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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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and comfortable with lows in the upper 50s. TOMORROW: Sunny with light winds and highs in the lower 80s. EXTENDED: As upper high pressure builds in over the next few days, we can expect sunshine and nearly calm winds as temperatures begin to gradually warm back up into the lower 80s. By
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TODAY: Some may have fog early this morning, before we clear by late morning. Under mostly sunny skies with a northwest wind around 10-15 mph, we’ll have highs in the mid-70s. Winds will be breezy, gusting 20-30 mph at times. TONIGHT: Overnight, temperatures fall into the 50s for another cool start Tuesday. EXTENDED: Tuesday’s temperatures
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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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TONIGHT: Scattered strong storms south of I-70. Some storms could bring strong winds and hail before 10:00 p.m. Mostly cloudy with lows in the mid-50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 70s. EXTENDED: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for most of the area until 10:00 p.m. Storms could potentially
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TODAY: Sunday is another ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the risk of severe storms in the afternoon and evening along a cold front. While there is some uncertainty on whether storms develop at all, any storms today will be capable of 60 mph damaging winds and large hail over 1″ in diameter. Temperatures
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day in effect as the potential for strong to severe storms arrives by 2-4 pm in central Missouri today. This storm complex will exit the area by 7-9 pm this evening, resulting in a quiet rest of the night as temperatures drop into the low 60s.
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TODAY: Saturday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the risk of severe storms between noon and 8 PM this evening. Scattered thunderstorms that develop in the afternoon will carry a risk of damaging winds and a few possible tornadoes. Temperatures reach the mid-70s with heavy humidity. TOMORROW: Sunday is another Weather Alert
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s with isolated chances of showers and storms. TOMORROW: Saturday is a ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day as the potential for strong to severe storms remains possible from 12PM- 8PM. Strong winds up to 60+ mph and brief spin-up tornadoes remain possible with isolated large hail. Highs
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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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THIS AFTERNOON: Temperatures remain warm in the 70s with added mugginess. Rain slowly tracks east by the evening, making way for a drier dinner hour. TONIGHT: Skies clear out overnight as temperatures drop to the 70s. EXTENDED: Saturday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for possible severe storms in the afternoon and early
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TODAY: Friday begins dry early, but showers and storms are already working in before sunrise. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to lift north from the south where they have been ongoing this morning. Rain will be greatest along and south of a line from Warsaw to Montgomery City. Showers are spottier to the north and
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After a little dry patch, Mid-Missouri has seen all the rain it could ask for. This week has soaked the region. On Tuesday, 2 inches of rain fell in Columbia in about six hours. Showers have continued to sputter around the area for much of the time since then. And more are expected on Friday
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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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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the mid-60s as skies remain partly cloudy. TOMORROW: Friday welcomes chances of scattered showers and storms with highs into the mid to upper 70s. EXTENDED: Saturday welcomes more chances of scattered showers and storms with highs into the upper 70s. Isolated chances of showers and storms remain possible Sunday, but
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THIS AFTERNOON: Mostly cloudy but also mostly dry as highs reach the upper 70s. A spot shower is still possible today. TONIGHT: Clouds fill in overnight, and conditions remain dry through the early morning on Friday. Lows in the 60s. EXTENDED: Showers and thunderstorms roll in early Friday with stronger storms remaining south of the
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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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TODAY: Thursday is more welcomed dry time, despite some persistent clouds. A spot shower may come this afternoon, especially to those in the northwest. Highs reach mid-to-upper 70s amid a light northeast breeze. TONIGHT: Clouds are broken this evening, becoming increasingly cloudy overnight into Friday morning. Lows settle in the 60s. Storms approach by sunrise
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service confirmed a pair of tornadoes hit eastern Kansas City through Independence on Tuesday. The first tornado’s EF rating is unknown, but the second has been rated as an EF-1. The first tornado lasted two minutes and traveled a quarter-mile, while the EF-1 lasted nine minutes, went 3.75 miles with peak winds
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe has amended the call for this summer’s special session to include additional items, a Wednesday press release from the governor’s office says. The call replaces the previous one made on May 27, which included legislation to incentivize Kansas City sports teams to stay in the state and fund
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