Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Saint Louis County, MO
until 8:30 PM CDT, Sun., Apr 15, 2012
Issued by The National Weather Service
St. Louis, MO
Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:38 PM CDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... EASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 736 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARYLAND HEIGHTS... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD... 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE... TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT... MINOR TREE DAMAGE... WITH LIMBS UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARYLAND HEIGHTS... ST. CHARLES... OLIVETTE... OVERLAND... UNIVERSITY CITY... ST. ANN... BRIDGETON... WOODSON TERRACE... ST. JOHN... LAMBERT FIELD... BEL-RIDGE... HILLSDALE... BERKELEY... NORMANDY... KINLOCH... HAZELWOOD... COOL VALLEY... NORTHWOODS... FERGUSON AND JENNINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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HAIL... <.75IN WIND... 60 MPH
