It's not common for tornadoes to strike metropolitan areas but St. Louis was in the cross hairs on Friday night when an EF 2 twister tore through the airport. Thankfully no one was killed or critically injured despite the 22 mile long path and EF 4 strength during parts of its lifetime.
An EF 2 twister has winds of 111-135 mph while the stronger EF 4 contains winds of 166-200 mph.
For those weather nerds out there, below is the observation from St. Louis airport on Friday night as the tornado passed through Concourse C:
KSTL 230112Z 29029G42KT 1SM R30R/2800VP6000FT +FC -TSRA BKN020 OVC040CB 22/19
RMK TORNADO B10 W MOV E AO2 PK WND 29042/0112 CONS LTGICCGCC ALQDS TS ALQDS MOV E P0001=
KSTL 230124Z 33007G35KT 280V020 1SM R30R/1600VP6000FT +FC -TSRA BR BKN020
OVC040CB 19/17 RMK TORNADO B10 W MOV E AO2 PK WND 29042/0112 WSHFT 0104 CONS
LTGICCGCC ALQDS TS ALQDS MOV E P0040=
For the non-weather folk out there, it is incredibly rare to see a FC (funnel cloud) reported. And no, the the + does not mean "heavy funnel cloud" as it does with +RA meaning heavy rain. You can also see "TORNADO B10 W MOV E" meaning the tornado began at 10 min after the our and is moving east.
Mother nature is always delivering something incredible, it's great that no one was killed.
More severe weather early this week and it has been an active season already.
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