storms

This was quite a shock - literally. A new video share from Friday's severe storms that blew through the Midwest shows double lightning bolts slamming 600 million volts into Illinois power lines.

The Hannibal and Quincy area has been fortunate to not experience the kind of tornado like the one that destroyed much of Joplin in 2011. However, there is a deep history of devasting twisters that have caused incredible amounts of damage in the tri-state area. Here are the 9 most destructive tornadoes over the past 150 years.

What's worse than lightning striking a home? When a bolt strikes with all of the family members still inside which is what happened to a Kansas City, Missouri home. A new share of video from their neighbor's security camera shows the moment it happened.

If you live in Illinois or Missouri long enough, you will see a tornado eventually. That being said I highly doubt you've seen a twister that seemed to give birth to a rainbow like one did in Illinois this week.

Talk about a near miss. A new video share from Joliet, Illinois appears to show a tornado barely miss a home, but still cause big damage.

The ice storm that moved through the northern parts of the Midwest took its toll causing thousands to be without power. Another casualty which led to the power outages was the moment the ice storm caused a transformer in Illinois to blow sky high. That moment was captured on video.

Let me start by emphasizing this is based on an experimental forecasting method by weather "experts". Keep that in mind as I share that there is some belief by those "experts" that Missouri and Illinois could (another key word) see heavy snow starting later in February.

It's hard to believe that we're not that far away from Spring at this point. If some weather forecasters are right, both Missouri and Illinois can expect that season to include more frost than normal and is likely to be more stormy, too.

Best to prepare for whatever the weather has planned for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning this week as the Hannibal, Missouri/Quincy, Illinois area is now in the middle of a winter weather advisory with increased snow totals now included.

Be aware that weather midweek could become interesting for many parts of Missouri and also some parts of Illinois as a storm system will be moving through the Midwest with "significant" snow possible.