Tornado siren going off this morning

last year

Woke up to that very rude sound. Thunder and the sky is dark. Now it's raining. Will go into the middle bathroom.

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Kathsgrdn
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I have two days of vacation this week, Nicole. My last work day was Monday. No shelters nearby, well, I think there's one downtown but not sure and would have to google it and probably couldn't take Chewie with me. Thankfully it was over in about a half hour.

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Kathsgrdn
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It's over for my town, moving to the next little town.

Edited to add a huge thunderclap just scared the crap out of me and Chewie. I hate tornado weather. Usually don't have to worry about it until Springtime.
lucillle
last year
I hope all will go well and that you are not hurt and your home is not damaged.
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nicole___
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Are you off from work today? Did they give you vacay time on your first retirement day? Then tomorrow turn in your computer? Is there an underground shelter nearby? I'd take the dogs and go underground if possible. Be safe Kath.
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Uptown Gal
last year
Hope everything is good there! Those sirens scare me...always have, always will.

I even hate the once a month "test" ones...and I know they are coming.

Hope you are all clear now? Not sure where you live, but hope no one gets

one of those nasty things.
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Annette Holbrook(z7a)
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We've got an alert where I am. Storms are expected to get serious after lunch.

Stay safe everyone!
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blfenton
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Stay safe everyone and pay attention to all those weather warnings out there. It's a wicked season right now.

We're at the northern end of the atmospheric river pounding California right now so lots of rain and high river/stream warnings and avalanche warnings in the backcountry for us right now.
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glenda_al
last year
we are under a warning as well
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woodrose
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Had two tornado warnings where I live in Ky, sirens going off like crazy. Thank God nothing happened except a thunderstorm, so far. Still under a severe storm watch until 1 pm EST.
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bpath
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Oh my, please be safe!
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sweet_betsy No AL Z7
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Tornado sirens here earlier as well with watch extended into the afternoon. Possible dusting of snow later in the week for higher elevations. Never a dull moment. Some electric pole and building damage reported and several 18-wheelers overturned.
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LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
last year
At least you are able to hear the tornado sirens. Out here in the sticks I can barely hear them when I'm outside as the closest one is about 4.5 miles away. We have a NOAA weather radio that will alert us but I only turn it on if we are in a tornado watch area.

All we got out of the system was a dusting of snow overnight and some gusty winds.
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woodrose
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LoneJack, we can hear the sirens really well, but we can't hear the announcements unless we're outdoors. Sometimes I get a warning on my phone from a TV channel before I hear a siren, so I'm not sure how much good they do.
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Kathsgrdn
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I'm in Central KY. I hope everyone is safe, just rain here now. I was worried about my daughter, who now lives in Western KY. I don't have cable or satelitte so don't really know what's going on in other parts of the states unless a news site reports it or someone I know talks about it on facebook. Seems there was damage in a nearby town.

I also never got the alert on my phone, which I thought was weird. I turned it on after I woke up to the siren going off.
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We had rumbles of thunder this morning, now raining really hard. Ditches are high with water and fields have pools. Also have snow coming in tonight, hopefully just a wet snow that will be gone by the weekend. Not sure.
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maifleur03
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A friend near Anniston, AL had a large old tree fall on the main electric lines. Earlier on the NWS site there was a tornado alert for a tornado at Selma so expect lots of damage.

In some areas pets are now being allowed into the public storm shelters after so many people died or had to be rescued because they would not leave their pets so people who might use a public shelter should check before the normal storm season.

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