Tornado's in St Louis
04-24-2011, 09:42 PM
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Racer
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Tornado's in St Louis
Did anyone have any damage from the storm and tornado Friday night? We were fortunate that it missed us by about a half mile. A few streets over have been blocked to traffic since.
Hope everyone is safe.
Hope everyone is safe.
04-24-2011, 11:03 PM
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Safety Car
I landed at St. Louis airport 2 hrs. before it hit.
While paying the bill when I picked up my car, the parking attendant said, "Be safe, we have tornado watch."
How Prophetic.
While paying the bill when I picked up my car, the parking attendant said, "Be safe, we have tornado watch."
How Prophetic.
04-25-2011, 12:21 AM
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St. Jude Donor '06
That looked like a POWERFUL nasty Tornado what ranking did it get F2, F3, F4?
Praise GOD you guys were not affected and that initial reports that I heard was nobody was killed.
You guys get A LOT of nasty storm in the St. Louis area, and although Tornados are very intriguing to me, they certainly are a very, very SCARY part of one of mother nature's greatest fury.
Praise GOD you guys were not affected and that initial reports that I heard was nobody was killed.
You guys get A LOT of nasty storm in the St. Louis area, and although Tornados are very intriguing to me, they certainly are a very, very SCARY part of one of mother nature's greatest fury.
04-25-2011, 07:17 PM
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That looked like a POWERFUL nasty Tornado what ranking did it get F2, F3, F4?
Praise GOD you guys were not affected and that initial reports that I heard was nobody was killed.
You guys get A LOT of nasty storm in the St. Louis area, and although Tornados are very intriguing to me, they certainly are a very, very SCARY part of one of mother nature's greatest fury.
Praise GOD you guys were not affected and that initial reports that I heard was nobody was killed.
You guys get A LOT of nasty storm in the St. Louis area, and although Tornados are very intriguing to me, they certainly are a very, very SCARY part of one of mother nature's greatest fury.
04-25-2011, 11:12 PM
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We knew we were in trouble when the TV meteorologist voice changed when describing the radar image as a "debris field" - the red ball in the image was larger than the airport tracking east...
National Weather Service assessment
Good Friday St Louis Tornado Event
Before/After image from Beaverton Drive, damage rated as EF3
National Weather Service assessment
Good Friday St Louis Tornado Event
Before/After image from Beaverton Drive, damage rated as EF3
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04-25-2011, 11:30 PM
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WOW, that was one POWERFUL NASTY Tornado. 
Praise GOD that many were not killed by this Srong Tornado, that before and after damage picture is some SCARY stuff that caused miillions of dollars in damage.
Praise GOD that many were not killed by this Srong Tornado
, that before and after damage picture is some SCARY stuff that caused miillions of dollars in damage.
04-26-2011, 02:24 PM
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Le Mans Master
Yep, horrible storms. Thank God nobody was seriously hurt or killed!
I need to start taking the long way to work and take 270 instead of 70, as the gawkers are holding up traffic big time.
I need to start taking the long way to work and take 270 instead of 70, as the gawkers are holding up traffic big time.
04-26-2011, 08:45 PM
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The airport was really lucky they already had +100 construction people with security clearance on site doing renovations. The airport would have been down a week if not for that.