I've lived in Missouri long enough to know that my home state is full of funny people. That being said, I don't think a Missouri man was joking recently when he officially gave the worst tornado advice you'll ever hear.
Missouri has already been pounded by some large hail storms in 2024, but none have yet rivaled what fell nearly 20 years ago. It was a storm that dropped the largest hail ever recorded in the state featuring a mammoth size that dwarfed what you'd find on a softball field.
I haven't seen official confirmation from the National Weather Service in St. Louis yet, but a truck's dashcam video appears to show a tornado in a field near Vandalia, Missouri on Thursday.
It sounds ominous because it is. A major national publication has announced that they believe St. Louis, Missouri is spiraling down a 'doom loop' and there's no escape in sight. It may mean the St. Louis many of us has grown up with will soon be no more.
You'll hear many creatures in the Missouri woods especially at night. A man who just bought a property in the northern part of the state told a story about how he heard coyotes howl one night and that was not unexpected. What he did not expect was what he heard howl back.
If you don't know that violent weather is a possibility in Missouri during May, you probably haven't lived in the Show Me State very long if at all. Even with that expectation, there is an extraordinary weather pattern now being forecast which could mean explosive and more violent than normal weather could impact Missouri this May.