TODAY: Wednesday continues our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day coverage as we are bitterly cold again today. Expect lows near zero this morning, and a high in the upper teens to near 20. With winds from the north and west around 5-10 mph, we’ll feel like subzero to single digit temperatures. TONIGHT: Skies are mostly
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Extreme cold has settled across the Midwest leading to wind chills dipping below zero degrees Tuesday night. The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day lasting through Thursday morning at 7 am as lows remain below ten degrees. Many people who have had to push through these cooler conditions might be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some Mid-Missouri school districts had called off Wednesday classes by the middle of Tuesday afternoon as snow and ice continued to cling to area roads. Columbia Public Schools was among the districts that decided before 3 p.m. along with Moberly Public Schools and other, smaller districts in more rural areas. The Jefferson
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and bitterly cold with lows near zero and wind chills between -5 and -10 degrees. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the upper teens and wind chills around 10. EXTENDED: The coldest night of the week is ahead with a northwest breeze approaching 10 mph. That wind, coupled with lows
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The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for dangerously cold morning temperatures through Thursday morning. Arctic air following Sunday and Monday’s winter storm coupled with snow covered ground will make for some frigid mornings in Mid-Missouri through late week. Strong winds from the northwest will keep temperatures well below average,
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TODAY: Tuesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the bitter cold that settles in today. After starting near zero, highs only reach teens, and we’ll feel like single digits. TONIGHT: Frigid air continues tonight, with clear skies and a low near zero. EXTENDED: We’ll have sunny skies through Thursday morning, with clouds returning. South winds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) All Ameren Missouri customers in the Eldon had their power restored around noon Tuesday after losing it in the early morning. Ameren’s outage map showed about 250 customers in the Eldon area without power a little before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The number was down from about 1,700 earlier in the morning. The
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TODAY: Tuesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the bitter cold that settles in today. After starting near zero, highs only reach teens, and we’ll feel like single digits. TONIGHT: Frigid air continues tonight, with clear skies and a low near zero. EXTENDED: We’ll have sunny skies through Thursday morning, with clouds returning.
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The winter storm that hit Mid-Missouri over the weekend didn’t make the worst-case scenario but still dumped enough snow and shut down schools and some businesses. And temperatures well below freezing mean it’s taking longer for that frozen precipitation to come off the roads. Residential streets throughout Mid-Missouri remain covered even as MoDOT makes headway
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Parts of Mid-Missouri will experience frigid temperatures Monday night through Thursday, leading to home owners cranking up their thermostats. Turning up the heat in a home is often done in an attempt to keep warm, but a local plumber says it’s also essential to keep pipes in the home from freezing. Or
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) Joshua Jenkins got behind the wheel of his snowplow just before 7 a.m. Monday. Ten hours later, he was still busy cleaning up the aftermath of this weekend’s winter storm that swept through Mid-Missouri. Jenkins is one of hundreds of snowplow operators across the state who were busy clearing snow out of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A City of Columbia snow plow crew of 16 members clocked in at 7 p.m. Monday to continue working to plow neighborhood roads during the overnight hours, the city said in a release. Plows moved into the neighborhoods during the day on Monday after getting priority roads to near-normal conditions, according to
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy and cold with lows near zero. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cold with highs in the upper teens. EXTENDED: A Weather Alert Day will be in effect from late tonight through Thursday morning as low temperatures will fall to near zero. Wind chills will be a touch colder, but thankfully winds won’t be
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Read the full list of closures and cancellations here. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several area school districts will once again not be in session on Tuesday. Columbia Public Schools will have it second AMI day of the year on Tuesday, a district spokesperson said in an email. “Columbia Public Schools will not be in session on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s trash routes will run on their regular schedules for the rest of the week, the city’s Solid Waste Department wrote on its social media on Monday. Inclement weather caused Monday’s pickups to be rescheduled. Customers who regularly have trash picked up on Monday can put out their roll carts on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 300 Ameren Missouri customers briefly lost power Monday afternoon with wind chills in the single digits. Ameren Missouri’s outage map showed 363 customers in the Hallsville and Centralia areas without power early Monday afternoon. The outage was no longer listed by about 12:40 p.m. The National Weather Service monitoring station
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TODAY: Monday morning brings our ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day to a close. We will have a few final snow showers dropping light accumulations through 7 a.m. but many will be done with additional snow fall by then. Snow will continue to blow in up to 20 mph wind gusts through the morning, but winds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s map showing road conditions indicated roads around Mid-Missouri remained covered late Monday morning. The agency’s traveler information map had state highways in Mid-Missouri colored purple just before 10:30 a.m., meaning they remained covered in snow and ice for the most part. However, state troopers covering Mid-Missouri said
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A winter storm continued to spit snow and ice onto parts of Mid-Missouri on Sunday night. Accumulation varied across the region, with parts north generally receiving more snow, with more ice south. However, much of Mid-Missouri saw a mix of the two, creating a layered and frozen mess on the ground and on roads. The
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SUNDAY EVENING UPDATE: A widespread swath of snow has started to push back into Mid-Missouri, with moderate to heavy snow possible at times, especially across northwest portions of Mid-Missouri. Road conditions will continue to deteriorate as visibility drops due to gusty winds. An additional 2-4″ of snow is possible through early tomorrow morning, with much
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