2020 Aug 14, Twister in Arkansas

Last night, I was watching Twister with Helen Hunt when I recalled visiting a museum that simulated a tornado, but I could not remember where. So, my husband and I searched the internet for museums that simulate tornadoes. 

I take pictures everywhere we go, and when we finally remember where the museum was, I go into my photo file and find them. 

Hubby and I love to travel and visit museums. It is sad right now because most museums are closed due to COVID-19.

The Museum of Discovery's Tornado Alley Theater offers a riveting 7-minute experience for museum visitors, allowing them to relive the tornado that devastated the Governor's Mansion district area in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, in January 1999.

Here, we heard stories of people who survived the storm while watching television footage of the event on channel THV 11 that fateful day.

We could feel the rumble and roar as the simulated tornado passed in the Tornado Alley theater, sponsored by All Clean USA Restoration Services. 

You can stand inside this simulation. 

Tornado Information for Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock, AR, is a Very High-Risk area for tornadoes. According to records, the largest tornado in the Little Rock area was an F4 in 2014 that caused 193 injuries and 16 deaths. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occurred within 30 miles of the location.