by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Education, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather
State officials say Friday’s mass vaccination clinic in southeast Missouri’s Poplar Bluff will continue as scheduled, despite a two-day ice storm. About 1,900 people received their first Pfizer COVID vaccinations in Poplar Bluff on January 22....
by admin | Jan 1, 2021 | News, Transportation, Weather
The National Weather Service (NWS) is urging most Missourians to avoid traveling most of New Year’s Day, as a major winter storm approaches from the south. NWS Pleasant Hill meteorologist Pamela Pietrycha says Kansas City, Columbia, Jefferson City, Chillicothe,...
by Mike Lear | Dec 13, 2012 | News, Weather
The National Weather Service offices that serve Missouri are going to try out an index to help predict power outages due to ice storms. The Sperry Piltz Ice Accrual Index takes into account temperatures and wind speed to predict ice accumulation. Warning Coordination...
by Mike Lear | Nov 15, 2012 | News, Weather
The National Weather Service, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the State Emergency Management Agency want you and your family to be ready for winter. While the Weather Service is predicting a warmer than normal December through February in...
by Mike Lear | May 23, 2012 | Business, News, Science / Technology, Weather
A new type of text alert could be coming to your cell phone beginning next month. Beginning in June, new Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) will come from the FCC, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Weather Service. They will be issued for Presidential...
