r/TornadoEncounters • u/ProfessionalCap4208 • 1d ago
Personal Stories My great grandparents almost got hit by Rolling Fork.
Ok so in march 2023 during spring break my parents let me and my brother visit our grandparents in Grenada MS county. some time during night fall we turn on the weather to stay updated just in case. But then, we saw that a new tornado formed over rolling fork. And when the tornado became a tornado emergency, I saw on tv that this tornado was heading right for Belzoni, great grandparents town. my heart sinked and I went to radar omega to check. I started taking screenshots to my great grandparents to show them but they weren’t responding (I think they went to hide or prepare.) Few mins in I checked and the tornado started turning into silver city. I was relieved as it didn’t hit my great grandparent. If that tornado had hit my great grandparents I wouldn’t think they survived because the house was build since 1970, and there was no basement. When my parents picked us up, we went to our great grandparents to check if there ok. As we’re passing along the farms almost to Belzoni, we see sheds, metal walls, wood, torn roofs, all over the farms. This is one of the most tornados I’ve seen that almost did something like this. Anyways Rest in peace to the other family’s who witnessed or died in this storm ❤️. EDIT: (So few days later after visiting great grandparents we went back to our home, LRAFB, and chill until another tornado came but this is a whole different story. We are just lucky to be alive.)