Tornado Warning Rattles Nerves In Joplin,Missouri

Jess Baker
Published: April 3,2015



 

Tornado-producing storms swept into the Plains and Midwest Thursday, rattling the nerves of people across a four-state tornado watch area, including those in Joplin, Missouri, a city still recovering from an EF5 twister in 2011 that killed more than 150 people.
"Scary moments earlier tonight as we were watching a well-developed supercell thunderstorm to the west of Joplin," said meteorologist Carl Parker, who was tracking the storm on-air for The Weather Channel as tornado sirens went off in the city.

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URGENT 8:43pm CDT: #Tornado warning until 9:30pm for Joplin MO & nearby areas. Reynolds Wolf is there live on air now

9:44 PM - 2 Apr 2015

The cell swept through Joplin without leaving damage. Here are several more notable storm reports from surrounding states.

• Strong winds damaged two farm houses and brought down power lines at Wallace, Kansas, according to the NWS.
• Emergency managers in Hallowell, Kansas, reported a tornado touched down. No reports of damage.
• According to the National Weather Service, golfball sized hail fell near Louisville, Kentucky.
• Law enforcement reported a tornado near Arapahoe, Colorado. No reports of significant damage.
• NWS reports storms flipped two semi trucks on I-44 near Afton, Oklahoma. No details on any injuries.

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Second overturned semi on I-44 near Afton, OK. @NWStulsa

11:21 PM - 2 Apr 2015

(MORE: April Is a Notorious Month for Tornadoes)
Friday is likely to be another stormy day. The threat will be highest from east Texas into the Mid-South, Tennessee Valley and Appalachians with damaging straight-line winds, hail and perhaps a tornado or two possible.
This activity should persist into the evening as a line of severe thunderstorms with locally damaging winds from the Appalachians to the Deep South.
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