UPDATES: FRIDAY MORNING UPDATE: Rain this morning has been sub-severe through 7:30 a.m. These thunderstorms have been elevated, with potentially small hail at best. As the warm front lifts, through the region, better chances for strong storms return Friday afternoon. These will bring our best chance for hail and damaging winds. Another round may develop
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By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people. Storms began firing off across parts of the Plains and South early Friday afternoon with multiple tornadoes observed
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Despite an active spring with rain and storms, Missouri remains gripped by a years-long drought. Past months have seen sporadic bouts of rainfall with dry stretches in between that are only slowly eating away at the drought. It will take even more above-average rain to wash out dry conditions locally and the spring season is
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TONIGHT: Overnight lows cool to the lower 60s as scattered storm chances slide into the region from the west. Winds up to 60 mph, hail up to 1″ in diameter, and a low but not zero tornado threat are all on the table. TOMORROW: Saturday sees drier conditions throughout most of the day with partly
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A large power outage left nearly 400 Boone Electric Cooperative members in the dark mid-morning Friday.
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THIS AFTERNOON: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Get the latest details here. After a rain-soaked morning parts of Mid-Missouri clear out early afternoon. Redevelopment of storms is possible this evening mostly to our west where all severe hazards are possible; current data keeps this activity out of our area but
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TODAY: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. Get the latest detail here. Friday brings a chance for scattered storms through the morning, and some isolated evening storm chances. Our best chance at severe weather will be with what can develop later this evening, but a chance for isolated severe exists
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The UV index will be low tomorrow with rain and storms in the area. Pollen levels will be lower tomorrow with storms washing away some of the tree pollens.
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With multiple rounds of showers and storms expected beginning tonight lasting off and on into this weekend, there are increased chances of flash flooding incidents becoming possible. That paired with drier conditions across the region presents an interesting opportunity to see not so typical events. Rainfall totals over the next five days amount to up
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with the first wave of rain exiting before midnight. Mostly cloudy and breezy with more rain moving in before daybreak. TOMORROW: Showers and storms with heavy rain possible in the morning. Isolated strong storms possible in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s. EXTENDED: One wave of showers and storms
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TODAY: Showers continue to pull in from the southwest leading to increased chances as the afternoon rolls on. Highs top out into the mid-60s. TONIGHT: Showers and a few rumbles of thunder linger overnight. Temperatures remain warm, in the 50s. EXTENDED: Friday through Saturday are ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Days. We will have scattered storms
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TODAY: Thursday is a cloudy day, with increasing shower chances across the region. Spotty showers through the morning, will precede a better chance for scattered showers this afternoon and evening. Temperatures are held in the 60s today. TONIGHT: Showers and a few rumbles of thunder linger overnight. Temperatures remain warm, in the 50s. EXTENDED: Friday
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While some places have been drenched, others have hardly gotten any rain at all.
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The UV index will be lower tomorrow with clouds and rain moving in. Pollen levels will lower the next couple days with rain in the forecast.
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In the past, we’ve gone over some of the basic elements needed to create and drive thunderstorm development. Some of those ingredients include energy in the environment known as CAPE ( Convective Available, Potential, Energy), moisture to create the clouds and rain, and even shear ( changing of wind direction and speed over different heights).
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TONIGHT: Increasing clouds with lows in the upper 40s. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with showers moving in by late afternoon. A few thunderstorms possible. Highs in the mid-60s. EXTENDED: Low pressure tracking across the Plains will bring our first of many rounds of rain and storms by Thursday. Showers will have to fight dry air, so
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TODAY: Skies look to remain mostly sunny with afternoon highs near 70 degrees as winds continue out of the northeast at 4-8 mph. TONIGHT: We’ll pick up some low clouds overnight tonight, but remain dry. Temperatures fall into the upper 40s with a light easterly breeze overnight. EXTENDED: Thursday morning welcomes scattered showers and a
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TODAY: Wednesday is a sunny and mild day. Sunshine and a 5-10 mph breeze from the north will even out to put our high back near 70 this afternoon. TONIGHT: We’ll pick up some low clouds overnight tonight, but remain dry. Temperatures fall into the upper 40s with a light easterly breeze overnight. EXTENDED: By
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TONIGHT: Decreasing clouds with lows in the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny with highs near 70. EXTENDED: Showers and a few storms press well south along a cold front early this evening, allowing much of the area to clear out overnight. Lows fall into the low to mid-40s by morning with more sunshine expected for Wednesday.
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The UV index will be higher tomorrow as clouds clear out tonight. Tree pollen levels remain high through the rest of this week.
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