Tornado damage in McMinn CountyThe National Weather Service called what hit McMinn County an EF-2 tornado with winds of 130 miles per hour. More than 40 houses were damaged almost half of those houses were completely destroyed. Thankfully no fatalities. Those affected say it’s an event they’ll never forget.
“I thought it was black smoke coming I said what are the birds doing flying around it. Then I saw it was debris, I turned around took off and didn’t look back,” said Jeff Peery.
Peery lost half a house, three barns, two sheds and two silos as the EF-2 tornado ripped through parts of County Road 875. The life long cattle farmer is here to talk about it, and so are his two young kids who were on their way home from school, when it all went down.
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