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Weir, along a stretch of orange gravel called white road. its where three young girls died. just up the road from nyla lived the jobe family and their three children, but two daughters didnt survive. 14-year-old brittany and 9-year-old tyann. as the tornado approached, the jobe family ran out of their house, they wanted to get in their car so they could race away, but as they got here, the winds had picked up the car and thrown it beyond the house over here. they ran back inside, the father grab...

>> nowhere did the mississippi tornado inflict more town than in the small town of weir along a small stretch of orange gravel where three young girls died. just up the family from nyla lived the jobe family and their three children, but two daughters didnt survive. 14-year-old brittany and 9-year-old tyann. as the tornado approached, the jobe family ran out of their house, they wanted to get in their car so they could race away, but the winds had picked up the car and thrown it beyond the house...

Did this morning. she drew it and she said, this is her and tyann. >> this is the girl who drew and it shes crying? >> yes, and she said, i will miss tyann so bad. >> pretty powerful stuff. >> every year in this classroom i tell them, were family, and we lost a family member. >> reporter: the last project tyann jobe finished at school was watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, a poignant final lesson. >> we have, you know, lost one of our friends. i think today will be a special thing to ...

Say, i love you the too. >> reporter: thats glen beard, the principal of the school where the jobe sisters were described as vivacious and popular. all five of the jobe children go to school here at the weir instantaneous school. tyanns chair will sit empty the rest of the squoo chool year. >> that was the first thing we did this morning. she drew it and she said, this is her and tyann. >> this is the girl who drew and it shes crying? >> yes, and she said, i will miss tyann so bad. >> pretty pow...

9-year-old tyann. as the tornado approached, the jobe family ran out of their house, they wanted to get in their car so they could race away, but the winds had picked up the car and thrown it beyond the house over here. they ran back inside, the father grabbed one girl, a brother grabbed his sister, but the power of the storm was just too much. the girls were sucked out of the house and thrown about 100 yards deep into the woods. what do you remember most about these two young sisters? >> their ...

All five of the jobe children go to school here at the weir instantaneous center. thats where people know this family best. the loss of brittany and tyann have been a painful blow. tyanns chair will sit empty the rest of the school year. >> that was the first thing we did this morning. she drew it and she said, this is her and tyann. and the heart tells how bad she felt, she missesty yann so bad. >> yes, and she said, i will miss tyann so bad. >> pretty powerful stuff. >> every year ive told the...