COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flashing flooding can happen anywhere within minutes and hours of intense rainfall posing a threat to life and property. Flash flooding occurred in the early morning hours of July 4 in Kerrville, Texas, killing more than 100 people, according to reporting from CNN. Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Texas on
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TONIGHT: Storms diminish around sunset, mostly cloudy. Morning clearing could allow for some patchy fog to develop. Lows in the upper 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and hot with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: Tomorrow will be warm, but less humid as highs reach the upper 80s. Winds shift back to the south on Thursday,
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TODAY: Chances of showers and storms increase into the afternoon hours. These storms will have potential to produce locally heavy rain and isolated damaging winds. Rain keeps temperatures cooler, with highs generally in the mid-80s but some may be cooler under the best rainfall. TONIGHT: Overnight, our weather will become quiet. Temperatures should fall into
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TODAY: Tuesday brings a chance for rain once in the morning as a weakening line of storms pushes into the region from the northwest. This rain chance will wane through the morning as it dies out, but a renewed chance for storms will come along the same outflow during the afternoon. These storms will have
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Flash flooding is big news this week after a massive storm inundated parts of Texas. The system created flooding that has claimed more than 100 lives. The tragedy has touched Mid-Missouri, with Columbia-based Task Force 1 called up to help with the search operation. Mid-Missouri is also prone to flooding, with flash floods a common
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TONIGHT: A few storms early, with a decaying storm complex moving in by daybreak. Lows in the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and humid with highs in the mid-80s. Scattered storms developing along a stalled frontal boundary by late afternoon. A few storms could produce brief heavy rain and isolated strong downburst
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TODAY: We start out our work week with a fairly dry day and temperatures reaching the upper 80s. We’ll hang out to partly cloudy skies for most of the day, with low chances of storms heading into the afternoon. TONIGHT: As we head into the night, temperatures are expected to drop to the lower 70s.
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TODAY: Monday feels like summer, with highs in the 80s, feeling like near 90 with continued summer humidity. A few storms are possible this afternoon, but most of the day is dry under partly cloudy skies. Winds are light and variable with a stationary front draped across the region. TONIGHT: Skies remain partly cloudy overnight.
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TONIGHT: Scattered storms diminishing late with mostly cloudy skies and lows falling into the upper 60s to around 70. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny, warm and humid with a few storms possible by mid-late afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: Scattered storms diminish late tonight as we lose daytime heating, but tomorrow looks to be warm
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TODAY: Isolated storms are possible in the morning, with storm coverage increasing along and south of I-70 in the early afternoon. Temperatures climb to the mid-80s, and humidity pushes the heat index into the mid-90s. Storm chances decrease overnight as we lose the heat of the day. TOMORROW: Monday starts dry and sunny, but showers
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking scattered storms lasting into the evening, slowly falling apart through the overnight hours. Temperatures will be dropping into the low 70s by the end of the night as winds shift into the northwest at 7-10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking more storms redeveloping along and south of
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TODAY: Sunny in the morning, with clouds rolling in before the afternoon. Temperatures will reach the upper 80s to near 90 degrees, with the heat index climbing into the mid-90s. Scattered rain chances increase after 3 PM from west to east, and isolated showers and storms persist late overnight. TOMORROW: Sunday starts out dry for
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking very isolated and brief showers possible before sundown, but the majority of central Missouri will be staying dry throughout 4th of July evening. Winds will be out of the south at 7-10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph as temperatures fall into the low 70s by the end of the night.
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If you’ve been out in recent days, you might have seen some strange sights in the skies among the fireworks. Photos shared with ABC 17 News by Kathy Zumwalt in Jefferson City displayed smoke rings on back-to-back evenings on both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. They might look a bit spooky, but this isn’t an Independence
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TODAY: Friday is warm and muggy, with a high near 90 degrees and the heat index in the mid-90s. Skies remain mostly sunny with a light southwest breeze. TONIGHT: Spot showers are possible near Hwy 65 in the late afternoon, but almost everyone will stay dry for fireworks. Temperatures fall to the upper 70s before
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TODAY: Friday is warm and muggy, with a high near 90. We’ll have enough humidity to feel like mid-90s. Sunny skies are forecast amid a light south wind. TONIGHT: Spot showers are possible near HWY 65 around sunset, but this is unlikely. We expect dry conditions everywhere else through the night. EXTENDED: Showers and storms
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and muggy with lows near 70. INDEPENDENCE DAY: Mostly sunny, hot, and humid with highs in the lower 90s. Heat index reaching the mid-upper 90s. EXTENDED: High pressure continues to hold across the region with temperatures reaching to the low 90s by Friday afternoon, with a heat index in the upper 90s.
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It’s a sound most of Missouri is all too familiar with – the constant chirping of crickets. Some find it a nuisance, others find it peaceful. Did you know that a cricket’s chirping could also come in handy? Tonight, by using a simple formula, you could calculate the temperature outside just through the song of
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Summer is heating up, and not just when you’d think. As daytime temperatures continue to warm with climate change, nights are getting even hotter. Nighttime temperatures are warming faster than at any other time, extending the risks of heat through all hours of the day. In Columbia, overnight temperatures have warmed by over 3 degrees
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TODAY: We’re blessed with more sunshine today as temperatures look to remain around the mid to upper 80s. Humidity will begin to climb thanks to a southerly wind bringing more moisture and heat to our area. TONIGHT: Tonight will be similar to last, minus the addition of a few more clouds rolling into the region.
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