We've been watching storms in the area on the radar, and almost ALL of them have missed us. We soooo very badly need rain, that we welcome even serious storms! We thought today's storm might miss us, but it looped around and we caught the edge of it at least. The tornado siren in town was enabled twice today. Once before and during the first storm, and again for a second storm that soon followed the first. We saw rotation in the clouds, but nothing officially touched down that we could see.
These photos are presented in order that they were taken, starting with the one shown above.
Our neighbors are just finishing a new house ... last thing they wanted was a tornado to come through!
...then it started raining...and blowing...and hailing!
I did take some video, and I'll share that when it finishes uploading to YouTube.
I've never seen clouds like that. That's just plain scary looking! Glad your farm and you and Alan are safe. I wish for every American farmer I could bottle up a rain cloud during our rainy season down here and send it home.
Posted by: Sherri D. | May 02, 2011 at 08:20 AM
Wow, very ominous looking storm! Glad you made it thru it...some other Southern states didn't fare as well :((
Posted by: diane mcvey | April 29, 2011 at 07:57 PM
Anna,
I hope you stay safe during these nasty storms!!! Do you have a tornado plan in place? I hope so! Make sure you are set to drop that camera and *RUN*!
Love, Me
Posted by: Manetta Deggelman | April 27, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Wow, those are some scary looking clouds!
Posted by: Dee in N.H. | April 26, 2011 at 03:14 PM
I took photos much like these on a vaction 2 years ago. Visiting friends in Co. The clouds started to rotate over the front yard, then passed over the house and touched down several miles behind them. Scary stuff, but really awesome to watch!
Glad all are safe. Hugs...
Posted by: Carol Dee | April 26, 2011 at 06:36 AM
that first photo is so frustrating, with the rain in sight, but out of reach.
i hate to tell you that all of eastern nebraska is wet. we drove from Northeast Nebraska to Southeast Nebraska today and it rained the whole way.
naturally, the farmers are complaining. i explained to the kids that no matter what is going on, farmers want the opposite. :)
if i can get my camcorder to load, i'll send you shots of the cute little calf we saw.
i'm with your dad. if you can build a chicken coop, you can build a tornado shelter!!!! oh, and an outhouse. but that's another story. :)
Posted by: Shala | April 25, 2011 at 08:21 PM
And you DONT have a basement or anything that remotely resembles a tornado shelter.Mom says no way, absolutely no way would she live there without one big enough for all her sewing machines and fabric! I wonder why there aren't homes in that country made of precast reinforced concrete, termite proof too. just a thought. Oh, happy 29th Birthday Alan! He,He Ha HO Ho.....Love, Dad
Posted by: DK Wight | April 25, 2011 at 07:33 PM
Your little Spring storm looks like quite a doozie. Scary stuff - excellent photos. Stay safe.
Posted by: Gabriela | April 25, 2011 at 07:24 PM
Whoa
Posted by: ~liz | April 25, 2011 at 07:14 PM