My dad was cutting wheat in Oklahoma one time in the early 90's. Me, my mom, and brother were holed up in the room when one came through and slung a camper over our motel. We also watched the OJ chase in that motel too. Can't remember if it was the same year or not.

My uncle had one come over his house and basically pick his whole house up like one foot and set it right back down.

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Posted by Rip Torner

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Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:16 pm to VooDude

House was heavily damaged by an EF3 during the April 27th outbreak, destroyed every home around mine, and sheered off every tree at about 3 ft

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Posted by Ponchy Tiger

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Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:24 pm to VooDude

This happened when I was about 6. I was spending the night at my cousins in Madisonville with him and his wife. Tornado hit sometime in the middle of the night. Several pine trees broke off and fell across the roof. My cousin ran into the room and when he picked me there was a tree limb sticking through the ceiling over the bed I was sleeping in. I wet and tree bark on me, and I didn't wake up till he picked me up.

This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 9:25 pm

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Posted by Harry Rex Vonner

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Member since Nov 2013

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Posted on 4/24/26 at 9:32 pm to VooDude

one of a series in NW Arkansas, they whipped like hell counterclockwise - we were staring eastward as they whipped around us, and while that wind would swirl around back to our backside, it did not break windows at a certain point, and yet ripped trees out of the ground 5 feet away from those same windows

up in Kentucky, I swear I reached out my hand and touched part of a baby swirl on a second-floor balcony, and then it landed back to ground a half mile away (westward obviously) and ripped several houses to shite

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