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WOW, we're in a tornado alert...

March 11, 2023 02:15PM
I'm sitting on my sofa and my hearing aids start trying to blow out my ear drums. "TORNADO ALERT - TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY".....

Tornados in these parts are extremely rare. So I ran out my door to spot it.... didn't see anything hitting the ground but a huge cloud was rapidly spinning... never saw anything like that before in my life. You could tell that the winds had to be fierce. I'd estimate it was about 1 to 2 miles east of my home.... and sort of moving closer, then further, then closer again... until it moved to the south and much further east.

I never saw anything touch ground... nor have I heard of it touching down and I'm sure I would have by now had it hit. - JamesJM
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  WOW, we're in a tornado alert...

JamesJM282March 11, 2023 02:15PM

  If this winter is any indication

IowaRam133March 11, 2023 03:13PM

  Its tornado warnings you hafta worry about..

sstrams97March 11, 2023 06:07PM

  When I say I've never seen this before...

JamesJM99March 12, 2023 08:18AM

  Re: When I say I've never seen this before...

MamaRAMa85March 12, 2023 08:36AM

  Its tough to find actual photos of a wall cloud.. Attachments

sstrams126March 12, 2023 08:43AM

  Shelf and Wall clouds

IowaRam100March 12, 2023 09:19AM

  Watches and Warnings

IowaRam83March 12, 2023 09:04AM

  The one I got....

JamesJM101March 12, 2023 09:26AM

  Yeah, the lower you can get, the better..

sstrams85March 12, 2023 09:48AM

  Thats why I like having a full basement

IowaRam84March 12, 2023 10:00AM

  Wished we had one..

sstrams104March 12, 2023 10:05AM

  One funny story

IowaRam109March 12, 2023 10:22AM

  That's the way it is everywhere..

sstrams88March 12, 2023 10:51AM

  We don't have any sirens....

JamesJM93March 12, 2023 11:01AM

  The sirens are cool....

sstrams90March 12, 2023 11:22AM

  Just a few years ago....

JamesJM90March 12, 2023 11:39AM

  We have sirens arranged around the town..

sstrams107March 12, 2023 11:50AM

  Yea , ours is about the same

IowaRam79March 12, 2023 11:56AM

  I've only been surprised by it a few times..

sstrams90March 12, 2023 12:01PM

  Have you ever seen one

IowaRam78March 12, 2023 11:51AM

  We were hit with one just a few years ago.....

JamesJM85March 12, 2023 12:15PM

  Oh yes.. Attachments

sstrams90March 12, 2023 12:17PM

  Re: Thats why I like having a full basement

MamaRAMa82March 12, 2023 11:33AM

  I'd do anything for a basement..

sstrams98March 12, 2023 11:50AM

  Yea , pretty much the same as ours

IowaRam93March 12, 2023 12:04PM

  OMG basements

ferragamo7981March 12, 2023 12:08PM

  Craziest Tornado vid I've ever seen

SeattleRam83March 12, 2023 09:49AM

  grew up in Kansas City moved to Lubbock TX

ferragamo7983March 12, 2023 12:02PM

  Yeah thunder like that is nearly a daily occurrence here..

sstrams89March 12, 2023 12:19PM

  Thunder... maybe you can answer this...

JamesJM94March 12, 2023 01:01PM

  Man, I wished I knew..

sstrams89March 12, 2023 01:03PM

  It was probably just thunder

IowaRam82March 12, 2023 01:56PM

  Good grief we're getting another one....

JamesJM76March 12, 2023 01:14PM

  Mobile homes are death traps....

sstrams106March 12, 2023 01:33PM

  We can see the storm passing to the north of us....

JamesJM96March 12, 2023 02:14PM

  So when you say.....

sstrams104March 12, 2023 02:39PM

  Straight line distance.....

JamesJM80March 12, 2023 02:42PM

  Ah.. kind of what I was thinking..

sstrams91March 12, 2023 02:46PM