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 ...

May 21, 2021 · 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-box stores like Home Depot and Walmart.

May 22, 2011 · With wind speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour, almost 160 fatalities and more than 1000 injuries occurred in Joplin alone, making it the 7th deadliest tornado on record. Numerous well-built houses and buildings were torn from their foundations, and vehicles of all sizes were thrown more than 200 yards and destroyed beyond recognition.

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. The tornado was on the ground for 22.1 miles and lasted an estimated 38 minutes from start to finish.

The tornado that struck Joplin, MO on 22 May 2011 resulted in the first triple-digit death toll from a single tornado in the United States since the 1950s. This paper documents the meteorological setting for

May 22, 2012 · This storm produced an EF-5 (greater than 200 mph) tornado over Joplin, Mo., resulting in 158 fatalities and over 1000 injured in the Joplin area. This storm along with others generated additional tornadoes, wind damage and flash flooding across far southwest Missouri.

Mar 31, 2023 · On May 22, 2011, a record breaking tornado ravaged the town of Joplin, Missouri killing 158 and injuring more than 1000. This event was one of the most significant in United States history and is the 7th deadliest tornado on record.

The Joplin tornado was the first single tornado to result in over 100 fatalities since the June 8, 1953, Flint, Michigan tornado. The tornado was rated EF-5 on the Enhanced-Fujita Scale, with its maximum winds estimated at

The May 22, 2011, Joplin tornado, rated EF–5 on the Enhanced Fujita tornado intensity scale, caused 161 fatalities and more than 1,000 injuries, making it the deadliest single tornado on record in the U.S. since official records were begun in 1950.

the Joplin tornado. The first was a lack of awareness of the approaching tornado. The second factor was an inability to perceive personal risk due to one or more of the following: receipt of conflicting or uncertain information about the tornado; pre –existing beliefs about Joplin’s immunity to direct tornado