It was 51 Aprils ago when the worst tornado outbreak in United States history began when storms began to impact Illinois. 30 EF-4 and EF-5 twisters would eventually kill 335.
As we approach the 14th anniversary of that terrible day in May that changed Joplin, Missouri forever, there's a new documentary that has just debuted on Netflix and it's a chilling retelling of the worst day.
If you blinked, you missed it. There is confirmation from the National Weather Service that a tiny tornado did indeed touch down (briefly) and sneak through Branson, Missouri just prior to the Fourth of July.
Missouri has been slammed by more damaging twisters this Spring than I can recall in recent memory. A brand new video by a chaser in Missouri reveals an ominous twister known as a 'dead man walking' tornado and it's a stunner.