Tornados & Storms - Page 2

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/devastating-pictures-of-the-joplin-missouri-torna 

OMG!

When I was a kid, there was no history of tornadoes here in Pittsburgh.  It was explained to me that the mountains break them up, there's no flat land here.  Our weather patterns have changed drastically since then, typically less snow in winter (although the last two have been the exception), more severe storms in summer.   There were many warnings for a tornado last night, but none materialized.  The body of that storm hit about 50 miles north, in Mercer and Venango Counties and though there was no tornado, there was still plenty of wind damage in the way of fallen trees and such.  I don't think we'd ever see devastation like what happened in Joplin... very, very sad.

Here is video taken by a person who was amongst a group who took shelter inside a gas station, as the Joplin, Missouri tornado hit.  Not much for visuals but the audio is bone chilling.  They huddled together in the beer cooler:

Here is the video the same guy took of the gas station showing the aftermath.   Unbelievable destruction and incredible they got out alive:

I don't even believe the weather here in the Sacramento Valley right now: 60's, Severe T-storms, lightening, 1/2" hail, and yes, TORNADO WARNINGS all over local TV stations. In JUNE??? I was born and raised here in Northern California, and I have never heard of anything bigger than a dust bunny rolling across the cotton fields 'way down I-5 outside Bakersfield. One tornado actually touched down just north of here last week, destroyed a large garage.
Global warming huh? We aren't exactly running the A/C here. Its been 20+ degrees below normal, with quite a bit of rain for a couple of weeks. Yup, lots of snow in the mountains, still coming down at least till tomorrow.

Weird.

Uh oh. We're about to get hammered here in Sutter County in a few minutes. No word tornado warnings here... yet... 
No BBQ tonight.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SUTTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COLUSA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GLENN COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

UNTIL 545 PM PDT

AT 440 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL GLENN COUNTY TO BUTTE COUNTY AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH COLUSA AND SUTTER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS AT THIS TIME WERE NEAR MAXWELL...SOUTH OF DURHAM...AND JUST WEST OF CRANMORE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING IN A EASTWARD DIRECTION AROUND 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HAIL ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DELEVAN...COLUSA...CRANMORE...TISDALE...AND SUTTER