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You dont notice things right away. We could sense the winds inside the bathroom with noticeable pressure waves that matched the gusts and there was a noticeable breeze from the door as the pressure equalized between the house and the outside through the exhaust vent in the bath. It was the absolute most frightening experience I have ever been through. By Daily Mail Reporter. It came back to me slowly as I stared into the darkness of my living room, where I could see the moon peeking through the clouds through the holes in my ceiling, and even then it felt unreal. Two Bibles were recovered intact from the wrecked car. I said I thought it was safe now. But when it was over at least 89 lay dead, 600 were injured, and thousands of homes and . In Alabama, Selma City Schools said in a statement many of the districts families had been displaced by the storm. 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. April 27, 2011 was a sad and horrific day for the southeast. I remember being in the living room with several family members, aunts and cousins. Another man was electrocuted when he came in contact with a downed electrical line in an alley near 82nd Street and Cottage Grove; and one person was killed in an unknown location, a 60-year-old man from Hometown. Father and son saw the funnel cloud a few blocks away. His truck was struck by lightening on his way. We were calling her but no response when suddenly she comes out from under the shedconcrete slab all wet and muddy. 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. - Tornadoes. There was none. The rest of the victims died in cars waiting near 95th Street and Southwest Highway. I prayed for God to save me then I was slammed back onto the ground. Here are the victims stories, taken from historical newspapers at the Oak Lawn Public Librarys Local History room: Golden was a salesman and a devoted husband and father of three. They knew each other but not well. She had planned to attend the Young Peoples Harmony Club banquet Saturday evening. Wednesday, the medical examiner and a hospital said they had only 27 bodies from Jarrell. Three members of a family in Cookeville, Tenn., were identified by family and friends as among those killed in the Putnam County twister. I remember looking out the window expecting to see another tornado any minute. If we were a bit closer Im sure it would have been the classic freight train experience. Warren County coroner Kevin Kirby said the 13-year-old's body was found Thursday morning in a wooded area near her subdivision. I called for the boys to get back in the house. As it left Laura and was heading east toward West Milton we were on the phone with my wifes sister who lives on Rangeline Road two miles south of the radar indicated path. Haggan lived for many years in the Irish community near 63rd Street and Laflin in Chicago. At least seven people were killed in central Alabamas Autauga County, with two others including a 5-year-old boy killed in Georgia, officials said. Right now, the bigger threat is the flooding due to all of the rain and the rising water level of the Mississippi River. As storm damage blocked roads in Georgia, some students couldnt leave four middle schools south of Atlanta, their school system said Thursday night. My house is white. 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. The River Region United Way has created a Disaster Relief Fund. Sandra told the Associated Press: Their house is splintered. I tried holding on to the hood of the truck but there was nothing to hold on to. Fast forward almost 9 years, I was visiting a friend's house for an Easter cookout. My back, head, and lower legs were hit the hardest. Debris flew all around them severing my fathers ear in half. The tornado cut a path through the woods directed behind the house, maybe 10 feet, and continued until the whole town seemed to have been torn down. The tornado destroyed much of the 350-person farming town and killed two people, the 5-year-old Dixon and 74-year-old David Herout, who was driving when the storm hit. My next thought was get to an interior hall so I ran to the bathroom, laid down on the floor and grabbed the toilet knowing it was bolted to the ground. No rain, no winds, just a deep calm and quiet. Then a section of a roof blew over me and just shredded apart mid-air. 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. They moved to Oak Lawn 16 months before, into a house they had built so Frank could be closer to work. It was extremely odd to see paper debris from Alabama falling from the skies in TN. My nana, who unfortunately would be in another massive tornado in Mossy Grove, TN, several years later, was terrified of storms. He never regained consciousness. Although severe summer storms occur, the tornado is rarely experienced in our area. Very few injuries or fatalities occurred. That's when the back windshield on my pickup truck shattered, throwing glass all over me. The dryer vent had been shattered. Anyway, I pulled in and it was lightly raining. As it went through our area the entire house felt and sounded like it was in a wind tunnel/sand blaster. Like many young couples of the day, the family moved to the suburbs where kids could run free. We could have been gone, yall, Brown said in a Facebook video. I have to say that praying and getting into that closet most likely saved our lives that night. Annette Clark worked as a receptionist in a doctors office near 87th Street and Cicero Avenue. We took off to the hospital while warnings were still being handed out like parking tickets. Juciuss purse was found in the Fairway debris. (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. Inthe later part of March 1982, I was on spring break and home by myself that whole week. She said: We couldn't see anything. A few windows were broken. April 8, 2021, 2:26 PM. There was no rain, no wind, but still continuous lightning to the east, peppered with blue and green flashes as power lines, transformers, and power substations were damaged and put off line. A thousand thoughts went through my mind and I just knew I was dead. And never judge a man in a pink bathrobe. My mom said to keep my eyes ahead. We watched, and it was obvious to me that the rotation on the storm was very strong and I mentioned that to Terry about a half minute before WHIO said the exact same thing. The tornado splintered their home less than a week after Trey and Meghan moved in. The problem is that they can be almost daily in season, and without proper shelters, it doesn't do much good. The wind was going in a way that I've never seen before. I was 7 and knew it must be serious. I called KOA news to find out whether more storms were expected. He would claw through the rubble well into the night, calling his wifes name until his voice was gone. I've been through a couple traumatic incidents in my life as a veteran of the Gulf War. I walked around more or less like a zombie shaking and trembling, looking at the other two semis that had blown over. Ironically, their mobile home wasn't touched but their truck was and both of them perished together. No noise. The Selma tornado was rated EF-2, the weather service said. His funeral Mass was held at St. Linus Church. I knew John Mobley as a preteen, said Cindy Mobley, Rogers wife. The screens were pulled up out of the frames in the windows. We lost several big (12 diameter) silver maple limbs that were now blocking our driveway. ya. I have rheumatoid arthritis so the intense low pressure temporarily disabled me. yr bt. It was May 2008, around 1 or2 am. Our lives have been forever changed since that early morning tornado. My mamaw and great grandmother were both horrified of storms, probably an undiagnosed case of lilapsophobia or astraphobia. Atchley was a widow who lived at 4344 S. Francisco Ave. in Chicago. This went on for like 10 minutes. (KSLA) - Family and friends are getting ready to say goodbye to the mother and son victims of the tornadic storms that hit Keithville earlier this month. I didn't smell smoke. Casey and her darling daughter Christine will go home together to God.. The pastor called her death the will of God.. This particular day we had had a NOAA tornado watch. Hunoway had a nice house with a big yard. It was deafening. We thought we were in the clear but the night had just begun. The storm ripped through north McAllen and windows on the north sides of homes were shattered. It was still so calm and then the sirens started to go off. The veteran was in the hallway when the roof collapsed and tragically didnt survive. My cousin said her friend's house was just hit..I remember it getting very dark really quickly. She suffered a stroke and brain swelling and passed away from her injuries. McNichols told the packed church that Mrs. I look out and all I see is lightening. It was June 1st of 2011 when a Tornado touched down that would affect the lives of many and take the lives of three. All we heard was wind and the whole house was shaking, Moore told CNN, adding no one was injured. 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 . We had to basically swim to safety. My living room looked eerie as I could see flashes of lightening as well as power flashes. It showed two apparent victims bound with their arms behind their backs and tape over their mouths. 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. The Tornado was an EF3 with sustained winds of 140 mph and it was 1300 yards wide at its base. The couple had been out to dinner and were pulling into their garage at 9311 S. 52nd Ave. when a large tree fell on it. I always liked and admired him. Courtesy Jenny Suttles Prewitt. Tons of debris in the cover. The day had been beautiful, we were going to my husband's mother's house for a cookout. Tornadoes can do some awesome, yet scary things. A lot of people are hurting. She suffered injuries to her head, shoulder, and leg. The pressure waves left and we were ok. We had been hugging through the entire event and Terry asked if it was over. Around this time (10:50 pm approx..) the debris ball and circulation signature was clearly heading due east on Westbrook Road and was about 3 miles west of our house in the Air Hill Road area. I looked out my right windshield and noticed the vines growing along the fence were starting to blow around kind of funny. People really need to pay attention to the forecast, especially in spring time. His son-in-law survived and was pulled out alive from the wrecked car. Roger knew his father was dead when he climbed out of the twisted metal. Burman was a salesman for a building materials' manufacturer. We chatted with the neighbors, made sure we were all safe and ok, and listened to the emergency sirens for an hour and a half as we all checked out our homes. Also during the event we both heard the continuous background noise of the winds that was steady and slowly passing from west to east as if a farmer had his heavy and loud tractor plowing the fields to our south. Adjustors set up tents in the mall parking lot for you to drive your car into to assess damage assembly-line style. It took about 2 years or so to get all the roofing jobs done in town. My uncle was there for days but he was released and is still going strong today. The holes were all about 2-4 inches in diameter. Valeria Yanis toldUSA Todaythat she hid under a water fountain as employees rushed to the bathroom for cover. No crickets, no frogs, no locusts calling out for mates. I cut the saw off and looked at him as he began pointing off towards the west. 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. zh. My 6 year old son is a meteorologist in the making. Trees were completely stripped of their leaves. This event was in 2016. None. There wasn't any. When she hadnt returned home 30 minutes after the tornado struck, Frank went looking for her. Minutes after the snap was taken, the family members were carried dozens of yards through the air and into a field. National Weather Service It was odd because with the rain, I figured the atmosphere had stabilized some. ", Governor Andy Beshear said, "This is likely to be the mostsevere tornado outbreakin our state's history.". The drive will last through Thursday, January 19. On April 24, 2019, I was in my shop at 6964 Coyote Run, Bryan, TX, working on a Volkswagon engine. I also found coloring assignments from an elementary school somewhere I didnt recognize. She recalled that the little girl used to perform cartwheels and splits in front of her, and liked to learn new dances from TikTok. A woman was killed as she shielded her baby in a tub, another was killed when her R.V. Authorities there were finding more bodies Friday morning, Coroner Buster Barber said earlier. We lost lives that night and in such a small county we felt every single loss, especially the small baby who didn't even get to start her life. Cody took up a post at Mansfield and 95th Street where he helped to direct traffic until 10 p.m. My friend carried me to my mother, who then carried me to the car parked about 1/2 mile or so away. Damage survey teams will be in the field over the next several days across the area, the National Weather Service in Birmingham said. 22h ago. I listened to the battery operated radio: no report of storms. OAK LAWN, IL -- Before their names belonged to the ages, 33 souls went about their Friday afternoon on April 21, 1967. In the spring of 1991, I lived in the country near Skiatook, OK. 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. A fireman sent him home. It caused me to shake head to toe, and that shaking continued on from April 12 until the day I met my girlfriend in early August. His nephew Michael Hembry told CBS42: He (Jimmie) come back and he said Golden didnt make it. She had dark hair which she wore in bangs and comforting eyes, her father told reporters. Both girls survived, but Hanley died when a wall fell in on her. The tree sitting directly in front of me, which was relatively large, blew over like it was nothing. I found a support column to hold on to at first. My truck was running and I had the windshield wipers on. It touched down less than a mile from us. The Worth girl was an excellent figure skater, who practiced several days a week at the Oak Lawn Roller Rink, but that Friday was the first time she had asked her mother's permission to go skating. Her funeral Mass was held St. Francis Xavier Church in LaGrange. Roofing companies were going door to door. I heard things slamming my house, then the sheetrock overhead fell down and it sounded like my roof lifted and came back down. I was well aware of threat of the storms going into the night. I was very thankful that I had closed my swimming pool the weekend prior to that. My storm chasing bug is gone, John. Tornadoes rated EF-2 pack winds of at least 111 mph while EF-3 tornadoes contain winds between 136 and 165 mph. We eventually got to the house and then we heard a loud siren. Two-month-old Oaklynn Koon died in hospital from her injuries sustained in the storms. The lights didn't work. My dad and uncles were still on the front porch watching it like the cowboys they were, which I would never advise. I saw my mom's car and then heard her yell my name. gi. 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. Then the entire back wall of the shop began to bow in. It was an unforgettable event. 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. Alfred drove a forklift for Caterpillar in Joliet. Trees in their windbreak had no small branches or bark left, just bare wood, on the north and west sides of their trunks and larger branches. Hunoway worked in the shipping department for a Bensenville firm that manufactured steel pipes for sewers. I flipped when she wasn't out there after the storm. Some people went to their cars; some went inside. PleaseContact Us. No injuries were reported there, the agency said. Afraid we might be burned alive if the house, above and beside us, burned. Thankfully we made it safely and spent part of the night at the hospital. If you survived a tornado or know someone who did, share your story and help save lives. Two streets down though people were not so lucky. 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. I realized I was alive and did not think I was hurt to badly. 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. On Dec. 13, a tornadic storm swept through Keithville, La., with possible EF-2 damage with 130-mph winds, according to the National . The tornado that killed dozens in Kentucky arrived after warnings. Their families were forever bonded by the tragedy. Directly behind me, sitting perpendicularly to my pickup truck, was a semi-truck. This Dec. 10 tornadoes . He and his family had taken shelter from the storm in a spec-home he was building. There were people running about in every direction. The damage, was far worse than anything I had envisioned, Alabama Gov. 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