Powerful Squall Line - Joplin, MO

Took this footage in Joplin, MO as a powerful and destructive squall line swept through town. Winds reached speeds of 80mph accompanied by large hail in spots. Hail reached nickel size at my location. May 8, 2009 7am

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• severe
• weather
• storm
• derecho
• squall
• line
• wind
• rain
• hail
• Joplin
• Missouri
• May
• 2009

[kevvable]

do you live in Joplin? are you ok after the huge tornado of may 22th, and what with your house and your neighbours?

greets from belgium!

[wxchaserJ]

@kevvable Thank you for your concern. This block is one mile north of the damage path so we were safe.

[Biggerbarn]

Do you know the parent and child that got into that car? Are they safe?

[wxchaserJ]

@Biggerbarn Yes, they were ok.

[interstateruler]

I felt sad that your town has been destroyed by a EF5 Tornado. I bet your place has the most violent thunderstorms

[markmeetsworld]

God's fury unleashed

[nutcase54]

scary video all prayers go to yall!

[VCube100]

look at the views of this vid. There is like a 20,000+ increase of views around the time when the joplin, mo tornado hit

[wxchaserJ]

@stormtracker05 Yes, it's still here. Not sure what's funny about that but whatever. This block is about one mile north of the damage path from the May 22nd tornado.

[StarshotSCV]

To everyone angry at the car leaving: this was before the tornado, we had bad storms basically every other week and frankly this want too unusual, pretty damn windy, but nothing really dangerous. The only damage done was some tree limbs down and a TV station poll tower (I don't know the official name) and that simply landed on a parked car, so you had just as much of a chance of it landing on your house. And this was around time for school, so the dedicated students had to get there on time. :)

[jlabadie88]

@stormtracker05 The tornado hit south of here if this is around 7th and Florida. As it entered Joplin the damage was from about 22nd St. to 32nd St. and then further east it damaged roughly 14th St. to 24th St. (so almost a mile wide range). The hospital is on 26th St., Wal-Mart is on 15th St., the high school is on 20th St., just to name a few landmarks.

[2222legoman2222]

@mythicman4545 why why would she make u go to school in this type of weather like seriously she should think hard before she took u to school