"Tornadoes that can suck up pavement are a rare breed"

The most violent tornado of the outbreak: the 210-mph Hackleburg tornado

The most violent and longest-lived tornado of the great April 26 - 28, 2011 outbreak was the Hackleburg tornado. This tornado initially touched down in Northwest Alabama near the Mississippi border, then roared to the northeast for 132.1 miles into Tennessee, causing EF-5 damage at many locations along its path. The most significant damage occurred in the town of Phil Campbell, wind in excess of 200 mph sucked up a 25-foot section of pavement and scattered it up to 1/3 mile away. Tornadoes that can suck up pavement are a rare breed, earning this twister its EF-5 rating. The tornado intensified even further as it hit the town of Oak Grove, where winds estimated at 210 mph over a swath more than one mile wide completely destroyed many buildings, tossed a Corvette 641 feet, and tossed another large car so far that it has not yet been found.

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pavement off the road for a half a mile, all trees, brush, grass, fences, just bare ground left. It also peeled the skin off of cows, and demolished to the ground a solidrock walled house. It was in the country, so not much said about it outside the local area of Texas. But it was awful. More details of injury to humans, but too graphic to describe here.

I was working construction at a job site in West Austin that day.

Scary ass shit.

Saw the smaller one hit Cedar Park. (we were working on a good sized hill at the time. had a good view of everything).

They cut us loose and I had to drive home in 50 mile an hour winds through windy roads. Just missed getting creamed by a few trees.

By the time I finally got home and switched on the news, the story of Jarrell came one.

Not only sucked the pavement off the roads, but sucked the hides off of cows and the concrete foundations off the ground.

Several people were never found. :(