Jasmine Parrott, who has lived in Mayfield her entire life, said she hid in her bathtub during the tornado, but the force of the storm hurled her out of her home and into the woods, WPSD-TV reported.
“I closed the door, and I pretty much like got down and covered my head,” Parrott told the television station. “I thought I was going to die. Like, I really don’t know how I made it out.”
The tornado that struck the city of Mayfield smashed into a candle manufacturing factory that was operating when the storm hit, WLKY-TV and CNN reported. There were 110 people in the building when it collapsed due to the storm, according to the television station. Gov. Andy Beshear said 40 of the 110 people in the factory have been saved, but was pessimistic about the fate of others who were working there.
“I’m not sure that we’re gonna see another rescue,” Beshear told CNN. “I pray for it.”
While the factory was reduced to rubble, Parrott remained crouched in her bathtub.
She said she did not remember exactly all of the details when the tornado hit her western Kentucky apartment, but some remained vivid. Parrott said she woke up in the woods, still in her tub, according to WPSD. Her vehicle was resting in what was once her living room.
“I just kept rolling, like my body wouldn’t stop. And it finally stopped, my clothes were ripped up, I had blood everywhere,” Parrott told the television station. “I didn’t know that I was bleeding until I got to my neighbors.
“I guess my head was busted open, my leg, my ankle, my bone, I could see it. It was just crazy. I don’t know. I just keep thanking God.”
Despite her injuries, Parrott said helping her community recover is her most important goal.
“I’m just praying for all the people that lost someone, because I could have been one of those people,” Parrott told WPSD.
Kentucky tornadoes A resident surveys the damage from a tornado that hit downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday night. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes Emergency response workers dig through the rubble of the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes A woman walks away from a row of ambulances on the property of Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado. (John Amis/AFP via Getty Images)
Kentucky tornadoes A feed store in Mayfield, Kentucky was severely damaged by a tornado Friday night. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press)
Kentucky tornadoes: artin Bolton, left, and shop owner Danny Wagner try to shut off a leaking gas meter after his automobile repair shop was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky. (John Amis/Agence France Presse/AFP via Getty Images)
Kentucky tornadoes (Dylan T. Lovan/Associated Press)
Kentucky tornadoes: Debris is scattered near a damaged feed store in Mayfield, Kentucky. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press)
Kentucky tornadoes A car sits under a house destroyed by a tornado in Campbellsville, Kentucky. (Michael Clubb/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes Workers survey damage done by a tornado that traveled through Campbellsville, Kentucky. (Michael Clubb/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes Several homes were reduced to rubble after a tornado hit Mayfield, Kentucky. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes Workers survey the rubble at a Family Dollar store in Mayfield, Kentucky, after Friday night's tornado. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes A resident surveys the damages after a tornado struck Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Friday. (Gunnar Word/AFP via Getty Images)
Kentucky tornadoes Rescue workers dig through the rubble at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes A woman in Bowling Green, Kentucky, looks at the damage in the aftermath of a tornado that roared through the western part of the state Friday night. (Gunnar Word/AFP via Getty Images)
Kentucky tornadoes Residents in Bowling Green, Kentucky, assess the damage after Friday night's tornado. (Gunnar Word/AFP via Getty Images)
Kentucky tornadoes Cars and homes were damaged in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday night. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes: People walk past the debris of a home flattened by Friday's tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )
Kentucky tornadoes: People carry out boxes from a destroyed building after Friday's tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky. (Mark Humphrey/Associated Press )