unconfirmed width. For the second of the tornadoes it touched down
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Three tornadoes were confirmed in eastern Missouri on Monday, with maximum wind speeds of up to 100 mph, but no fatalities or injuries were reported.
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It will be harder to know the cost of the most extreme weather disasters, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it will stop monitoring billion-dollar disasters in the United States. A message atop the website for Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters reads, “In alignment with evolving priorities, statutory mandates, and staffing changes,
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Storms blossomed across eastern Missouri on Friday afternoon as a cold front swept into a moist and energetic atmosphere over the Midwest. While the highest risk of storms is just east of our area, Central Missouri experienced a fair share of severe activity. The primary hazard for our area was large, and at times gigantic,
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