The Samarases and Young fell victim to particularly unpredictable storm, even for a tornado.
"I had no idea a tornado could flatten whole neighborhoods like this, " he said.
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The cruelty of a tornado is that so often there is no time to evacuate.
Eleven-month-old Kyson Stowell was thrown 100 yards when a tornado shattered his home.
Each nigh Diane Sawyer reports about a tornado touching down, or river flooding its banks.
"She's like standing next to a tornado when she's on stage and playing, " Ritter says.
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Another band moved east from the Chicago area through Ohio, at one point prompting a tornado warning.
The weather radio warned Larry and Rita Krznarich that a tornado was headed for their camp site.
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Of course, nobody wants to suffer through a tornado no matter how good your insurance policy is.
In 1996, the film "Twister" popularized the notion of chasing storms to immerse oneself in a tornado's circulation.
Hail and high winds were the chief threat, though a tornado could not be ruled out, forecasters said.
Winds in the area caused the storm to rotate, and that rotation promoted the development of a tornado.
In Tennessee, officials confirmed that a tornado with peak winds of 115 mph touched down in Mount Juliet.
Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras and Carl Young were killed while chasing a tornado in El Reno.
Eighty mph winds damaged the roof and knocked out power, but the airport was not hit by a tornado.
This steady stream lasted 5 or 6 minutes before the sirens went off, indicating a tornado on the ground.
Only readers who have lived through a tornado can truly appreciate the unique and terrifying ferocity of its winds.
The Fujita scale is used to estimate the wind speed of a tornado by the damage the tornado causes.
They turned out to be so severe that a tornado warning was issued.
County Coroner Woodrow Hilboldt said Mr Dykes was believed to be hiding in something similar to a tornado bunker.
If a tornado hits, if a hurricane hits, if a riot occurs, that they're gonna be out there alone.
It said a tornado warning was issued as radar indicated a possible tornado moving from Kingfield, Maine, to Bingham, Maine.
Officials hadn't confirmed that a tornado actually touched down in Dallas but said the storm was capable of producing one.
It's much easier to willfully launch a tornado on the trailer park when you don't have to answer to anyone.
But a tornado in January wiped out a large portion of the Quapaw Quarter, the old heart of the city.
Already, it has cut a tornado's swath: Legendary coach Joe Paterno, affectionately know as "JoePa, " is gone, dead and buried.
His scheme replaces the chimney with a tornado-like vortex of spinning air, which could extend several kilometres into the atmosphere.
"Through embedded sensors, the probes can measure a tornado's wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, humidity, and temperature, " the magazine wrote.
But, even as a little girl, she was always first to jump into a closet during a tornado watch or warning.
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