Storms Hit the St. Louis area Roy / Saturday, June 1, 2013 / Categories: News, Storms Missouri governor declares state of emergency Google Map of Tornado Reports PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1218 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE EVENING OF MAY 31ST... THREE STORM SURVEY TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM LAST NIGHT'S STORMS IN EASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. THE FOLLOWING ARE REPORTS THAT ARE BEING RECEIVING FROM THE TEAMS WHILE THEY ARE STILL CONDUCTING THE SURVEYS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER TODAY. ONE TEAM IS SURVEYING DAMAGE IN MADISON AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS. SO FAR THEY HAVE FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE AT A LANDFILL IN ROXANNA THAT HAS BEEN RATED AS A LOW END EF-3 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 140 MPH. THEY HAVE ALSO FOUND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE. THIS SURVEY TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS DAMAGE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING IN GILLESPIE. A SECOND TEAM IS SURVEYING DAMAGE IN NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THIS TEAM HAS FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE RATED AS EF-2 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AS HIGH AS 130 MPH. THIS TORNADO PATH IS ALONG A LINE FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 IN EARTH CITY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IN HAZELWOOD. THE THIRD TEAM IS SURVEYING DAMAGE IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY. THIS TEAM HAS FOUND TORNADO DAMAGE RATED AS EF-3 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 150 MPH. THIS PATH IS ALONG A LINE FROM WELDON SPRING HEIGHTS TO HARVESTER. THIS TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS DAMAGE FURTHER NORTHEAST TO THE MISSOURI RIVER. THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DATA. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE WHEN SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: Comment Collapse Expand Comments (0) warning You don't have permission to post comments.
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