A personal look at Hurricane Ian with Fox 4’s Andrew Shipley

Hurricane Ian hit Florida yesterday — and the devastation that it left in its wake is more than likely unimaginable. Wanting to take a closer look at it and how it’s affecting someone from there — we got in contact with Fox 4’s evening weekend meteorologist — Andrew Shipley. Currently at Florida Gulf Coast in Fort Myers — he sat down with our very own Chris Warner to talk about not only his personal experience with the hurricane but what people, in general, are dealing with.

Carthage volunteers head to Florida to help with recovery efforts

CARTHAGE, Mo. – The Carthage Water & Electric Plant is doing what it can to help our southeastern states in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

CWEP says they currently have a 6-Man crew making their way to Florida to offer their assistance.

>Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water

Overall, lineworker crews from 13 utilities in Missouri and Arkansas are traveling to Orlando to perform recovery work.

Preparedness coordinators for the Florida Municipal Electric Association issued a call to the Missouri Public Utility Alliance (MPUA) for mutual aid assistance on Sept. 23, and the crews departed for Florida this morning.

The mutual aid response is coordinated through MPUA’s mutual aid network.

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Slow Moving System to Produce Additional Heavy Rain in the South

Deep moisture associated with a slow moving system may produce locally heavy rain and flash flooding in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Three to six inches of rain can be expected, with isolated amounts as high as 10 to 15 inches. Severe storms could produce very large hail and damaging winds in the North Plains. Dry, Gusty winds continue to produce critical fire weather threats in the Great Basin.

Hot in the North-central and Northeast U.S.; Dry and Windy in the Great Basin

Heat Advisories are in place across portions of the Northeast states through Monday due to the combination of hot temperatures and high humidity. Heat Advisories are also in place for the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area through Thursday. Critical fire weather conditions are forecast through Wednesday across portions of the Great Basin.

Southern Storms and Heavy Rain; Persistent Western Heat

Slow moving weather systems may produce isolated severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valleys, and portions of the South Plains into the Central High Plains. Strong high pressure in the West continues to produce record breaking heat and elevated fire weather threats. Dangerously hot conditions are present across interior California and the Desert Southwest.

Soggy and Stormy in the South Plains; Summer Heat in the West

Strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail, and heavy rain will persist in the South Plains. Additional rain on saturated soils may produce flash flooding, especially, across north-central Texas. A heat wave in the West will reach dangerous levels into the triple digits for some locations. Elevated fire weather threats are in place for portions of interior California.

Severe Weather Outbreak in the Central Plains; Thunderstorms with Damaging Winds in the Northeast

A regional outbreak of severe thunderstorms is expected across the central Great Plains through tonight. In the East, severe thunderstorms are also possible from portions of Virginia to Maine with mainly a damaging wind threat. A few record high temperatures are also possible across the East today.

Showers and Thunderstorms Across the Central Plains and the Northeast

Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rains are possible across parts of the Great Plains where damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a couple of tornadoes are possible. Scattered severe thunderstorms will also be possible across parts of the central and northern Appalachians. Record high temperatures are possible along the East Coast.

Widespread Heavy Rainfall to Continue Flooding Threat For South-Central U.S. This Week

Multiple days of heavy rainfall will likely continue to cause considerable flash and urban flooding impacts across portions of eastern Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and extreme western Louisiana this week. New and renewed widespread minor to isolated major river flooding is expected, and will continue into next week on slow-to-drain rivers.