By: Wdhn Dothan
An EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri on May 22nd, 2011becoming the deadliest tornado in the modern record-keeping era. WDHN Chief Meteorologist Chad Crilley was just a 13-year-old aspiring weatherman visiting the town to shadow a local Meteorologist. Little did he know he would be right in the middle of one of the costliest weather disasters in American history.