This article was made by KOMU, an NBC affiliate based in Columbia, MO. Five years after this article was made, an EF5 tornado would tear through Joplin, killing over 160 and causing $2.8B ($3.6B in 2024) in damage. It would be the costliest tornado in US history and the deadliest since the 1947 Woodward, OK tornado.

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