646  
WWUS53 KLSX 200320  
SVSLSX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1020 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2025  
 
MOC071-099-221-200400-  
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-250520T0400Z/  
FRANKLIN MO-JEFFERSON MO-WASHINGTON MO-  
1020 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2025  
 
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN, WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN  
WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...  
 
AT 1020 PM CDT, A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR  
RICHWOODS, OR 12 MILES WEST OF DE SOTO, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.  
 
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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...  
RICHWOODS AROUND 1020 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE FLETCHER, GRUBVILLE,  
OERMANN AND MORSE MILL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT  
BUILDING AWAY FROM 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.  
 
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW!  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3820 9090 3842 9093 3832 9053 3805 9076  
3806 9088  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 198DEG 20KT 3810 9080  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
JAJA  
 
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