PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1107 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 ...PRELIMINARY TORNADO COUNT FOR MISSOURI REGARDING THE MARCH 11-12...2006 SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK... ...UPDATED TOTALS... PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ACROSS MISSOURI REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OF MARCH 11-12...2006. HERE ARE THE TOTALS AS OF TODAY. TORNADOES: 43 FATALITIES: 9 INJURIES: 107 AS MORE INFORMATION IS GATHERED...THESE NUMBERS MAY CHANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS...POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL...VOLUNTEER STORM SPOTTERS... AND THE MEDIA FOR ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY PROVIDED DURING AND IN THE DAYS AFTER THE OUTBREAK. $$ BYRD