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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.
The devastating and violent EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011 is not listed as the tornado did not impact downtown, instead impacting residential areas in the south of the city. The F3 tornado that affected Joplin on May 5, 1971 is not included as the population was below 50,000. [268]
A woman looks at damage to a home after a tornado hit the Oklahoma City area on Nov. 3, 2024. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman/USA Today Network/Imagn Images)
However, additional storms were expected to fire up, possibly as early as 2 p.m., in northwest Missouri to north-central Missouri before expanding southward. The storms are expected to exit the ...
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.
The damage in Picher was rated EF4. At least 150 others were injured in Picher alone. The tornado continued eastward, passing just north of Quapaw and Peoria before crossing Interstate 44 into Missouri. This was the deadliest tornado in Oklahoma since the South Oklahoma City F5 tornado on May 3, 1999, which killed 36. [13]
The Kansas City metro and surrounding counties can expect heavy rain, strong winds and scattered hail starting Friday around 7 p.m. with a tornado watch.
A suspected tornado damaged buildings and knocked out power in communities along the state line between Missouri and Illinois, and damage was reported in other parts of the states from severe weather.