RE: Never explored this area before...
Well we get Tornados but usually not in the middle of winter. I was in one about 5 years ago. My dad and i were coming home from a marina because he was doing some welding. The storms were getting really really nasty and my mom called me and told me that there were tornadoes all over the state and one touched down about 15 miles from where i live. We were on a small highway when the rain came down so hard we couldn't see. Then the rain started swirling around the truck. By this time i knew there was a tornado close. It picked up the truck, spun it 360 degrees and set us back down facing the same way we started out facing. We then drove home. The next morning we saw a major route was closed because all of the electrical poles had been ripped down and a couple buldings had been destroyed. It was scary.