Then it started to hail like crazy, basically sounded like popcorn popping very loudly outside, causing me to get very concern. The winds whipped up even stronger, trying to throw my mother into the laundry room and take shelter from the storm. (Since the laundry room is the only room without windows.) At the time, we was currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the system, but I can swear on my life that was a Tornado. I've been through many tornadoes in my entire life and I can tell by how the wind pattern looked like a side of a whirlpool on the ground. Also, I'm learned many things from meteorologist and the radar's wind sheer had noticeable features of rotation being involved inside of the storm during the time. Along with the major shift in winds, once the "tornado" passed the house and continued to blow harsh against the house.
After the storm passed, we took some pictures of the damage on the house and around the neighborhood. If you would like to see, here you go:
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[/spoiler]We went around and seen multiple areas hit harsh with the thunderstorm. Many of them had down trees, power-lines, and even a few areas had homes off of their foundation from the storm. Also, we drove into town and most of the stores/fast-food/businesses was without power, really no need of driving to McDonalds of grabbing something to eat. We was lucky to have power, because most of the country is currently out of power, because the storm hit many of the main-lines in the town. So, at least I can reap the benefits of having power and not having my house blown off of it's foundation.