It is springtime and there's nothing really unusual about the weather, he said. "We've had no reports of flash flooding or river flooding," Gosselin said. "The showers have been widespread." The month started out dry, so some are welcoming the rain, he said. "For farmers, the rain was probably needed," Gosselin said. "The rain has been largely non-impactful with some benefit." Although Saturday is the 10th anniversary of a deadly EF-5 tornado in Joplin and a 2019 tornado in Jefferson City, there is no severe weather forecast for the Columbia area this weekend. Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred in the area earlier this week.