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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
743 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.

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST ST LOUIS COUNTY 
MISSOURI AND MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING:  EF-3

* FATALITIES:  ZERO

* INJURIES:    ZERO

* BEGIN TIME/LOCATION:  5/31/2013...827 PM CDT
                        LAT 38.8009  LONG -90.1493

* END TIME/LOCATION:    5/31/2013...837 PM CDT
                        LAT 38.8441  LONG -89.9602

* MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  160 MPH

* PATH LENGTH:                   10.8 MILES

* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:            150 YARDS

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE:  THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ROXANA ILLINOIS...IN EXTREME NORTHEAST SAINT LOUIS COUNTY...AND
THEN PROCEEDED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO
MADISON COUNTY ILLINOIS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OF SOUTH ROXANA.
THE HEAVIEST DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT AN INDUSTRIAL-WAREHOUSE BUILDING
NEAR A LANDFILL IN SOUTH ROXANNA.  

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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