Monte Sano was struck by storms that ripped through Huntsville Tuesday night, leaving one family with multiple trees toppled onto their house. The family narrowly escaped with their lives.

Jack Jordan, a building repair contractor who lives on Monte Sano, told AL.com he took in the family after the storm devastated their home. At least six tornadoes have been confirmed for Tuesday night by the National Weather Service.

“It hit—bam—like that, crushed it like a pancake,” Jordan said. “If it hit one more inch one way or the other in that house, (they would) all be dead. That‘s how close that was.”

An AL.com reporter visited the house at the intersection of Monte Sano Boulevard and Hutchens Avenue but the family declined to comment, citing their ongoing traumatic experience and loss.

“The whole house got hit and they came to stay with us,” Jordan said. “We got the baby down the street with us, brought their family and their dogs and everything. They couldn’t get in the house. It was crushed. The whole house was crushed. Five trees on it.”

The city was very responsive, he said. The fire department came to see if anyone was trapped inside the house.

“They came looked at it and I said no, they’re OK,” Jordan said

Shirley Looser, who lives next door, described the sound during the storm: “It sounds like rocks pounding against the house.”

Jordan on Wednesday afternoon was in downtown Huntsville to charge his phone.

“I had no power, powerless. No power; Some parts of it it‘s pretty rough. I mean there’s power lines down and everything,” he said.

Jerome Davenport, who was helping his father clear the yard in Monte Sano, said, “there’s a bunch of big trees, a bunch of big old straight, tall, normal living healthy trees…massive trees just tipped over.”