2011 Joplin tornado - Wikipedia
The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Joplin's EF5 Tornado: What Our Meteorologists Haven't …
May 21, 2021 · Saturday marks the 10-year anniversary of the Joplin, Missouri, EF5 tornado. It was America's deadliest tornado since 1947 and the costliest on record. Joplin wasn't the only deadly tornado...
The Joplin Tornado: A Calamity and a Boon to Resilience, 10 …
May 21, 2021 · Late in the afternoon, a tornado rated as the most intense on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale, an EF5, cut a 6-mile-long (9.7-kilometer) gash through the densely populated Joplin metro area, home to more than 50,000 people.
Devastating Joplin, Missouri Tornado - May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011 · Watch this full length documentary about the super tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011. Five years later the community is still trying to rebuild and figure out how to avoid these scary...
Remembering Joplin Tornado - National Weather Service
May 22, 2012 · This storm produced an EF-5 (greater than 200 mph) tornado over Joplin, Mo., resulting in 158 fatalities and over 1000 injured in the Joplin area. This storm along with others generated additional tornadoes, wind damage and flash flooding across far southwest Missouri.
'You never get over it.' Remembering the EF5 tornado that hit Joplin …
Dec 29, 2021 · One of the worst tornadoes in U.S. history struck Joplin, Mo., a little over 10 years ago. Despite a massive recovery effort, the survivors still bear psychological scars.
Tragedy at Joplin-The EF-5 of May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011 · In its wake, the EF5 strength tornado left much of Joplin in a state of complete devastation. Meteorologists, structural and wind engineers, and numerous others continue to study this catastrophe even now, nearly a decade later, …
The Joplin Tornado: A Calamity and a Boon to Resilience, 10 Years …
May 21, 2021 · In 2011, a vicious tornado wreaked havoc on the city of Joplin, Missouri. The tragic event spurred NIST and others into action to improve the country’s resilience to tornadoes. A decade later, we’ve come quite a long way.
'Don't do that!' Joplin's decade-long tornado recovery has lessons …
Jan 3, 2022 · Micklethwaite was president of Joplin’s school board when an EF5 tornado struck that city of 50,000 people. Ten years ago, heaps of splintered rubble stretched for miles. Now, it looks tidy.
2011 Joplin Tornado Facts and Information | TornadoFacts.net
May 22, 2011 · The Joplin Tornado was a catastrophic EF5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri in the late afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011. This tornado is one of the deadliest in the U.S. since the April 9, 1947 tornado in Woodward, Oklahoma and the seventh-deadliest in U.S. history.