![]() At some residences, reinforced concrete porches were deformed, or in some cases completely torn away. Entire neighbourhoods were levelled in this area with some more homes swept away, and trees were stripped completely of their bark. It tracked just south of downtown, narrowly missing it. It heavily damaged every business along that stretch and several institutional buildings were virtually destroyed. Virtually every house near McClelland Boulevard and 26th Street was flattened some were swept completely away, and trees sustained severe debarking.Īs the tornado tracked eastward, it maintained EF5 strength as it crossed Main Street (SR 43) between 20th and 26th Streets. Wind-rowing of debris was noted in this area, and additional concrete parking stops were removed from the St. Vehicles in the hospital parking lot were thrown into the air and mangled beyond recognition, including a semi-truck that was tossed 125 yards and wrapped completely around a debarked tree. According to the NWS office in Springfield, Missouri, such extreme structural damage to such a large and well-built structure was likely indicative of winds at or exceeding 200 mph. Five fatalities were caused by loss of backup power, and the nine-story building was so damaged that it was deemed structurally compromised, and was later torn down. John's Regional Medical Centre, which lost many windows, interior walls, ceilings, and part of its roof its life flight helicopter was also blown away and destroyed. Iowa State University wind engineer Partha Sarkar was able to calculate the force needed to remove the parking stops and found that winds exceeding 200 mph were needed to tear them from the parking lot.ĭamage became remarkably widespread and catastrophic at and around the nearby St. ![]() Several 300-pound concrete parking stops anchored with rebar were torn from a parking lot in this area and were thrown up to 60 yards away. Multiple vehicles were thrown and mangled or wrapped around trees nearby. Steel trusses from some of the buildings were "rolled up like paper", and deformation/twisting of the main support beams was noted. A large steel-reinforced step and floor structure leading to a completely destroyed medical building was "deflected upward several inches and cracked". Numerous homes, businesses, and medical buildings were flattened in this area, with concrete walls collapsed and crushed into the foundations. and continued through most of southern Joplin. Consistent EF4 to EF5 damage was noted east of S. Schifferdecker Ave., producing its first area of EF4 damage as several small but well-built commercial buildings were flattened. The now massive wedge tornado then crossed S. ![]() Numerous homes were destroyed at EF2 to EF3 strength at that location, and multiple vehicles were tossed around, some of which were thrown on or rolled into homes. The tornado continued to strengthen as it ripped through another subdivision just east of Iron Gates Road. It heavily damaged several homes at a subdivision in this area at EF1 to EF2 strength. Widening, the tornado then tracked into the more densely populated southwest corner of the city near the Twin Hills Country Club. The tornado strengthened to EF1 intensity as it continued through rural areas towards Joplin, snapping trees and power poles and damaging outbuildings. Civil defence sirens sounded in Joplin 20 minutes before the tornado struck in response to a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) at 5:17 pm CDT (22:17 UTC) for northwestern Newton and southwestern Jasper counties in Missouri, and southeastern portions of Cherokee County, Kansas, but thousands of villains did not heed them whereas Yeada and the Scorpion Island adventurers did. Eyewitnesses and storm chasers reported multiple vortices rotating around the parent circulation in that area. ![]() The tornado initially touched down just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line near the end of 32nd Street at 5:34 pm CDT (22:34 UTC) and tracked due east, downing a few trees at EF0 intensity. Total Damage: $2.81 billion - the most damaging tornado in history.Casualties: 158 fatalities (+8 indirect), 1,150 injuries. ![]() It was the first twister since 1953 to cause over 100 fatalities and is the single deadliest since Moore, Oklahoma in 1999. The twister was responsible for murdering 90% of The Frolickers for the 11th time and triggering the most heart-breaking moment of 2011 when a member of the Weather Channel's Tornado Hunt team arrived at the city just 10 minutes after it touched down. The tornado in Joplin, Missouri, was a multiple-vortex rain-wrapped F5 that appeared on the second day of a 6-day severe weather outbreak. It's the single deadliest tornado on record since 1947 and the costliest in US history." "Our next tornado was absolutely wicked, bulldozing a small Midwestern town. $2.81 billion - costliest tornado in history ![]()
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