June 3rd 1980 Grand Island, Nebraska had some crazy tornado's I believe 7 hit in the same night came from the wrong direction and rotating opposite in some cases. I was in second grade hiding in the basement with my family. Still remember the sounds of our house being destroyed. The whole phrase "looks like a war zone " sums it up. Tornado's are something to take serious hail will dent your car a tornado will crumple it like a can and drop it in the next county.
Oh I am not disputing that tornadoes do much much more damage and are catastrophic. My point there was that hail comes down over just about the entire city, while the odds of a tornado hitting your house or car in particular are not very high. You are very unlikely to get damaged by the tornado, very unlikely, however if it's hailing, you've very very likely to take damage from that.
Now if you do happen to get hit by the tornado, well, that's a different story entirely, and one that it sounds like you know. I'm glad you guys made it out ok.
