Lambert/St. Louis Airport Struck by Tornado

National Weather Service ^ | April 22, 2011

[Strategerist]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 845 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

0843 PM TORNADO BRIDGETON 38.77N 90.43W 04/22/2011 ST. LOUIS MO EMERGENCY MNGR

AIR NATIONAL GUARD BUILDING DAMAGED...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AT THE AIRPORT...AND CARS FLIPPED

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 817 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

0814 PM TORNADO BRIDGETON 38.77N 90.43W 04/22/2011 ST. LOUIS MO OFFICIAL NWS OBS

OBSERVER AT STL REPORTS TORNADO AT LAMBERT FIELD MOVING EAST

[janetjanet998]

rated EF4

(massive tornado outbreak looks likely mon-weds) the worst so far this year

[stlnative]

if the above link does not work try this one...

http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=916459882001

[stlnative]

more and more amazing security videos inside of Lambert Airport are now being released. KMOV.com is showing them now on TV, they should be on their website soon.

[Just mythoughts]

Somebody sure had it WRONG on the weather channel last night as they kept saying that NORTHWEST of St. Louis proper was the path.... Well I have relatives in the Maryland Heights area and I did NOT consider this NORTHWEST of St. Louis and today I find out that the Maryland Heights areas apparently got uprooted pretty good.

I literally HATE that the liberals have turned the weather channel into this dirtworshiping globalists ‘greenies’, who cannot look at a literal map and give proper locations.

[Second Amendment First]

O’Fallon, actually. The tornado first touched down around New Melle, which is just to the west of the Busch Wildlife area. And the sky was a yellowish-green color.

New Years eve was the last time we retreated to the basement under a warning. Must be something about the holidays.

[little jeremiah]

Wow. Those could cause some severe damage to everything. Imagine on one’s head.

[Second Amendment First]

When the threats are immanent I use the weather radio on my scanner. Accurate and portable.

[Just mythoughts]

When the threats are immanent I use the weather radio on my scanner. Accurate and portable.

As do I when in my particular area... BUT it was this thread that caught my attention last night there was severe weather in this state... so I turned on the weather channel, and all they focused in on was Lambert... and NORTHWEST of St. Louis proper.

I get a phone call message today, saying well how are your relatives, because of a FACEBOOK posting regarding damage... so I am caught feeling like wait a minute Maryland Heights in my mind is not NORTHWEST of St. Louis... Anyway good to hear you made it through the whirlwind last night.

[stlnative]

I lived in STL all my life and Maryland Heights was always considered Northwest. Bridgeton & St. Ann are also in the Northwest area. Do you recall Northwest Plaza on the edge of St. Ann & Brigeton.

Hazelwood, Florissant, etc is North County

[Just mythoughts]

I lived in STL all my life and Maryland Heights was always considered Northwest. Bridgeton & St. Ann are also in the Northwest area. Do you recall Northwest Plaza on the edge of St. Ann & Brigeton. Hazelwood, Florissant, etc is North County

I have never lived in St. Louis or near it. But have been there and driven through the city too many times to count. Depending on the time of day and 'road' work dictates which interstate I select to get through the city. I do consider Florissant to be northwest, but never considered Maryland Heights to be northwest... due west but not northwest... as I literally leave the interstate to go north to get to Florissant but in my driving mind I stay very close to the interstate to go to Maryland Heights...

[stlnative]

here you go...

http://www.sansonegroup.com/properties/retail.cfm

#4 is northwest county (from about Olive St Rd or Ladue Rd and then north of those) - you will see I-70 running through the middle of Northwest County and over into St. Charles County (#9)

Hwy 40 runs through the heart of Mid County (#3).

[janetjanet998]

mississippi river in memphis now forecast to have 3rd highest crest on record and highest since 1937

NWS says it may go even higher

[stlnative]

Actually this map is not fully correct. Northwest County actually goes over to the Missouri River before it becomes St. Charles County on the other side of the Missouri River. The map has part of Northwest County as St. Charles County.

You can kinda see Maryland Heights on the map and they have in the purple #9 zone (St. Charles County) and we all know that Maryland Heights is east of the Missouri River.

[La Enchiladita]

WHAT is going on with all these tornadoes this spring??

Thanks for the ping, nutmeg. I was horrified by the pics from St. Louis I saw on TV this morning. At first, I thought it was Sendai, Japan. It's a very, very stormy year this year. My friend says still snowing up in WA. We've have lots of storms in SoCal, maybe 2-3 times normal. There was South Carolina and now St. Louie, not to mention all the blizzards up your way...

[Just mythoughts]

Thank you for the map. I will have to teach myself to think differently of where Maryland Heights is literally located...

[dannyboy72a]

btt

[stlnative]

At the 0:53 mark on this video - it shows video from someone on I-70 @ the airport taking video of the massive tornado. Some cars are stopped on the highway.

http://youtu.be/nMpiRH1B3mQ