Tornado stories!!!...10pts best answer!?

Question

whats it like to have one rip through ur house while u still in it?

it scary?

noisy?

Answer 1

It was during graduation like right in the middle! The whole school went crazy and lots of people were crying it was so scary!

Answer 2

This is a slightly different type of story, but it is about my first encounter with a tornado.  

I was just out of college and the event occurred on my first year as a meteorologist on duty.  I was working at an airport and we had a weather radar which was a backup to the national network of weather radars.  The radar was not an advance Doppler weather radar like most of them are today.  In those days, you had two type of weather forecast stations, one main weather forecast station per area and a few smaller ones surrounding the main weather office.  The smaller ones may and usually do have only one person on duty at times.

I was working at one of these smaller weather stations and the office was located right under the airport FAA control tower.  I was busy typing out the forecast for the afternoon package when I get a call from the tower.  As soon as I said "Hello", the FAA controller calmly said "Come out of the office and take a look at this."  I asked , "What's up".  He repeated again, but  this time he sounded more urgent tone. Then he added, "You will understand once you come out and see this."

So I got up and walked up to the roof  to where we always take our visual weather obervation.  As soon I oprn the door, right in front of me was a tornado spinning on the airport ground.  I turned around and ran back to my office and to my computer and  typed as fast as I can to  get a warning out.  Since I was the only person on duty and the only person responsible for getting any severe weather warning out, I can not take cover.  I just hoped and prayed that the tornado will not hit the office until at least I can had a chance to type and send out the warning...and then to go live on the weather radio with a toned activated warning broadcasted live to the public.  I remember saying to myself over and over again, "Please don't hit the station right now." and  "I got to get this warning out!"  I was very lucky.  The FA A tower later told me that the tornado lifted up into the air right before it moved over the tower.

I was not able to see the tornado on the old radar mainly because the initial funnel formed right over the radar.  This area, right above the radar, was known by meteorologists as the "Cone of Silence" because the radar could not see straight  up.

Anyway, I just thought I would share this story since it may be quite unique from others that may post.  Funny thing is that I really had no time to be scared.  I was more worried about getting that warning before the tornado can damage or destroy the office.

Answer 3

sounds like a train....but your safe in a storm cellar. Scary, yes.

Answer 4

You just here things crashing. Sometimes it sounds like a waterfall or a train coming through your house. They move over your house fairly quick so there really is just a short time to react. Watch this tornado going through a parking lot and watch the other picking up a house!

Answer 5

its scary to have no time to think about what to do.

especially when you have pets.

my dog dug a hole literally 8 feet in the ground and tunnlled himself underground.

and there is no where to hide because tornados are too powerful.