Umbrella Goes Flying as Damaging Storm Sweeps Through Rock Hill

Large hailstones and strong winds hit Rock Hill, South Carolina, as a severe thunderstorm swept through the area on Saturday, April 20.

Footage filmed by Christopher Mazza shows the severe storm causing damage around his home in the city on Saturday.

The National Weather Service said it was sending a crew on Monday to assess whether or not the storm was tornadic, local media reported. Credit: Christopher Mazza via Storyful

Video transcript

- Great. Oh, there goes the umbrella! Oh, fuck!

- Oh, no! Oh, no!

- I closed it.

- Oh, no!

- Oh! Oh, shit!

[DOOR SLAM SHUT]

[GLASS SHATTER]

- Steven, you can't go out there. You can't go out there. It's a tornado. I'm not kidding.

- Holy shit! The fucking doors are gonna blow open.

- Jesus Christ!

- Where's Pumba?

- I don't know.

- Oh my god.

- Is the alarm [INAUDIBLE]?

- [INAUDIBLE] on the wall.

- I think-- I don't know what that is, dude. Yeah, it flew off the wall.

- [INAUDIBLE]

Pumba!

- Yeah, we're right underneath the tornado. God damn, it broke the fucking door. Look at that. Oh, fuck! Oh, my God! Look at the backyard! It's covered in hail!

- Holy shit, dude! Look at the fucking backyard.

[LAUGHTER]

Look at the pool!

- Oh my god!

[LAUGHTER]

- Happy birthday, mom! I love you! Oh, there goes the trees!

[SCREAM]

Oh, shit! Look at the fucking trees are rockin'! Yeah, right! Happy birthday, mom! We cleaned up the backyard for ya!

- [INAUDIBLE] oh my god!

- All the fence is gone! Hey, I know a guy that can repair that. Holy shit! Holy fuck! Look at the fucking fences! God, are you kidding me? Woo! Holy fuck! Holy shit!

- Look at the pool!

- The pool! Look at the fence! Oh, shit! Oh, here it comes! Here it comes!

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

Party at the Mazza's!

- Cody, shut the door!

- No! Holy fuck! Are you fucking kidding me?

- Yeah, Shut that! Shut that!

- Watch out! Watch out! Watch out! Oh, there goes Steven's car! Oh, no! Oh my God. Yo, look at the damage to the house! Yo, the roof is going to come down.

Oh, look at the neighbor's car in the street. Look at the street! The street is a river! Oh my God! It was a beautiful day! Look at the size! Oh, your back windshield is gone. Your back windshield is gone.

- Oh, my back windshield?

- Yeah. Holy shit! Oh my God! The fucking roof is coming down. It's not going to cave in. It's fine. Holy shit. Hey! Jesus Christ!

- Oh my god! Look at the street, babe! Look at the house.

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

- Honey, our window's busted!

- Oh, no way! Oh, yeah! Yeah! Oh, Chuck's house is gone, bad! Yeah, Chuck's house is gone, bad. Look at this street! It's a fucking river. Oh my God, a tree came down on the road down there. Holy shit! Why are you driving? Go home!

- Be careful!

[LAUGHTER]

Oh, my windshield's cracked. Oh, dad has gotta be freaking out right now. Holy shit, bro. Look at this shit! Look at the street! Oh my God.

- Fuck!

- Oh my god, you can't even see the street. Insurance will take care of it, babe.

- Insurance will take care of it. Fuck! Holy shit! Has anybody talked to mom and dad, or-- oh, the garage door fuckin' windows are smashed out.

- Fuck! I just mowed the grass.

- (LAUGHING) I just mowed the grass. Oh. Babe, your car is the most-- least damaged.

- Chuck!

- I know, I saw.

- They're not even home.

- No, I think my windshield busted because my car looks all foggy inside.

- I don't know. I don't see anything.

- It's so foggy in there, I think it's busted.

- Oh, shit. What the fuck?

- Look at his fucking house. Oh my God. We were underneath the tornado. Hey, look at the blue skies over there. That looks nice.

- That's the worst part of it.

- Look at the--

- There's their chair. Their chairs' right over there.

- Yeah. This is eerie. Did anybody--

- Our fence is gone.

- That's all right. I know a guy that can fix the fence.

- What, the fence fell over?

- Yeah, the full fence is gone.