JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Red Cross volunteer from the Central and Northern Missouri Red Cross Chapter is driving an Emergency Response Vehicle to Texas as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches. According to the news release, the volunteer left Sunday morning from the chapter office in Jefferson City. The Red Cross says other Missouri volunteers are
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Monday will have a UV Index of 8 because of a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the day. This means that it will only take 20 minutes to receive a sunburn without proper protection. Pollen levels will be low over the start of next week.
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TODAY: The morning starts dry with temperatures racing to the 80s by noon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop in western Missouri midafternoon and this activity tracks east through the evening. Up to an inch of rain is possible today and flood impacts should remain low. TOMORROW: Rain chances linger most of Monday but there will
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force One is heading to Texas Saturday morning, ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl, according to a social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District. The Federal Emergency Management Agency activated the task force to deploy as a type three team, consisting of 37 members, plus 10 ground
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking mostly clear to partly cloudy sky conditions as temperatures drop into the mid 60s by the end of the night. Winds will shift into the SE at 5-7 mph with gusts up to 10 mph. TOMORROW: I’m tracking a dry start to the morning with shower/storm chances beginning in the afternoon hours.
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Before rain chances and clouds return in the afternoon, a UV index of 9 is expected. This means it will only take 20 minutes to receive a sunburn without proper protection. Pollen levels will be low over the start of next week.
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TODAY: The weekend kicks off beautifully with the mid-80s and mostly sunny skies. Winds will be lighter out of the west. TOMORROW: Sunday also starts dry but scattered showers and storms track in by the afternoon and evening. Temperatures remain warm ahead of the rain in the 80s. EXTENDED: Monday looks even wetter with rain
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s with winds out of the northwest. Skies remain mostly clear. TOMORROW: Saturday welcomes highs into the mid-80s with mostly sunny skies. Winds remain out of the west at 4-8 mph. EXTENDED: Sunday becomes partly cloudy with highs into the upper 80s. Sunday late afternoon welcomes scattered shower
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Coast Guard has closed the Missouri River between St. Charles and Kansas City due to dangerous conditions. According to a notice from the Coast Guard, the river from mile marker 27 to mile marker 366 is closed due to “high water and threat of any boat wake to damage sandbag
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THIS AFTERNOON: Highs reach the low 80s with a northwest breeze around 10-15 mph. It will feel very comfortable outside after a drop in humidity. TONIGHT: Skies remain mostly clear tonight with temperatures falling into the low 60s. EXTENDED: Saturday is a near repeat with a few added degrees in the afternoon. Low pressure and
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TODAY: Friday is pleasant, with increasingly bright skies, and low humidity. Highs are forecast in the low 80s with a northwest breeze around 10-15 mph. TONIGHT: Overnight into early Saturday, skies remain mostly clear, with temperatures falling into the low 60s amid increasingly calm west winds. EXTENDED: High pressure keeps things calm and dry, with
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Two people clinging to tree branches were pulled from floodwater at Three Creeks Conservation Area on Thursday afternoon.
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Severe flash flooding had multiple roads in Fulton blocked off Thursday morning.
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Isolated storms have started to develop across the Missouri-Iowa border and have quickly become intense
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TONIGHT: Thursday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for potential severe storms this evening. The first of these storms arrives at 9-10 p.m. for Sedalia, Warsaw, and the Lake area. Storms will then track east to I-44 around midnight, with storms heading out late overnight. Jefferson City and places northward have a lower chance
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The companies insuring against Mother Nature are finding it increasingly harder to do so in a changing climate. Bigger wildfires, stronger hurricanes, and more severe storms all put more strain on the industry protecting our property. But the future looks to hold more disasters that will cost even more money to bounce back from. The
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The park on Adrian’s Island in Jefferson City will close at 4 p.m. Thursday as the Missouri River continues to rise. Jefferson City Parks and Recreation wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that the rising river was already starting to inundate Deborah Cooper Park. The Missouri River at Jefferson City was
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An alley in downtown Columbia is closed after a partial building collapse on Wednesday afternoon because of heavy rainfall early that morning, according to a news release.
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Around 134 million people in the U.S. are under alerts as an “extremely dangerous and record-breaking” heat wave broils much of the country, according to the National Weather Service.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Flooding remained a concern in Mid-Missouri Thursday morning after rain fell, causing flooding in several areas. According to the MoDOT traveler map, Route ZZ, Route E are closed in Boone County due to flooding. Route A near Moniteau Creek was reported closed due to flooding along with Route P in Cooper County,
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