A United States Army Corps of Engineers map shows the tornado's damage path as it moved nearly due east through Joplin, with the most intense damage near its centerline. A preliminary survey of the tornado damage by the NWS office in Springfield began on May 23.

The multiple-vortex storm impacted an area 35 kilometers (22 miles) long and destroyed some 8,000 structures in its path. Click on the image to get full-size version.

2024年2月17日 · The EF5 tornado, the highest measure on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, that occurred in Joplin, MO on May 22nd, 2011 is considered to be the most deadly tornado in United States history. The tornado's reach stretched over a range of about six miles, destroying and damaging thousands of buildings. 161 people died during this event and hundreds more ...

2024年2月29日 · On May 22, 2011, an EF5 tornado reached a maximum width of over 1 mile blowing through 6 miles of Joplin, MO. Winds peaked over 200 mph destroying or everything in its path.

2022年10月21日 · These features, accompanied by low pressure system, encouraged very strong storm development along the cold front. Tornado initially touched down just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line and tracked due east moving as a EF0 and quickly turned to be a EF5 and tore a huge gash through Joplin.

On May 22, 2011 the city of Joplin, Missouri was impacted by an EF-5 tornado. There were 158 deaths with over a thousand injured as a result of the tornado. At its peak it was up to a mile wide with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour.

2011年5月22日 · 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.

In the late afternoon of May 22, 2011, an EF5 multiple-vortex tornado struck Joplin, Mo. Reaching a maximum width of over one mile and with winds peaking at more than 200 mph, the tornado destroyed or damaged virtually everything in a six-mile path.

2022年5月21日 · Wednesday marks 13 years since a devastating EF5 tornado swept through Joplin. The natural disaster shook southwest Missouri, placing the region in the worldwide spotlight.

The Joplin tornado, moving roughly west to east, cut a 6-mile-long path through a densely populated are and was up to a mile wide in some places. The violent tornado indiscriminately tore through thousands of buildings, including Saint Johns Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), several schools, and big.