The 2011 Missouri tornado hit the city of Joplin in southwestern Missouri. It was one of the most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, causing widespread devastation and loss of life.
No tornado hit Joplin, Missouri in 2012. However, Joplin was devastated by an EF5 tornado on May 22, 2011. That tornado directly killed 158 people, the deadliest to hit the U.S. since 1947. Three or four other people died due to indirect effects.
The most expensive tornado on record is the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011, which caused an estimated $2.8 billion in damages.
The Tri-State Tornado, which occurred on March 18, 1925, affected parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. It holds the record as the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, causing immense destruction and loss of life along its path.
The Joplin MO tornado in 2011 traveled a path approximately 22.1 miles long. It caused widespread destruction and was classified as an EF5 tornado.
The Tri-State Tornado hit three states: Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in the United States on March 18, 1925. It is considered the deadliest tornado in US history.
A Missouri tornado is a tornado that occurs in the U.S. state of Missouri. If you want an example, there is the tornado that hit the city of Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 killing 158 people. It was the seventh deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
Mike Woolston was the mayor of Joplin, Missouri when the 2011 tornado hit and still is today.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado of 2011 was rated EF5, the highest level of tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds in excess of 200 mph.
The Joplin, Missouri EF5 tornado struck on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Tornadoes do not get names like hurricanes do. They are usually just referred to by where they hit. So the tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri in 2011 is called the Joplin tornado.
Both Oklahoma and Missouri suffered very destructive tornadoes in 2011. Missouri was hit the hardest because of the Joplin tornado but that state is not entirely in Tornado Alley. Overall, the worst tornado damage in 2011 was in Alabama, but that state is several hundred miles from Tornado Alley.
No. The tornado that hit Branson, Missouri on February 29, 2011 passed a couple miles south of Silver Dollar City.
Tornadoes do not have names as hurricanes do. Most tornadoes are simply referred to by where they hit. For example the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri in 2011 is known as the Joplin tornado.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado occurred on May 22, 2011.
The 2011 tornado was not the first to hit Joplin and it almost certainly will not be the last. Joplin probably will be hit by another tornado eventually, but there is no telling when. The chances of another one anywhere near as bad as the 2011 storm are remote, however.
Scotland County, Missouri was hit by an EF1 tornado on October 2, 2007.
The deadliest tornado in this tornado season (2011) hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22, killing 158 people. The last deadly tornado this year hit Springfield, Massachusetts on June 1, killing 3.