TODAY: Friday is a chilly day, with temperatures struggling to climb out of the low 50s. Rain and thunderstorms will fill in through the day. Winds will be from the north around 5-15 mph. No severe weather is expected. We’ll have a very low chance for hail with the strongest storms this afternoon and evening,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 was activated on Thursday to respond to expected flooding in southeast Missouri. According to a news release, the team has been activated to help local authorities in flood-related emergency response operations on Friday. Task Force 1 left Columbia just before 3 p.m., marking its first in-state deployment since
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PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cooper County Emergency Management Agency says a power outage is to blame for a tornado siren not activating before an EF-2 tornado touched down in Pilot Grove on Wednesday morning. The siren — described as a “Cold War-era siren” — that sits on the Pilot Grove water tower and solely
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with spotty showers. Mainly dry overnight with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Rain and storms likely. A few storms in the afternoon and evening could produce small to quarter size hail, especially near I-44. Highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Showers begin to thin out a bit tonight, but it will
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A tornado that struck Pilot Grove early Wednesday morning was one of dozens of confirmed twisters connected to an extensive storm system over the central US. The storm will linger for several days and could produce more severe storms and historic flooding into the weekend. The National Weather Service declared the tornado near Pilot Grove
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The National Weather Service in Kansas City surveyed tornado damage in Cooper County on Wednesday, finding EF-2 damage on the northeast side of town. The storm rolled in from Pettis County around 8:30 a.m., and was on the ground for 6 minutes while it traveled 6.3 miles across Pilot Grove, lifting near I-70. Minor damage
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TODAY: Thursday will be a quieter day, with no severe weather expected. However, it will be a wet one, with chances for showers through the day. Showers return by mid-morning, and linger all day, into the overnight. Rain will be focused in the south, but extend north. Some will be drier than others. Those in
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TODAY: Thursday will be a quieter day, with no severe weather expected. However, it will be a wet one, with chances for showers through the day. Showers return by mid-morning, and linger all day, into the overnight. Rain will be focused in the south, but extend north. Some will be drier than others. Those in
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PILOT GROVE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Pilot Grove Community is picking up their gloves and chainsaws to help with clean up efforts following a tornado Wednesday morning. After leaving her basement following the storm, Pilot Grove resident and community building board member Sue Day grabbed her rake and joined her neighbors in the cleanup. “There is
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TONIGHT: Gradually decreasing clouds with gusty winds up to 25 mph. Lows falling into the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Rain returning and cooler with highs near 60. EXTENDED: The severe weather threat has come to an end across Mid-Missouri as storms exit to the east, but rounds of rain are on the way the rest of
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An EF-2 tornado swept through Pilot Grove in Cooper County, causing damage to homes, garages, power lines, and vehicles, but miraculously, there were no injuries or deaths, and the community came together to offer support and help.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Kehoe requested that President Donald Trump approve a major disaster declaration to give federal assistance for storms that caused significant damage in Missouri counties on March 14 and 15. A Wednesday release from the governor’s office say that Kehoe is requesting FEMA individual assistance for 25 counties, including: Bollinger, Butler,
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TODAY: Wednesday is an ABC17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day. We expect a line of thunderstorms near Kansas City early this morning, to slowly work east. Ahead of it, our nocturnal low level jet will be ramping up, and aiding the already fast winds. This will help enhance shear and potentially sustain better low level instability.
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Hail is pretty typical across Mid-Missouri with storms we see in the spring. Most of Mid-Missouri is going to be at a threat level 2/5 for the overnight hours, but that risk will look to increase even more as we head off into tomorrow, especially by the late morning/ early afternoon hours. This risk will
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with strong storms overnight. Storms could produce hail and damaging winds through early Wednesday morning. Winds could gust to 35 mph overnight. TOMORROW: Scattered storms early, with a few severe storms through late afternoon. Warm and very breezy with highs in the upper 70s and south wind gusts up to 45 mph.
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TODAY: Tuesday afternoon welcomes some isolated chances of showers and storms, but most of the region remains dry as highs top out into the mid-60s. Winds remain stronger out of the southeast at 15-20 mph with gusts up to 32 mph possible. TONIGHT: Showers and storms move through the region late tonight with the potential
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The storms that prompted the ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day have exited and moved east out of Mid-Missouri, but strong winds hang around throughout the afternoon and evening. So far, the main damage reports from the morning have come from the Pilot Grove area, where a radar confirmed tornado went through around 9:00 a.m.
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TODAY: Tuesday will start cloudy, but dry, with temperatures in the 30s to just near 40. After a chilly start, temperatures will rebound nicely, into the low-to-mid 60s. As winds increase this morning, they will shift from easterly, to an increasingly southerly direction. Winds will be sustained near 15-25 mph, and gust to 30-35 mph
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the mid-30s. TOMORROW: Partly sunny and breezy with highs in the upper 60s. Storms move in late, likely after midnight. EXTENDED: We’re looking at a cold night with some patchy frost north, followed by a warm up into the upper 60s tomorrow and gusty winds reaching 30
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TODAY: Mostly sunny and mild with highs in the 50s, almost double digits below average for late March. TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool into the mid to upper 30s. Skies become partly cloudy EXTENDED: Tuesday rebounds back to the 60s as southerly winds pick up with gusts up to 30 mph. Chances for strong to severe
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