93.9 The Eagle – The News and Talk of Columbia, MO
Columbia, Jefferson City and much of the 939 the Eagle listening area are under a severe thunderstorm watch this morning through 12:10 pm.
Columbia and Ashland have seen heavy rain this morning, while Jefferson City and Cole County have seen power outages. More than 1,500 Ameren Missouri customers in Cole County lost power due to storms. Mid-Missouri will likely see a second round of storms this afternoon, a system that could bring large hail and tornadoes. National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis meteorologist Matt Beitscher tells 939 the Eagle that any storms in the second round would develop between 3-4 pm.
“At its worst, large hail, damaging winds and the threat for tornadoes are all possible. And that’s sort of a worst-case scenario. But if we end up that our storms are a lot more further south and east with time, we may just see garden-variety thunderstorms and nothing too substantial,” Mr. Beitscher says.
Keep your radio tuned to 939 the Eagle for updated weather information.
