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POTOSI, Mo. 鈥� Potosi Elementary School was struck by a possible tornado Tuesday, for at least the second time in the school鈥檚 history.

There were no injuries as dozens of staff members and 800 students waited out the storm in an emergency shelter on the campus, said Potosi School District Superintendent Alex McCaul.

Winds took out a few gutters on the school and caused other minor damage including broken windows. Some debris from a storage facility near the school struck 10 to 15 cars in the school parking lot, McCaul said.

Students were back in classrooms within 30 minutes, and school will be in session Wednesday.

鈥淲e鈥檝e got a lot of flooding around here, which is the big impact,鈥� McCaul said.

One to 2 inches of rain fell in the area on Tuesday, setting off a flood advisory from the National Weather Service for Jefferson, St. Francois and Washington counties.

The elementary school is about a mile east of the district鈥檚 other three school buildings, which were not damaged in the storm. The wrestling room at Potosi High School flooded, damaging some mats.

A tornado strike at the elementary school in 1984 caused significant damage. The Potosi area was also hit by a tornado on April 2, damaging several homes.

A $1.6 million storm shelter, paid for through a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, opened in 2021 at the elementary school. The concrete structure is the size of a gym and built to withstand tornado winds.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been hit a couple of times which is why we built the FEMA shelter,鈥� McCaul said. 鈥淲e are very fortunate to have that.鈥�

Joni Jacobsen, a staff member at the school, said the principals 鈥渁cted fast鈥� to evacuate everyone to the shelter.

鈥淲e practice this all the time. It went perfectly. I鈥檓 so proud to work for Potosi Elementary School,鈥� she said.

Thunderstorms remain in the forecast Wednesday through Friday across the region, according to the National Weather Service.