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The tornado weakened to a high-end EF1 as it crossed Highway 67 and Highway 70, damaging some houses in neighborhoods to the east. [13] The tornado turned slightly north as it hit the eastern section of St. Louis Lambert International Airport at around 8:10 PM. [5] Concourse C had a large section of its roof torn off when the tornado struck.
AP Images The tornado that ransacked St. Louis on Friday left Lambert airport struggling to get back on schedule (the airport is meant to be at 100% on Tuesday). A male passenger in the hardly hit ...
In April 2011, an EF4 tornado on Good Friday caused widespread damage along a 22 mi (35 km) track across the northern part of the St. Louis metropolitan area; including significant damage to Lambert International Airport, causing a complete shutdown for over 24 hours, but no deaths. [4]
The tornado continued eastward and reached EF4 intensity in Bridgeton, where a number of houses were completely destroyed. Afterwards the tornado traveled parallel to Interstate 70 and struck Lambert–St. Louis International Airport at EF2 intensity about 8:10 p.m. CDT (01:10 UTC). It blew out numerous windows and peeled away a large section ...
The weather service issued tornado warnings Sunday in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. ... Nearly 200 flights in and out of St. Louis Lambert International Airport were canceled, according to ...
Numerous delays were also reported at major airports in the Midwest, such as St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), and Indianapolis International ...
Louis Lambert International Airport experienced record rainfall, with 3.89 in (9.9 cm) falling on November 5, far exceeding the previous record of 1.62 in (4.1 cm) from 1956, also exceeding the November maximum daily rainfall record set the day previous at 3.75 in (9.5 cm), which itself broke a longstanding 1921 record of 3.56 in (9.0 cm).
Commonly referred to as Lambert Field or simply Lambert, it is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Missouri. The airport covers 3,793 acres (1,535 ha) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] of land. STL is located 14 miles (23 km) northwest of downtown St. Louis in unincorporated St. Louis County between Berkeley and Bridgeton .