Leona Urquhart lived on Melrose Court, just two blocks north of Ravina Park Road which took a direct hit from the storm.
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âIt was horrible,â Leona Urquhart said of the tornado that hit on April 19, 1996.
Urquhart lived on Melrose Court, just two blocks north of Ravina Park Road which took a direct hit from the storm.
Urquhart came away from the experience with renewed appreciation for advance warnings that a storm is on its way. That advance warning led Urquhart to convince her mother, who lived in Wilder Haven trailer park at Mound and Greenswitch roads, to take shelter at her home, which they were convinced would be the safest option.
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