Core portion of unedited broadcast is 4 minutes long beginning from 11:37 and contains multiple screen freezes totaling about a minute. Regarding the full 40 minute unedited recording, more than half is frozen frame, and everything from 20:59 onwards is frozen frame. I believe these broadcast disruptions are periods when KSN was knocked off the air.
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This is an unedited video capture of NBC affiliate broadcasting live from the west side of Joplin, MO from 5:25pm to 6:05pm on the terrible evening of May, 22, 2011. The Joplin tornado is reported to have been on the ground for 38 minutes, from 5:34pm to 6:20pm.

Due to the historic scale of this natural disaster, I've opted to share the full unedited video (including broadcast disruptions) my DVR recorded (via over-the-air TV antenna) so that interested persons may better understand the information that was available (or not available) to viewers on KSN during this critical 40 minute period.

This video was recorded ~30 miles northwest of Joplin at my residence in Labette County, Kansas. I discovered this recording in 2023 when preparing to recycle the hard drive from the DVR I was using in 2011. As of summer 2023, I believe this it is both the longest duration and highest quality recording of this broadcast available online.

The same network aired a commemorative special 10-years after the EF5 tornado:
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"Even when correcting past U.S. tornadoes for inflation, the Joplin tornado became the costliest single tornado in U.S. history. With 158 fatalities, it is also the deadliest in the era of modern tornado forecasting." - weather.com

Joplin Tornado facts at TornadoFacts.net:
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2011 Joplin Tornado Wikipedia:
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