'We're in a tornado!' Watch St. Louis construction workers ride out destructive twister in their truck

Intense moments were caught connected camera erstwhile operation workers successful St. Louis were forced to instrumentality structure successful their motortruck arsenic a convulsive tornado moved implicit their contiguous area, connected Friday, May 16 (Video Credit: Alexander Hoffman via Storyful).

ST. LOUIS – Intense moments were caught connected camera erstwhile operation workers successful St. Louis were forced to instrumentality structure successful their motortruck arsenic a convulsive tornado moved implicit their contiguous country connected Friday.

One of the unit members who was moving outside rapidly rushed backmost into the motortruck arsenic the winds intensified.

"We're successful a tornado!" 1 idiosyncratic exclaimed arsenic histrion branches collapsed astir their vehicle.

The footage is from Friday day successful the Kingsbury Place vicinity successful St. Louis, which was directly successful the way of a deadly EF-3 tornado, arsenic mapped by the National Weather Service.

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"Dude, it conscionable crushed the crane truck," the aforesaid idiosyncratic could beryllium heard shouting arsenic histrion limbs came crashing down connected their equipment.

As seconds went by, galore of the trees that were lasting conscionable moments earlier were pulled sideways onto the road.

Both workers said they were frightened their motortruck was going to flip over.

Near the extremity of the video clip, a ample portion of a heavy histrion adjacent to the conveyance came down connected the truck's hood. Miraculously, the windshield was unscathed.

The idiosyncratic who changeable the video, Alex Hoffman, appeared to beryllium uninjured successful consequent videos helium posted to societal media, showing him surveying the damage.

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This graphic shows the survey of the EF-3 tornado that carved done portion of St. Louis, Missouri, connected Friday, May 16, 2025.

(FOX Weather)

According to the NWS tempest survey, the tornado began adjacent Clayton, successful the St. Louis metro area, and tracked done portions of the Washington University Campus and Forest Park.

At its peak, the twister reached 152 mph and was astir a mile wide. The upwind work estimated that the tornado was connected the crushed for astir 23 miles and adjacent crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

In its report, the bureau said the twister could person been composed of respective tornadoes.

"It is imaginable that aggregate tornadic circulations were involved, and aboriginal investigation whitethorn set these statistics." 

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said five radical were killed and astir 5,000 buildings were destroyed oregon damaged by the tornado.

St. Louis operation workers took structure successful their motortruck arsenic a tornado moved implicit their contiguous area.

(Alexander Hoffman via Storyful / FOX Weather)

THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND THERE IS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND

Experts suggest that those who are caught successful their car during a tornado should enactment successful the car with the seatbelt fastened, with heads down beneath the windows, covered with hands, a broad oregon different cushions if possible.