The trouble actually began the day before, but this marks the 72nd anniversary of a severe tornado event that was so terrible that it destroyed everything in one Missouri town except for a church and a bank vault.
We could be approaching one of the strangest weather weeks in recent memory in Missouri as multiple systems could bring everything from tornadoes to snowfall or perhaps even both between now and the end of March.
I don't recall ever seeing anything like this before. Storm chaser video shows softball-sized hail that reportedly destroyed 100 windshields of vehicles along I-55 in Illinois on Thursday.
There are a lot of ways to describe hail in Missouri. The more intense storms have quarter-size or maybe even baseball-size hail, but the most recent storm dropped what is described as "gorilla hail" and storm chasers captured wild videos of the event.
Would you agree that it's gotten warmer earlier than it normally does in Missouri? Does that mean we've seen our last freeze for the season? According to history, don't put your tomato plants out just yet.
We are approaching a very historic sky event and one Illinois town would like to invite you to experience it with them. It's an open invitation to stare at the sun in the Land of Lincoln as long as you promise to do it safely.
If you live in Missouri, you need to be prepared for tornado season, but there's a special reason why the US Army in the state is already getting ready for this year's twisters.
This will likely sound alarming and it really kind of is. The weather radar in St. Louis, Missouri will be down for at least 2 weeks in March and there's no way to turn it on if severe weather develops.
If you haven't already started preparing for the upcoming storm season in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa, you might want to expedite that preparation. Another forecaster is saying that there is an increased chance for strong tornadoes and even derechos in all three states this Spring.