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It was rated an EF-5 after damage surveys. The tornado created a devastating damage path of over 22 miles. As the supercell advanced into Missouri, it spawned the Joplin tornado. It was near this region that the Joplin tornado supercell formed. This triple point is an indicator of increasing potential for severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes are common near or ahead of the triple point. The tornado created a devastating damage path of over 22 miles. In addition, Joplin was devastated less than one month after a record tornado outbreak in the Southeast, including an EF-4 tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and represents a test of the voluntary sector’s ability to respond to several extreme events in quick succession. Johns Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. The triple point was located in the vicinity of the surface low pressure. As the supercell advanced into Missouri, it spawned the Joplin tornado. A newly released security camera video from St. It was part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak and reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city. The point where these air-masses came together is known as the triple point. The tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011 with such fury that afterward, even those who had lived here their entire lives struggled to recognize it. The 2011 Joplin tornado was a catastrophic EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 22, 2011.

As I document in my book, When the Sirens Were Silent, a combination of errors made by the Weather.

A dry line was also present out in Oklahoma, acting as a boundary between very warm and moist air in the Ozarks, and hot and dry air in central Oklahoma. On May 22, 2011, the Joplin, Mo., tornado became the deadliest of the tornado-warning era. Three of the tornadoes were rated F4, and one officially was recorded as an F5 near Broken Bow, Oklahoma, all on April 2. But as the atmosphere swirled above, catastrophe brewed. Thousands gathered for a high school graduation ceremony. People attended church services and ate at restaurants with friends and family. An extending cold front separated a region of cooler and drier air. From April 23, 1982, a major tornado outbreak resulted in over 60 tornadoes and 30 fatalities, primarily over portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, as well as Southeastern Oklahoma. For many residents of Joplin, Missouri, May 22, 2011, started out like any other Sunday. The surface map before the formation of the Joplin supercell had low pressure out in Kansas.