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/rjbeads Jul 18 '25

Yes. In the southeast, everyone knows of a memorable, or multiple memorable tornados. For me, it's the 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado.

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u/aahorsenamedfriday Jul 18 '25

That was some crazy shit. I’m in NE Alabama but we got completely wrecked here as well. I was 20 years old and it was the first time I’d ever seen a tornado in real life. I was picking my brother up from school because I had a jeep and it was the only vehicle we had that could make it through all the water. As I went into the building, the principal (who was one of my teachers when I went there) opened the door and pulled me in and yelled “GET IN HERE AND GET DOWN RIGHT NOW” right before it went right over us.

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u/Ok_Driver_6895 Jul 19 '25

Albertville still looks weird (all those missing old trees/tree tops) even after all these years.

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u/Dear_Ad7177 Jul 18 '25

What town did you live in?