INDEPENDENCE, Mo. --The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes on Tuesday, June 3, including an EF-1 in Independence with winds up to 100 miles per hour.

The path of that tornado started near Truman Road and MO-291 in Independence and continued on for more than 3 miles. There were no injuries, but one man was lucky to have escaped unharmed.

Paul Chastain estimates he was around six to eight inches away from a very different story.

For Chastain lately, it's certainly been pouring. His wife is in the hospital, he's living in a hotel after pipes burst in a neighbor's apartment, sending water gushing into his apartment.

Then Tuesday afternoon, life came crashing down on top of him. He'd driven to his son's home on Ellison Way in Independence to pick up a package.

"So I got my pa

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