A man bounds through fallen debris next to the St. Louis Fire Department’s Engine House 28 shortly after a tornado hit in the 4800 block of Enright Avenue. A storm warning siren is seen at top center. In the days following the tornado, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said the siren system didn’t properly activate before the tornado.

The Highland Fire Department is still compiling maintenance reports on allegedly faulty tornado sirens during a March storm after some residents said they didn’t hear sirens at all.

The potential for severe weather remains in the Tri-State Area on Saturday, after a tornado watch was issued for parts of New Jersey yesterday. The National Weather Service issued the tornado watch for Monmouth and Ocean counties from Friday afternoon through 12 a.

Most of the portion of St. Louis hit by the tornado was already losing population. Reversing the trend will be harder now.

On Friday at 5:38 p.m. an updated tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Saturday at midnight for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer,

The watch, which also includes the Eastern Shore, is in effect until 12 a.m. Saturday. Isolated hail “up to ping pong size” is also possible, with scattered wind gusts up to 65 mph possible.

The National Weather Service announced Friday afternoon that a tornado watch will be in effect in the Baltimore Region until midnight Saturday.

On Friday at 6:03 p.m. the NWS Wilmington NC released a tornado warning in effect until 6:30 p.m. The warning is for Bladen, Columbus and Robeson counties. Quarter-sized hail (1 inch) is foreseen with the incoming storm.