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Post by radio on Mar 24, 2016 8:52:39 GMT -5
The Wife and I had been asleep maybe 30 minutes last night when the weather radio started blasting the tornado warning. Turned the TV to one of the local stations and saw it was a radar signature and nothing had been confirmed by the storm spotters, so wasn't terribly concerned. Kept watching the progression of the storms on radar then the warning went off again. This time radar definitely showed airborne debris which confirms a tornado, but it was a couple miles South of us and on a course to miss us.
We finally went back to bed after the threat had passed and see on the local news this morning that some trees had been uprooted, but no major damage had occurred. Pretty common occurrence here in the Missouri Ozarks this time of year
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2016 8:55:24 GMT -5
Scary!!! I don't know if I could get back to sleep.
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Post by radio on Mar 24, 2016 9:03:35 GMT -5
Scary!!! I don't know if I could get back to sleep. Thank goodness for radar and ham radio operators storm spotting! This was a narrow band of very heavy thunderstorms with hard rain, high winds and some small hail, but moved through very quickly. Most of our Meteorologists here in the Midwest are very experienced and quite good at interpreting the conditions and giving folks adequate warning in most cases. I would rather deal with tornadoes here than major earthquakes in California
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2016 9:06:56 GMT -5
We have hurricanes, Nor'Easters and twisters, but I still would take any over a major earthquake. We had a very, very mild one a few years ago. It was unnerving.
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Post by radio on Mar 24, 2016 9:15:37 GMT -5
We have hurricanes, Nor'Easters and twisters, but I still would take any over a major earthquake. We had a very, very mild one a few years ago. It was unnerving. We moved to California just ahead of the Loma Prieta quake in '89. I'll never forget standing outside after the first shock and seeing the ground swell and roll just like a wave on the water! This was South of Sacramento in the San Joaquin valley and probably 40 miles or more from the epicenter
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Post by phoenix1647 on Mar 24, 2016 9:26:43 GMT -5
We had very high winds (and of course I had to put up a tarp) yesterday and a storm come through at 3 am this morning. Got a bit rough with lots of lightening, wind, thunder and some rain. Will be very windy here again today. Guess I will have to wait another day to put that tarp up.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2016 9:27:17 GMT -5
We have hurricanes, Nor'Easters and twisters, but I still would take any over a major earthquake. We had a very, very mild one a few years ago. It was unnerving. We moved to California just ahead of the Loma Prieta quake in '89. I'll never forget standing outside after the first shock and seeing the ground swell and roll just like a wave on the water! This was South of Sacramento in the San Joaquin valley and probably 40 miles or more from the epicenter No thank you! When I was a kid I lived in CA. In Oxnard and Gardenia, which I understand are pits now. I felt my share of earthquakes, but never a big one.
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Post by radio on Mar 24, 2016 9:54:35 GMT -5
We had very high winds (and of course I had to put up a tarp) yesterday and a storm come through at 3 am this morning. Got a bit rough with lots of lightening, wind, thunder and some rain. Will be very windy here again today. Guess I will have to wait another day to put that tarp up. Where you located? Sounds like just to east of me as our storm hit about 11:00
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 24, 2016 11:13:46 GMT -5
Reminded me of living in North Dakota-went through those warnings a lot....Don't know how,but I got use to them....
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Post by phoenix1647 on Mar 24, 2016 16:19:23 GMT -5
Radio, I am just West of College Station, TX
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 24, 2016 17:22:13 GMT -5
Heavy lightning here last night too. Fried the ranch electric gate for the third time this year. Structure really seems to attract lightning strikes. Odd thing is, the lightning making my TV go off and on over and over seems to have fixed the satellite receiver. Wasn't working worth spit before the storm and it works perfect now *L*. Fancy that!.....Mel
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Post by bushmanbilly on Mar 25, 2016 9:55:55 GMT -5
Stay safe.
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Post by radio on Mar 26, 2016 20:44:40 GMT -5
Radio, I am just West of College Station, TX You are a pretty good distance South of the Ozarks. We very frequently see storms develop down your way, then freight train up through Oklahoma, then into Missouri. You guys have the wild hog problem there that plagues a lot of the state?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2016 20:56:35 GMT -5
We have hurricanes, Nor'Easters and twisters, but I still would take any over a major earthquake. We had a very, very mild one a few years ago. It was unnerving. Earthquakes are so rare, few and far between, you guys get your weather every single year... Earthquakes are nothing.
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Post by Pat on Mar 26, 2016 23:05:44 GMT -5
Agree with @shotgunner Have lived in California all my life.
I'll take our fairly rare earthquakes over your annual horrors.
I think we all just get used to our local normal. Sleep well!
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Post by phoenix1647 on Apr 1, 2016 14:44:41 GMT -5
Radio, I am just West of College Station, TX You are a pretty good distance South of the Ozarks. We very frequently see storms develop down your way, then freight train up through Oklahoma, then into Missouri. You guys have the wild hog problem there that plagues a lot of the state? Yeah..we got a big hog problem in this area. They sure do know how to tear up a hay patch.
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Post by radio on Apr 1, 2016 15:13:23 GMT -5
You are a pretty good distance South of the Ozarks. We very frequently see storms develop down your way, then freight train up through Oklahoma, then into Missouri. You guys have the wild hog problem there that plagues a lot of the state? Yeah..we got a big hog problem in this area. They sure do know how to tear up a hay patch. If you were North of Dallas, I could assist with population control :-)
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