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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.Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the EF5 tornado began just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a maximum width of nearly one mile (1.6 km) during its path through the southern part of the city.
There is a long history of destructive tornadoes in the St. Louis metropolitan area.The third-deadliest, and the costliest in United States history, the 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, injured more than one thousand people and caused at least 255 fatalities in the City of St. Louis and in East St. Louis.
The tornado first touched down in Newton County, Missouri, just east of the Missouri–Kansas state line at 5:34 p.m. CDT (22:34 UTC), initially knocking down large trees. [18] The tornado moved east-northeast and strengthened to EF1 intensity as it continued through rural areas towards Joplin, snapping trees and power poles and damaging ...
On April 22, 2011, a violent EF4 tornado, with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), struck the St. Louis metropolitan area. [2] The tornado, which was the strongest to hit St. Louis County or City since January 1967, moved through many suburbs and neighborhoods, damaging and destroying many homes and businesses.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
Severe storms could bring tornadoes to Missouri Wednesday. Here’s what we know about the forecast, including the time period and parts of the state where the risk is expected.
Tornado Alley, also known as Tornado Valley, is a loosely defined location of the central United States and Canada where tornadoes are most frequent. [1] The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Kansas , South Dakota , Iowa and Nebraska .
1891 Missouri tornado; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896; 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 29 – May 1, 1909; Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 1916; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; 1925 Tri-State tornado; Tri-State tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 1927; Tornado outbreak of ...