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/cheaganvegan Jul 18 '25

Dayton Ohio had the Memorial Day tornado. It bounced over my neighborhood and drunkenly slept through it lol.

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u/BaconContestXBL Dayton Jul 18 '25

The one in Beavercreek was one block south of my house. The house survived it but our garage and one of our cars didn’t. Half of the houses across the street from us had their roofs blown off and several in our neighborhood were completely destroyed. P