science Ever been through a tornado?

[Retro*Derpy 3,183]

I haven't actually been in one, however I got to be really close. I've seen 3; F1, F3, and F4. The F3 was scary but the F4 was insane. There was semi trucks and parking blocks being flung around like a toy. I was outside my college when I got to see it. The F1 was neat, just because it was just a very small tunnel and it was frozen in place.

 

Also if anyone is interested, this site can show all tornadoes in or near your zip code (US) that was recorded.

[Here No Longer 5,276]

I haven't dealt with a tornado, and I'm happy about that. Though I had to deal with Harvey. That should count for something.

 

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

I haven't directly been through a tornado, though I've seen funnel clouds and rotation near my house during some severe storms.

Even though I haven't been directly through a tornado, I've been through straight line winds before. Those winds have dangerously high speeds similar to that of a small tornado except that they blow straight instead of having rotation. Anyways, I thought a tornado hit when the straight line winds came through my area. It was alarming, the power was already flickering before the winds reached my location, and once it hit I had to go to my basement for cover. At least five trees near me were downed during that storm and so were a few power lines. Thankfully I was ok and not much damage to any buildings near me except a garage, but the mess the storm made was huge.

Edited November 10, 2019 by EpicEnergy

[Lucky Bolt 35,063]

I've had a few close calls but never actually been through one. 

[Splashee 28,564]

Bad bad experience for me. We don't have tornadoes here in Sweden.... Except that summer day last year...... It was the scariest thing, from no where. Ripped a path through our forest. So much damage. It was a local tornado.

I wonder if I have been any more scared than that day? I remember seeing the trees outside the window of our main building rotating by 90 degrees, and I ran into the basement thinking it was the end of the world.

[Cyclone 1066 3,619]

A couple. One I hardly remember the other I remember very well.

[Savy 5,077]

I've had a few close calls, but I've never directly been in one before.

[Rainbow Cloud 17,976]

Thankfully not though they're not that common here.

[Flying Pencil 3,024]

Thankfully, the state I’m in rarely gets tornadoes. Although I did get a tornado warning yesterday because of a storm

[Splashee 28,564]

Actually, I was through one that passed thought my house in 2017. Horrible experience. But it was a Swedish one, not as strong. Just destroyed a lot of my forest, and took months to clean up.

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

I have a couple of times and had to go over to a grandparent’s house to hide in the basement (I didn’t have one at the time). It was rather scary but no major damage occured

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,297]

No, though one can imagine the high number of wind gusts and clouds can be in a tornado  

[Magpie 623]

Had one pass very very close by last year, around 1 mile away. Luckily I was fine, but there were 25 deaths in total. Mostly in Nashville, but I think there was at least one in the nearby town I live in. Bad enough it has it's own wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_2–3,_2020

 

Plenty of property damage too, biggest impact near where I live was to a nearby car dealership, all their cars got flung all over and destroyed.

Edited July 31, 2021 by Magpie

[IronM17 5,373]

I was never in a tornado, but in the thunderstorm around a tornado which hit my village in 2000. And I never experienced a heavier storm than this. Besides this, I stood a few times in a dust devil.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

No, thankfully I haven't. I've had some scares with tornado watches and sirens going off, but no damage or anything.

[TheRockARooster 51,192]

I’ve never had any tornadoes around my area.

Edited July 31, 2021 by TheRockARooster

[Clawdeen 14,139]

We’ve have them but I’ve not physically seen a tornado with my own eyes

[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

A tornado went through back when I was living in the Midwest. The house was situated on a 3 acre lot and the tornado skirted one corner of it. It was a minor tornado/F1 but it did some serious damage to the neighbors and the power lines. It ripped down a transformer and flung it across the road, which in turn yanked down the rest of the power lines. The next door neighbors lost almost all of their very large trees and a cattle pen was flattened (no animals were harmed as far as I know because they were back the next day as soon as it was reassembled). Our house had a strip of aluminum siding ripped off and twisted, and I had a large branch wedged under my car, but I think we got off pretty lucky.   

[Northern Star 1,024]

7 miles away and that's too close. F3 and F2 I believe.  The reported ones anyway, perhaps we have had a few in our pastures, I don't know.

Lots of straight line winds and high winds and such though. Oh and funnel clouds. Those are always great to see when you look out the window( sarcasm).

What's scary is when the wind stops. Changes. Stops. And it may do that a few times, but usually that is the sign of one happening or about to happen it seems.. 

[Clawdeen 14,139]

Can finally say yes to this. Had one right in our back yard a few months ago and caused a bunch of trees to fall, one of which hit the porch. Luckily the damage was minimum. It was actually not too long after the tornado alert went off. It was also the first time I didn’t take the alert seriously. 99% of the time we get the alert and there never is a tornado. Tornadoes are a top tier fear for me so having one right in the yard the one time I convince myself not to panic over the alert is just…That wrecked my anxiety.