2011 Joplin tornado

The 2011 Joplin tornado was a windy and dangerous EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on the afternoon of May 22, 2011. It had winds of over 200 miles per hour.^[1] It killed 158 people and hurt 1,150 others.^[2]^[3] It caused $2.8 billion in damage. It is the costliest tornado to hit the United States.^[4] It was the third tornado to hit Joplin since May 1971.^[4]

References

↑ KYTV (May 27, 2011). "National Weather Service offers insight into EF5 rating for Joplin tornado". Schurz Communications. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
↑ "Storm Event Survey". National Weather Service, Springfield, Missouri. September 15, 2011.
↑ "Annual U.S. Killer Tornado Statistics". Storm Prediction Center.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Belk, Brad. "Joplinglobe.com". Joplinglobe.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

Other websites

Time-lapse of the May 22 tornado outbreak
Radar loop of the Joplin tornado
NOAA's Aerial Survey of Joplin, Missouri Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Slideshow of damage from the tornado Archived 2011-12-31 at the Wayback Machine

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[KY3rating-1] KYTV (May 27, 2011). "National Weather Service offers insight into EF5 rating for Joplin tornado". Schurz Communications. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

[2] "Storm Event Survey". National Weather Service, Springfield, Missouri. September 15, 2011.

[spcfatal-3] "Annual U.S. Killer Tornado Statistics". Storm Prediction Center.

[autogenerated1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Belk, Brad. "Joplinglobe.com". Joplinglobe.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

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