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trees on Highway 81 from the junction of Lake Norden corner on Highway 28 to the junction of the Hayti corner. Also, 4 double posted and 5 single posted signs were broken off and 1 single posted steel sign was bent over.

1898: In Marathon County, WI, 30 miles of farms and forest were leveled by what was likely an F5 tornado. Seventeen people were killed, including 5 people from one family. The tornado was one of five violent twisters that hit the middle and upper Mississippi Valley during a two-day outbreak on May 17-18, 1898. At least 55 people were killed across the region.

1902: 100 buildings were obliterated in Goliad, TX by an F4 (estimated) tornado. 114 people were killed.

1980: Mount Saint Helens, WA, erupted, spewing ash and smoke nearly 63,000 feet into the air. Heavy ash covered the ground as small particles were carried by the winds all the way to the Atlantic coast.

1995: Near Ethridge, TN 6 TVA high-tension electric transmission towers were destroyed by an F4 tornado and were never found. Northern Alabama was hard hit as well, especially in the Anderson Hills area near Huntsville. Anderson Hills would be hit hard again during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak.