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Four years ago today…
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:06 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here. It was an EF5. Multiple meteorologists confirm this.
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Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:10 pm to Pisco
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It was an EF5.
It was.
The thread from that night/event
I hope Mayfield and the other towns are still headed in the right direction.
ETA: I'll never forget the feeling of the realization that that was not a hail spike, but a debris spike perfectly correlated with the couplet/tornado.
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:14 pm to Pisco
Crazy.
I get that it was a big deal for you based on your location but I am fascinated by people fascinated with weather.
I have a childhood friend who has turned into a FaceBook meteorologist. The dude is obsessed with weather fronts and pressure changes.
I get that it was a big deal for you based on your location but I am fascinated by people fascinated with weather.
I have a childhood friend who has turned into a FaceBook meteorologist. The dude is obsessed with weather fronts and pressure changes.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:22 pm to Pisco
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Pisco
You were all set for your possible last words here to be "Roll Tide!".
At 9:30pm:
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It’s close guys. I love you all and Roll Tide!
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
I was actually very calm. I heard the roar from the church basement.
The part that got me was all the LA baws including the Cajun Navy that came to help. They cooked a ton of burgers in the Walmart parking lot. Of course they had their LSU canopy up.
Day of remembrance is Saturday. This is the last known video of Mayfield before it hit. He’s running parallel with it.
The part that got me was all the LA baws including the Cajun Navy that came to help. They cooked a ton of burgers in the Walmart parking lot. Of course they had their LSU canopy up.
Day of remembrance is Saturday. This is the last known video of Mayfield before it hit. He’s running parallel with it.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:33 pm to jbgleason
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I get that it was a big deal for you based on your location but I am fascinated by people fascinated with weather.
I was the same until Katrina.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:51 pm to DoomGuy504
My grandparent's house was wiped out by a tornado in the late 50s/early 60s. As a kid, lived in Japan with earthquakes and typhoons (you needed to open windows around your house to let the pressure change without blowing windows out.) Got run over by a tornado in Dothan. Too many hurricanes headed my way to count, etc. 700+ flights where I'm looking for when we might get turbulence or be delayed. Hell, am I going to be able to cut my lawn on Thursday as God intended, or not?
Weather is easy to be fascinated by, because there's a kind of art to it. We got hurricanes down here, DFW through the plains have ridiculous hail, winds and tornados, it's just interesting. Then, you have the people that act surprised when a freeze hits.
Weather is easy to be fascinated by, because there's a kind of art to it. We got hurricanes down here, DFW through the plains have ridiculous hail, winds and tornados, it's just interesting. Then, you have the people that act surprised when a freeze hits.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:54 pm to Pisco
Mayfield is still banged up to this day.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:24 pm to Pisco
A few years earlier somebody was handing out Bibles at an intersection. They asked if I had one and I said yes. They said "Now you have two".
I hung on to it for a while and when this happened, I reached out to a church in Mayfield and sent it to them since I'm sure someone there needed a replacement.
I hung on to it for a while and when this happened, I reached out to a church in Mayfield and sent it to them since I'm sure someone there needed a replacement.
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:30 pm to Pisco
I don't get out to Mayfield, yall are waaaaaaaaaaay out there. How has the rebuild in the community come along?
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:54 pm to UKWildcats
Courthouse is under construction. The post office is back open fully renovated. First Christian Church is being rebuilt. First United will eventually start some day. City Hall and police station has started. Mayfield Electric is rebuilding next to them. They’ve built a row of wall of wall buildings down North 7th st for potential buyers. New subdivision on the south side of town off the bypass.
It’s coming along. I still call here North Mexico cause the restaurants and food trucks are everywhere. We still don’t have a jail assuming everyone gets transferred elsewhere
It’s coming along. I still call here North Mexico cause the restaurants and food trucks are everywhere. We still don’t have a jail assuming everyone gets transferred elsewhere
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:53 pm to Pisco
There was a picture from the damage that I wish I had saved. It really struck me. It was of a theater, the picture was taken from inside the theater. You could see the seats which looked untouched, but the wall where the screen would have been was gone, blown out I guess, and all you could see was destruction. I'm almost positive that was from Mayfield, I know it was from that event.
There was another pic of a John Deere tractor that had an ear of corn driven into the windshield with just an inch or so sticking out. It was like a corn missile.
There was another pic of a John Deere tractor that had an ear of corn driven into the windshield with just an inch or so sticking out. It was like a corn missile.
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 12/10/25 at 10:15 pm to Pisco
Just to understand the wind.
This tornado is most famous for the catastrophic damage inflicted at a modular manufacturing facility. But this tornado also took out a big church, a 3 story bank headquarters, and several large 70-80 year old masonry structures downtown approximately the size of typical university classroom buildings. Some very well build 1920s municipal buildings were destroyed.
It’s hard to imagine how powerful this thing was to do that much damage.
This tornado is most famous for the catastrophic damage inflicted at a modular manufacturing facility. But this tornado also took out a big church, a 3 story bank headquarters, and several large 70-80 year old masonry structures downtown approximately the size of typical university classroom buildings. Some very well build 1920s municipal buildings were destroyed.
It’s hard to imagine how powerful this thing was to do that much damage.
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 12/11/25 at 7:30 am to Pisco
The Quad State Tornado
Took the family to Reelfoot Lake in March of 2022 and we stayed in Samburg. Some places looked like the tornado had come through 4 days before we got there not 4 months.
Date: December 10-11, 2021.
Path: The main EF4 tornado traveled from Arkansas through Missouri, Tennessee (Obion County), and into Kentucky, hitting areas like Monette, Samburg, and devastating Mayfield.
Length: Its path was nearly 166 miles, making it one of the longest-tracked tornadoes in U.S. history.
Intensity: Reached EF4 strength, with wind speeds estimated to be over 190 mph in some areas, causing catastrophic damage.
Impact: Resulted in numerous fatalities (81 people) and widespread destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure, with Mayfield, KY, being hit particularly hard
Took the family to Reelfoot Lake in March of 2022 and we stayed in Samburg. Some places looked like the tornado had come through 4 days before we got there not 4 months.
Date: December 10-11, 2021.
Path: The main EF4 tornado traveled from Arkansas through Missouri, Tennessee (Obion County), and into Kentucky, hitting areas like Monette, Samburg, and devastating Mayfield.
Length: Its path was nearly 166 miles, making it one of the longest-tracked tornadoes in U.S. history.
Intensity: Reached EF4 strength, with wind speeds estimated to be over 190 mph in some areas, causing catastrophic damage.
Impact: Resulted in numerous fatalities (81 people) and widespread destruction of homes, businesses, and infrastructure, with Mayfield, KY, being hit particularly hard
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:14 am to Pisco
Lots of recovery still going on
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