You'll want to pay attention to weather warnings on Friday as meteorologists are expecting potential development of violent storms that will be moving through Missouri and Illinois.
Rising ocean surface temperatures have prompted NOAA to increase its 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season expectations to include an 'above average' number of storms.
Many of us have talked about how we need rain in Missouri and Illinois. Perhaps in the future we should be careful what we wish for as 3 different areas were hammered with more than 6 inches of moisture which caused lots of flooding.
West Central Missouri including Sedalia, Warrensburg, and Boonville could see hot and humid conditions, triple digit heat indices, and a potential for severe storms tonight, August 2, 2023.
Parts of the Kansas City area tied or broke heat index records on July 26, 2023. Here's how long we can expect the hot weather to stick around West Central Missouri
Since it's summer, thunderstorms rolling through the St. Louis, Missouri area is not an unusual thing. What is not common though is lightning from a recent storm struck the Gateway Arch again.
West Central Missouri including Sedalia and Warrensburg may experience severe storms this evening. Here is this evening's forecast when storms will arrive.