Devastating Joplin, Missouri EF-5 Tornado – May 22, 2011

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On May 22, 2011 a highly destructive and deadly tornado tore through the city of Joplin, Missouri. Here is video of the tornado entering the southwest side of town, filmed by TornadoVideos.net Basehunters team Colt Forney, Isaac Pato, Kevin Rolfs, and Scott Peake. The team spent hours assisting with search and rescue and transporting victims to local hospitals in personal vehicles.

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  1. I remember the day it happen. I was being amitted to Neosho Freeman and my brother wouldn't take me to Joplin because he felt something bad was going to happen and my gut was telling me the same thing. My cousin Lonnie Brown was in Joplin storm spotting and lost his car at the Flying Jay truck stop. He was doing the math and knew ahead of time that something big was going to happen but the cops ignored him. If the cops had listened to him then there would be very little people killed. What I don't understand is that country cops refuse to work with the storm spotters. I praise you guys for going out in dangerous grounds to spot these storms and report them. Hugs go to these people.

  2. If only we could trade reed with Tim Samaris.

    This loud moron has always been the black eye of the chaser community

  3. The Joplin tornado. The most destructive and costliest tornado of all time. Took the lives of a lot of people. I feel proud for the people who survived that thing. It was huge… good job people.

  4. I was asleep, and woke up to the sound of "hail" pounding the roof of my 3rd story apartment.   My clock said 6:00.  I didn't know if it was 6 a.m. or 6 p.m.  Looked outside from my balcony, and the sky was a bright orange.  I had no idea we had a tornado.  I noticed parts of the roof were scattered in the courtyard.  I got out my flashlight and opened a book, until my daughter knocked on my door.  The tornado missed me by six blocks.

  5. It was more like an EF-6, if that tornado wedge formed in like 3 seconds, jumped a few times, and created massive amounts of damage. Somehow, the tornado moved the former St. John's Hospital off its foundation a few inches is rather something.

  6. GOD SENDS THESE INSTRUMENTS OF HIS POWER FOR JUDGMENT/FOR REPENTANCE/FOR MERCY…WHAT WE DO WITH IT, IS THEN, UP TO US…;)

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