Joplin High School
After three years in temporary campuses as a result of the 2011 tornado, Joplin High School opened at 2104 Indiana Ave. on September 2, 2014. The new facility combines a college, career and technology focused education along with Franklin Technology Center. The formal ribbon cutting ceremony was held on October 3, 2014. Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan attended the ceremony and spoke to the crowd. A ribbon representing the destructive path of the 2011 tornado was a part of the ceremony. Joplin High School Student Council President Sadie Wallner cut the ribbon.
List of tornadoes by calendar day
In the United States tornadoes have been recorded on every day of the year and destructive tornadoes occurred during every month of the calendar. The average date of first occurrence in the U.S. is January 11. The earliest recorded tornado in a year (since 1950) was at 12:02 am on January 1, 2011 in Attala County, Mississippi (2 minutes into the year) and the latest occurrence of the first tornado was on February 15, 2003 in Marengo County, Alabama (45 days into the year).