St. Peters Avoids Major Damage From Powerful Storms

Powerful storms came ripping through the St. Louis area early Friday night, but left St. Peters mostly unscathed. 

Despite reports of damage in St. Charles County and St. Louis County, St. Peters apppears to have survived the storm without reports of major damage. Some limbs were ripped from tree by the high winds, but the damage appears minimal. Ameren Missouri reported more than 37,000 homes without power in the St. Louis area, but none from the 63376 area code. 

The storm started around 6:30 p.m. last night. A first system passed through the area before a larger and more damaging system came through at 7:40 p.m. New Melle, MO, in St. Charles County got hit with what is believed to be a tornado. Damaging hail also was reported throughout the area.

By the time the storm reached St. Peters, the sky near the Rec-Plex had a bright yellow tint to it. As the storm passed through, thunder kept rolling with several flashes of lightning. Rain fell fast and hard, filling up gutters.

The fast-moving storm passed through St. Peters shortly after 8 p.m. The rain and high winds kept traveling and did significant damange to  and to . 

The American Red Cross has set up shop in Maryland Heights to help people displaced by the storm.