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Mitchell Kaminski

HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) 

A culvert break along North Route F near Harrisburg forced the closure of part of the roadway Monday evening after rushing water damaged the road surface.

The failure happened around 5 p.m. in the 17100 block of North Route F when water surged through a rusted pipe and caused several holes in the culvert. 

When ABC 17 News arrived, a resident was standing in the road, warning drivers not to cross. Part of the roadway also appeared to have already started to cave in, with residents claiming it was due to water damage. 

Missouri Department of Transportation crews arrived shortly before 6:30 p.m. and officially shut down that stretch of road, turning several vehicles around.

A resident said the culvert had been a concern for some time because of visible rust. He also said the area was partially flooded earlier in the day and that he could hear water pounding against the side of the pipe before it cracked.

“This is the highest I’ve ever seen it. Last year, there was something kind of like this, but it wasn’t near what we had today,” Harrisburg resident Zach Perkins said when asked about the flooding near the culvert. “It was about 4:30 or so whenever I was able to get down here, the old driveway up here was, say, about a foot and a half, 2 feet underwater.” 

Perkins added he could hear water pounding inside the pipe shortly before the culvert broke. 

The road damage came as waterways across Mid-Missouri rose following heavy rainfall. According to the National Weather Service, the Missouri River reached 23 feet at Boonville. Flood waters were also measured at 26 feet along the Missouri River at Glasgow, while Moniteau Creek near Fayette reached 19 feet.

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Haley Swaino

SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Tedd Wiseman got a call Monday morning that led him to a shocking discovery.

“I couldn’t believe it. One of the volunteer firemen was calling me on the phone, and he said, ‘Man, you all got heavy bin damage,” Wiseman said

He is the manager at Central Missouri AgriService’s Slater location in Saline County, where storms hit early Monday.

Wiseman said he couldn’t believe what he saw when he arrived at work. Grain elevators were torn open, with extensive damage. Most of the heavy damage was to bean and soybean storage bins, Wiseman said. About 600,000 bushels worth of beans were lost in four bins. Crews were still assessing if a fifth bin was a loss Monday afternoon.

Wiseman said the bins were like a skyline for Slater.

“I stared at these things for 40 years; they just always stood here. They’re built in the seventies,” Wiseman said.

As cleanup crews worked to remove large pieces of damaged debris on Monday, Wiseman said management would soon sit down at the drawing board to decide what comes next in rebuilding.

That was what many people across Saline County were faced with after the storms.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw a tree crush the front of a home in the 300 block of South Jefferson Street in Slater.

A downed powerline pole toppled another, seemingly abandoned, house in nearby Gilliam on South Bartlett Street off Highway 240. A torn-apart metal barn was seen in pieces blown across Highway 240. Some pieces of it were mangled in trees.

At least four dozen power lines were seen snapped while driving through parts of Saline and Howard counties. Thousands were left in the dark.

The City of Glasgow declared a state of emergency after the town lost power, which could be restored in two to three days, the city announced on its social media.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw part of the Tri-County Trust Company’s roof blown off in Glasgow on Monday. Electric crews were seen across the city working on downed power lines— some fully on the ground, some mangled in trees.

For all the damage and cleanup ahead, Wiseman said he feels there is still much to be grateful for.

“Everybody seems to be in pretty decent humor. And we’re lucky that, to my knowledge, nobody has been hurt in this. And the only thing that’s really been tore up is property. That can be can be rebuilt,” Wiseman said.

No injuries have been reported as of Monday evening.

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Marie Moyer

MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Fallen trees and other damage was seen across Randolph and Monroe counties after severe storms swept through the area Monday morning.

Randolph County Emergency Management Director David Gaines said the first warning of tornadoes out came out of Chariton County around 6 a.m.

 “A lot of damage related to the wind and the storm came through the south southwest part of Randolph County and then across over into  Monroe County,” Gaines said.

A post on X from Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B alleged a tornado went through the Middle Grove Area at around 8:30 a.m. The National Weather Service has not yet confirmed a tornado.

On April 27, 2026, at approximately 0830 am, a tornado went through the Middle Grove area of Randolph & Monroe Counties in Troop B. Preliminary reports are multiple residences have sustained damage along with grain bins, trees, & powerlines. No injuries have been reported. #MSHP pic.twitter.com/rj9U7TR2OM

— MSHP Troop B (@MSHPTrooperB) April 27, 2026

Gaines added that crews from local agencies like the Western Madison Rural Fire Department and the Monroe County Rural Fire Department worked across both counties. This also included working with the MSHP and The Department of Natural Resources.

“Crews were out quickly searching for damage, making sure that those houses and structures that were damaged were not occupied, and at this time, we don’t have any reports of injuries,” Gaines said.

Middle Grove School near Madison was also damaged after a tree fell on its roof. There were also holes reported in the roof, one of the walls and damage to classroom trailers. The school later posted about the damage on Facebook and several residents — including students from the nearby Central Christian College of the Bible — helped with clean up.

“Many hands make light work and we had a fantastic turnout of our community, all sorts of people coming out just to lay hands on the building to help us get ready to go,” Middle Grove School Superintendent Aaron Vitt said. “It’s a pretty special place to be.”

Downed trees and tree limbs were seen across Moberly, with Ameren at one point reporting more than 2,100 customers without power.

“Our crews are going ward by ward,” City of Moberly spokesman Scott McGarvey said. “We have crews that are assigned to each ward in our city and as they find something that they need to report, they’re reaching out to Ameren.”

Moberly’s water and wastewater treatment plants temporarily lost internet to remote stations during the storm. The wastewater plant also fully lost power and and temporarily operated on generators before power was restored in the afternoon.

The Missouri Department of Corrections also reported damage to the Moberly Correctional Center.

“The assessment has shown downed and uprooted trees, damaged roofs, broken windows, downed utility poles and damage to the handball court,” Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann wrote in an email to ABC 17 News.

No injuries of residents or employees were reported.

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Ryan Shiner

UPDATE: This brief was updated after a Tuesday morning press release from MoDOT gave an update.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Rolling roadblocks are planned this week on Interstate 70 near the Missouri River, according to an updated press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

“Blasting operations” are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to the release.

Contractors will use explosives “to blast portions of the rock alongside the interstate between Boone County Route BB and the Missouri River,” the release says.

Short-term closures of the ramp from Route BB onto westbound Interstate 70 will be required, as will “rolling interstate roadblocks,” the release says.  

The closures are expected to last 15 minutes apiece.

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Alison Patton

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The State Emergency Management Agency has a new full-time National Weather Service meteorologist in Jefferson City to aid with day-to-day operations and severe weather.

Brandon Dunstan started in the new position in February. He’s a part of the NWS’ goal for every state to have a dedicated meteorologist.

“I make sure that I’m there to help them interpret NWS product and information that’s coming out in real time, which helps reduce confusion, improves timing and ensures a clear unified message,” Dunstan said.

The previous process required a meteorologist from an NWS headquarters in Pleasant Hill or St. Louis to travel to State Emergency Management Agency in Jefferson City.

For days like Monday, when severe weather is anticipated, Dunstan can update SEMA on what risks might look like, when and where they might hit.

“I think anytime you can have that in-person coordination, it just streamlines everything,” SEMA spokesperson Caty Luebbert said. “We’re very grateful that Missouri was selected as one of the first few states as part of this initiative.”

SEMA Director Jim Remillard said he’s already seen the benefits.

“We greatly appreciate having a dedicated meteorologist at our State Emergency Operations Center, which only advances our ability to determine potential needs and make informed decisions,” he said. “We’ve already experienced the direct benefits when there’s been active severe weather in Missouri these past few weeks.”

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More Mid-Missouri counties are experiencing power outages after another round of storms went through the area on Monday afternoon.

Mid-Missouri was hit by multiple rounds of severe weather on Monday, with storm damage being reported in multiple counties outside of Boone.

Around 6:20 p.m., there were 1,584 electricity customers in Randolph County without power, with 1,036 coming from Ameren and 547 being Howard Electric Cooperative customers.

Additionally, there were 288 consumers without power in Cole County, with 215 coming from Ameren and 73 being Three Rivers Electric customers. There were 417 residences without power in Osage County, with 257 being Three Rivers and the rest coming from Ameren.

Another 400 customers in Miller County had no power, with 263 coming from Three Rivers and the rest coming from Ameren.

Monroe County saw 111 Consolidate Electric Co-op customers without power. Boone County saw 113 Boone Electric customers without power.

In Howard County, the town of Glasgow lost power and city officials wrote online that the outage is expected to last two or three days.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Two men who were originally charged with felony murder pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2024 deadly shooting that occurred on Clark Lane in Columbia.

Daevion McCray, 22, and Tavion Johnson both pleaded guilty on Monday morning to two counts of second-degree assault and one count of unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Orrion Moody.

They were previously charged with second-degree murder – felony murder, two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and a pair of armed criminal action counts. They will both be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Friday, June 12.

Cellphone information had allegedly tracked them to the location of the Oct. 20, 2024, shooting in the 3900 block of Clark Lane.

Court documents in previous reporting say one person admitted to firing a gun after being fired at from another residence and that Johnson was one of the shooters. Investigators used Instagram videos showing Johnson waving guns at the scene before the shooting to corroborate the identification, documents in previous reporting say.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The City of Glasgow in Howard County declared a state of emergency on Monday afternoon as more storms were entering the area.

The city wrote in a social media post that that damage was reported to several buildings, including “substantial damage to the water tower” and downed power lines.

“This event has caused the City of Glasgow to be without power and water, which impacts all of the service to the City,” the city wrote online.”

The city wrote in another post that power could be out within city limits for two-to-three days.

The city wrote that crews will be working through the night to restore power. The 2020 Census shows that nearly 1,100 people live in the town. The Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives’ outage map shows an outage for Howard Electric Cooperative affecting 47 customers.  

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Multiple rounds of severe storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Monday.

Several counties were in a tornado warning during the afternoon and a tornado watch is in effect for most of the evening.

Hail fell in multiple counties. Audrain County’s Office of Emergency Management shared a photograph depicting hail in a variety of sizes. A viewer from Cooper County shared an image that showed apparent baseball-sized hail.

Check back for updates.

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Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three felony charges have been filed in Boone County against a man who was accused of stabbing someone at an apartment building in the Benton-Stephens area on Friday.

Grant Buxton, 44, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree degree, armed criminal action and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Monday afternoon.

The probable cause statement says police were called to the 1600 block of Richardson Street for a report of an assault. Buxton allegedly told dispatchers that he got in a fight with his neighbor and stabbed him in self-defense, the statement says.

While he was being detained, Buxton allegedly told police that he and the neighbor had been arguing before the neighbor knocked on his door and asked for an air pump and a needle, the statement says. Buxton allegedly said “he wasn’t having it” and an argument started, the statement says. The neighbor started pulling Buxton’s hair and Buxton stabbed him, court documents allege.

The victim was founding laying on the ground in the parking lot while he was bleeding, the statement says. Officers noted seeing a lot of blood in various areas of the apartment.

An officer then asked Buxton if he stabbed the man in self-defense and he allegedly said he did not and was angry the victim attacked him, court documents allege.

Police eventually found drugs in Buxton’s apartment, court documents say.

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