Friday Night Tornadoes – St. Louis, Missouri
Funnel cloud near airport.
St. Ann, near the airport, was hit.
Winds of 60-80 mph reported in the area.
A tractor trailer overturned on St. Charles Rock Road in St. Louis.
Photo sent in by Kenny
Tornado warnings until 9:45 PM CST tonight in the St. Louis region.
UPDATE: The tornado sirens just went off in the City of St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis County, St. Louis City, Franklin County
LARGE TORNADO Near St. Louis Airport – Bridgeton, Missouri
Power poles down in St. Charles, Missouri.
Amazing Photo—
A double rainbow with lightning!
This was taken by Katie Ross in Troy, Missouri
(Not for broadcast or redistribution)
Several inches of rain expected to follow winds into St. Louis area.
UPDATE: Possible casualties at Holiday Inn in Earth City, northwest of St. Louis city.
34,000 83,000 power outages in Missouri.
UPDATE: There were reports the Holiday Inn may have collapsed.
MORE— Large police presence at the Holiday Inn.
But it does not look like the eight story Holiday Inn collapsed.
A wall collapsed near an AC unit.
Two trucks piled up in St. Louis.
ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD spotted south of St. Louis in Franklin County.
UPDATE: Pattonville High School set up as a staging area.
UPDATE: Multiple vehicles including tractor trailers overturned on I70!
UPDATE: 9:00 PM CST – Weather front just moved from St. Louis into Illinois into St. Clair County.
FOX2 Now has live updates.
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More storms in Oklahoma City:
Oklahoma City Police reported rotation north of city, interstate is a “parking lot”.
22,000 people without power in metro Oklahoma City, most outages in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Tornado is on the ground over new Crosstown. Mile west of Devon Energy tower. Headed towards Midwest City, Del City.
