Take Shelter Now - Tornado Warning Issued by the NWS

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Description

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

• SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
• NORTHERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
• NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 411 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WENTZVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

• HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
• SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...

• O'FALLON, LAKE ST. LOUIS, DARDENNE PRAIRIE, ST. PAUL, AND JOSEPHVILLE AROUND 415 PM CDT.
• ST. PETERS AND COTTLEVILLE AROUND 420 PM CDT.
• ST. CHARLES AND HARVESTER AROUND 425 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, HAZELWOOD, BRIDGETON, CHAMP, FLORISSANT, LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FERGUSON, BERKELEY, BLACK JACK, CALVERTON PARK, BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS, DELLWOOD, SPANISH LAKE, WEST ALTON, CASTLE POINT, RIVERVIEW AND GLASGOW VILLAGE.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES CONFLUENCE STATE PARK AND FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 214 AND 231.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS

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