Bernard had been driving west on 95th Street to Jewel with the little girls when the storm hit. Griffith was an engineering associate for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in Rolling Meadows. Then as fast as it started it was over. was lifted and thrown at a campground, and another man was killed in his car by a falling tree. They had no children. Valeria Yanis toldUSA Todaythat she hid under a water fountain as employees rushed to the bathroom for cover. I was literally standing inside the Tornado. William McNichols would remark at a requiem Mass for six tornado victims at St. Gerald Church that the left hand of God touched the village and parish last Friday night but the right arm of God was around most of us to protect us.". It was like a war zone. Download Citation | On Dec 31, 2016, Charles Stewart and others published Tornado | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate. Another fatality occurred at a dollar store in Leachville, Arkansas. 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. My house is white. He said it again and he went to crying.. I've been through a couple traumatic incidents in my life as a veteran of the Gulf War. That is 13 football fields wide. 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. I call to my friends and we get inside the trailer. McNeill had spent the afternoon painting a chain link fence at his home on Meade Avenue, when he told his wife, Mary, that he was going to the store to pick up a few things. McNeills son found his fathers car lying wrecked across the street from Fairway Super Mart. It was like I woke up and realized it was deadly still. I looked up and saw the 16 ft garage door bowing inward from the wind. Welser and his wife, Annmarie, met a dance at 57th Street and Sacramento. My father went under a large wooden rack where tons of lumber was stored. In April 2011, we had already been hammered by tornadoes. Terry and I were watching a reported tornado path north of us that was traveling east of Greenville across Miami County. Bernice was found dead with the puppy still in her arms. According to the coroner and the below Facebook post, this family lost seven members. At a Selma . There were no deaths, few were injured, but for being mobile homes, they were still holding up strong. The tornado was in our back yard! Eighteen people were killed within the one-square block area at 95th Street and Southwest Highway; four people died in the Fairway Super Mart; one person was killed at the Sherwood Forest Restaurant, two at Shoots Lynwood Tavern, two waiting for a bus at the Suburban Bus terminal garage, one in her garage, three more at Oak Lawn Roller Rink, and two in the decimated Airway Trailer Court. She was still holding the baby. (AP) A massive tornado that tore a 6-mile path across southwestern Missouri killed at least 89 people as it slammed into the city of Joplin, ripping into a hospital and leaving a . I dont think you will meet many people in your life who have survived something like this. Spalding County declared a state of emergency Thursday due to a reported tornado there, officials said on Facebook, urging residents to shelter in place. I was really sad and near bawling, and then I heard a massive loud rumble that began to shake the house. In the frenzy of taking cover, we forgot about my dog in the backyard. Then it felt like the house exploded. I ran for the house and my baby. (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. I was very thankful that I had closed my swimming pool the weekend prior to that. A damaged home is seen in the aftermath of severe weather Thursday near Prattville, Alabama. 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. After conducting an aerial tour of the damage, the mayor grew emotional as he talked about the communities that were hit including the neighborhood he grew up in that was ravaged. I saw my mom's car and then heard her yell my name. My nana, who unfortunately would be in another massive tornado in Mossy Grove, TN, several years later, was terrified of storms. He grabbed his little daughter under his arm and bolted to his house. Table 3 shows that when the Yancheng tornado occurred, 55.3% of the victims chose to flee indoors and 20.2% of the victims chose to use their bodies to hold the doors and windows.. 2-month-old baby one of 12 children killed in devastating Kentucky tornadoes; rescue workers wade through rubble Ryan W. Miller and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY 12/14 . The first tornado passed but now the second one was headed our way. He was badly injured. 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. Mrs. Brady had been out shopping when the storm hit and took shelter in a White Castle. I pushed one more time and was able to create enough space to breathe. Everyone was panicking. As we hit the cellar floor I heard a large thump that shook the house. I went back out to the shop the next day and just cried seeing where I had crawled out from the broken pieces of the toilet under where I laid. I got blinded by a light as i exited the carport. US Dept of Commerce The tree sitting directly in front of me, which was relatively large, blew over like it was nothing. It was extremely odd to see paper debris from Alabama falling from the skies in TN. No warnings were out that day. On this day storms were everywhere and sirens were going off. Thunberg's dig at Tate has been praised by many, but some people have accused her of body-shamed him. It was close to go quitting time. We had to go run and jump in the closet.. That was the scariest drive ever. It immediately turned winter cold after that storm, too cold to get out and look around. Tornadoes rated EF-2 pack winds of at least 111 mph while EF-3 tornadoes contain winds between 136 and 165 mph. When I got to the Little Caesars they had run out of pizzas. The Joplin tornado, moving roughly west to east, cut a 6-mile-long path through a densely populated are and was up to a mile wide in some places. The parents wrote on Facebook: We was in the bathroom and we all went flying and ended up way on the other end of our neighbor's house. Once we all got downstairs, we heard really loud banging on the roof. My storm chasing bug is gone, John. As I tore into the house through the west door of the sun porch, and reflexively slammed the door closed behind me, the hail chewed into the screen door, and the wood above me. That storm was rated and EF-2. Warren County coroner Kevin Kirby said the 13-year-old's body was found Thursday morning in a wooded area near her subdivision. My dad and my uncles yelled from the front porch to get into the basement because the tornado was "coming over the mountain.". They found a mobile home at the Airway Trailer Court at 91st Street and Cicero Avenue that was just right. They lived in LaGrange. Wind intensity in neighboring Autauga County, meanwhile, was rated EF-3 , meaning gusts of at least 136 mph - the weather service said . I stayed in the cellar waiting for the storm to circle back yet again. Damage survey teams will be in the field over the next several days across the area, the National Weather Service in Birmingham said. She asked if we had a roof, and I honestly told her I didnt know. Casey and her darling daughter Christine will go home together to God.. A day earlier, a weather service meteorologist said the Selma tornado may have been on the ground for at least 50 miles. Ten of those victims were children, seven of them were in the . I couldn't even speak. A memorial and prayer service will be held for the dead in Moore on Sunday evening. My uncle was there for days but he was released and is still going strong today. Fast forward to November 11 2002, Mossy Grove, TN. A fireman sent him home. Ernie was found dead in the ruins. Early on the morning of March 3, 2020 a E-F4 tornado hit the Cookeville, Baxter, Tennessee area where we live. The shingles were nearly gone off my parents' house, the siding had been hammered and splintered, all the north and west windows were broken, and the screens ripped to shreds. Kathryn Begay. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The assessor came out today (Saturday) to check out the property. not sitting still being struck by the debris field. They were driving home from work, roller skating, stopping for a beer, cashing their paychecks, going out for dinner and grocery shopping when their paths crossed with an EF-4 tornado ripping down Southwest Highway, wreaking havoc in Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Hometown and the citys South Side. All the family members initially survived as the storm devastated Jackies moms home. My mamaw and great grandmother were both horrified of storms, probably an undiagnosed case of lilapsophobia or astraphobia. He was killed at Southwest Highway and 95th Street. The entire home shook and we ducked and huddled together. None. My father looked up and saw a "hole" in the sky and shouted "RUN!!!!". It's like there's aliens are getting the leaves!" Using my cell phone, I called in the details to NWS Wilmington at 11:10 pm with the impact of the tornado at my location being 10:58 (approx.). Dozens were killed as the tornadoes ripped through several states, including Kentucky, Illinois, and Arkansas. Last year several Tornados swept through the area the night of 10/20/2019. My living room looked eerie as I could see flashes of lightening as well as power flashes. I cut the saw off and looked at him as he began pointing off towards the west. 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. 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. McNichols told the packed church that Mrs. I also found coloring assignments from an elementary school somewhere I didnt recognize. I grew up both a little frightened and excited by storms and tornadoes. It was weird because as a little kid I probably wouldn't know what a supercell was. I felt warmth on my wet head coming from a small cut. 6-year-old boy is youngest victim of Alabama tornado that left 23 dead. Karleen was pulled alive from the debris, but died a few days later after brain surgery at Little Company of Mary Hospital. If school had been in session students would have been walking the streets and the loss of many more lives would have been likely. April 8, 2021, 2:26 PM. After it moved by, we hung up and they were in good shape and safe with little impact to them. His family was his whole life.. "Nothing is more scarier than knowing a tornado is heading your way and hearing your kids freaked out and thinking we are going to die.. Each piece was very heavy and anchored together, but he winds managed to move them very easily. I wiped the blood from my eyes and saw a 1965 Pontiac Catalina next to me. No deaths were reported in Dallas County as of Thursday, but some residents were hurt. Jucius met her husband, Frank, at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital where she worked as a laboratory technician. Tim Samaras, 55, was found dead still belted into the mangled wreck, while the bodies of his son, 24, and Young, 45, were flung a quarter-mile away in opposite directions." Then the wind started howling. When she got home, her husband and the couples three young daughters were gone. It had been raining hard most of the afternoon. CNN . It was roughly 11:30 am as I got to the tree I realized my pink robe sporting neighbor had put his ladder up for me right where I needed it. My friends dad ran out from the bedroom, and slammed the door and asked if we were alright. It leveled several of the brick homes in that neighborhood. Father and son saw the funnel cloud a few blocks away. Wednesday, the medical examiner and a hospital said they had only 27 bodies from Jarrell. If you survived a tornado or know someone who did, share your story and help save lives. 50, of Bremen. Cars were parked on the side of the road with busted windshields. They huddled in two groups, in the southwest and southeast corners of the building, and fearfully watched the 30 foot south wall of the home's family room stretching out between them, flex and wobble with the blast of the storm. I had covered the outside furniture and anchored them together as I normally do when there is a threat of rain or storms to protect them. Similarly, our furniture on the upper deck ended up shoved together in a pile against the south railing. I went out to cover the baby vegetable plants in my mother's garden, on the hillside about 100 yards south of the house. A powerful storm front slammed into the historic city . 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