Tornado rips through Joplin live on air

We were heading into the cellar when video footage of the EF5 tornado that hit Joplin May 22, 2011 went live on air. The tv cuts out a few times, but then you can see the massive tornado live during KSN's Live News Report.

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News & Politics

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• Joplin
• Tornado
• May
• 22
• 2011
• EF5
• KSN
• Live
• Twister
• Missouri

[PsychoticButcher]

Don't rely on satellite TV for information during a storm lol

[espy1808]

I was heading to Vandalia, MO from Texas to go watch my cousin graduate. We stop 10miles outside of Joplin near Miami, OK because I had instantly got car sick. The sky was that black/green color people talk about where we stopped. After being hit by heavy rain & hail we started driving only to be stopped 5miles outside of Joplin. So we turned around & got a hotel room in Miami, OK & turned on the t.v. and saw what happened. If we hadn't of stopped we most likely wouldn't be here.

[Bilderbeam]

@TheColorPaul - God is HIS Title, not his name. I'm most certain God is more concerned of why the man filming a tornado on the tv, isn't in the basement, besides using his title by automated excitement. Let's allow God to look at the heart and see if such a statement is sacrilegious or not. It seems that you're more interested in getting your point across for Brownie Points in Heaven, then concern for that man's soul. When you offer people advice, you appear as condescending and self-righteous.

[012345678990836]

0:12 BSoD!!!!

[jostme]

what a sweetie!

[LittleLove1975]

That footage on the t.v. looks like the apocalypse and I'm not trying to be funny. That is horrifically frightening!!!! Good God, I don't know how you people continue to live there. I live in Connecticut and that footage alone is enough to scare me away from living in that tornado alley or tornado belt. God bless you!

[cpowell786]

@bigkev2084 Tornadoes are fairly common in Missouri, The western portion of Missouri is in the "Tornado Belt" which is where the most powerful tornadoes in the world occur. I live in St. Louis and we had a tornado do significant damage to our airport last May. {There are videos on Youtube}. It has to do with the dramatic differences in temperature and wind speed coming from the gulf and from the west over the Rockies, When they hit just right there are some terrible tornadoes.

[cpowell786]

Why are your animals running? Because they're smart. They are hiding....get the fuck off your lazy tv watching ass and do the same.

[gen60bikerdude]

@bigkev2084 yes there are. wish they werent. my family has been in Joplin for 50 years. everyone lost everything, except me. now they all want me to take them somewhere else to live!

[gen60bikerdude]

@espy1808 glad u stopped! ALWAYS, go with your gut feeling! saved your life that day.

[bigkev2084]

are tornado's common in Missouri? i know EF5's arent common, im in Connecticut and we do get Tornado's we had one last year then a waterspout over Long island sound

[ezdzit20]

"...oh my god, oh my goodness.....oh my god....EMMA, get over here, oh my god...