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2011-05-22 NOW: TX/OK/MO/IL/IA/MN/WI/AR

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Jordan Hartley

ONce again prevented from starting anything in the restricted area. No other threads started we have a large area under the gun with a tornado watch that basically stretches from NC Texas all the way to the canadian border with +15 different tornado warned storms. Just saw some damage on a number of chasers live stream but dont have location at the moment. Joplin storm is a BEAST!
 
EXTREME damaga in Joplin. Local police and rescue are having a hard time coping without enough manpower, hospital in Joplin took a direct hit. Multiple fatalities according to Mike Bettes from the Weather Channel, large apartment complex destroyed. Report of a child that has been impaled in the leg by a pole... it's horrifying.
 
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Horrible situation watching on TWC right now. I saved some images from GRLevel3 when the tornado was moving through. You could see the debris ball on the reflectivity. Reminded me of the Alabama tornadoes.

wish the pics were larger so could see the details of the images....
 
Reportedly someone was thrown out of the medical center during the tornado as well...pretty tragic. Not sure how true it was but it was 2nd half info from a reporter who talked to a woman that was in the medical center there.
 
I'll have a small chase report tomorrow sometime, did a local chase on a torn-warned cell northwest of Oshkosh, WI this afternoon. Got some nice photos too!
 
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