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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
833 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

...UPDATED DAMAGE SURVEY FOR ST CHARLES AND ST LOUIS COUNTIES AND 
CITY OF ST. LOUIS...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING:  EF-3

* FATALITIES:  ZERO

* INJURIES:    TWO MINOR INJURIES IN ST CHARLES COUNTY

* BEGIN TIME/LOCATION:  5/31/2013...750 PM CDT
                        LAT 38.6867  LONG -90.7498

* END TIME/LOCATION:    5/31/2013...825 PM CDT
                        LAT 38.7732  LONG -90.1763

* MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  150 MPH

* PATH LENGTH:                   32.5 MILES

* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:            1 MILE (IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY)

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE:  THE TORNADO STARTED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WELDON SPRING IN SOUTHERN SAINT CHARLES COUNTY AND MOVED EAST
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH HARVESTER...EARTH CITY...BRIDGETON...
FERGUSON...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...AND FINALLY ENDING AT THE 
NORTHERN EXTREMITY OF SAINT LOUIS CITY.  THE WORST DAMAGE WAS FOUND 
IN SOUTHERN SAINT CHARLES COUNTY ALONG HAVERSHAM DRIVE WHERE ONLY 
INTERIOR WALLS WERE LEFT STANDING ON THREE HOMES.  THE HOLLYWOOD 
CASINO HAD A BUILDING WHERE MOST OF THE ROOF AND SIDING WERE TORN 
OFF.  THE SPECTRUM BRANDS BUILDING SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE ROOF AND WALL 
DAMAGE IN EARTH CITY.  THE POINT 70 BUILDING IN EARTH CITY SUSTAINED 
EXTENSIVE WINDOW DAMAGE.  NUMEROUS TREES FELL ON HOMES IN BERKELEY 
AND FERGUSON AND THE TREE DAMAGE CONTINUED TO THE NORTHERN EXTREMITY 
OF SAINT LOUIS CITY.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO 
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS  65 TO  85 MPH
EF1...WIND SPEEDS  86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH

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