THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and hot, with highs around 90 degrees. Humidity is more noticeable with dew points in the upper 60s. TONIGHT: Clear and mild overnight, with lows in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: The rest of the week is sunny and hot, but pop-up storms will be possible each afternoon from Wednesday through Friday. The
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TODAY: Tuesday is another sunny and warm day, with high temperatures verging on 90 degrees. Some fog is possible early, but we expect sunny skies and light east northeast winds for most of the day. TONIGHT: Skies remain clear overnight, as temperatures cool into the 70s just before midnight. EXTENDED: Wednesday is just as warm
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy river valley fog possible. Lows in the upper 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and seasonably hot with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: A dome of high pressure has pressed far to our north, but with east/northeasterly flow aloft, humidity isn’t as bad as it could be with dew points in
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Parts of Iron and Reynolds counties in southeastern Missouri experienced catastrophic flash flooding last Friday, July 10, following a one-in-1,000-year rainfall event. The Missouri National Guard used eight UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to evacuate more than 200 children and counselors who were stranded by floodwaters at Camp Taum Sauk in Lesterville. Task Force 1, the
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THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny and seasonable, with highs in the upper 80s. TONIGHT: Clear, with lows falling to the mid-60s. EXTENDED: It’ll be a long, hot week in Mid-MO with a historic heat dome to the north of the area, leaving us sunny and dry. Pop-up storms are possible on Wednesday and Thursday as this pattern
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TODAY: I’m tracking another day filled with sunshine as temperatures begin in the mid to upper 60s, warming into the mid to upper 80s by the afternoon hours. Winds will be out of the northeast at 5-10 mph, gusting up to 15 mph. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a clear and quiet evening as temperatures drop back
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking more quiet weather tonight as skies look to clear overnight. A gentle breeze will keep things cool and comfortable as temperatures slowly drop to the mid 60s. TOMORROW: Comfortable summer weather continues tomorrow with lots of sunshine being the story of the day. High temperatures look to reach the mid 80s, with
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TODAY: I’m tracking sunshine persisting throughout the entirety of the day as temperatures begin in the mid to upper 60s, warming into the mid-80s by the afternoon hours. Winds will be out of the northeast at 5-10 mph, gusting up to 15 mph. TONIGHT: I’m tracking a mostly clear and quiet evening as temperatures drop
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TONIGHT: After yesterday’s storms, tonight looks to be calm and quiet. Skies will remain mostly clear, with temperatures dropping to the mid 60s overnight. TOMORROW: Tomorrow brings another great day with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 80s. A light breeze will keep things comfortable throughout the afternoon. EXTENDED: Several dry, calm days
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TODAY: I’m tracking fog and lingering showers throughout the morning hours before Mid-Missouri gradually dries up near lunchtime. Temperatures walking out the door will begin in the low 70s, warming into the low 80s by the afternoon hours as sunshine begins to return. Winds will be out of the north at 5-10 mph, gusting up
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Strong storms moved through the area on Thursday evening, producing scattered high winds, hail, and a few brief rotations. Flooding remains a concern south of I-70 as storms have continued this morning. Some storms are strong-to-severe this morning. A Flash Flood Warning is in place for Phelps and Maries counties through 9 a.m., where over
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A strong storm knocked out power to thousands of customers across mid-Missouri as it rolled through Friday evening. As of 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the Columbia Water and Light outage map reported 26 customers without power; down from 124 reported at 10:45 p.m. on Friday. Columbia Water and Light officials had told ABC
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) The National Weather Service Office in Springfield confirmed on Friday afternoon that an EF-0 tornado traveled through Rolla for about a minute on Thursday night. The maximum width of the tornado was 200 yards and it traveled more than a half mile from 10:02-03 p.m., the NWS shared on social media. Winds
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ROCKY MOUNT, Mo. (KMIZ) A severe morning storm caused tree damage and a widespread power outage across Morgan County on July 10, and residents spent much of the day preparing for possible storms later at night. In an email to ABC 17 News, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative representative Patrick Wood said at one point nearly 3,000
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TONIGHT: Another round of storms is expected this evening, with the main threats being damaging winds and flooding. As of 2:30 pm, storms are already beginning to fire off in northwestern Missouri, and are looking to track eastward into the northern portion of the viewing area by 4-5 pm tonight. Central Missouri looks to be
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Last night, a line of training thunderstorms set up just along and south of I-44, and with it came extreme rainfall rates. Each storm cluster had a rainfall rate of 1-2 inches or more in one hour, driving up rain totals and triggering flash flood warnings in portions of Central Missouri. In about 12 hours,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency for the state on Friday because of recent storms and flooding. Kehoe announced on his social media that he signed Executive Order 26-16. Severe weather went through Mid-Missouri on Thursday and continued into Friday morning, with more storms expected to enter the area in
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TODAY: I’m tracking the last of the morning showers and storms moving out of the area, leading to a brief period of dry conditions. As temperatures warm into the mid to upper 80s this afternoon, more potential storms are possible, some of which could be severe, which is why an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 has been activated and will be deployed to Sikeston for a flood response, the Boone County Fire Protection District wrote in a Friday morning social media post. BCFPD said it was activated by SEMA to head to the Scott County town “as a Type III Task Force with
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thousands of people were without power in Morgan County and surrounding counties on Friday morning. There are 4,912 electricity customers without power in Morgan County between Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (2,780) and Ameren (2,132) users. Additionally, 895 Ameren customers in Miller County were without power on Friday morning. Benton County saw 269 Co-Mo
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