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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TODAY: Thursday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. Storms that have formed before sunrise have created a flooding threat south of I-70 and along HWY 50. Pay attention to flood alerts this morning as this situation will develop quickly. Flooding from heavy and repetitive rains will be our main concern this morning, until storms
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Several rounds of severe weather and heavy rain have put the Missouri Basin to our north in a surplus, leading to downstream flooding along the Missouri River in Mid-Missouri. That upstream rain coupled with flooding from strong storms Tuesday night will cause locations along the Missouri River to reach minor to moderate flood stage over
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers early. Showers and storms becoming more widespread overnight into tomorrow morning. 2-3″ rain is likely, with locally higher amounts possible. Watch out for water covered roads. Lows near 70. TOMORROW: Rain clearing by mid-morning with partly cloudy skies. Hot and humid with highs in the upper 80s. Storms developing
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A woman is presumed dead after her vehicle was swept up in Perche Creek floodwaters west of Columbia on Wednesday.
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The UV index will be slightly lower tomorrow with morning rain and clouds. Pollen levels remain low.
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This upcoming fall deer and turkey seasons, hunters across many mid-Missouri towns will need to pay extra close attention to changes in regulations brought on by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Boone, Audrain, Howard, Osage, Maries and Saline counties have all been added to the Chronic Waste Disease (CWD) management zones . Starting July 1st, there
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THIS AFTERNOON: Storms are possible again this afternoon toward I-44 and the Lake with the threat of strong winds. Flooding will be a concern from any storms after parts of Mid-MO picked up several inches early Wednesday. TONIGHT: Rain coverage increases tonight keeping the risk of flooding into the early morning. Heavy downpours and lightning
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