Updated Feb. 26, 2026, 9:48 a.m. CT
When 130-mile-per-hour winds tore through Blanchard on the evening of April 19, 2023, Jacob Woodard’s pregnant wife, Mallory, and their daughter hunkered down in a bathroom in their house as a tornado ripped the roof completely off it. Rain poured through the exposed rafters, soaking virtually everything inside. Insulation blew through the house like confetti. The walls buckled and ridge beams failed.
Jacob Woodard arrived home moments after the storm to see his family was unscathed, but the house was far from it.