Severe Weather: Tornado Activity Strikes St. Louis County

Warm temperatures helped generate fierce severe weather conditions in St. Louis County late Sunday and early Monday morning, producing tornado warnings, reports of spotter-confirmed tornado activity and downed power lines across the area, according to multiple news outlets, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A check of Ameren UE's online Power Outage map showed that in the Creve Coeur area, more than 900 customers were without power, at  1 a.m. Monday.

The reported business as usual for the most part, with reports of lines down, but no major calls and no injuries. The did report a handful of residential fires in the Country Manor area late Sunday, but said they were under control.