April showers bring May flowers, but what do May showers bring? Tornadoes! At least they did on Sunday. Adam was watching the weather xlosely (I was actually updating my blog) and I could hear the weather men talking about storms heading our way. We knew they were severe, so as they got close we headed to the basement. We had our radio on downstairs and they were announcing that there were 40-50 mph winds in our area. We couldn't see them yet, but it wasn't long until we could see it (we were watching out the door). Then the hail started. We were watching it bounce off the neighbor's driveway! We were only in the basement for about 15 minutes, but a whole lot of rain came down during that, along with a lot of quarter-size hail and quite a few tree limbs. We didn't have any trees down or damage on our street, but there was a confirmed tornado nearby and lots of trees down in the area.
We emptied the rain gauge right before the rain started and we got 1.75 inches of rain in 15 minutes!!
There was plenty of hail in the yard and it was quarter-size, as you can see. And yes, that's rain on my blinds. On the inside of our windows!
After the storms passed, we walked through the neighborhood to make sure everything was okay. This is our street and you can see how strong the water was as it washed down the street, it left a clear path of rocks and debris. It also became very foggy after the rain passed. Our neighborhood looked like a swamp!
After the storms passed, we walked through the neighborhood to make sure everything was okay. This is our street and you can see how strong the water was as it washed down the street, it left a clear path of rocks and debris. It also became very foggy after the rain passed. Our neighborhood looked like a swamp!
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