St. Louis is no stranger to major tornadoes and the deaths they can produce. It is the metropolitan area where the most tornado-related fatalities have occurred (Based on an AI search, more than 420). Friday, an EF-3 intensity tornado occurred in St. Louis and then moved across the Mississippi River into Illinois. Five were killed in St. Louis, 38 injured, and an estimated $1.6 billion in damage occurred. The tornado was a mile wide in places.  As we have been reporting for nearly 15 years, major issues have developed in the National Weather Service's (NWS) tornado warning program. Unfortunately, some of those issues occurred again Friday. There were also serious issues with local emergency management.  Unlike other nations, the U.S. does not have a National Disaster Review Board (modeled after the hugely successful National Transportation Safety Board) which would be able to do a comprehensive report. So, I am providing this more limited report in hopes that lesson...