Taking the Scenic Route

confirmed tornados on the ground, small rope tornados dipping in and out of the sky, golf ball size hail, softball size hail, 100 mph winds, bow echo shapes, hook echos.  The camera they are showing bouncing around is just a few miles from us.  houseboat turned over, 5 serious injuries.  siren problems.   All headed towards us…supposed to hit in about 3 minutes.  The worst of it is supposed to be just a tad bit south of us, but we are still going to get nailed.

I hear the rain starting now.  Yuck.  I HATE this.

still in green.  the storm seems to be surging on the south side of the city and seems to be weakening as it hits the edge of the city on the north.  a long way to go yet. 

the Air Force Base has sirens going off and there was another tornado east of the airport (both on the south side).  Huge shelf cloud can be seen via cameras and you can actually see the dust and wind damage happening.  Our electricity keeps flashing and it is out over some parts of the city right now.  Evidently, it is getting pretty tough to drive for some of the storm trackers..lots of debris in the road (trees, powerlines).  More reports of rotating clouds out there too.

 I would guess the winds here are closer to 40-50mph…so not bad relatively speaking.