This storm packed one heck of a powerful punch - at least in terms of the powerful people who had to hide from it.

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and former Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair were attending the ceremony at Little Rock's Central High School when the storm struck Thursday night in Arkansas forcing all three former world leaders to take shelter together in a basement of the school as tornado sirens blared.

The trio of still-influential former politicians were attending a graduation ceremony for the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program.

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Where's Auntie Em? Bill Clinton and Tony Blair waste no time heading for the door as everyone at a graduation ceremony in Little Rock is told to evacuate due to a potential tornado

All attendees were moved to the lower level of the high school, but a spokesman for Clinton says the three leaders also took shelter away from the crowd.

The powerful thunderstorm downed trees and power lines throughout Little Rock, but no major damage or injuries were reported.

Once the storm passed, the leaders went to the Clinton Presidential Center for a dinner with the presidential scholars.

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair was one of three very important evacuees during the Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation on Thursday Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock

Speaking Friday, Blair said it was a memorable start to his first visit to Little Rock.

'Your weather is interesting,' he said, eliciting big laughs during a lecture at Clinton's presidential library.

Head that way, everyone! Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation on Thursday but he had to wait until a storm passed before he could speak

Former leaders Clinton and Bush seem like old pals, and perhaps they reminisced about their time in the Oval Office as they hunkered down in the basement

He added that he was asked Thursday if he'd ever experienced a tornado in England.

'We have the odd gust of wind, but that was quite something last night,' he said.

'Folks, I think we are experiencing a very serious storm,' the host of the event said in the middle of his speech to introduce one of the former leaders. 'We need to clear the auditorium. But, folks, good luck... and god speed,' he said to chuckles from the crowd.

Then Clinton, Bush, and Blair were ushered away as the crowd were on their own.

Blair, the least familiar tornadoes, was the first on his feet.

Former President George W. Bush doesn't seem too fazed by the tornado warnings that send him and Clinton and Blair to the lower level of a school