Saturday, April 23, 2011

Bridgeton April 22 Tornado Rated an EF-4


 ...INITIAL DAMAGE SURVEY INDICATES EF4 DAMAGE IN NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM IN NORTH ST LOUIS COUNTY HAS FOUND EF4 DAMAGE IN THE BRIDGETON AREA...NEAR OLD ST CHARLES ROCK ROAD AND HARMON ESTATES.
EF4 DAMAGE INDICATES WINDS OF 166 TO 200 MPH.
SURVEY TEAMS HAVE NOT YET REACHED LAMBERT FIELD...SO NO DAMAGE RATING IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME (305 PM 2/23/11)
...INITIAL DAMAGE SURVEY INDICATES EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR PONTOON BEACH ILLINOIS...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IN THE PONTOON BEACH AREA WAS PRODUCED BY A TORNADO...WITH A DAMAGE RATING OF EF2. THE DAMAGE TEAM FOUND AN APPROXIMATELY 100 YARD WIDE DAMAGE TRACK FROM THE LEVEE RD ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF I-270 TO THE INTERSECTION OF ALTON ST. AND PONTOON ROAD NEAR THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS. THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE FOUND WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN HWY 203 AND MARYVILLE ROAD. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED EF2 IN THAT LOCATION. THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM IS CONTINUING TO BACKTRACK THE TORNADO TO THE WEST. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE OF EF1 INTENSITY WAS NOTED ON THE MISSOURI SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RIVERVIEW DR AND CHAMBERS RD.
EF1 DAMAGE INDICATES WINDS OF 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2 DAMAGE INDICATES WINDS OF 111 TO 135 MPH
...INITIAL DAMAGE SURVEY INDICATES EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR NEW MELLE...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IN THE NEW MELLE AREA WAS PRODUCED BY A TORNADO...WITH A DAMAGE RATING OF EF1. THE TORNADO TRACKED JUST NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF THE TOWN OF NEW MELLE. THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF FORISTELL ROAD...AND THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY Z. THE TRACK LENGTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES...WITH A DAMAGE WIDTH OF AT LEAST 150 YARDS.
EF1 DAMAGE INDICATES WINDS OF 86 TO 110 MPH.

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