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.

[DianaB]

4. Here's some of the hail that was picked up.
5. The hail on the pop can was the largest that was brought in. It was 3" X 2 5/8" and 2 1/2 " tall. It weighed 4.7 oz.
6. This piece of hail looked like a flower in the center. It was the second largest hail that was brought in. It was 3 1/4" X 2 3/4" and weighed 3.4 oz.

[Janet]

Diana I'm so glad you are safe!! Those pictures are amazing. Can't wait to show my son.

[goofywife]

I am glad you are ok! The first round developed over us. The second round was nasty during the night. Same, hail rain and really strong wind.

[Tink]

That's amazing and potentially deadly!
MAN it would hurt to gt hit by something like that!
I bet the local car dealerships were a mess after!

[DianaB]

When I talked to my daughter she said that they had much smaller hail in town not the big stuff like we had. I was really worried because she just bought a new car (well, new to her anyway) and I was hoping that she'd put it in the garage.

We have leaves all over everywhere where they were pummeled from the trees and you could really smell the cedar trees when it was all over! I heard that a neighbor had several windows broken. Glen had the front window in his pickup broken and a lot of hail damage. We're not too worried about it though. It's just a work truck. He still hasn't checked the roof. It looks good from the ground but he's going to have to go up and check it.

Glen said that the wheat field and corn field doesn't look too bad. He thinks that maybe they didn't have hail as bad as we had here. Thank you, Lord!!!

[katcarasella]

I know your my friend Diana, but did you have to send that storm to me?
It's storming like crazy here now. There's a big ole tree limb in my front yard.

[Chandra Amaya]

I am glad your crops seem to be alright Diana and very glad that your family is safe and kat if you get hail like that... duck and cover!