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. Did you encounter any technical issues? It showed two apparent victims bound with their arms behind their backs and tape over their mouths. Things started to happen pretty quickly after that. Be safe folks. We were all just standing there watching it. A man cries as he waits to receive the body of a victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. 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. Then after a few minutes it got quiet, so we turned on the radio and heard that an EF-2 tornado touched down just east of Sheridan Elementary (my school), ripping a chunk of the school off. 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. It leveled several of the brick homes in that neighborhood. 6-year-old boy is youngest victim of Alabama tornado that left 23 dead. "We believe our death toll from this event will exceed 50 Kentuckians and probably end up 70 to 100," Beshear continued. 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. Another fatality occurred at a dollar store in Leachville, Arkansas. CNN . 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. CNNs Hannah Sarisohn, Tina Burnside, Taylor Ward, Haley Brink, Melissa Alonso, Paul P. Murphy and Amanda Jackson contributed to this report. Most of it is out but not all. Her funeral Mass was held St. Francis Xavier Church in LaGrange. My friends and I were sitting on her porch talking and having a wonderful time. In a Facebook post, the tots parents Jackie and Doug said they and their three kids took shelter at her mothers house. Tornado victims include 2-month-old, district judge, a father and son, factory and warehouse workers "I'm going to miss her crying in the middle of the night," baby's father said. Most of the tree damage in the neighborhood had the same orientation. During Codys funeral Mass at St. Geralds Church, Rev. They had no children. 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. Now in Oklahoma when I was a kid, if the sirens went off you went outside first to try and get a look before taking shelter. This warning gave the precise location and direction of the sighted storm and it was barreling towards our neighborhood. 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 jumped into a 1/2 bath that was right inside the door and slammed the door and laid down and covered my head and prayed for forgiveness and for my family. I have a saw if you need it. He grabbed his little daughter under his arm and bolted to his house. I think it was pure fear that caused my uncle to have a heart attack on the porch that day. Then in the spring when it finally got warm enough that you could actually go outside thats when you notice the weird stuff. Terry and I were watching a reported tornado path north of us that was traveling east of Greenville across Miami County. I slammed it shut as the power went out. She earned As and B's at Worth Elementary School. I sighed a breath of relief hoping the twister had skipped over the shop. Jucius met her husband, Frank, at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital where she worked as a laboratory technician. . There were so many screams.. Fast forward to November 11 2002, Mossy Grove, TN. The tornado picked us up with the hardwood floor and landed us 250 feet across the street! Numerous other branches were on our deck and littering our yard. That is when I looked back at the cloud and it terrified me. Then I realized he was crying- probably shrieking- and I couldn't hear him over the noise of the storm: roaring wind, pounding hail and constant, overlapping blasts and rumbles of lightning. qc. Everybody in town had to have a new roof. I was so froze in fear so my father drove to me just to let me follow him home. Brian Kemp said Friday. Our lives have been forever changed since that early morning tornado. She noticed the shaking and understood why it was happening. It was so faint to the point I thought I had lost my hearing. As I drove home, the closer I got, the worse things looked. The storm ripped through north McAllen and windows on the north sides of homes were shattered. We didnt get hit but poor Alabama got wrecked. It had held. Damage from what appeared to be two tornadoes preliminarily rated an EF-3 and an EF-2 were found in two parts of Spalding County, in central Georgia, according to the National Weather Service. So I told everybody as usual to take shelter until the lightning stopped. He was killed at the tornados epicenter near 95th Street and Southwest Highway. 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 . Was H.A.A.R.P. Annette Clark worked as a receptionist in a doctors office near 87th Street and Cicero Avenue. Most of the congregation dove to the corner. Burman was a salesman for a building materials' manufacturer. His favorite pastime was puttering in the garden. I stood there and tears poured down my face,not from the dislocated shoulder or pounding headache from the concussion, but from the thankfulness I felt for him for the saw and for standing outside to warn me. It busted out their windshields and the car got picked up and thrown in a ditch. ya. She told WLWT5 her home twisted off its foundation, trapping the family in the basement before they escaped through a window. This event was in 2016. One florist in Moore is offering free funeral flowers for all of the victims. I felt warmth on my wet head coming from a small cut. I tried holding on to the hood of the truck but there was nothing to hold on to. I survived bruised from head to toe with a broken foot and some lacerations. The dryer vent had been shattered. So I held my son and soothed him there in the root cellar, as the pounding increased to a roar, coming from the entire house above us, and slowly diminished again. (Oak Lawn Public Library) John Mobley's wrecked Ford Galaxy after being tossed by the tornado. There were no deaths, few were injured, but for being mobile homes, they were still holding up strong. My dad said that it was hail, and my mom was trying to keep me and my sisters calm. I knew there was a storm coming; you could just feel it and smell the rain. He brought the radio and a flashlight, while my mom got some batteries and snacks. On April 27 2011, a tornado outbreak struck Smithville, Mississippi. Workers survey tornado damage after extreme weather hit the region Dec. 12, 2021, in Mayfield, Ky. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images. The pressure waves left and we were ok. We had been hugging through the entire event and Terry asked if it was over. 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. Now the only time I shake is because I still get butterflies everytime I see her come through the door. The Andrews had just a bought a puppy for their children. My dad and uncles were still on the front porch watching it like the cowboys they were, which I would never advise. If you survived a tornado or know someone who did, share your story and help save lives. Nineteen severe hail reports were recorded in Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. I thought, oh no, I hope its not a tornado. The door breathed back out. I pushed and clawed my way out of the rubble, shocked angry and thankful to God that I was alive. 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. What a foolish thing to say, especially since Mossy Grove almost got hit again later but the skies showed mercy that day and settled down almost as if it took pity on us and our non-Walmart or McDonalds town. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Valeria Yanis toldUSA Todaythat she hid under a water fountain as employees rushed to the bathroom for cover. Very disturbing, especially with continuous lightning but NO thunder. I could see the semi that was behind me had blown over top of me and landed next to the carport. I actually stopped the lesson and told the teacher that the sky was turning an ugly, almost evil, green color. No deaths were reported in Dallas County as of Thursday, but some residents were hurt. He died two days later of his injuries at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park. 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. We had to run for cover. It took about 2 years or so to get all the roofing jobs done in town. I was confused and very thirsty. Luella Sunny) - An amnesia victim who (at first) could only lead Dick Tracy to the body of Freez. I knew John Mobley as a preteen, said Cindy Mobley, Rogers wife. She was excited about her upcoming First Communion. Their families were forever bonded by the tragedy. Jucius did her grocery shopping Friday nights when her husband returned home with the car. While the damage was tremendous, no fatalities have been reported, Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. said Friday. 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. My father looked up and saw a "hole" in the sky and shouted "RUN!!!!". I got blinded by a light as i exited the carport. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much I tried to soothe him, but then the house took a direct hit of lightning and suddenly I was frightened, too. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said the death toll remained 74, but would likely rise with about 100 people still . This was a factor in the insane damage the tornado caused McNichols told the packed church that Mrs. As soon as we shut the door, we hear what sounded like a freight train. 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 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. bx . He and his family had taken shelter from the storm in a spec-home he was building. Jay Nixon says while the process of identifying tornado victims is improved, some bodies remain "unrecognizable." He shouted for him to get out from under the lumber and run to the tree but unfortunately the sound of the roaring tornado was too loud for my father to hear hi sfriend. 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. I had no idea that I'd end up as a Mobley myself some day. When that happened, he looked over and saw the shelf was going to collapse on top of my father. In Old Kingston, an unincorporated rural community in central Alabama, emergency workers searching the wreckage of a home found a woman who had been killed, raising the death toll from Thursday . I'm working on a plan. 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 was watching the news. 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They were ok. My parents came home- they had seen piles of hail and debris on the roads, but they hadn't seen the storm. Wind intensity in neighboring Autauga County, meanwhile, was rated EF-3 , meaning gusts of at least 136 mph - the weather service said . "The tornado victims sustained such extreme physical trauma that recovery teams had difficulty distinguishing human remains from animal remains scattered throughout the area. 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. At the requiem Mass for six tornado victims at St. Gerald Church, itself badly damaged by the twister, Fr. Beyond horrifying. I saw power flashes and knew it was coming. 2. I convinced my friends to take shelter inside of the end hall closet. I could not understand what it was saying but I assumed it meant tornado. Thankfully we made it safely and spent part of the night at the hospital. My poor babies. At that time, 10:40 pm approx., the on air meteorologist changed views to show the storm that was spinning up a rotation signature over Brookville, Ohio. Anyway, stay prepared people and most importantly stay informed. Were still trying to figure things out. Frustrated, I jumped in my car and headed home. Welser and his wife, Annmarie, met a dance at 57th Street and Sacramento. Sandra told the Associated Press: Their house is splintered. 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. They lived in LaGrange. The tornado that killed dozens in Kentucky arrived after warnings. People really need to pay attention to the forecast, especially in spring time. 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. That storm was rated and EF-2. Living in Dixie Alley we get lots of storms. I called my brother who lived nearby. This was the 90s before camera phones were a thing. I didnt hear thunder at all. The visibility was really poor at this point but I could still see the flashes. Till this day, I still remember that day and it still plays in my head. 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. Inthe later part of March 1982, I was on spring break and home by myself that whole week. 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. Adjustors set up tents in the mall parking lot for you to drive your car into to assess damage assembly-line style. In addition to tornado and storm destruction, damaging winds spun across the region from Mississippi to Virginia. In April 2011, we had already been hammered by tornadoes. Harold Cody had served in both World Wars. A semi-truck driver, Jackson was off work due to a trucker strike. The sandblasting effect they endured is well documented and the injuries were horrific. But as I stuck my head out the door to look into the basement, a fierce pounding began again, on the north wall of the house. "The . 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. not sitting still being struck by the debris field. The rain was light. She looked up and saw the huge tornado coming across the parking lot. Our next door neighbor had a double trunked maple tree split in two and fall into her home. (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.). She had burrowed under that concrete slab to take cover. Cody took up a post at Mansfield and 95th Street where he helped to direct traffic until 10 p.m. After we composed ourselves and kissed, thanking God we were alive, we got off the floor and started our survey. Then the debris started falling out of the sky. On Friday, Ivey said she would reach out to President Joe Biden to encourage him to declare a state of emergency. A few windows were broken. As storm damage blocked roads in Georgia, some students couldnt leave four middle schools south of Atlanta, their school system said Thursday night. I don't think I ever want to hear that because I do remember I was screaming. 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. No rain, no breeze, just the saw rumbling and vibrating my hand. Trees were completely stripped of their leaves. A woman was killed as she shielded her baby in a tub, another was killed when her R.V. (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. The EF-4 took two lives, one in Celina and one in Harrison Township. The first tornado passed but now the second one was headed our way. Spalding County declared a state of emergency Thursday due to a reported tornado there, officials said on Facebook, urging residents to shelter in place. Then the wind started howling. At that point the TV went out and the lights started flashing on and off and on and off. Our neighbors to the north reported hail went through their roof and embedded in their hardwood floor. Gov. Apparently, a non-severe storm hit the area and a medium sized tree hit my house. He shook his head yes while giving me the ok symbol with his right hand, and a coffee mug,with instant coffee inside, had replaced his beer in his left hand. Our top priority today again continues to be life-saving in any of those areas where search and rescue is being conducted, said Adams, who gave the countys death toll as seven. It was still 12 inches deep when the plows finally arrived. They were to have been married in October. John died . . Kathryn Begay. I headed to the bathroom and watched the blood red cell on radar as lights went out and cellular reception was lost. 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. I could feel my guardian Angel right behind us hovering over us to protect us. My best friends dad was standing on his truck with a pair of binoculars trying to see where it might be. Power lines were down. As I tore through the porch, into the house and north, down the hall, the windows along the west wall exploded, one by one, to my left and just a fraction of a second behind me. 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