OMG where is Steeleville situated? An F3, I had no idea!
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1159 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HICKORY COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 100 AM CST.
* AT 1156 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEATLAND...OR 10 MILES WEST OF HERMITAGE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE...
NEAR HERMITAGE BY 1210 AM CST.
THE TOWNS OF QUINCY AND CROSS TIMBERS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.
Last Night
St. Mary MO had the F3 that was down on the ground for 6 minutes there. It jumped the Mississippi River and moved through part of Chester IL and moved up to Steeleville IL. They don't know the F scale of the tornado yet after it crossed the Mississippi River.
St. Mary MO and Chester IL are on the Mississippi River about 80 miles south of St. Louis. Steeleville IL is 15 miles east of Chester, IL in state.