Wednesday, April 10, 2013
St. Louis County Emergency Management reports a confirmed tornado sighting near Wildwood and emergency crews are staging for response in Hazelwood.
The St. Louis area is feeling the impact of severe weather which has been building across the midwest Wednesday, and has resulted in a Tornado Warning from the National Weather Service for much of the area until at least 8:30 p.m. The St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management tweeted that there was a confirmed tornado sighting near Wildwood and that circulation was spotted near Florissant. In Hazelwood, there were reports on KMOV TV that St. Charles County officials were being staged at Armstrong Elementary School for tornado response. For more weather coverage, check out our weather partners at FOX2 News. Additional notes: Have you taken any photos from your area? Share them with us, please, using the Upload Photos and Videos button…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The storm that brought damaging winds and hail to the Wentzville/Lake Saint Louis area had some unexpected consequences.
Saturday's storm damaged trees, signs and utility poles. The accompanying hail broke siding and screens and shattered windshields. But the storms also caused a one-car accident on Interstate 70. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a 2011 Chevy Equinox driven by Patricia C. Kilroy-Govero, 56, of Wentzville, was traveling westbound on Interstate 70 east of Highway 61 at 5:30 p.m. The severe weather conditions caused the car's airbags to deploy. The report did not specify if it was the hail or another aspect of the weather that caused the deployment. Kilroy-Govero received minor injuries and was taken to SSM St. Joseph West Hospital in Lake Saint Louis. Patch talked to Dan Clancy of Dan's Foreign Auto Repair in Wentzville about …
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Huge jagged hailstones fell for a short time during Saturday's second round of storms.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Huge jagged hailstones fell for a short time in the day's second round of storms.
UPDATE: High winds in the day's second round of storms left a mark on Wentzville and Lake Saint Louis. Both cities experienced tree damage. On East Pearce Boulevard, wind broke a telephone pole at its base, leaving it tilted to one side and dropping lines dangerously near the streets. Officers were routing traffic around the lines until the phone company could arrive. Residents have been sharing their stories on the Wentzville Facebook page. One resident reported that "some of the hail off of Peine road was just shy of softball sized hail. We, along with many of our neighbors have siding, roof, and car damage." Patch measured one hailstone at three inches in diameter. The sound of the hailstones on a metal barn roof sounded "like someone …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
A much greater threat for tornadoes exists today, the Weather Channel says.
Wentzville and the greater St. Louis-area is at the greatest risk to see severe weather, including tornados and large hail, today, The Weather Channel reports. Today's forecast, according to the National Weather Service, calls for a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5 p.m. However, thunderstorms are more likely later into the night and into early Monday. The Weather Channel says strong-to-severe thunderstorms are likely for a boundary that stretches more than 1,000 miles from the Great Lakes region southward into the heart of Texas. For tornado safety tips, CLICK HERE. For the difference between tornado watches and warnings, CLICK HERE. To stay up-to-date on all the latest news, including severe weather updates, …
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Local meteorologist from National Weather Service offers tips in the event of a tornado warning.
The best advice in preparing for severe weather is to plan ahead, according to Ben Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s (NWS) St. Louis Office. “Know what you are going to do before it happens,” Miller said. “For families, figure out where you usually are and where you’re going to go in the event of severe weather.” For detailed information from the NWS on severe weather preparedness and setting up plans for your family, click here. Also important, Miller said, is knowing the difference between a tornado watch and a warning. A tornado watch means conditions are favorable for the development of a tornado, he said. Watches are usually issued several hours in advance of the development of a tornado. A tornado warning …
Thursday, April 28, 2011
St. Louis cities such as Creve Coeur and Hazelwood have offered to help cities affected by the Good Friday storms.
The St. Louis County Municipal League has been coordinating cleanup efforts with the county by contacting and making visits to cities hit this weekend by a devastating tornado, its executive director said Tuesday. But while work is underway in the areas hardest hit, the Municipal League isn't recruiting additional help until applications for funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are approved, executive director Tim Fischesser said. "Everybody likes to go slow, until FEMA kind of opens the door," executive director Tim Fischesser said. He said St. Louis County is pursuing a FEMA-approved vendor that would help multiple cities by collecting debris. But the need to go through a bidding process means that vendor's work…
Saturday, April 23, 2011
A powerful storm pounded St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Friday evening.
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is closed until further notice, after an apparent tornado caused major damage and injuries on Friday evening. At a news conference at the airport on Friday night, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said the airport was hit by a severe storm with heavy winds and that there was a sighting of a tornado, but that had not been confirmed. "That storm caused significant damage to the airport, specifically to Terminal One, where most of the damage occurred," Slay said. Power was out to the airport Friday night and four people were transferred to the hospital with minor injuries, the mayor said. Lambert Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said Concourse C experienced extensive damage. She said most of the windows in …
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The April 30 class is offered in Bellefontaine Neighbors by the Traveling Weather Show.
After severe weather passed through Lake Saint Louis Tuesday, you might be wishing you knew a little more about weather observation and safety training. There's one last chance this spring to attend a class with the Traveling Weather Show. The last scheduled class of the spring is Saturday, April 30 at Bellefontaine United Methodist Church, 10600 Bellefontaine Rd. Classes are free of charge, and registration is not required. The Level 1 (basic) class is 9 a.m.-noon and the Level 2 (advanced) class is 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. These classes provide information on: According to the organization's press release, participants will learn how to become a severe weather spotter, identify cloud formations that can lead to tornadoes and other severe weather…
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