092  
WFUS53 KLSX 200512  
TORLSX  
ILC133-157-163-MOC099-186-200615-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0084.250520T0512Z-250520T0615Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1212 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
SAINT CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...  
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...  
NORTHEASTERN SAINTE GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...  
 
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.  
 
* AT 1212 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMSDALE, OR 8 MILES  
SOUTHEAST OF CRYSTAL CITY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
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.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BELLEVILLE, O'FALLON, EAST ST. LOUIS, COLLINSVILLE, FAIRVIEW  
HEIGHTS, SWANSEA, SHILOH, WATERLOO, COLUMBIA, MASCOUTAH, LEBANON,  
STE. GENEVIEVE, FREEBURG, CASEYVILLE, MILLSTADT, RED BUD, NEW  
BADEN, SCOTT AFB, SMITHTON AND NEW ATHENS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 12 AND 27.  
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 150 AND 170.  
 
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 3808 9036 3813 9040 3866 8999 3866 8971  
3840 8970 3821 8970 3788 9020  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 214DEG 45KT 3813 9027  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
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