I live in the Midwest so the surrounding area gets hit by twisters a helluva lot. I've never seen one up close but I've seen green skies plenty of times (a precursor to a tornado) and a couple of years ago when a town close by got hit with a tornado, I witnessed incredibly high wind speeds. The wind is loud af so I can imagine it sounding like a train in an actual tornado.

One came REALLY close, my mom's car was lifted by it on the way to a job she had at the time. THANK GOD she got out of there. I think they mean how loud it is, not actual train like sound.

Columbus Georgia a few years back. I was huddled in a motel stairway. Kinda scary but never heard the train.

Edmonton had one back in the mid 80's. Saw it from far off.. thankfully

My old foster father was near one when it hit and he said it does sound like a train.

I watched one about a quarter mile away

Maybe you've just never seen a trainado

very close call a few times...and yes it sounds terrible..

Nope, & hope never.

Have seen 3 with my eyes and another one went over the house & sounded like a train a few years ago...I was hiding in the hall linen closet

When I went to school in Georgia I once saw one off in the distance on the freeway when I was returning from a visit to another city. The sky was completely dark and I could see the funnel along the horizon. We were lucky it was headed away from the direction we were going. I could only hear wind, though. 😳