A destructive storm hit parts of St. Charles and St. Louis counties over the weekend prompting Governor Jay Nixon to declare a state of emergency in Missouri late Friday night. The severe weather followed several days of heavy rain throughout the state and damaged many homes in the metro area. The weekend storm brought three tornadoes to the region, left about a hundred homes uninhabitable and a hundred more with low or moderate damage in St. Charles county.
The Creve Couer Airport posted some pretty incredible videos of one of the tornadoes passing by apparently on its way to Earth City.
Check out the footage and more photos and videos of the damage below.
Here's a sped-up version of the tornado hitting near the Creve Coeur Airport in Maryland Heights, posted on the airport's official YouTube page on Saturday.
And here's a real-time version of the same footage.
Here's a shot of Nixon visiting St. Charles county over the weekend.
Getting a closer look at high and rising waters in Meramec State Park twitter.com/GovJayNixon/st...
— Governor Jay Nixon (@GovJayNixon) June 1, 2013
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport officials announced late yesterday that the airport suffered "extensive damage" in the Friday storm. Several airport support buildings and hangars were badly hit, according to a news release. Portions of one hangar roof were torn off a building at the airport.
Here's KMOV-TV (Channel 4)'s report on the damage followed by more footage from news outlets on the scene and Missouri residents affected by the storms and tornadoes.
Continue for more tornado photos and videos from the weekend.
Here's some footage from the Post-Dispatch.
And from KSDK (Channel 5):
And here are some tweets from reporters and Missouri residents who caught the storm in action.Damage at Ramada Inn at 270 and Lindbergh in Hazelwood. #stlwx #kmox twitter.com/Brpkelly/statu...
— Brian Kelly (@Brpkelly) June 1, 2013
St. Charles Co. home loses its roof in storm. ksdk.com/news/article/3... #mowx #stlwx twitter.com/ksdknews/statu...
— KSDK NewsChannel 5 (@ksdknews) June 1, 2013
This...looks serious. Right off 44 in Eureka. Everyone stay safe tonight! #STLWX twitter.com/RRobertsTV/sta...
— Rebecca Roberts (@RRobertsTV) June 1, 2013
For those of you who haven't seen it.. #stlwx twitter.com/AndrewL0126/st...
— Andrew Lamer (@AndrewL0126) June 2, 2013
@robynsworld Here's a big tree uprooted near me, too. Crazy! #stlwx twitter.com/akrae/status/3...
— Audrey Raetzloff (@akrae) June 2, 2013
Continue for more photos and videos of the storm damage.
McDonald's lost its sign. #bridgeton #stlwx twitter.com/sarah_e_ball/s...
— Sarah (@sarah_e_ball) June 1, 2013
Just incredible destruction on Haversham Road in St. Charles County. #stlwx twitter.com/StPetersPatch/...
— St. Peters Patch (@StPetersPatch) June 1, 2013
Tree in the living room of my in-laws. #edwardsville #stlwx twitter.com/Deeds417/statu...
— Diedra Bollmann (@Deeds417) June 1, 2013
RT @saintlouco Down power lines in areas of North County. #stlwx twitter.com/SaintLouCo/sta... @amerenmissouri / Dunn and North Garden
— Charlie A. Dooley (@CharlieADooley) June 1, 2013
Cleaning up at my grandmas. Florissant storm damage #stlwx #stl vine.co/v/b3uwqBAD9bW
— Megan Grothman (@MeganGrothman) June 1, 2013
Hoping all our neighbors and fans are safe "@ksdknews: Tornado damage in St. Charles, ksdk.com/news/article/3... #stlwx twitter.com/ksdknews/statu..."
— St Louis Lions (@StLouisLions) June 1, 2013
Our front yard tree came down and now it's gone. #stlwx #tornado vine.co/v/b3B26x2W1V6
— Brittany (@soufflelibre) June 1, 2013
Our front yard tree came down and now it's gone. #stlwx #tornado vine.co/v/b3B26x2W1V6
— Brittany (@soufflelibre) June 1, 2013
Storms in south St. Louis. #stlwx vine.co/v/bY9zxaVA9Y7
— Jacob Kuerth (@JacobKuerth) June 1, 2013
Whoa it's picking up #STL #stlwx vine.co/v/btXQuAvU10W
— Chris Reimer (@RizzoTees) April 11, 2013
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