Big Storm Avoided

Last night sucked... About 11:30 PM last night the national weather service announced that there were pretty large storms headed our way. By 2:30 AM this morning the storm had gathered enough strength to hit just West of us with 75 MPH winds and hail the size of nickels... Lots of power outages and wind damage with the storm. We were under a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 AM. The local weather predicted that it would hit us at around 3:15 AM and that we might see heavier winds and larger hail... So, at 3:00 AM I rounded up the family and hiked them over to the only brick building nearby that was unlocked - the laundry room.

At about 3:10 the lightning was incredible. Every 2-3 seconds we were treated to a spectacular light show. I checked on the status of the storm on-line and as luck would have it, the storm broke into 2 parts. Once headed north of us and the other south, so we only saw some light rain and mild wind (15-20 MPH). By 3:45 we were all back in bed in the trailer and sleeping somewat soundly. Unfortunately, I spent the entire evening watching the weather, so I only got a few hours sleep.

The storm shook me up a bit. I was under the impresion that the major storms didn't come this far south very often. From the sound of the weather guy on the local channel this was a big storm and quite uncommon... None the less, many areas were without power and had some pretty major wind damage.

Being in a travel trailer with a major storm on the way is quite uncomfortable...