We knew that there would be a decent chance of thunderstorms across Missouri and Illinois over the Memorial Day weekend, but suddenly there is talk of tornado and hail danger due to ever-changing atmospheric developments.

I saw the National Weather Service out of St. Louis, Missouri share a graphic today explaining that there is an expectation now of explosive storm development overnight Saturday into most of the day Sunday in most of Missouri and Illinois.

That’s based out of an updated forecast from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center which has big areas of Missouri and Illinois in the enhanced area for tornadoes, damaging wind and hail on Sunday. It likely also will involve heavy rainfall in places which could mean flash flood danger for many places.

When discussing Missouri and Illinois specifically, the Storm Prediction Center said “the environment would be quite favorable for tornadoes”.

This is another one of those storm systems that will likely have several different rounds of storm development. Some storms could begin popping up during the overnight hours of Saturday night into Sunday morning. It’s likely the most dangerous storms could develop Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening. As is always the case with Missouri and Illinois weather, there are many variables which will decide how strong storms are when they happen. Just know that you should pay attention to potential weather alerts in both states during the Memorial Day weekend.

Missouri softball is back in familiar territory.

No. 7 national seed Mizzou must win out in its NCAA Columbia Super Regional series against No. 10 Duke to keep its season alive, starting with its game Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Softball Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The Tigers dropped their opening game of the super regional, after the Blue Devils shut MU out down the stretch following an early offensive outburst for a 6-3 win.

That puts one foot in the Women’s College World Series for Duke, which is playing its seventh season as an official NCAA program. 

It puts Missouri’s backs against the wall — again. So far during the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers are 4-0 when facing elimination.

Can Larissa Anderson’s team find one more, and extend their season into a Sunday decider?

You can find live updates from the Missouri-Duke super-regional bout here.

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What channel is Missouri softball vs. Duke softball on today?

• TV: ESPN
• Stream: ESPN+ | ESPN app
• Date: Saturday, May 25
• Time: Noon CDT

Missouri softball and Duke will square off beginning at noon Saturday. The game will air on ESPN, and is available to stream on ESPN+. 

NCAA Columbia Super Regional schedule for Missouri softball vs Duke

Friday, May 24

Game 1: Duke 6, Missouri 3

Saturday, May 25

Game 2: Missouri vs. Duke at noon (ESPN)

Sunday, May 26

If necessary at TBD

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