“I was driving to Iowa and saw all the cars coming toward us on I-29 had pulled over. We looked back and saw a tornado touching down.”

— Polli Kenn, librarian, Lawrence

“In Wichita, there was a tornado warning and we went down to the basement, and when we came up, it looked like it had snowed from all the hail.”

— Nathan Zehr, student, Denver

“Maybe a snowstorm in Lake Tahoe. I think it was in 1976.”

— Cliff Tisdale, retired, Lawrence

“Back when I was in Boy Scouts, I was camping, and the storm basically lit up the sky. It started to flood our tent.”

— Devin Schneider, student, Lawrence