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Temperatures in the Midwest were in the 80s. A low pressure system generated a slow-moving cold front over the Great Plains. Thunderstorms developed ahead of this front, fed by the warm, moist air. Many of these storms spawned tornadoes, including one which spawned the devastating Joplin tornado.

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