Was in a Tornado today

neonjuice · 06-23-2009, 04:06 PM

Today, we had a huge wall cloud move over our town and it brought some serious rotation in the clouds with it. We were driving to a store and the storm started to get pretty bad. Next thing, we were sitting at the stop lights and the wind came from no where. Debris, dirt and generally anything loose, started spinning across the road and small tree's started bending over. Looked up at the sky and loads of rotation in the sky with funnels forming and to the left, about maybe half a mile away was a cloud lowering to the ground. The wife and baby got to shelter in the store. I stayed out in the car park to watch, winds became so strong, i thought I was in a tornado. The sirens then went off, and I had to run for shelter.

It was intense. No idea, if a tornado actually touched fully down, but there was severe winds with what seemed like rotation on the ground. Our car was shaken pretty bad at one point. Felt like a large force trying to stop it from turning the corner. The wheel felt heavy ( if that makes sense ).
A few small tree's in town were damaged and some debris around, but no houses damaged.
Nobody hurt, which is good. Seems maybe she was an F0 trying to form. I do not know.

Tumbleweed36 · 06-23-2009, 04:10 PM

That is no fun and we are happy to hear that you are O.K. and not injured.

**simpswr** · 06-23-2009, 04:17 PM

Man!!! That has to be scary!! Glad yoiu are OK

~~Mcninjaguy~~ · 06-23-2009, 08:06 PM

That must have been really scary!

**40sondacurb** · 06-24-2009, 04:36 AM

Glad you got to safety and all's well. How often do you guys get alarm worth cells up there?

neonjuice · 06-24-2009, 07:56 AM

During June to August, we normally get around one or two Tornado watches per week. We have a chance of Tornadoes today. Not often we get an actual Tornado in our area though. We had maybe 2 last year in this area. We do however, get alot of storms moving over, where you can see the rotation and we have seen tons of funnel clouds. They do not normally touch down here.

yustr · 06-24-2009, 11:28 AM

Had a similar experience living in IN. No rotation but very strong micro-bursts, green wall clouds. Felled hundreds of trees throughout the county. I was just getting to a large warehouse type store. I had to decide to make a run for it or stay in the car. I stayed cause 1: I'm an idiot and wanted to observe 2: I didn't think the metal sided building provided much additional protection and 3: I wanted to meet the Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.

**RockmasteR** · 06-25-2009, 02:54 PM

O_O

gald to hear your OK
wow! really scary

06-23-2009, 04:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
neonjuice Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 113 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1. Linux Ubuntu, XP Pro	Was in a Tornado today Today, we had a huge wall cloud move over our town and it brought some serious rotation in the clouds with it. We were driving to a store and the storm started to get pretty bad. Next thing, we were sitting at the stop lights and the wind came from no where. Debris, dirt and generally anything loose, started spinning across the road and small tree's started bending over. Looked up at the sky and loads of rotation in the sky with funnels forming and to the left, about maybe half a mile away was a cloud lowering to the ground. The wife and baby got to shelter in the store. I stayed out in the car park to watch, winds became so strong, i thought I was in a tornado. The sirens then went off, and I had to run for shelter. It was intense. No idea, if a tornado actually touched fully down, but there was severe winds with what seemed like rotation on the ground. Our car was shaken pretty bad at one point. Felt like a large force trying to stop it from turning the corner. The wheel felt heavy ( if that makes sense ). A few small tree's in town were damaged and some debris around, but no houses damaged. Nobody hurt, which is good. Seems maybe she was an F0 trying to form. I do not know.

06-23-2009, 04:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,478 OS: XP Professional	Re: Was in a Tornado today That is no fun and we are happy to hear that you are O.K. and not injured. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

06-23-2009, 04:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
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06-23-2009, 08:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
~~Mcninjaguy~~ Troubled Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Was in a Tornado today That must have been really scary!

06-24-2009, 04:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Re: Was in a Tornado today Glad you got to safety and all's well. How often do you guys get alarm worth cells up there? __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

06-24-2009, 07:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
neonjuice Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 113 OS: Vista Ultimate 64 bit SP1. Linux Ubuntu, XP Pro	Re: Was in a Tornado today During June to August, we normally get around one or two Tornado watches per week. We have a chance of Tornadoes today. Not often we get an actual Tornado in our area though. We had maybe 2 last year in this area. We do however, get alot of storms moving over, where you can see the rotation and we have seen tons of funnel clouds. They do not normally touch down here.

06-24-2009, 11:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 5,981 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: Was in a Tornado today Had a similar experience living in IN. No rotation but very strong micro-bursts, green wall clouds. Felled hundreds of trees throughout the county. I was just getting to a large warehouse type store. I had to decide to make a run for it or stay in the car. I stayed cause 1: I'm an idiot and wanted to observe 2: I didn't think the metal sided building provided much additional protection and 3: I wanted to meet the Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion. Last edited by yustr; 06-24-2009 at 11:29 AM.

06-25-2009, 02:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
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