Event narrative (NOAA)
The tornado started on Kenmore Street just north of West Miller Road where part of a Sears Facility warehouse was heavily damaged. A wide section of the metal roof was peeled off and subsequently the adjacent metal walls were also torn away. Some of the interior support columns and beams were bent, causing another part of the roof to collapse. In addition, an empty 18 wheeler was tipped over and a van was also on its side. The tornado then struck a newly built warehouse to the east of this facility where nearly the entire building collapsed. The interior support columns were bent to the ground in this facility as the pre-case concrete tilt-up walls collapsed to the east. The damage to these two facilities indicated high end EF-2 damage with winds of 135 mph. Damage from the second warehous
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.