MO - Tornado Slams Joplin

[i.b.nora]

CNN is still covering it.

 

[wfgodot]

http://www.facebook.com/joplinglobe

https://www.facebook.com/pages/KOAM...KOAM-TV-FOX14-TV-TELEVISION-CITY/102336081275

 

[Noddy]

Here's the radio reference for Jasper County

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=2798

I don't know if this'll be on the scanner thread as well. I'm praying for everyone

 

[tlcya]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/22/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

CNN coverage

 

[Peachy]

Here's the radio reference for Jasper County

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=2798

I don't know if this'll be on the scanner thread as well. I'm praying for everyone

A post with links was posted on the Breaking News scanner thread here.
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

 

[Sleuthster]

How horrible! I am praying hard that it is not bad but this fb page people are commenting total wipe out!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Joplin-Tornado-Info/212588545439089?ref=ts&sk=wall

 

[peeples]

Director of shelter just said the shelter is ok (I pm'ed her on facebook)!!!!

 

[peeples]

Info here

http://www.facebook.com/NewsTalkKZRG?sk=app_6009294086#!/NewsTalkKZRG?sk=wall

 

[mommy23]

Prayers for everyone..... They didn't see it coming

 

[wfgodot]

The tornado is thought at this time to have been between three-quarter to one-mile wide and the damage path is at least three miles long. It's official ranking on the Fujita (F1-F5) has not been determined. NBC Action News chief meteorologist Gary Lezak said that he believes that the tornado was an F5, which means that the tornado had wind speeds of 261 to 318 miles-per-hour.
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http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/weather/weather_news/joplin-hit-hard-by-major-tornado-

 

[Dark Knight]

Tornadoes Rips Through Joplin, Missouri

www.accuweather.com
Another tornado touched down this evening near Joplin, Missouri. Major damage is being reported with reports of a Wal-Mart store being destroyed by local media with several people trapped in the rubble.

 

[peeples]

Pic of walmart

http://www.facebook.com/krazeeforca...072566099608&set=o.93286195208&type=1&theater

 

[Peachy]

Pic of walmart

http://www.facebook.com/krazeeforca...072566099608&set=o.93286195208&type=1&theater

You can't even tell that was a Wal Mart.
Prayers for these people.

 

[tlcya]

Telling people how they can help if they are in neighboring counties

 

[wfgodot]

At least the SW area of Joplin might have had a little warning:

"Our house is gone. It's just gone," he said. "We heard the tornado sirens for the second time. All of a sudden, everything came crashing down on us. We pulled our heads up and there was nothing. It was gone."

I doubt if it were any longer than a very few minutes between the first and second sirens though, and when the second one sounded it was on top of them. But if this report's accurate, lives were saved by the first siren.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x433426155/Widespread-damage-reported-after-tornado

 

[christee]

Link to Scanner Forum Breaking News thread for Jasper County MO Law Enforcement:

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

Scroll down for the link to listen to live feed.

 

[tlcya]

http://www.freep.com/article/201105...-Michigan?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE

 

[Sleuthster]

Pic of walmart

http://www.facebook.com/krazeeforca...072566099608&set=o.93286195208&type=1&theater

OMG! I could not contain myself after seeing this. No one could have survived that! I am sick to my stomach.

 

[wfgodot]

Pic of walmart

http://www.facebook.com/krazeeforca...072566099608&set=o.93286195208&type=1&theater

I believe this is the WalMart at 15th and Rangeline. Rangeline is THE commercial street, 3 miles of businesses, always very busy.

 

[peeples]

The high school
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...95208&type=1&theater&pid=7543349&id=722962273