PDS Tornado Warning: St. Louis Metro Area, MO and IL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
813 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

ILC119-MOC183-189-510-010145-
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MADISON IL-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-
813 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS...NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES AND WESTERN MADISON
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRIDGETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN AND AROUND HARVESTER TO HOMES. NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWNED.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERLAND...LAMBERT FIELD...WOODSON TERRACE...ST. JOHN...UNIVERSITY
CITY...HAZELWOOD...BERKELEY...BEL-RIDGE...KINLOCH...FLORISSANT...COOL
VALLEY...NORMANDY...HILLSDALE...FERGUSON...NORTHWOODS...DELLWOOD...
JENNINGS...BLACK JACK...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS AND RIVERVIEW.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES CONFLUENCE STATE PARK...FIRST MISSOURI STATE
CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE AND HORSESHOE LAKE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9049 3900 8998 3872 8990 3864 9049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 258DEG 44KT 3877 9041

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN