It was deafening. My husband called for our dog a husky/chow mix to get on the back of the truck, but he would't come out of the house. The father of a blended family of nine children, John Mobley and his 19-year-old son Roger, were on their way home from Union Carbide, where both worked making car door panels at 32nd Street and California Avenue. My mind was racing with a million thoughts, regrets, prayers, etc., but I still noticed the pressure change and could feel air from under the door as it blew in towards me, then sucked back out of the room. They are: Jimmy Lee Jones, 89; Raymond Robinson Jr., 63; Mary Louise Jones, 83 . It moved at a very slow speed, around 20 mph slower than the average tornado. EF-2 damage was found in three more nearby counties extending to the east, the weather service said, which added that the total number of tornadoes is still being determined. The rain had picked up and I began cutting, my mind thinking about how to cover the roof. It was spring, 1983. Golden had switched his sedan for a co-workers station wagon, so he could take his 12-year-old son and some other boys on a Boy Scout outing that weekend. Finally it was over and we stepped outside to survey the scene. Thunberg's dig at Tate has been praised by many, but some people have accused her of body-shamed him. We didnt get hit but poor Alabama got wrecked. With just me and the children and Hobo, I spent the longest night of my life. Two streets down though people were not so lucky. Emergency workers transport a tornado victim in a body bag at the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado with. We turn on the TV to Channel 7 and we see Bill Randby, Chief Meteorologist, who said that there was a confirmed tornado within city limits. Jackson was the father of three adult children and boasted 11 grandchildren. For 3 days before the tornado, it was incredibly windy but sunny out. Anyway, I pulled in and it was lightly raining. Afraid we might be burned alive if the house, above and beside us, burned. So graceful wasn't typically used to describe me. Two-month-old Oaklynn Koon died in hospital from her injuries sustained in the storms. I felt the pressure drop and as the shaking got louder, I got worried. Brian Kemp said Friday. That is the best thing to have here in Dixie Alley because the storms are getting worse. The destruction was instantaneous as many homes and businesses were tossed in the air in last weekend's tornado outbreak across eight states - but those who survived, many of whom are . Mrs. Brady had been out shopping when the storm hit and took shelter in a White Castle. The girl's parents, three siblings ranging in age from 4 to 16, and a grandmother also died in the tornado. I was not with him when the incident took place. All I see is rain and what appeared to be smoke swirling around. I have rheumatoid arthritis so the intense low pressure temporarily disabled me. Joan followed carrying the baby when Fairways humongous roof came crashing down. I told myself everything would be OK. Then just as suddenly as it had come, the noise was gone; except for a dull roar and the rumbling of lightning moving northeast, like the sound of a big truck with no muffler, driving away at two miles per hour. I took cover in the hallway as the train sound rumbled outside. NWS It was like a war zone. CNNs Hannah Sarisohn, Tina Burnside, Taylor Ward, Haley Brink, Melissa Alonso, Paul P. Murphy and Amanda Jackson contributed to this report. Krishun Moores house in Selma was torn up when a storm sent her and her mother to shelter in their bathroom, she said. During the worst of it, my parents who weren't incredibly religious started saying the Lord's prayer and telling each other and me, "I love you no matter what" over and over. At a Selma tax office, Deborah Brown and others had to rush to safety after seeing what looked like a tornado rolling down the street, she said. Then I was hit with a force I cant describe and felt myself being lifted into the air traveling backwards at what seemed like 100 mph. Finally, I managed to phone my wife at work but she can't pick up so I left a voicemail that she still has. While these areas of damage were caused by the same storm, it is not yet known if there was a continuous path of damage, the weather service said. Where I was working the hail was prominent but only pea sized. The tornado splintered their home less than a week after Trey and Meghan moved in. I actually stopped the lesson and told the teacher that the sky was turning an ugly, almost evil, green color. They said they could see a black cloud approaching them fast and then the hail hit. There were no sirens, no warnings, nothing. My dad said that it was hail, and my mom was trying to keep me and my sisters calm. They had no children. When you live in Tornado alley it is drilled into your head what to look, feel, hear, and even smell for regarding a tornado. In the frenzy of taking cover, we forgot about my dog in the backyard. Kay Ivey said while visiting Selma Friday. Like many young couples of the day, the family moved to the suburbs where kids could run free. Columbia-St. David's Round Rock Hospital said it had received 14 tornado victims from Cedar Park, . He was carpenter and was on his way home from working a job in Palatine. We later found out that another tornado had formed over Englewood to our north and east and moved southeast, as our tornado continued on east to cross I-75 and north Dayton and into Riverside. Its tough, he said. Luella Sunny) - An amnesia victim who (at first) could only lead Dick Tracy to the body of Freez. We were blessed and spared that day. The tornado warnings seem to be good as far as giving advance notice. Power lines were down. I slammed it shut as the power went out. I ran to my son, yanked him with a one-handed grab from his crib just an instant before the window exploded, and wrapping him into my arms I scurried down to the basement and into the root cellar. Very disturbing, especially with continuous lightning but NO thunder. Fast forward to November 11 2002, Mossy Grove, TN. I saw power flashes and knew it was coming. She told me I was overreacting, but I took a stern tone and repeated what I had just said. Now the only time I shake is because I still get butterflies everytime I see her come through the door. I have a saw if you need it. Some people went to their cars; some went inside. She recalled that the little girl used to perform cartwheels and splits in front of her, and liked to learn new dances from TikTok. The surge of twistersthat struck Kentuckyleft up to 100 people dead and 60,000 without power or electricity. pe. We had the boys (aged 11 and 7 at the time) headed to the truck. In April 2011, we had already been hammered by tornadoes. It was a rainstorm of hail and the wind was up. Together we huddled, terrified, and crying, and waiting. I don't know how long it took me to calm down and regain my senses but I finally went back to record a video walkthrough of the damage. She was a nurses aide at Silver Cross Hospital. I could barely walk. It was very upsetting to Terry and I dont mind telling you that I was very upset and worried as well. Then it spun me off the column and onto a truck that was parked in front of the Little Caesars. With the last of the vegetables covered, I stood on the hillside wondering why there was so much noise coming from the entire western sky. Then I saw the reason for the buzz-saw noise. was lifted and thrown at a campground, and another man was killed in his car by a falling tree. I was visiting my friends in town when I noticed that on TV it showed a tornado warning headed for Skiatook. Karleen was pulled alive from the debris, but died a few days later after brain surgery at Little Company of Mary Hospital. The screens were pulled up out of the frames in the windows. Didnt do any damage to speak of. My truck was running and I had the windshield wipers on. Hanley had brought her two daughters to the Oak Lawn Roller Rink. There was not an inch that hadnt been smattered with leaves. Tornadoes can do some awesome, yet scary things. This particular day we had had a NOAA tornado watch. It took about 2 years or so to get all the roofing jobs done in town. The death toll in Kentucky includes victims from 2 months to 98 years old. He loves weather as I do and can tell you how any storm happens, hurricanes.. tornados..floods..smart little feller he is. Storm damage resulted in a roof tear off and re-shingled, one 40 silver maple and a 25 pear tree removal including stump grinding, top and trim two additional silver maples, and new gutters and soffits on the front of the house. Alfred and the children were taken to Little Company of Mary with non-life threatening injuries. I was watching the news. Lives were saved that June afternoon thanks to their dedication and pursuit of the understanding of weather. Emergency workers bring out a tornado victim at the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado with workers. Her papa was trying to rush her to safety from the mobile home they were in. We were hollaring out to God for help & he helped us! Poor Nana was at church that night along with a bunch of other family and my cousin Linda got up with her newborn to get a drink from the water fountain near the entrance. I could still see out the front windshield and I could see power lines exploding out in front of me. They huddled together in the bathroom and feared they were going to die. Parts of the state were under a tornado watch Thursday night. That was the scariest drive ever. Spalding County declared a state of emergency Thursday due to a reported tornado there, officials said on Facebook, urging residents to shelter in place. He said it again and he went to crying.. The third-grader and her siblings sought shelter in a windowless bathroom before the storms hit. My friends dad ran out from the bedroom, and slammed the door and asked if we were alright. I heard things slamming my house, then the sheetrock overhead fell down and it sounded like my roof lifted and came back down. Two citizens pick through debris here, looking for possible victims following the touch down of a tornado on April 3rd, which destroyed half of the. I have debris (rocks, mud, glass) in there to this day. We go outside and looked on our little community. The weather channel was calling for some rough weather so my mum, dad, brother and I went to my aunt and uncle's house not far from us because they had a basement and phoned us asking us to come over just in case. The son of a Chicago cop, he grew up in the city and had just moved with his sister, Florence, into a new apartment building at 9524 S. Mansfield in Oak Lawn. Roofs are just gone, trees look like toothpicks.. Weve got to layer up and get ready, Perkins said as overnight lows over the next several days were due to dip below freezing. Some of the vinyl siding had holes. Every time I glanced at the storm I was alarmed by how much bigger it had become and how quickly it was approaching. A thousand thoughts went through my mind and I just knew I was dead. We were fortunate. I convinced my friends to take shelter inside of the end hall closet. The victims' identity has not been released. He lived on Harnew Road East. The assessor came out today (Saturday) to check out the property. Just one county to the west, a huge tornado caused widespread destruction in the Alabama city of Selma, known for its role in the civil rights movement and home to about 17,000 people. Goldens funeral mass was held at St. Germaine. zb. Out of the corner of my eye I see my pink robe sporting hero, and I do mean hero,waving both hands,one of which still clung to a beer. The busy city streets worried Welser. I'd never heard so much lightning, nor so much noise from a storm. It was partly cloudy and warm but it turned cool so quickly that I thought it was over and I walked back inside my house. Till this day, I still remember that day and it still plays in my head. Someone was definitely watching out for me. Kentucky officials claimed the destruction from the repeated weather events is"some of the worst tornado damage that we've seen in a long time. I walked around more or less like a zombie shaking and trembling, looking at the other two semis that had blown over. They were driving from their home in Joliet to Oak Lawn, where they were taking the puppy to get its shots at a veterinary office. At around 4:00 a tornado warning came over the television. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. I agreed and since we were downstairs in our lower level anyway we got in our downstairs bath and kept the door open so we could at least track status on the TV. The sky was lit with ominous furious lightning. Roof, metal,and rocks. When she got home, her husband and the couples three young daughters were gone. Raindrops ticked along the glass of the apartment living room window on this warm, stormy day. My poor babies. Turns out the toilet had just been set on the wax ring and caulked to the floor, not one bolt in the slab. Somehow, some way it "jumped" our house and continued on for a short time behind us. A powerful storm front slammed into the historic city . We didn't have a basement so we all got in the interior hallway with blankets and pillows on top of me mostly and waited. As I drove home, the closer I got, the worse things looked. Be safe folks. She wanted to go to college. His body was found in the Fairway rubble. Many of the human remains were never recovered at all." We were out of town when a hailstorm hit McAllen, Texas, in 2010 or 2011. JOPLIN - The Missouri Department of Public Safety has announced the names of 138 individuals who have been confirmed dead as of 1 p.m. Thursday. We could have been gone, yall, Brown said in a Facebook video. Christine had written to airlines asking for information on becoming an airline stewardess. My dad and my uncles yelled from the front porch to get into the basement because the tornado was "coming over the mountain.". I unfortunately got "sucked" into one of them.The most severe Tornado was an EF3 that was on the ground for 30 minutes and 15 miles. The violent tornado indiscriminately tore through thousands of buildings, including Saint Johns Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), several schools, and big-box stores like Home Depot and Walmart. The state patrol came to get my husband to help clear some of the roads. We thought we were in the clear but the night had just begun. I sat by a wall in my classroom that was mostly glass windows and there was some communication between classrooms that our county was under warning, but we never went into the hallway. Except I couldn't swim so my mum lifted me up and carried me. Ever since then we have carried flood insurance. A memorial and prayer service will be held for the dead in Moore on Sunday evening. My nana, who unfortunately would be in another massive tornado in Mossy Grove, TN, several years later, was terrified of storms. Much of the day was spent playing "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" on my fathers Xbox 360. This Dec. 10 tornadoes . The EF-4 took two lives, one in Celina and one in Harrison Township. The body. The sad thing is most of us still aren't really prepared for another one. You could see the roof of the lady down the street just spinning in the tornado and I really thought we would all die. I remember my adrenaline even as a child being just through the roof. This was the 90s before camera phones were a thing. The tornado completely leveled the trailer court. The storm ripped through north McAllen and windows on the north sides of homes were shattered. Across the South and the central US, more than 160 damaging wind reports were recorded in Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. I now have two little girls to whom I am passing all the farmer tricks to and teaching them to keep an eye in the sky and a foot in the tornado shelter in spring. The parents found Oaklynn and strapped her in her car seat, but her condition deteriorated in hospital. After all, the storm chased me!! my my jk cc zc. Tornadoes rated EF-2 pack winds of at least 111 mph while EF-3 tornadoes contain winds between 136 and 165 mph. It was probably the only thing besides the dog that saved us. Tornado victims: Pictures emerge as fears grow it . I expected to hear a train like sound but it sounded more like a fighter jet that was very angry. A veteran of both World Wars suffered a heart attack directing traffic in the aftermath. Beyond horrifying. Very few injuries or fatalities occurred. I was living in a mobile home park in Omaha right up the street from Zorinsky Lake ( always had a killer view!). Haggan lived for many years in the Irish community near 63rd Street and Laflin in Chicago. Although severe summer storms occur, the tornado is rarely experienced in our area. Thankfully we made it safely and spent part of the night at the hospital. Dozens were killed as the tornadoes ripped through several states, including Kentucky, Illinois, and Arkansas. People were screaming and cars alarms were going off all over the place. I rounded the carport and flung open the door and just like I would any other day, kinda flung it behind my back to close it with three fingers, only to have it meet the wind and come back on me. I ended up on the ground holding on to the rim of the left front tire until it stopped. So I primed and fired up the saw and went halfway up the ladder to get the heaviest part off the roof. Mobley pulled over into the lot of a restaurant, when he told his son hang on its going to take us. The tornado tossed Mobleys brand new Ford Galaxy into a practice field at Oak Lawn Community High School. I say to my friends, I see lightning, but there is no thunder, no rain, no nothing. Then it felt like the house exploded. And never judge a man in a pink bathrobe. My mom put me under a desk and put a table on top. I thought, oh no, I hope its not a tornado. The door breathed back out. I prayed for God to save me then I was slammed back onto the ground. Even canned goods! It was then that heard the rumble of the notorious freight train. I was very thankful that I had closed my swimming pool the weekend prior to that. (City of Birmingham) Beginning Tuesday, January 17, anyone wishing to donate needed items can drop them off at Boutwell Auditorium between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. It touched down less than a mile from us. This was, hands down, one of those most traumatic and terrifying moments of my life. I could see the semi that was behind me had blown over top of me and landed next to the carport. His friend hung onto an oak tree and didn't let go. Then it hit me that I was some 80 ft from where the bathroom once stood and was out in the parking lot in front of the shop. A human being can be killed by tornadic winds in numerous ways: by being crushed by hurled debris or collapsing structure, by being in a vehicle that is thrown or overturned by the storm, or by being thrown bodily by the winds with lif. 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I walked into the kitchen,kicking debris out of the way, and got an undisturbed glass from my counter and chugged a full glass of water. At least 89 people have died in a monster tornado that left a path of destruction nearly a mile (1 km) wide through the heart of Joplin, Missouri, and directly hit the small Midwestern city's . All we heard was wind and the whole house was shaking, Moore told CNN, adding no one was injured. The Tornado was an EF3 with sustained winds of 140 mph and it was 1300 yards wide at its base. According to the coroner and the below Facebook post, this family lost seven members. There was one small dusty window right across from us ground level and I saw the tornado almost as if it were framed like a picture coming towards us. She told WLWT5 her home twisted off its foundation, trapping the family in the basement before they escaped through a window. I had to have new roofing on the house and all the outbuildings. And I can only describe it as evil. That's when the back windshield on my pickup truck shattered, throwing glass all over me. Harold Cody had served in both World Wars. pu. Both girls survived, but Hanley died when a wall fell in on her. In the spring of 1991, I lived in the country near Skiatook, OK. I remember praying out loud and my hands were shaking. My cell phone rang and my parents had been coming back to town right about where the storm began. Then in the spring when it finally got warm enough that you could actually go outside thats when you notice the weird stuff. Another had hit our roof, damaged our gutter and soffit and cartwheeled over the roof to the back yard. Korean war veteran and Covid-19 survivor Golden Hembry was one of two people to die in the Monette Manor retirement home in Monette, Arkansas. Jucius met her husband, Frank, at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital where she worked as a laboratory technician. Then the debris started falling out of the sky. Atchley was a widow who lived at 4344 S. Francisco Ave. in Chicago. Again this was verified by WHIO on the air seconds after I mentioned it to Terry in my narrative of what we were looking at. Schools had let out early and after school events were either postponed or canceled. In central Georgias Butts County, a 5-year-old was killed when a tree fell on top of a car, the county coroners office said. A neighbor went to Johnson-Phelps VFW where Bernard and Bernadettes bodies had been taken. This page offers stories submitted by tornado and hail storm survivors. When that happened, he looked over and saw the shelf was going to collapse on top of my father. Golden's brother Jimmie Hembry, 82, hurried to the nursing home in the aftermath of thestorm. The Selma tornado was rated EF-2, the weather service said. The noises I heard during the tornado hit was indescribable. I couldn't even speak. A fireman sent him home. A particularly damaging storm with at least one powerful tornado also tore through both Selma an Alabama city known for its role in the civil rights movement and a community in Autauga County, situated one county to the east, the National Weather Service said. They cried, prayed, huddled with loved ones and hoped the storm would pass them by. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It just beat everything to smithereens. I'm working on a plan. Apparently the tornado was skipping thru town rather than taking a continuous path and jumped right over my street but destroyedhouses and businesses just 2-3 blocks in either direction. There was none. Marjorie had been crushed to death underneath the tree. The hail was not heavy or especially large. Searches continued Friday in Autauga County as officials still werent sure everyone who may have lived in damaged homes was accounted for, state emergency management official Ricky Adams told CNN Friday. I say these names because its forever etched in my mind. If you survived a tornado or know someone who did, share your story and help save lives. I worked at a hardware store and although we weren't directly hit, 2 inch PVC pipe was sucked from outdoor racks and shot 14 inches into a neighboring yard. turned on cuz joplin's gone, theres bodies twisted in my lawn!brains hanging out, flesh eating fungus, weaponized, no doubt,walking,stepping,c. My living room looked eerie as I could see flashes of lightening as well as power flashes. I could not understand what it was saying but I assumed it meant tornado. As we hit the cellar floor I heard a large thump that shook the house. My house is white. "The tornado victims sustained such extreme physical trauma that recovery teams had difficulty distinguishing human remains from animal remains scattered throughout the area. It was May 2008, around 1 or2 am. AMAZING! 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