Well, THAT was NOT fun.
The past hour =
We had some rain, thunder, and lightning earlier today. But it didn't look like anything serious was going to happen. My hubby and I were watching a movie I had DVRed. It got over around 2:30am or so. We were saying, "Well, I guess the bad weather is over." And right as we were talking about it, the weather radio went off. Thunderstorm Warning. What? It seemed quiet outside. I checked the radar and saw a storm getting close. My husband went to stand on the balcony for a few minutes. I told him to come in before the storm gets close.
I went back inside just to hear the weather radio beeping again. Tornado warning!! I ran and told my husband to come inside and get dressed (we were in our pajamas.) Then the sirens started going off. I grabbed my cell phone and a flashlight and went down to the first floor. But it didn't really seem safe. I went back up and turned on the t.v. to see exactly where the storm was. It was in Omaha so maybe 10 minutes from us.
We called my Dad...he hadn't even heard the sirens. We jumped in the car and went to his house so we could go in his basement. We watched the news and they kept showing that it was pretty close to us. But we lucked out and it went just north of us.
So far it sounds like there was some damage in Millard (a nearby city.) We didn't see anything bad near us. I don't think we got very bad wind or anything. I'm thankful for that. I HATE storms like this....especially when they occur at 3am. I am super tired. My allergies were bad so I had taken a benedryl...and it's making me super drowsy.
There's another storm about to hit us. but it looks like just some rain, thunder and lightning. I think I better get off the computer now.