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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO 250 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-302000- Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Benton-Morgan-Miller-Maries-Vernon- St. Clair-Hickory-Camden-Pulaski-Phelps-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Dallas- Laclede-Texas-Dent-Jasper-Dade-Greene-Webster-Wright-Newton- Lawrence-Christian-Douglas-Howell-Shannon-McDonald-Barry-Stone- Taney-Ozark-Oregon- 250 PM CDT Fri Apr 29 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited tornado risk. Limited hail risk. Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Limited excessive rainfall risk Limited non thunderstorm wind risk. DISCUSSION... Non thunderstorm wind gusts could exceed 35 mph at times today over extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks. Showers and thunderstorms will impact our area late tonight. A few storms may be strong to severe. Wind gusts up to 60 mph, quarter size hail, and a low but non zero tornado threat are possible. The greatest chances for severe weather are along and west of Interstate 49. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. An unsettled pattern returns for late Sunday night into next work week. Repeated chances for showers and thunderstorms next week could lead to excessive rain and flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later today or tonight for areas along and west of Interstate 49.
On April 29th, 2022 at approximately 2:20 AM, Jasper County deputies responded to a report of a domestic assault at 5200 Elm Rd in Carthage, Mo.
When deputies arrived, they located a male with a non-life threatening laceration to the forearm. He was treated at the scene.
Beginning with the bridge over Dry Branch north of Route YY, contractor crews will remove and replace three existing box bridges and one single-lane bridge with new structures as well as adding new object markers at the ends of the bridges.
These are the impacted bridges on Route 97:
Over Dry Branch – Closed between Lawrence County Road 2015 and Route YY.
Over Wilder Branch – Closed between Lawrence County roads 2030 and 2040.
Over North White Oak Creek – Closed between Lawrence County roads 2010 and 2015.
Over South White Oak Creek – Closed between Lawrence County roads 2040 and 2050.
Traffic Impacts
Route 97 will be CLOSED between Lawrence County roads 2010 and 2015, north of Route 96
Drivers will have access to driveways and entrances on either end of the work zone, but will not be allowed to drive through the work zone
Drivers will be directed to a signed detour using U.S. Route 160, Missouri Route 39 and Missouri Route 96. All Route 97 closures will use this same detour.
Route 97 will be CLOSED until late November 2022
Signs and message boards will alert drivers approaching the work zone
Drivers should consider alternate routes during the project
Check MoDOT’s Traveler Information Map for road closings/traffic impacts
This work is part of a three-year project to improve 25 bridges within 15 miles of I-44 across the Southwest District. Of the 25 bridges in the project, known as the I-44 Corridor Bridge Bundle, seven (7) are mainline I-44 bridges, five (5) are I-44 overpass bridges and the remaining bridges are on adjacent routes over various features. Sixteen (16) bridges will be replaced and nine (9) bridges will receive major rehabilitation work.
All work in 2022 will be in Lawrence County, where crews will replace five (5) bridges and rehabilitate four (4) others.
Weather and/or construction delays could alter the work schedule.
More information about this project can be found on the project website – I-44 Corridor Bridge Bundle.
Project Details
Prime Contractor – The ESS Team
Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. – Columbia
Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. – St. Louis
Total Project Cost: $43.2 million
Contract Completion Date: September 30, 2024
The ESS Team is a partnership of engineering and construction firms that will design and construct the project with oversight by MoDOT and the Federal Highway Administration.
