>> Severe weather kills 19 in Georgia and Mississippi; death toll could rise
According to KSLA, Rickey Williams and his mother, Charlesletta, of Smithland, Texas, said their perilous ride began that evening after they watched a weather report about a possible tornado in the area.
"I don't know what it was is, but it started, 'Woo woo, woo,'" Charlesletta told KSLA.
>> Watch the interview with KSLA here
"The whole house started shaking," Williams told KSLA. "I heard, like, a 'poof,' and I knew the roof came off."
Moments later, when they came down, it "felt like someone placed us on the ground," Williams told KSLA.
ON KSLA NEWS 12 AT 6: A 75-year-old's bathtub ride to survival during ETX tornado https://t.co/3BbYDwI3nG pic.twitter.com/mbXlCaFAZJ
— KSLA News 12 (@KSLA) January 24, 2017
About the Author