Kaboom. If you were close enough to a Missouri highway vehicle, that would have been the deafening sound when lightning completely unloaded 200 million volts in a microsecond.
Southern Missouri was hit hard by moisture on Tuesday after thunderstorms dumped massive amounts of rain on that part of the state. New video shows incredible flooding in Branson, Missouri during the deluge.
If you blinked, you missed it. There is confirmation from the National Weather Service that a tiny tornado did indeed touch down (briefly) and sneak through Branson, Missouri just prior to the Fourth of July.
Yes, it's true that Missouri is about to be impacted by a real hurricane. No, it will not (hopefully) be a hurricane once it arrives, but whatever remains of Hurricane Beryl after it makes landfall will almost certainly impact Missouri hard.
I remember when last summer many in Missouri were hoping and praying for rain as much of the state was enduring a drought. This summer it's a totally different story as some parts of the state were just drenched with 8 inches of rain according to meteorologists.
Summer won't officially arrive for a couple of weeks, but the heat isn't waiting. Missouri looks to be just days away from triple digit temperatures based on new forecasts and computer models.
We know that Thursday was a very stormy day for many parts of Missouri. Now, we know that within those storms were hurricane-force winds that caused damage especially in Lewis County, Missouri.
Do you believe that Farmer's Almanac is an accurate way to predict weather still in 2024? If you do, you might want to tie down all loose objects as they're warning that in 9 days big tornadoes will hit Missouri.
It was one of the stormiest Memorial Day weekends in recent memory through much of Missouri as multiple tornadoes caused big damage including a nearly half-mile wide EF-3 twister that was captured by multiple chasers in southern Missouri.