Friday evening we had some interesting weather in our part of the country. Almost all of the counties around us were in tornado watches/warnings for quite some time. My family had made plans to meet some relatives for dinner at a local bar/grill well .... little did we know that we would be in the path of a severe storm. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as what it could have been but still bad enough.
We had just finished eating our dinner and having a great time visiting when all of a sudden we looked at the sky and it was awfully dark. My dad and a few other people were standing outside watching the clouds and my 8 year old daughter comes running in the side door crying. "Mom that guy over there says I need to come find you and we need to go into the bathroom" I was like what is she talking about.
Come to find out the city of Stewart had just blown their tornado siren and we should have taken shelter into the bathroom. Well no one takes cover and people are leaving left and right. My daughters says mommy the clouds are trying to meet together and form a funnel. I thought great just what she needs to see.
Not long after that the wind comes up and everyone that was outside is trying to get back in and it was so strong. We should have taken cover but we didn't. There weren't many people left at this time. All of a sudden it was pouring cats and dogs and then it started hailing. It didn't last real long though and soon it was light enough that I was able to load up the kids and come home again.
Some of the folks in Willmar weren't as lucky as us though. The tornado that hit there that very evening has been rated an EF 3 with winds topping the scales at 136-150 mph. Scarey !
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