“This is Jeff Piotrowki, storm chaser … I have a large destructive tornado on the southwest side of Joplin … a large tornado doing massive damage.”
Video of large tornado by Jeff Piotrowski that he reported to be one mile wide. He also reported the tornado to be tearing up and leveling the south side of the city, as it was happening.
Video show debris, cloud-to-ground lightning near the tornado, and very dark skies and wedge tornado.
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