Went from being a "possible funnel cloud" to a historic event in a matter of minutes and no one really saw it coming. And the storm itself wasn't overly concerning at first. When it did form - the massive size combined with the extremely heavy wall of rain surrounding it made it appear as just a large wall cloud or heavy thunderstorm. Even if this storm produced a tornado no one was expecting 8 square miles of total devastation. Even major tornadoes that have occurred in my lifetime in this area were smaller in scale and resulted in only a few casualties if any. Everyone knew there was a risk of severe weather but some years that seems like every other day here.īut even for people who took it seriously, the scale of this tornado was truly unimaginable. To me the question is how it was "only" 150. Eddy currents have alot of power to reach into structures and holes to do unseen before damage. I ride sport bikes to 200 mph, and above 160 mph air starts acting more like water. Same area of 20th street large bull dozzers and trac hoes were blown and shredded. It's main cross peice, bent was 6 inch plate. Picture 300 mile per hour 1 ton playing cards! They had one of the largest metal plate bending machines in the area utterly destroyed. Over one inch thick tops were spread back half a mile east torwards rangeline like playing cards. A local steel fabricator lost their main fab area tables. 2 men dropped into drainage pipes at east side city factory (Jasper Products) and drowned from rain. I was a city employee and pumped out water from basements, pools and even high school structures. If it was on top of your spot in basement or culvert, rain filled it. Others hand built trench rock foundations back from horse and buggy days. The lethal twister has also made 2011 the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1953, with 454 deaths from 1,000 tornadoes so far, according to NOAA.Īpril also set a record as the deadliest month with 361 tornado-related deaths, according to NOAA's records.A good portion were called spec houses. The tornado that struck Flint, Mich., on Jand killed 116 people had been the deadliest single tornado on record since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began keeping track of tornado fatalities in 1950. CT Sunday and blasted a six mile wide path through the city and left trapped survivors crying out for help this morning. The nearly mile-wide funnel touched down at 5:41 p.m. The massive Joplin tornado was rated as an EF-5, the strongest classification, with winds ranging above 200 mph. The area includes Joplin, Mo., where rescue workers are racing to salvage survivors from the wreckage left by a tornado that destroyed an estimated 30 percent of the city on Sunday. The greatest threat for tornadoes stretches from Dallas to Kansas City, according to the report. Long-form, long-track, very powerful tornadoes are expected throughout Tuesday. Obama also acknowledged that more storms are headed for the region today, as a warning of new tornado outbreaks was issued for the central region of the United States by an Oklahoma storm prediction center. "And all we can do is let them know that all of America cares deeply about them and that we are going to do absolutely everything we can to make sure that they recover." "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who are suffering at this moment," Obama said. Speaking from the Ambassador's House in London, where he and Michelle Obama arrived earlier today, Obama called the outbreak of tornadoes "devastating and heartbreaking," while he reassured those affected by the storms that "every ounce of resources the federal government may have" will be used in recovery efforts. President Obama said this morning that he will visit the tornado-ravaged state of Missouri this weekend after he returns from Europe. "I was down here for graduation on Saturday, gym was filled with 4,000 of the happiest people you're ever going to see and the next thing I hear is that we've got a tornado coming and 24 hours later we're down here looking at this." "You don't go to bed at night thinking something like this would happen," Gov. Want to help? Here is a list of organizations.Ī Joplin, Mo., Tornado Recovery Facebook page has been created for people reaching out for information about lost loved ones.ĭetails have emerged that the massive tornado may have had two cyclones inside - called "a multiple vortex."
More than 750 people were injured in the storm Sunday that caused widespread devastation to the small midwestern town. The threat of more tornadoes comes as search and rescue teams struggle to find survivors. "There are not enough quotes to describe what could happen tonight," Rayno told ABC News. Rayno said that a strengthening jet stream combined with "directional sheer," meaning changing wind speeds at different atmospheric heights, are textbook factors in tornado creation.
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