At some point, a shingle got propelled with enough force to penetrated a side window, facing a wall not 10 feet away. The force of the impact shredded the aluminum holding the glass and shattered the glass. This was a fairly protected area so the force of the gust had to exceed the average cat 1 winds. We suspect microtornadoes, as almost everyone in the neighborhood had their roofs destroyed.
We had additional plywood and nails in the hallway and sealed the breach, but it took 4 people to hold the wood in place with the pressure blowing into the house. 10 minutes later we sealed it,but it was a near thing.
Later we heard a terrible sound in the garage. Despite backing our cars up to brace the garage door, padded with old blankets to protect the cars, there were sections of the garage door being depressed inward with each large gust of wind.
It was breaking apart the drywall ceiling in the garage into sections along the edges of the drywall with each gust. The sound was the drywall ceiling lifting and falling as the unbraced segments of the garage door pressed inward. If we had not braced the aged door with our cars, it was likely the thing would have collapsed. We replaced it after the storm with a rated door.
I rest my case. Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad you brought up tornadoes. Haven’t heard the threat level yet for twisters with this storm system.