I survived bruised from head to toe with a broken foot and some lacerations. I don't know how long I wandered around. I have to say that praying and getting into that closet most likely saved our lives that night. Suddenly my friend's dad turned with a look of absolute terror and started screaming "get inside, good God get inside now!" Lightening can and it will strike twice, three, four times in the same spot. She quit working when her son was born. I could not understand what it was saying but I assumed it meant tornado. The day had been beautiful, we were going to my husband's mother's house for a cookout. td. Jackson was the father of three adult children and boasted 11 grandchildren. It was odd because with the rain, I figured the atmosphere had stabilized some. Some of my other instructor colleagues saw me and came up to me and asked me if I was okay. ya. She immediately started the car and told me to buckle up. Then the debris started falling out of the sky. I hadnt felt this effected in a very long time. My neighbor came running and wanted to know if I had damage. I didn't know what was happening so I ran to the car and got in. I knew John Mobley as a preteen, said Cindy Mobley, Rogers wife. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration All of us do really. Nineteen severe hail reports were recorded in Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. I wrapped up the game for the night when my sisters friend informed us of a tornado warning. I remember taking in a deep breath and hugging my friend and running over to my moms house and making sure she was alright. The friends split up. In the spring of 1991, I lived in the country near Skiatook, OK. She was engaged to be married to a soldier serving in Vietnam. The tornado tracked closer and the praying got louder. Samaras, 55, along with his son, Paul Samaras, 24, and chase partner Carl Young, 45, were killed Friday night by a tornado in El Reno that turned on a dime and headed straight toward them. 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. I slammed it shut as the power went out. I thought, oh no, I hope its not a tornado. The door breathed back out. My baby was asleep in a west-facing bedroom, Mom and Dad had gone shopping, and I thought the storm clouds in the west looked like they might bring hail. At the roller rink before the tornado leveled the building, she told a boy she knew that no matter what happens, dont cry for me. When building began to shake, she was holding the hand of another little girl when she reportedly said, I think Im going to die. More than 300 people attended Christines funeral at Schmaedtke-Tuinstra Funeral Home. Numerous other branches were on our deck and littering our yard. It was a groan. His grandparents were farmers and among Oak Lawns earliest settlers. Kentucky Tornado Victims Range From 2 Months to 98 Years Old Gov. His family was his whole life.. I dropped the saw,which stuck straight up in the ground, and gracefully slid down the ladder, which I am a grizzly bear of a man at 285 lbs with the height (5'7") and heart of a teddy bear. "The . Joan was shopping at Fairway Super Mart with her husband, Fred, and their children, Freddie, 7, and 18-month-old Christine. Nothing. Terry and I looked at each other and she asked whether we need to take shelter. With diminishing lightning to the east. Griffith was an engineering associate for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in Rolling Meadows. I am lucky to be alive for sure. CNN . He was killed at the tornados epicenter near 95th Street and Southwest Highway. That is 13 football fields wide. After my father got pulled out with the help of everyone that was around, someone performed CPR but there was no saving his life. Welser and his wife, Annmarie, met a dance at 57th Street and Sacramento. He was found dead in his badly damaged car nearly Oak Lawn Community High School. The sad thing is most of us still aren't really prepared for another one. Selmas mayor asked residents to conserve water after outages affected treatment facilities and the storms made way for much cooler, albeit sunny, weather across the region. A lot of people are hurting. The deadliest spawned late Friday afternoon in Oak Lawn, where the greatest loss of life was recorded. WTVA Chief Meteorologist Matt Laubhan said the storm was coming to Smithville and I just stood there watching, waiting, looking at the TV and thinking this isn't gonna happen. He grabbed his little daughter under his arm and bolted to his house. Calascibetta was driving home from work with his son-in-law, where both were employed at a manufacturing plant. Local resident Jamel Alubahr, 25, said his three-year-old nephew died in the storm. 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. 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 sighed a breath of relief hoping the twister had skipped over the shop. He was parked at 95th Street and Southwest Highway waiting for his wife, who was a secretary at the Western Avenue Hearing Aid Center. There was not an inch that hadnt been smattered with leaves. On April 24, 2019, I was in my shop at 6964 Coyote Run, Bryan, TX, working on a Volkswagon engine. Marjorie had been crushed to death underneath the tree. I expected to hear a train like sound but it sounded more like a fighter jet that was very angry. Columbia-St. David's Round Rock Hospital said it had received 14 tornado victims from Cedar Park, . The lights didn't work. I unlocked the door,grabbed a hoodie and turned the lights on and went to assess the damage with the saw in hand. Same with the front door when I opened it. We were hollaring out to God for help & he helped us! Tornado victims: Pictures emerge as fears grow it . A damaged home is seen in the aftermath of severe weather Thursday near Prattville, Alabama. At about 5 pm, I started hearing about a storm system off to the west. Four children, including a 6-year-old boy ripped from his father's arms, were among the 23 victims of Sunday's deadly. Each piece was very heavy and anchored together, but he winds managed to move them very easily. 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. 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. But when it was over at least 89 lay dead, 600 were injured, and thousands of homes and . 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. Thank you to those who work for the National Weather Service. 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. I have debris (rocks, mud, glass) in there to this day. On April 27 2011, a tornado outbreak struck Smithville, Mississippi. We took off to the hospital while warnings were still being handed out like parking tickets. 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. I cut the saw off and looked at him as he began pointing off towards the west. About 10 minutes. It "the robe man", coming to check on me. An estimated 383 people were killed in that weeklong . She had blonde hair and wore a black body stocking, thigh high boots, and white gloves. My best friends dad was standing on his truck with a pair of binoculars trying to see where it might be. Anyway, I pulled in and it was lightly raining. SHREVEPORT, La. (Subsequently to this event, and after our own event described below, there was another tornado (EF-0) that passed 3 miles south of their home for a few miles.). 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. When she got home, her husband and the couples three young daughters were gone. appreciated. (Oak Lawn Public Library) John Mobley's wrecked Ford Galaxy after being tossed by the tornado. yr bt. The wind was going in a way that I've never seen before. (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 remember being in the living room with several family members, aunts and cousins. Turns out the toilet had just been set on the wax ring and caulked to the floor, not one bolt in the slab. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. There were people running about in every direction. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Anyway, I began to study and learn as much about severe weather as I could. I asked my mom "why?" My car, parked outside, was bent and hammered mercilessly, yet all the glass survived; while the rear end of the same neighbor's car was hammered only lightly, as it was inside their garage and the hail had only come in through the windows of the garage door; but both tail lights and the back window were broken out. It got so dark we couldnt see each other in the car, Roger said. And she said "because it's a tornado." He was half a block from home at 9620 S. Mayfield Ave. His wife, Pearl, and two sons were waiting for him. I was once told we couldn't be hit by tornadoes because of the mountains. 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." The tornado completely leveled the trailer court. I could still see out the front windshield and I could see power lines exploding out in front of me. McNeill had been planning a fishing trip to Canada in May. Weve got to layer up and get ready, Perkins said as overnight lows over the next several days were due to dip below freezing. I could barely walk. The problem is that they can be almost daily in season, and without proper shelters, it doesn't do much good. 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. We closed the door. The Rev. I found her a flashlight, and scoped the inside of the house. In neighboring Autauga County, at least 20 homes were either damaged or destroyed, according to Gary Weaver, the deputy director of the countys emergency management agency. 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