Major T-Storms
Apr. 10th, 2008 03:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fantastic_jackieSo I woke up about half an hour ago to an extremely terrified pup nudging, begging me to please hold onto her tighter (as she'd already wormed her way onto my pillow!) and protect her from the storm outside. Well, even assuming she hadn't woken me up, I would have woken up anyway. Seem's we missed the boat:
AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE ..AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
See, what worried me was that the wind outside was extremely powerful, and just when I didn't think it'd get any faster, it would. Faster and faster. The lightning flickered without ceasing illuminating the greenish sky ("Yay. We're gonna get hail."), and cracks of thunder that caused the shivering teeny lump beside me to whimper and jump. (Poor pup. She's terrified of thunder and lightning.) Then the hail started. The scary part though was that the wind was inconsistant. Though it was a constant, its direction varied: "Oh, snap, Jacks. This thing could produce tornadoes! Probably has already!" Our city, unlike most in Texas, does not have a tornado warning siren system. So I grabbed Ace.
Who promptly decided that he really needed to update. So 15 minutes later, I found the above warning, thinking, "Hmm. 70 mph. in excess of. I see. - oh. Yeah, I can see why they said that about the windows. "
In the meanwhile of Ace's timely updates, my mom came down the hallway spreading the news tiredly that they weren't sure about our city yet, but that there was a tornado sighting in Grapevine, which is surprisingly not so so far away from us. I doubt it would reach us, (though it's not impossible) but we should have had about the same conditions.
Anyway, above warning expired at 4 am; it's gently raining outside now with the occasional rumble of thunder. But talk about a storm! Man! That one scared even me! XD
I'm goin' back to sleep with my shiverin' little lump! ^^
Hope all you Noth Texan buddies are okay!!!
AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE ..AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
See, what worried me was that the wind outside was extremely powerful, and just when I didn't think it'd get any faster, it would. Faster and faster. The lightning flickered without ceasing illuminating the greenish sky ("Yay. We're gonna get hail."), and cracks of thunder that caused the shivering teeny lump beside me to whimper and jump. (Poor pup. She's terrified of thunder and lightning.) Then the hail started. The scary part though was that the wind was inconsistant. Though it was a constant, its direction varied: "Oh, snap, Jacks. This thing could produce tornadoes! Probably has already!" Our city, unlike most in Texas, does not have a tornado warning siren system. So I grabbed Ace.
Who promptly decided that he really needed to update. So 15 minutes later, I found the above warning, thinking, "Hmm. 70 mph. in excess of. I see. - oh. Yeah, I can see why they said that about the windows. "
In the meanwhile of Ace's timely updates, my mom came down the hallway spreading the news tiredly that they weren't sure about our city yet, but that there was a tornado sighting in Grapevine, which is surprisingly not so so far away from us. I doubt it would reach us, (though it's not impossible) but we should have had about the same conditions.
Anyway, above warning expired at 4 am; it's gently raining outside now with the occasional rumble of thunder. But talk about a storm! Man! That one scared even me! XD
I'm goin' back to sleep with my shiverin' little lump! ^^
Hope all you Noth Texan buddies are okay!!!
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