Tornado strikes Missouri event venue during wedding rehearsal [Video]

EUREKA, Mo. – A Missouri tornado almost delayed a couple’s wedding when the EF-1 twister ripped the roof off their event venue, but in less than 48 hours, the Brookdale Farms team scrambled to make it happen as planned.

The tornado hit on Thursday evening while the rehearsal was ongoing, with about 20 people in the building at Brookdale Farms in Eureka, Missouri, just outside St. Louis.

“My wedding coordinators really jumped into action when they saw the glass garage doors starting to bow in, and they got everyone to safety in time before a portion of the roof was ripped off,” Brookdale Farms General Manager James Vavak said.

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Another building on the property also suffered significant damage during the twister.

A portion of the event venue roof came off during the tornado, and one of the back doors was …