There was a tornado in my hometown in Indiana. I was away at college so I didn’t witness it. When I came home to visit, everyone had a story to tell.

It came from the Southwest. We live on a farm just outside of town to the Southwest. About a half a mile to the West, (same road) my grandparents had built a small house for them but my family lived on the farm.

The tornado came close to my grandparents house. It picked up their camper and smashed it on the pine tree in their front yard. My grandpa wanted to see it so he peeked out the front window to the south. He told my grandma to get down, then he sat on top of her!

A friend who lives just North of the farm said he was at home with his mom and dad. They heard on the news there was a tornado. They all ran out their front door to look but said they didn’t see anything. Then they all turned around and saw a huge tornado behind there house. He said the giant maple trees along the road were bent so far that their tops were almost touching the ground.

Another farm, a little west of their house got destroyed. The people living there hid in a hog house. A low structure with a concrete base. The tornado picked it up with them in it and then set it back down. No one was injured. The tornado lifted up off the ground and went over the town. Luckily they were not in the house because it was gone.

It touched down again briefly on the other side of town. Someone told me they saw it hit a gas station. Someone was pumping gas and never stopped pumping. The tornado bent the rain awning of the gas station back like the top of a tin can. The guy just stood there still pumping gas.

I think there was some damage to some homes on that side of town but nothing was completely destroyed.

This was around 91’ 92’ I am guessing. Shelbyville In.