VAwxman Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Talk about bad luck this year with wide, strong/violent tornadoes tracking through heavily populated areas. No kidding. We knew it would happen at some point, but the number of times this year is just staggering. Hope Jomo is well. Scary stuff... Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozarkwx Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Storm in Siloam Springs, AR looking more robust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Scanner saying possible looting in Joplin. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hate to bring this up, but is there any way to know if JoMo is (god forbid) not okay? I really hope one of the members here knows him and can get to the bottom of it for us ASAP. I don't know the guy, but any question like this about any AmWx poster is distressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Holy ****.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NaoPos Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 http://www.5newsonline.com/news/5live/ spotter on live saying funnel rather large, not touching down yet.. looks like it'll produce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 reports of lots of homes compeletly destroyed west of the Hospital too between 32nd and 26th sunset drive area this would be about a mile west of the hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 WQAD-TV Moline, IL live streaming: http://www.wqad.com/news/news8live/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Jesus that thing was a monster maybe greater than a mile wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Holy ****.. That is horrifying. Imagine if they had a livestream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEHOCEY77 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 http://www.5newsonline.com/news/5live/ spotter on live saying funnel rather large, not touching down yet.. looks like it'll produce: couplet heading right towards bentonville 148 kts gtg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 That is honestly the largest tornado I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Any closer up videos out there? Unfortunate that it didn't hit a less populated area or better yet open land. Thoughts and prayers for those involved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I'm sure we'll be seeing alot more videos of the Joplin tornado over the next few days, going to be Tuscaloosa like probably with alot of videos if I had to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hate to be slightly off topic, but the SE outbreak special on discovery channel is showing some awesome home videos/cell phone videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 It looks like the tornado that hit Joplin was at least a mile-wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMIweather Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 I'm sure we'll be seeing alot more videos of the Joplin tornado over the next few days, going to be Tuscaloosa like probably with alot of videos if I had to guess. Only thing is reports are that this was much more rain-wrapped than Tuscaloosa, but still we'll probably see some come out over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Only thing is reports are that this was much more rain-wrapped than Tuscaloosa, but still we'll probably see some come out over the next few days. Chasers were on the storm. We'll be seeing their stuff very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hate to be slightly off topic, but the SE outbreak special on discovery channel is showing some awesome home videos/cell phone videos Thnx for the info. Impressive video indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 did we get these type of numbers during the chicago blizzard this past winter? lol 288 User(s) are reading this topic 124 members, 153 guests, 11 anonymous users also, the storms that were heading northeast into chi metro have weakened but storms on the front out west near the river are holding there own...for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I presume this is the same Wal-Mart from earlier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvgram Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Red Cross manager for Joplin said "75% of the town was gone". Good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I presume this is the same Wal-Mart from earlier... gotta love the way photos can be misleading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Chasers were on the storm. We'll be seeing their stuff very soon. There was a giant ball of people on it back into SE KS. Sounds like tricky vis regardless. It's more fun in the farmlands.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBriedis Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 There are at least two Walmarts in Joplin. 1501 S Range Line Rd 2623 W 7Th St One is north of 66, the other to the east is south of 66. Could be both got hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 gotta love the way photos can be misleading... looking at google earth compared to thhe two pics it appears the south 1/4 to 1/3 of the wlamart was destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack123 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 That one Walmart from earier posts looks like a Walmart Supercenter. Probably a different Walmart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 That tornado had better not really been heading SE... there's a huge amount of real-estate between the latitude of Walmart and St John's. We're talking about from 15th to 32nd Streets. Map: http://maps.google.c...084543&t=h&z=14 (Wal-Mart is marked by the "A" in the upper right hand corner, St Johns is in the lower left hand corner.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 There are at least two Walmarts in Joplin. 1501 S Range Line Rd 2623 W 7Th St One is north of 69, the other to the east is south of 69. Could be both got hit. VERY possible that both walmarts were hit as they are nearly a direct E-SE of each other... one not as severe as the other one maybe.. who knows, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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