![]() Center of circulation is evident as seen on the left hand image where the orange and blue meet.Īfter crossing Schifferdecker Avenue, the tornado moved east toward McClelland Boulevard with a forward speed of 20 to 25 miles per hour. GR2 Analyst radar imagery showing the tornado as it moved over the city of Joplin at 6:43 ET. Low EF-4 damage was found just west of Schifferdecker Avenue as smaller well-built commercial buildings sustained heavy damage. At this point, the tornado was about one quarter mile in width.Ĭontinuing east northeast, the tornado crossed 32nd Street where it produced EF-2 to low EF-3 damage from Iron Gate Road east to Schifferdecker Avenue. The tornado then moved east along 32nd Street, where low EF-2 damage to well-constructed brick and wooded frame homes was observed near South Country Club Drive. The tornado touched down about a half mile southwest of JJ Highway and West 32nd Street, where storm spotters and chasers reported seeing multiple vortices around the main circulation prior to the tornado becoming rain wrapped.įrom the approximate starting point, the tornado traveled towards South Alfalfa Street, where EF-1 damage was found. Center of circulation is over Iron Gates. GR2Analyst radar imagery showing the tornado as it entered the city of Joplin at 6:39 ET. Around 7,000 homes were destroyed, not including any businesses or public buildings. The tornado was on the ground for 22.1 miles and lasted an estimated 38 minutes from start to finish. There were 158 deaths with over a thousand injured as a result of the tornado.Īt its peak it was up to a mile wide with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour. On the city of Joplin, Missouri was impacted by an EF-5 tornado. Satellite image from May 22nd at 6:15 ET showing the supercell thunderstorm that the Joplin tornado formed from.
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