Incredible. The nonstop thunder and lightning, the wind noise, the size of that beast.
I lived through one big one in Chesterfield, MO around 1967 or 68. We were huddled in the basement under mattresses. It skipped over our neighborhood and demolished the one to the west of us and one to the east of us. Nothing was harmed on our property.
Then, of all things, we had one in the 90s in our San Francisco Peninsula town! It wasn’t big by midwest standards, but it demolished some sheds, tore down the high school tennis court fencing, ripped off some roofing. It went right over us (again!) and hit across the street a couple doors down from us.
You can see in the video how they form, get big, touch down, break up and pull up into the sky, the reform and repeat.
Interesting, the only Chesterfield located in MO was incorporated in 1988. Musta' been a helluva long lasting storm.
My 16-year-old granddaughter was home alone this morning after her parents and brother had already left for work and school. There was no indication that there were tornadoes in the area. Five minutes before she was ready to walk up the street to wait for her school bus the tornado sirens went off. She was a little hysterical but fortunately they stopped before she left the house. This was in Ballwin. Tonight the sirens went off again but thankfully no tornado near them. We are in the danger zone down here in Texas later tonight.