Carl Junction is basically a bed room community to Joplin, and that tornado went through one of the main neighborhoods, Briarbrook. The damage was significant, but that tornado simply wasn't strong enough to cause catastrophic damage. It was mostly tree and roof damage from that tornado, at least in the Carl Junction area. It may have been stronger further east of there, but at the time tn made closest approach to Joplin, it was simply not strong enough to do catastrophic damage. The Jefferson City storm went basically right through town, it was on the south side of town, and then into the downtown area. Probably not the most populated area in town, but there are a significant number of homes in the impacted area.