Have You Ever Seen or Been in a Tornado? (state, warning, California)

[lilred0005]

Have you ever been in a tornado? Where were you when the tornado struck? What state were you living in? What was the experience like?

[Katarina Witt]

1. Yes.

2. I've "been" in one, and near several others, have heard loads of tornado warnings.

3. Colorado

4. Scary until it was over.

[yellfire]

Yes, in my house, Winston-Salem NC, 1989, the remnants of Hurricane Hugo. Tree through second story roof. No power for three weeks. I was in high school though, so it probably wasn't as scary for me as it was for my parents...Hurricanes were worse. Bertha, Fran, Dennis, Irene, Mitch, Charley, Jeanne. At least tornadoes only last a minute. Jeanne at one point was moving through FL at 4 mph. I remember screaming at the TV, I could WALK out of Florida faster than this hurricane!

[BigCityGuy]

I have. I was visting my grandmother in Westcheter, NY when all of a sudden the wind is blowing tremendously fast, rain and hail hitting the windows and cars(with alarms going off), power goes out, etc. The next day many streets are blocked off because of all the trees that were knocked over. Leaves everywhere and hail still unmelted in the middle of summer. It didn't fully form due to the building density.

[lilred0005]

Being from S.E. Florida, I have been thru several hurricanes, a couple(Andrew & Wilma) quite severe. That said, I have never been in or even seen a tornado. Every since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by weather, tornadoes specifically. They fascinate but also terrify me. It's like nature's power and fury personified. I just read a great book, F5, which is about the Super-outbreak of April(Palm Sunday) 1974 which produced several F5 tornadoes, the most famous one being the one that struck Xenia, Ohio. I liked the book because it covered all the scientific info on tornadoes, but the author also writes all about the "Father" of tornado research, Ted Fujita, from whom we get the F-scale. Finally, it reads in part like a memoir, following several people's personal experiences during the Super-outbreak, and finishing with how their lives were impacted by said outbreak. If I had the money, as crazy as it sounds, I'd love to check out a tornado-chasing trip. They are just too much money, sigh..............

[Infamous92]

I've seen many funnel clouds and shelf clouds, I've been in many tornado warnings, a tornado struck not too far from us (like down the block) while I was sleeping then it was all over the news.

[timeofseasons]

Originally Posted by lilred0005

Have you ever been in a tornado? Where were you when the tornado struck? What state were you living in? What was the experience like?

I've been in a tornado before, I was where I currently live ( Lansing, Michigan).

I also think I've seen a few tornados before, though very very light ones, other times I may have likely seen a funnel cloud.


Other than that, I've been within many tornado warnings, and near tornados that have struck few miles out.

[blkgiraffe]

Yeah; we got lots of tornado warnings in my hometown. I saw one tornado forming when I was driving home from work; it touched down, but broke up.

[GLS2010]

Ive been in dozens of tornado warnings, but they rarely strike, when they do theyre very very weak and dont cause much damage.

[Shadow Dude]

Being from California, you hardly see any, but I have seen two small ones forming, but they were barely sticking down from the clouds...Granted one was above my head, but still only two small ones that maybe came down about 50 feet and then went back into the clouds.