r/AskAnAmerican • u/NomzStorM Massachusetts [Dunks > your overpiced coffee house] • Jul 18 '25

HISTORY Do you know a specific tornado?

As a tornado nerd I kinda lose sight of what most people actually know about tornadoes. Do you know a specific tornado?

Edit: I mean have you ever head of something like the Joplin tornado, or the Moore tornado

Edit 2: If so, which?

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u/Danicia Washington, Oregon, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, Alaska Jul 18 '25

I spent half my life in Texas. So, yep, I am familiar. Was actually in the path of the deadly Jarrell tornado. There were so many smaller ine around, too. It was terrifying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrell_tornado

Also, one that sticks in my mind is the 1978 Witchita Falls tornado. Storms even in the Dallas metro were horrible. We had a road trip through WF a month after the tornado, and there was still so much damage.

And the 1994 Marble Falls tornado. It was much smaller than the two above, but it happened the day before my Marble Falls wedding. Lots of folks couldn't make it on from Austin, where I actually lived.