Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Maryland Heights, MO

Hail Report Description: Estimated from picture of large hail covering the ground.

Hail Report Description: Photo on Twitter shows several hail stones of at least an inch in diameter... with some possibly slightly larger than an inch in diameter. Time estimated from radar.

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Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

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Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.).

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Hail Report Description: FACEBOOK PICTURE OF 2 INCH HAIL.

Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

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Hail Report Description: JUST SOUTH OF I270 AND I70 INTERCHANGE.

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Hail Report Description: NEAR INTERSECTION OF PAGE AVENUE AND LINDBERGH BLVD.

Hail Report Description: One inch hail fell in Maryland Heights.

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Hail Report Description: One inch hail fell at Westport Plaza.

Hail Report Description: A wide swath of large hail fell in an area from the Missouri River near Highway 364 eastward through the WestPort Plaza area to near Lindbergh Boulevard. Numerous cars had their windows broken out at WestPort Plaza. Also, numerous homes sustained roof and siding damage.

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Wind Report Description: Two trees down near Creve Coeur Lake. Facebook report. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Via email: Entire roof of home or garage on the ground and split by a standing tree.

Wind Report Description: Via email: Multiple downed trees in the forest on McKelvey Woods Trail.

Wind Report Description: Delayed report. 6-8 inch tree limbs snapped off tree... a few punctured holes in a house roof. No other structural damage.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds snapped off a power pole with the transformer landing in nearby tree. Via picture on Facebook post.

Wind Report Description: Photo included: large branch snapped and fallen on parked cars.

Wind Report Description: Via Facebook with picture included: Healthy tree approximately 7 inches in diameter snapped 4 feet up from base.

Wind Report Description: LARGE BRANCH DOWN AND PATIO FURNITURE BLOWN ALL INTO THE YARD. REPORT VIA FACEBOOK.

Wind Report Description: LARGE BRANCHES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF FEE FEE RD AND SEVEN PINES DR.

Wind Report Description: NEWS REPORT SHOWS TREES DOWN NEAR PARKWAY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.

Wind Report Description: REPORT OF TREES DOWN AT CROWN RIDGE AND RIDGEMEADOW DR AND AT RIVER BEND AND RIVER VALLEY DR.

Wind Report Description: LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR 270 AND DORSETT ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: MULTIPLE SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE TREE LIMBS SNAPPED/DOWNED.

Wind Report Description: APPROXIMATELY 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB SNAPPED.

Wind Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2 ESE MARYLAND HEIGHTS. LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR 270 AND DORSETT ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: 4 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF THE TOPS OF SOME BRADFORD PEAR TREES IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVERPORT AMPHITHEATRE. WIND SPEED IS UNKNOWN.

Wind Report Description: HAM OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT OF 60 MPH WIND (ESTIMATED) NEAR DORSETT AND 270.

Wind Report Description: DELAYED REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES NEAR AMELING ROAD AND BENNINGTON PLACE. IT WAS NOTED THAT SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE DOWN IN THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Wind Report Description: DELAYED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON SOME POWER LINES NEAR ROSE ACRES AND MCKELVY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Wind Report Description: BRANCHES DOWN AT CREVE COEUR PARK LAKE FRONT. PORTABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGN BLOWN OVER.

Wind Report Description: LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON CREVE COEUR MILL ROAD AT THOMAS PATRICK COURT.

Wind Report Description: TREE DOWN ON A HOME.

Wind Report Description: MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF A LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES AND BLOCKING RULE AVE NORTH OF AMELING ROAD. THE TREE WAS ORIGINALLY BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION NORTH OF AMELING ROAD... BUT CURRENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN. TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS ESTIMATED BY RADAR. REPORT COURTESY OF KTVI-TV.

Wind Report Description: POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF OLIVE BLVD AND HWY 141.

Wind Report Description: SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN THROUGHOUT CREVE COEUR PARK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: *** 1 INJ *** FOLDING TABLE HIT VICTIM IN HEAD. NO SERIOUS INJURIES. TRAFFIC CONES AND CANOPY TENTS BLOWN OVER AS WELL.

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Wind Report Description: Storm spotters reported billboards damaged at I-70 and I-170.

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Tornado Report Description: BRIEF EF0 TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF CREVE COEUR WHICH DAMAGED POWER POLES AND TREES. A FEW TREE LIMBS FELL ON HOMES ALONG TRACK AS WELL.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado crossed the Missouri River from St. Charles County into St. Louis County just south of Interstate 70. As it moved through the Riverport area, it caused major damage to one of the buildings at Hollywood Casino. Part of the roof and most of the siding were torn off of a section of the casino that housed maintenance and staff offices. Five large power poles were snapped off at the base. The damage in this area was rated EF2. Also, numerous trees were snapped off. Further to the east in the Riverport area, a gas station lost part of its canopy and a nearby hotel sustained minor roof damage as well as several windows blown out. The tornado then crossed Interstate 70 into the Earth City area. As it crossed the highway at the intersection of I-70 and Earth City Expressway it knocked down the large steel truss that holds signs for the east bound side of I-70 into the west bound lanes of the highway. Traffic was backed up for hours in this area due to the fallen sign and numerous power lines as well as debris laying across the interstate. North of I-70 the tornado widened to a mile wide with the most significant damage centered just northwest of the I-70/Earth City Expressway interchange. One warehouse building had a section of the pre-cast concrete wall collapse outward and fall onto the parking lot on the southeast corner. Meanwhile on the north facing side of the warehouse, several bay doors were blown in and several tractor trailers and delivery trucks were blown over. The building next door had roof damage and an unoccupied car nearby was flipped onto its roof and another one was rolled as well. The damage in this area was rated EF2. Further to the east and northeast, the Point 70 office building sustained extensive window damage and another warehouse had a quarter of its roof peeled off. Spectrum Brands warehouse building on Corporate Exchange Drive had a very large section of pre-cast concrete walls collapse inward and damage here was rated EF2. The tornado continued to the east, crossing Interstate 270 between Interstate 70 and St. Charles Rock Road. Numerous trees, power poles and power lines were blown down across Bridgeton. An apartment building on Natural Bridge Road lost its entire roof with some of the debris landing on cars in the parking lot. Several other apartment buildings had minor roof damage. Damage in this area was rated EF2. The tornado crossed the northern portions of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, causing minor damage to four outbuildings. From there the tornado continued east, blowing down or uprooting numerous large trees, power poles and power lines in Berkley, Kinloch, Ferguson, and Dellwood mainly along and north of Chambers Road. Several of the large trees fell onto houses and vehicles causing minor to major damage. As it crossed New Halls Ferry Road it began to go in a more east northeasterly direction, paralleling Interstate 270 for a time. A gas station at the intersection of Dunn Road and Old Halls Ferry Road had one of its canopies collapsed. Just east of Highway 367, six power poles were snapped off along Dunn Road on the north side of I-270. A bit further east, just east of Bellefontaine Road, an apartment complex on N. Garden Drive had eight of its buildings sustain major roof damage. Otherwise, most of the damage in the area was to trees and power lines. A few of the trees landed on homes causing varying degrees of damage. The tornado then lifted and dissipated on the banks of the Mississippi River about six tenths of a mile north northeast of the intersection of I-270 and Columbia Bottom Road. The tornado caused damage to 612 homes in St. Louis County. Five hundred and ten homes suffered minor damage, 101 homes suffered major damage, and one home was destroyed. One hundred twenty-one businesses sustained minor damage, while 5 businesses had major damage. Cleanup costs alone for St. Louis County was 4.3 million dollars.||The path length of the tornado in St. Louis County was 17.0 miles with a max path width of a mile wide. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF2 with max wind speeds of 130 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 31.8 miles with a max path width of 1 mile and a maximum damage rating of EF3.

Tornado Report Description: During the evening of Friday April 22nd, an intense supercell thunderstorm produced a long-track tornado which tore a path of destruction from west to east across the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, from St. Louis County Missouri eastward through the far northern portions of the City of St. Louis, then across the Mississippi River into Madison County Illinois. The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale as it tracked through the community of Bridgeton, just west of Lambert St. Louis International Airport, in St. Louis County. The total path length was 21.3 miles, with a width of up to half a mile.||The tornado initially touched down along the northern edge of Creve Coeur Lake at approximately 759 pm. It tracked nearly due east at about 40 mph, and intensified as it entered Maryland Heights. There it produced up to EF3 damage to many homes and businesses with a damage swath of 200 to 400 yards wide. Damage continued eastward in an unbroken track, crossing I-270 about 1 mile south of I-70. The tornado reached peak intensity of EF4 as it devastated the community of Bridgeton along Old St. Charles Road. From there the tornado paralleled Interstate 70 through the community of St. Ann, and then took aim directly on Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Many of the large windows in the main terminal building were blown out or damaged by flying debris and a large section of roof was peeled from Concourse C. Although the vast majority of people were evacuated to lower levels and to interior rooms before the tornado hit, five people were treated and released from area hospitals for injuries due to flying debris. The airport was closed due to the extensive damage. Damage at the airport was estimated to be between $35 to 40 million.| |The tornado exited Lambert-St. Louis International Airport crossing near the McDonnell Boulevard/Harmon Lane intersection. It then moved into Berkeley where it crossed Interstate 170 between Airport Road and Scudder Avenue. Extensive damage was noted along Fourth Avenue, especially at the Garfield Avenue and Hancock Avenue intersections where a vacant house and several homes lost their entire roof structure. The greatest damage in this neighborhood was rated EF2. The tornado continued to the northeast through neighborhoods south of Airport Road producing significant tree damage including many large trees falling on homes. The tornado then crossed Airport Road near Abston Street. The tornado crossed North Florissant Road where it caused extensive roof damage to the Newger Materials building and the First Baptist Church of Ferguson. Across the road, a Little Caesars Restaurant lost its entire roof. Damage to these structures was rated EF1. The tornado then continued through neighborhoods along and just the north of Hereford Avenue/Chambers Road where it continued to cause extensive tree damage as well as additional partial roof damage to homes along the path toward West Florissant Road. Also along this part of its path, it partially removed the roof at the Griffith Elementary School which was rated as EF1. This is also where the tornado widened to one quarter of a mile with damage noted to trees and some homes on both sides of Chambers Road. Along the entire path from Berkeley to Dellwood, damage varied in intensity from EF1 to low end EF2 with a maximum estimated wind speed of 120 mph, and included numerous snapped power poles in addition to the extensive number of snapped and downed trees.||EF2 damage was uncovered at three different locations east of Dellwood. One area was located one quarter mile south of Chambers Road on Halls Ferry Road where four large utility poles were snapped. The second area of EF2 damage was located a quarter of a mile south of Chambers Road along Bellefontaine Road where significant tree damage occurred. The last area of damage was located in Bellefontaine Neighbors just south of Chambers Road on La Roux Court. Roofs were removed from three homes at this location, while other homes sustained varying degrees of damage. The width of the damage area varies from 100 yards to four tenths of a mile with the widest area of damage east of Halls Ferry and south of Chambers Road. ||The tornadic damage continued as the tornado traveled eastward south of Chambers road, crossing into the far northern portions of the city of St. Louis. The majority of the damage in this area was rated EF1 due to fallen trees. Some of these trees fell on homes while a few others fell through homes causing damage not directly relating to the intensity of the wind within the tornado. ||Overall, in St. Louis County, 233 structures (homes and businesses) sustained major damage, 776 structures sustained moderate damage, and 1,487 structures sustained minor damage. Estimated dollar amount damage is $250 million.

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