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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR GILLESPIE ILLINOIS...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING:  EF-2

* FATALITIES:  ZERO

* INJURIES:    ZERO

* BEGIN TIME/LOCATION:  5/31/2013...849 PM CDT
                        LAT 39.1287  LONG -89.8272

* END TIME/LOCATION:    5/31/2013...852 PM CDT
                        LAT 39.1399  LONG -89.8039

* MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  115 MPH

* PATH LENGTH:                   0.9 MILES

* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:            150 YARDS

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE:  THE TORNADO BEGAN ON THE WEST SIDE OF 
GILLESPIE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST BEFORE ENDING JUST 
TO THE NORTHEAST OF GILLESPIE.  THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES 
AND ROOFS ALONG A WEST SOUTHWEST TO EAST NORTHEAST PATH THROUGH THE 
TOWN.  THE WORST DAMAGE WAS TO A SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM 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:

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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034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-030600-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR ST CHARLES AND ST LOUIS COUNTIES - 
ST LOUIS CITY...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING:  EF-3

* FATALITIES:  ZERO

* INJURIES:    TWO MINOR INJURIES IN SAINT 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:            250 YARDS

* 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.

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM 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:

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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