Tornado Watch
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littlelady
God bless the USA
Just heard a big thud in our yard. We live in a house built in 1970 with huge trees. Not saying tornado, but the wind has picked up a lot sooner than predicted. Stay safe, y’all.
Escalade14
Go Rams!
Heard the tornado warning sirens go off earlier here in La Plata
littlelady
God bless the USA
I hope it was a false alarm. Dang. Now, I am awake until this over. I have a hub, dog, and cat to rescue. They are all asleep. Stay safe.
Escalade14
Go Rams!
I was watching the weather radar, and at the time there was an active tornado warning for an area nearby Aquasco, so since I believe that area is part of Charles County the tornado warning over there triggered the siren here to go off by default (due to the '02 tornado). Warning for that area has since expired. I'm safe though, hope you and your family stay safe too. Same for all of the forumites
littlelady
God bless the USA
It is a good thing to remain vigilant, so thanks for the warning. We lived in St. Leonard back in the day when the tornadoes devistaded parts of somd. One was on Sixes Road. Some of our pines got their heads cut off. It was described as a tornado that didn’t hit the ground in our area. We were lucky. That is why this forum is awesome. Thanks for the alert. Take care.
littlelady
God bless the USA
It seems things have quieted down. I, always, told my children, jokingly, to become meteorologists/weather predictors. You can be wrong, but still make the big bucks.
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I received the Code Red call around 2-230am. In my fumbled discombobulation, I turned the phone off. Then I listened to the VM, heard the wind and rain and promptly turned over and went back to sleep.
We had high winds coming through that took out some trees. At the time I was looking at the radar and thought 'dang that looks like a hook-echo'. A few minutes later the sirens went off and a warning area popped up east of La Plata. By the time the sirens went off, the storm had moved towards aquasco.
frequentflier
happy to be living
The Calvert control center called the home phone 4X to say there is a tornado watch, get n the basement.
We had lightning, sideways rain and heavy winds for awhile and then just rain. I love a good storm but I had a vibrating dog that despite the calming treat, just could not settle down.
We had lightning, sideways rain and heavy winds for awhile and then just rain. I love a good storm but I had a vibrating dog that despite the calming treat, just could not settle down.
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
We got the call twice. Once at 0215 and again at 0235. Good thing my alarm goes off at 0230 anyway.
LightRoasted
If I may ...
If I may ...
Pretty difficult to "Tornado Watch", in the of the dark cloud covered night. I couldn't see a thing.
Pretty difficult to "Tornado Watch", in the of the dark cloud covered night. I couldn't see a thing.
Escalade14
Go Rams!
I agree. Between the dark clouds and the heavy rainfall, it's near impossible to see a potential tornado if a warning is out
General Lee
Well-Known Member
Not me. These days you never know what you're gonna get with them. Flooding, tornado, damage, etc.
frequentflier
happy to be living
Having lived in SW FL for a total of 17 1/2 years, I loved a good thunder boomer/lightning show. Down there storms occur daily during the summer and then an hour later, you wouldn't know it had rained!
Though, yes, there was occasional flooding and the treat of hurricanes.
