Deadly EF5 Tornado Changed Joplin, Missouri Forever (Today in Weather History)

On the afternoon of May 22, 2011, all of the ingredients came together for a deadly EF5 tornado that forever changed Joplin, Missouri. One outcome in the storm's aftermath "astonished" even a veteran meteorologist. #joplin #missouri #tornado

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[TiredMomma]

I remember the moment we heard the bad news. Our youth leader at the time had just moved down there when he accepted a call a church needed a youth leader. His neighborhood was spared from severe damages, by about a block away.
We jokingly said something like, It's a sign you shouldn't have left, but he's like, It's a sign I moved here just in time to help them.
Jason G., if you ever see this, come back to visit someday.

[glcol]

I always remember the reporter who was there for days, and she said she woke up every night hearing the sound of the cadaver dogs barking...

[just_kos]

I'd never live in Moore, OK, Joplin, MO or Tuscaloosa, AL. They're all tornado magnets.

[Ibhenriksen]

Well, the sirens didn't go off on May 6th when yet another smaller tornado hit Joplin!

[brandonjewett]

I lived in the Somerset apartments at 20th and Connecticut. I am only alive today because of my roommate Jacob and the good Lord above! Most terrifying experience of my entire life.

[LegoStarFox]

I tracked down that tornado while I was 5 years old

[SevereWeatherQuester]

Tornado Warning System Failure = 158 Deaths (Joplin, Missouri 2011)

[babysfirstweapon]

I've seen Japan come back from worse.

[maggietravels]

What have we learned stop building with wood build your home with block . Mexico and europe builds there homes with clock
And concrete and nothing really happened to there homes just less windows