Joplin, Missouri

[Townhallsavoy]

Joplin won't be playing any ragtime tunes tonight. 

Tornado just obliterated the town.  They had to turn the high school football field into a temporary morgue.  The main hospital was hit directly. 

Pretty fucked up.

[Townhallsavoy]

This will rank high in the scariest horror video you've ever seen.  A bunch of people huddled together in a building, so of course some guy had to take a video.  It's really hard to see anything, but from about 1:45-4:00, you can listen to what it sounds like as a tornado obliterates a building.

[Townhallsavoy]

Stormchasers get a bit of the tornado and view some of the damage.

Death toll is up to 89 in less than 12 hours. 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/05/23/ot.mo.tornadovideos.net?hpt=T1

[Snaggletiger]

I don't recall anything like what's been going on with tornados this year.  This is some horrible stuff. 

[GH2001]

I don't recall anything like what's been going on with tornados this year.  This is some horrible stuff.

Al Gorrr sez its teh global hotnessess.

[AUTiger1]

I don't recall anything like what's been going on with tornados this year.  This is some horrible stuff.

I don't know if it's b/c information is readily available, but agree, I have never seen this many damaging tornados like this year. 

[Townhallsavoy]

Don't look now:

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
842 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KSC021-MOC097-145-231400-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-110523T1400Z/
CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
842 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN NEWTON...JASPER AND EXTREME EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

AT 840 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
TRACK SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH
OF NECK CITY TO DUENWEG TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RACINE...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...
CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...GALENA...
GRANBY...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LEAWOOD...NEOSHO...ORONOGO...
PURCELL...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SILVER CREEK AND WEBB CITY.

[AUTiger1]

Don't look now:

 

[djsimp]

Dude, that was just freaking horrible. I got chills from that video.

[AWK]

This is the Fastrip where they were.

[Townhallsavoy]

Tornadoes leave me speechless.  Absolutely mind boggling how powerful and massive these things are.