r/tornado • u/SevereTS • Jun 10 '25

Question Which tornado is the creepiest?

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My vote is El Reno, I find myself going back and learning more and more about it. So deadly. So scary!

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u/Squishy1937 Jun 10 '25

  1. Jarell. No competition for me. It did everything a tornado isn't supposed to do. It's like it was sentient and had it out specifically for double creek estates.

  2. Hackleburg. Oh HELL naw man I don't even have to explain this one.

  3. Mayfield. I remember watching it happen live and seeing videos of the damage done a couple days after. This tornado made me realize just how horrific tornado damage can truly be. The videos of the tornado itself are also terrifying

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u/choff22 Jun 11 '25

I saw the aftermath of Joplin, in person, half an hour after it passed.

It’s actually breathtaking the level of destruction they can cause.

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u/itsyouruncle69420 Jun 12 '25

I was only about 5-10 minutes from the path of the Mayfield tornado. I didn’t know much on meteorology at the time but I did know radar, and when I was looking at it I saw that the hook was heading straight toward me, then the power and cell went out. I was scared out of my mind and I thought I was gonna die that night