I am from Ringgold. My uncle, aunt, and 2 cousins passed away from this tornado. They lived on Friendship Road.. the photos you included at 5:09 are of the remains of their home. (Top right photo.) and at 5:24 center left, the first driveway with the maroon colored vehicle. It’s hard to believe it’s been over 10 years now… Rest easy, Chris, Pam, Cody, and Chelsea Black. 🙏🏼❤️
Oh my god, I am extremely sorry for your losses. I do hope you've been able to recover after this tragedy. My heart was broken reading some of the stories following the tornado and I remember stumbling across the story about your family and being in shock. My heart goes out to you Casey, may they rest easy.
I was driving up I75 when this monster crossed directly in front of me less than 1/2 mile away. I knew what I was looking at but it was still surreal as it was the first tornado I had ever seen in real life. I will never forget the roar and even more so the smell that was associated with it. Also there is no worse feeling than knowing you are watching people die and are helpless to do anything about it.
I lived in ringgold on Cherokee valley road I will never ever forget this day. Our house was completely flattened the power behind these storms was incredible that day
Cherokee Vally Rd looked like a bunch of fighter jets had just zeroed in. Some houses not touched but others, Gone. I remember Gone being the most used word that night.
My dad and I just missed the tornado that morning that hit Cleveland, Tn by a few hundred yards. I live in Chatsworth, Ga and we kept dodging bullets that day, but in 2020 our luck ran out and an F2 and briefly an F3 came with in 1/2 of my house. I was watching news and the last thing WRCB said was it looks like the threat has passed, then power went out and could hear the roar. I had my kids in the basement and knew it had touched down. It wasn't super strong, but it hit the worst possible place, a trailer park. 8 people died and it was awful.
@@arizona7979 That one just missed us, but we had friends who had everything destroyed. We have a basement and let our neighbors come up with an unlocked door on storm days.
I live in Tuscaloosa. I was 7 at the time and I remember waking up at 5am to us in a tornado warning during the morning storms. I know it’s 8am but it’s still kind of creepy
I passed through Ringgold a few weeks after the tornado and everything was completely unrecognizable. Trees were snapped, lots of buildings had bad damage like broken out windows and one building was completely flattened. That and Mayfield are the worst disaster aftermaths I’ve ever seen.
The same tornado traveled through cleveland and into polk county through our property and destroyed huge oak trees. We were without power fir several days. They estimated the wind speed at 175 mph. I heard it crossing the Hiwassee river while on my back deck and got to the basement. It tore through here like a bulldozer.
i remember at some point during the 27th-28th the camp creek/horse creek tornado of greene county tennessee passed right by my house, our road was next to the nolichucky river and thank god the tornado stayed on the road but destroyed the trailer behind it, i was probably a little over a month old and my mom recorded some of it and showed it too me, would’ve been very scary if i was awake but i was asleep, yep i slept through a ef3 tornado
@@arizona7979 Oh ok thanks. It would make sense that it would begin to occlude because it was nearing the end of its life. The tornado dissipated at 7:55 EDT in Georgia. It also think that the tornado was producing its final swath of EF5 damage.
They Def aren't ever since new scale there's few tornados should been ef5 but notice the ef4s winds are always 195 or 190 just short of ef5. Like come on gonna tell me these winds never hit over 200mph but are sweeping houses off foundations. Here's my theory the govnt is so corrupt that they don't want to pay out cuz tornados insurance companies and fema gives aid according to the rating so if it's a ef5 they have cover 100%. Or they try to avoid panic. Look at Mayfield ur not telling me that thing didn't hit over 200mph especially the size and sound and damage it did I THINK these little towns THAT get hit they are robbing them out of it unlike joplin and moore they can't hide that they are major towns and was alot of cameras amd evidence of it unlike little towns where less chasers and ppl and Mayfield hit at Night so be perfect way to downplay it as no one really saw it. Also for example 2020 Newnan GA had big one come in at night and was s ef4 but nobody has it on video and look at damage it did plus sound of it all the velocities and readings are there and still don't give it what should everything about Mayfield was on paper that proved should been a ef5
I think OP may be right. I've seen damage that should be rated higher. I've seen damage analysis videos where well built homes were swept clean from foundations, anchor bolts snapped off, trees debated, yet only gets an ef4 rating. The El Reno tornado in May 2013 only has an ef3 rating, because it didnt hit much in the way of structures. Clearly it was an ef5, that thing was a monster. Just check out the damage to the Twistex team's car. My guess is that there is an increase in very violent tornados and maybe they don't want to freak people out.
My guess is FEMA has something to so with it considering how involved engineers have become in the ef scale I believe this is due to disaster relief funds allocation but this is purely speculation
I am from Ringgold. My uncle, aunt, and 2 cousins passed away from this tornado. They lived on Friendship Road.. the photos you included at 5:09 are of the remains of their home. (Top right photo.) and at 5:24 center left, the first driveway with the maroon colored vehicle. It’s hard to believe it’s been over 10 years now… Rest easy, Chris, Pam, Cody, and Chelsea Black. 🙏🏼❤️
Oh my god, I am extremely sorry for your losses. I do hope you've been able to recover after this tragedy. My heart was broken reading some of the stories following the tornado and I remember stumbling across the story about your family and being in shock. My heart goes out to you Casey, may they rest easy.
I also lived on Cherokee valley road it’s Brandon dockery. Our house was completely flattened as well
I’m really sorry for your loss I also knew Chelsea, and Tex as well it’s a day I’ll never ever forget
I hope they had a great life dude and I hope their having a great afterlife
I was driving up I75 when this monster crossed directly in front of me less than 1/2 mile away. I knew what I was looking at but it was still surreal as it was the first tornado I had ever seen in real life. I will never forget the roar and even more so the smell that was associated with it. Also there is no worse feeling than knowing you are watching people die and are helpless to do anything about it.
Glad you survived this beast stay strong in recent times
I lived in ringgold on Cherokee valley road I will never ever forget this day. Our house was completely flattened the power behind these storms was incredible that day
Cherokee Vally Rd looked like a bunch of fighter jets had just zeroed in. Some houses not touched but others, Gone. I remember Gone being the most used word that night.
Yeah ours was straight slabbed pretty much
12 years later, and it still blows me away that this happened. Such a rare event for the Chattanooga area.
My dad and I just missed the tornado that morning that hit Cleveland, Tn by a few hundred yards. I live in Chatsworth, Ga and we kept dodging bullets that day, but in 2020 our luck ran out and an F2 and briefly an F3 came with in 1/2 of my house. I was watching news and the last thing WRCB said was it looks like the threat has passed, then power went out and could hear the roar. I had my kids in the basement and knew it had touched down. It wasn't super strong, but it hit the worst possible place, a trailer park. 8 people died and it was awful.
Glad you guys were safe in the end, sounds pretty horrible what you guys have had to go through over the years.
@@arizona7979 That one just missed us, but we had friends who had everything destroyed. We have a basement and let our neighbors come up with an unlocked door on storm days.
Worst thing is a tornado at night but dam at 8am in morning imagine waking up to that
I live in Tuscaloosa. I was 7 at the time and I remember waking up at 5am to us in a tornado warning during the morning storms. I know it’s 8am but it’s still kind of creepy
And it wasn’t AM it was pm he has that wrong we were hit by this tornado on Cherokee valley road lol I can promise you it was PM
@@iiDOCKERYyes it was pm,still can't watch the videos🥹I get so upset and cry, still gives me chills to this day🙏🫶✌️
I passed through Ringgold a few weeks after the tornado and everything was completely unrecognizable. Trees were snapped, lots of buildings had bad damage like broken out windows and one building was completely flattened. That and Mayfield are the worst disaster aftermaths I’ve ever seen.
The same tornado traveled through cleveland and into polk county through our property and destroyed huge oak trees. We were without power fir several days. They estimated the wind speed at 175 mph. I heard it crossing the Hiwassee river while on my back deck and got to the basement. It tore through here like a bulldozer.
i remember at some point during the 27th-28th the camp creek/horse creek tornado of greene county tennessee passed right by my house, our road was next to the nolichucky river and thank god the tornado stayed on the road but destroyed the trailer behind it, i was probably a little over a month old and my mom recorded some of it and showed it too me, would’ve been very scary if i was awake but i was asleep, yep i slept through a ef3 tornado
The eerie background music makes this all the more terrifying....
Just by looking at Google maps, you can still see some of the path that the tornado took that night
NOTE: The section where Rainsville "occludes" is incorrect, and that is an error on my behalf.
What should it have been?
@@leofrancoeur1417 That's when it was inflicting EF5 damage, but I made it late at night so my brain was fogged.
@@arizona7979 Oh ok thanks. It would make sense that it would begin to occlude because it was nearing the end of its life. The tornado dissipated at 7:55 EDT in Georgia. It also think that the tornado was producing its final swath of EF5 damage.
@@arizona7979 Another question, what is the name of the song at 1:43 ?
@@leofrancoeur1417 Trepidation by Kevin MacLeod
I remember this it destroyed my school and my bday was the 22nd of April and my nanny crashed her car the day after
unlucky
Very nice job
Great video! Where did you get the music by the way?
Most of this music is the OST from the Historical Drama Series based on Chernobyl.
I don't think they're telling us the truth on the wind speeds of these tornadoes nowadays.
They Def aren't ever since new scale there's few tornados should been ef5 but notice the ef4s winds are always 195 or 190 just short of ef5. Like come on gonna tell me these winds never hit over 200mph but are sweeping houses off foundations. Here's my theory the govnt is so corrupt that they don't want to pay out cuz tornados insurance companies and fema gives aid according to the rating so if it's a ef5 they have cover 100%. Or they try to avoid panic. Look at Mayfield ur not telling me that thing didn't hit over 200mph especially the size and sound and damage it did I THINK these little towns THAT get hit they are robbing them out of it unlike joplin and moore they can't hide that they are major towns and was alot of cameras amd evidence of it unlike little towns where less chasers and ppl and Mayfield hit at Night so be perfect way to downplay it as no one really saw it. Also for example 2020 Newnan GA had big one come in at night and was s ef4 but nobody has it on video and look at damage it did plus sound of it all the velocities and readings are there and still don't give it what should everything about Mayfield was on paper that proved should been a ef5
Why would they lie?
@@burningstrawman2589 he’s a conspiracy theorists.
I think OP may be right. I've seen damage that should be rated higher. I've seen damage analysis videos where well built homes were swept clean from foundations, anchor bolts snapped off, trees debated, yet only gets an ef4 rating. The El Reno tornado in May 2013 only has an ef3 rating, because it didnt hit much in the way of structures. Clearly it was an ef5, that thing was a monster. Just check out the damage to the Twistex team's car. My guess is that there is an increase in very violent tornados and maybe they don't want to freak people out.
My guess is FEMA has something to so with it considering how involved engineers have become in the ef scale I believe this is due to disaster relief funds allocation but this is purely speculation
National weather service needs to be more specific on what separates an ef4 from an ef5….
They already are. 4 completely destroys, a 5 wipes it clean…
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