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WFUS53 KLSX 282301
TORLSX
ILC119-163-MOC183-189-510-282330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0016.120428T2301Z-120428T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
601 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  CENTRAL ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARYLAND HEIGHTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
           HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
           SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRIDGETON...CREVE COEUR...FRONTENAC...ST. ANN...OLIVETTE...LAMBERT
  FIELD...LADUE...HAZELWOOD...OVERLAND...WOODSON TERRACE...ST.
  JOHN...BERKELEY...FLORISSANT...BRENTWOOD...KINLOCH...BEL-RIDGE...
  UNIVERSITY CITY...RICHMOND HEIGHTS...CLAYTON AND MAPLEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3877 9010 3856 9015 3865 9060 3883 9054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 277DEG 38KT 3869 9047

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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