Tornado Warnings by skiwillgee
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This past Thursday evening, the US National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for a large portion of North Carolina, including the county where I reside. The warnings expired at 12 midnight. At 2:30am a F2 tornado set down about 3 miles from my home and caused extensive damage. The same front spawned a tornado in the Greensboro area that took one life and injured several others.
Because of the hilly geography, tornadoes in these parts are usually masked from view by torrential rains and lots of trees. The next morning the weathermen were predicting another, possibly worse, situation on Sunday, May 11, Mother's Day.
Today, Mother's Day, the warnings went out again. This is a shot of the incoming storm over Lake Norman. So far I don't know if any tornadoes were spawned but I do know there was enough hail in areas to turn the ground white.
I will follow up with two more photos of the spectacular cloud formations the passing storm produced.
I hope you like the photos. Wish you were here?
Comments (17)
calico1
Thanks for sharing the beautiful clouds from your area.
jocko500
"a storm is comeing" lol had to say that. a wonderful photo this is. Sent it to to the National Weather channel. They may post it. very good shot
novelist
"Wish you were here?" No thanks, I have my own tornado warnings here in the Midwest, thank you very much. : ) Gorgeous sky. Is that what they call a wall cloud? Lovely photo. Thanks for sharing. Now go inside and get in a safe place.
AnnieD
The photo is beautiful..you've really captured the moment. Nope, don't wish I was there...I'm in the part of Missouri where the same thing is happening...13 dead in the last couple of days. I have lived here almost all of my life and still can't get used to the tornadic activity!
lil_t
WOW... wonderful shot, a great capture and glad you are safe! Thanks for sharing, be safe tho, please! Mother Nature is nothing to mess with!
ledwolorz
Wonderful photo.
MrsRatbag
I may be weird, but I DO wish I was there; I love weather! And this is a beautiful capture, I feel the building power of it....
PSDuck
Nature can walk noisily, dynamically and violently. I see her being ushered in.
bebert
effrayant... et beau !!
kimariehere
WOW awesome clouds building up fantastic mood landscape capture!!!
Meisiekind
You took a picture - I would have run and hide!!! Great shot!!
dhanco
Excellent capture of that approaching storm. No, don't wish to be there, but this is a gorgeous shot of those awesome clouds.
wingnut55
nice shot. definitely a "run away quickly" sky
ia_strmchsr
So do I... LOL.. So far this year I've only had one tornado, but it was somewhat hidden during the night and only visible with the lightning. The rest of my chases so far have been busts. However due to high fuel prices I'm somewhat limited and more choosy of what I chase. Thanks for sharing, I love seeing storms from other parts of the county. Be safe as this year has been very active especially in the southern states. Still waiting for the activity to move north.
supermarioART
Beautiful shot my friend!!!
e-brink
Incredible front!
shahlaa
No I don't wish I was there...LOL....I just moved to California from Ohio 2 weeks ago....I've had my share of tornados and I didn't like them but now I must deal with earthquakes....not sure that will be any better...will let you know when I experience my first....as for your image...I love the cloud formation but it sure doesn't look like fun....in any case, I'm happy you are safe!