Storms!!!!

[DianaB]

Jaci had a school music program tonight along with the band playing. After the band played a couple of songs the tornado siren went off and we were all ushered into the dressing rooms. We were there for about 30 minutes or so. We were told that there was heavy rain and rotation in the clouds. Then it was decided that we should go home. The program was canceled. We came home in pouring rain and now that we're home there's hail. Jaci ran outside and got some hail that is probably golf ball sized!!! I'll get a picture later. My son-in-law is a storm spotter and he said that there's been 2 tornados that have touched down. There's still a big storm cell yet to come! Amy and the girls are here so the excitement is to the roof!!!! My SIL says that we have big hail yet to come and it's still pouring buckets. I'll let you know more later!!

[Chandra Amaya]

oh, stay safe girl! I love storms but it is scary when your family is near them.

[DianaB]

Traci, you wouldn't have liked this storm! Wait until you see the pictures of the hail!!!! I probably have some roof damage. Bummer. My daughter's worried that she may have windows broken. She lives in a double-wide trailer. The hail was the size of softballs, maybe bigger! I just wanted to bawl during the whole hail storm. We have wheat fields and corn fields, well, it's not going to be pretty. We may have another storm coming. People are going to have so much damage.

[katcarasella]

Stay safe Diana.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Traci, you wouldn't have liked this storm! Wait until you see the pictures of the hail!!!! I probably have some roof damage. Bummer. My daughter's worried that she may have windows broken. She lives in a double-wide trailer. The hail was the size of softballs, maybe bigger! I just wanted to bawl during the whole hail storm. We have wheat fields and corn fields, well, it's not going to be pretty. We may have another storm coming. People are going to have so much damage.

Diana, I am so sorry about all that damage! You've had a rough time with storms and flooding and now this hail! It's about time you had some GOOD luck! Stay safe. *hugs*

[DianaB]

Amy didn't have any windows broken out. The tornado warning is over. There's still a storm south of us but it looks like it will probably miss us. It rained and rained, so we've also been in a flash flood warning. Glen's gone out to check on the fields so I'll know more about them in a little bit. You can still see the hail in the yard. It was so big!!! I have pictures that I'll share tomorrow! Reuger was so scared that he just wanted to be held. The hail sounded like someone was hitting the house with a baseball bat!

[Tink]

{{{Diana}}} Thank God you all got home safely.

[DianaB]

Several people saw funnel clouds start down and I've heard on one that was on the ground but I don't think that it was for very long and didn't do any damage, but the hail.....Oh, My Word!!!! It was awful!!!

My SIL said that we had storm chasers in the area. One group had a funny looking car and another had a satelite looking thing on top of their car! There was even a group called Tornado Tour!!!

Here's some pictures that was taken. My freezer is full of big pieces of hail that Kera and Daya carried in!!!

1. Kera and Daya holding one of the hail that they put in the freezer.
2. This shows the hail as it came down. We had to take this from the back door because the front of the house was getting pounded and believe me, you didn't want to be out there!
3. Another picture of the hail as it came down. The rain was pouring down too and because the hail was so cold we had fog develop briefly.

[teri88]

I am scared to death of tornados! (Too much Wizard of Oz lol) I'm glad you were ok. Stay safe!