Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Joplin, MO

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Hail Report Description: Time estimated via radar.

Hail Report Description: 20th and Central.

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Hail Report Description: THIS REPORT WAS WITH THE SECOND STORM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE JOPLIN AREA THIS MORNING.

Hail Report Description: ZORA ROAD WEST OF RANGELINE ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF JOPLIN.

Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

Hail Report Description: DELAYED REPORT. PICTURE OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE IRON GATES AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Hail Report Description: ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF 20TH ST. AND MAIN ST. IN JOPLIN. TIMING ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Hail Report Description: GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND 6-INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.

Hail Report Description: QUARTER SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT THE WALMART ON 7TH STREET.

Hail Report Description: SEVERAL REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AROUND THE JOPLIN AREA.

Hail Report Description: FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR IRON GATES.

Hail Report Description: QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON 17TH STREET IN SOUTH JOPLIN.

Hail Report Description: 1.00" HAIL.

Hail Report Description: There were numerous reports of quarter size hail around Joplin.

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Wind Report Description: Corrects the correction for time from AM to PM of previous tstm wnd dmg report from Joplin for time. Numerous power lines down across the city of Joplin.

Wind Report Description: A National Weather Service storm Survey determined that a broad area of damaging straight-line winds impacted portions of Jasper and northern Newton Counties. Damage began in the Joplin area and continued to the east and northeast through the I-49 Corridor from Diamond to Carthage before winds weakened. Winds from 75 to 95 mph uprooted or snapped numerous trees and downed large limbs. Several trees were down on homes. Multiple power lines and poles were down in the impacted area. A near 9 mile wide swath of significant damaging winds of 85 to 95 mph damaged multiple buildings... causing significant structural damage to a few. Several outbuildings were picked up or rolled to the east and several vehicles had trees or large limbs on them.

Wind Report Description: Tree down... about 40 inch wide on a house.

Wind Report Description: Numerous power lines down across the city of Joplin.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 WNW Joplin for time based on radar. Tree down... about 40 inch wide on a house.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from Joplin for time. Numerous power lines down across the city of Joplin.

Wind Report Description: Broken power poles... and scattered tree limbs and trees on power lines across general area.

Wind Report Description: Report of stop signs pulled from ground... power lines down... trees down... and damage to a building. Photos corroborate reports and also indicate a street sign knocked over and that tree damage ranges from numerous leaves and small branches scattered to a large healthy tree uprooted. Debris appearing to be sheet metal from damaged structure was blown some distance away from the structure.

Wind Report Description: Tree fell on line causing outages in Joplin.

Wind Report Description: Report via social media of a tree down over the road. Time estimated via radar.

Wind Report Description: Delayed report through contact. Numerous large trees blown over.

Wind Report Description: roof damage. time based on radar.

Wind Report Description: seeing some rotation of clouds.

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Wind Report Description: Report of a tree down at McCoy and B on the northside of Joplin. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Handful of power lines and trees down across the Joplin area. Time based on radar.

Wind Report Description: Images via social media of several trees uprooted and large branches down.

Wind Report Description: Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken. Time based on radar.

Wind Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 ENE JOPLIN. LARGE TREE DOWN ON A PARKED CAR ON MCCONNELL AVENUE. ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREE AND SIGN DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF JOPLIN. NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

Wind Report Description: TREE DOWN... NO INJURIES.

Wind Report Description: DELAYED REPORT. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE IN THE ROANOKE AND ROYAL HEIGHTS AREAS OF OUR CITY. THIS INCLUDED MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AND TWO STRUCTURES DAMAGED BY TREES FALLING ON THEM. DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A FAIRLY SMALL AREA.

Wind Report Description: POWERLINES AND LIMBS DOWN.

Wind Report Description: TREE DOWN... PARTIAL ROAD BLOCKAGE AT P HIGHWAY AND BLACK CAT RD.

Wind Report Description: DELAYED REPORT. ESTIMATING 60-70 MPH WINDS HAVE COME THROUGH WEST SIDE OF JOPLIN. ALSO REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN JOPLIN.

Wind Report Description: TREE LIMBS DOWN.

Wind Report Description: PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF CAR PORT ROOF TORN OFF NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL CITY RD AND W 7TH ST. JUST WEST OF JOPLIN. JOPLIN AIRPORT ASOS ALSO MEASURED A 49MPH WIND GUST A FEW MINUTES LATER AT 2:29PM. TIMING ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Wind Report Description: WIND CAUSED TREES TO GO DOWN ON RANGELINE AT RANGELINE AND ZORA IN JOPLIN MO. CAUSED POWER LINES TO GO DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

Wind Report Description: TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN JOPLIN

Tornado Report Description: An NWS survey concluded an EF1 tornado with peak winds of 95 mph damaged an outdoor maintenance storage building at the golf course at West 2nd Street and South Schifferdecker Ave in Joplin. The tornado then tracked to the northeast downing numerous trees in a cyclonic manner. Minor roof damage occurred to a few homes... and several other homes were damaged by trees falling on them.

Tornado Report Description: NWS Storm Survey found a EF-1 tornado with an intermittent damage path across the southeast and east side of Joplin into Duquesene. Maximum winds were estimated at 95 mph. Numerous tree limb damage and uprooted trees along with powerline damage. Shingle loss on homes. Additional roof damage caused by flying debris.

Tornado Report Description: National Weather Service survey teams rated the tornado that tracked across the southwest through east central portion of Joplin, Missouri, as an EF5 tornado. Maximum winds were estimated to have exceeded 200 miles per hour. The tornado had a maximum width of one mile and an overall path length of nearly 21.6 miles, nearly nine miles of which occurred in Jasper County.||The tornado killed 158 directly, three indirectly, and injured over 1150 people. Sadly, on May 24 a police officer who was volunteering from another department, was struck by lightning while serving in the response efforts and later died. Equally, a 56 year old man who had been included as a direct fatality was later determined to have died of a heart attack. Over 10,200 people filed for disaster assistance following the tornado.||The EF-5 rating (greater than 200 mph wind speeds) was mainly arrived at by the total destruction of vehicles, including some vehicles tossed several blocks and semi trucks thrown a quarter of a mile. Parking stops weighing over 300 pounds and re-barred into asphalt were uprooted and tossed. Other factors in the rating included damage to reinforced concrete structures, and that St. John���s Hospital building structure was compromised. ||Seven thousand homes were severely damaged or destroyed and another 900 damaged. Other substantial buildings damaged or destroyed included the Joplin High School and Technical Center along with five other city schools. Numerous retailers including Home Depot, Sports Academy, Dillons, and Walmart were also destroyed. The most substantial building impacted was St John's hospital which will be razed due to the tornado. It was calculated that 2 million cubic yards of debris is attributable to the storm across its relatively short length on the ground.||The tornado initially touched down one half mile southwest of the intersection of JJ Highway and Newton Road in Newton County where several large trees were toppled. ||The tornado rapidly intensified as it moved toward the intersection of Country Club Drive and 32nd Street where it crossed into Jasper County. Damage became more widespread as the tornado crossed Maiden Lane, breaking nearly all windows on three sides of St. Johns Hospital as well as damage to the roof and exterior walls on several floors. Two patients on oxygen were indirectly suffocated when the generator and a backup generator were damaged after power was cut off. Three additional patients may have succumbed similarly though sufficient data as to the cause of death was not available. An additional indirect fatality occurred due to psychological trauma.||The tornado further intensified as it destroyed homes and businesses to the immediate east and north of the hospital. A church school was completely destroyed with the exception of a portion of the sanctuary. Significant damage to the Greenbriar Nursing Home resulted in the death of 20 mostly elderly patients. ||The tornado continued to destroy hundreds of frame homes between 32nd and 20th Streets, leading to nearly a fifth of the deaths. Three story apartment complexes had the top two floors removed; other two story complexes were partially leveled. Fourteen deaths occurred in apartments along the track. Eleven additional deaths occurred in churches along this path. There were two fatalities in a mobile home (Joplin has a city ordinance prohibiting mobile home parks). ||Well built structures that were heavily damaged or destroyed along this area included the Joplin High School, Franklin Technical Center and Irving Elementary, all of which were free of students due to the weekend. The tornado also damaged three additional elementary schools. A bank was totally destroyed with the exception of the vault. A large grocery store was also destroyed. ||The tornado crossed Rangeline Road near 20th Street. Damage included significant to complete damage to several restaurants and large long-span retail buildings; including Home Depot, Sports Academy and Walmart in this area. Twenty deaths occurred indoors or in the parking lots of these structures. Semi trucks on the back side of Walmart were thrown more than a quarter mile.||The tornado continued to move eastward along and south of 20th Street destroying numerous warehouse style facilities, a portion of Joplin East Middle School, and residences through Duquesne Road.||The tornado continued destroying numerous homes as it began weakening. It turned southeast toward Interstate 44 where it threw several semi trucks as it crossed the interstate and moved into Newton County at 32nd Street just west of Kodiak Road.

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