Thunderstorm Wind — St. Louis (C), Missouri

Event narrative (NOAA)

Widespread wind damage across the northern portions of the city as a line of storms moved through. Numerous large trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines were blown down. A woman who was waiting for the storm to pass was killed when a large tree was blown over, crushing the car in the alley of the 4100 block of Chouteau Avenue. Two historical cemeteries, Calvary and Bellefontaine, sustained widespread damage. Around 100 trees at Calvary and nearly 40 significant trees and 100 smaller ones at Bellefontaine, were either uprooted or snapped off near the base, as well as numerous tree limbs. Several gravestones were either damaged or destroyed by fallen trees and/or tree limbs. A large tree was uprooted in the 3000 block of Longfellow Boulevard, landing on a house causing major roof dam

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