PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rolla Public Schools announced Sunday that schools will be closed all week. According to a social media post from the district, due to the extensive damage to buildings caused by Friday night’s storm, school will not be in session this week. The days are not expected to impact the calendar or
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Severe storms that hit Mid-Missouri on Friday evening continued to roll through the state that night, leaving damage everywhere they went. At least a dozen Missourians were killed in Friday night storms alone, while dozens died in the nationwide severe weather outbreak. At least three tornadoes hit the St. Louis area. Rolla was one of
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and breezy with lows in the lower 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and windy with an elevated fire danger. Avoid any outdoor burning or tossing cigarettes. Highs in the lower to mid-70s. EXTENDED: I’m tracking strong gusty winds as warmer air quickly works back into Mid-Missouri following a chilly weekend. With low humidity
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The fire risk will be high across Mid-Missouri on Monday as gusty winds and warm temperatures pick up to start the work week. A dry air mass from the northwest is settling into the region following Saturday’s cold front, dropping relative humidity to 20-30% across the region. High pressure moves through the area Sunday night
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The National Weather Service in St. Louis has confirmed three tornadoes hit the St. Louis area during Friday’s storms, according to a Saturday X post.
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TODAY: Temperatures will start out near freezing with a dusting of snow on the grass in the morning. Sunshine returns in the afternoon and highs remain slightly below average in the low 50s. Winds add on some chill with gusts above 20 mph. TOMORROW: Monday also starts out freezing, but sunshine and warm southerly winds
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Various members of the community worked from Friday night through Saturday to help with recovery efforts after the City of Rolla was hit by a tornado Friday. “It’s the community we work in, community we live in and I mean, every law enforcement that’s there, first responder, it’s home and it’s hard
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking a round of light, mixed precipitation this evening, but it will be largely unimpactful for central Missouri. Temperatures will cool into the low 30s as winds blow out of the northwest at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking plenty of sunshine throughout the day with temperatures only
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The Columbia Fire Department responded to two house fires and 77 emergency calls amid severe thunderstorms on Friday.
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol has received reports of at least 10 storm-related deaths, according to a Saturday morning X post.
Six are dead in Wayne County, two in Ozark County, one in Butler County and one in Jefferson County.
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TODAY: Temperatures will be cooler but still mild in the 50s and low 60s. Clouds will increase by late morning as scattered showers track across southeastern Missouri through the evening. Otherwise, it is still very dry and winds up to 20 mph may also kick up dust that blew in behind recent storms. TOMORROW: Sunday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Camden County Commission has declared a state of emergency after roughly 30 buildings “were either damaged or destroyed,” according to a Friday night Facebook post from the county’s office of emergency management. “The EOC was activated, Road & Bridge provided heavy equipment and the Sheriff’s Department provided intelligence and reconnaissance for
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Watch live coverage in the media player. An ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day has expired after a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through and continues to track through St. Louis and Illinois. A confirmed tornado hit Rolla shortly before 8:00 with reports of damage streaming in Friday night. Power outages continue to increase area-wide
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TONIGHT: Gusty winds remain as a line of severe storms works east across Mid-Missouri. Wind damage and power outages are possible. Mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Decreasing clouds and breezy with highs in the lower 60s. EXTENDED: Severe thunderstorms will develop into a line that could bring damaging 80-85 mph winds
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THIS AFTERNOON: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for severe storms. Read our latest blog for more details. Today will be sunny and warm ahead of the storms with a high near 80. A line of severe storms tracks through Mid-Missouri between 4 to 8 pm with all severe hazards possible. TONIGHT: Isolated showers may
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TODAY: Friday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Read our latest blog for more details. Today will be sunny and warm, with a high near 80 before a line of storms brings all types of severe weather between 4-8 p.m. TONIGHT: We will have a chance for showers overnight, but the severe threat will
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We’re in for a celestial spectacle Thursday night. Mid-Missouri will see a total lunar eclipse, which happens when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon. Lunar eclipses are a fairly common astronomical phenomenon. But that doesn’t mean everyone has seen one. Have you? Let us know by voting in the poll.
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and mild with lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and breezy with strong wind gusts between 50-55 mph. A line of severe storms develop by late afternoon and moves east into the evening. Damaging winds between 70-80 mph are the main concern along with a few tornadoes. Highs tomorrow reach near
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Just yesterday we talked about C.A.P.E. ( Convective, Available, Potential, Energy) and how it’s one of many ingredients needed to make storms happen. Cape is basically the energy for the storms, or the fuel. Another ingredient that’s going to be much needed is going to be wind shear, and we actually have two types. We
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Spring has sprung quickly as temperatures warmed double digits above average into early March but this swift change of seasons has its consequences. An earlier spring affects the growing season and brings more bugs and allergies as people head outdoors. The growing season doesn’t typically begin in Central Missouri until mid-April, but the climate has
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