posted 07-20-2009 11:28 PM                  

I could not see to drive more than 15 MPH, and got another call saying there was another tornado spotted west of where I was. I could not actually see the funnel, but it was so black and the rain and hail was so bad, I knew I was close to it. Everyone on the highway came to a stop, you just couldn't go any farther. The wind let up enough for me to make it to Caldwell, and I pulled into a Gas Station for cover.

I called to ask where the storm was on Radar, and was told the two I had driven through were heading towards Bryan, where I had just come from, and there was another just south of there in College Station, but that a fourth had just formed over Caldwell! A trucker pulled into the lot and told those of us waiting under cover that the two underpasses were beginning to flood, and that was where I needed to go to get home. When the hail let up, I left, and made it past both, but the water was getting too deep for a car. I had to pull over again because of hail, and ended up driving up onto the sidewalk of a business to get under cover. When it stopped hailing, I headed towards home, and the water was so deep on the road, you could barely see the stripes.

When I got home, I looked at the News and saw that two storms merged and just sat over the area that I was driving, formed four tornados over two counties, three of which crossed the areas where I was at the time I was there, and dumped 9 inches of rain in less than two hours, all in a 32 mile drive home! They did not confirm touchdown of those funnels yet, but the fourth one in College Station did do some damage.

posted 07-20-2009 11:36 PM                  

T-Rex,,, are you trying to remind us of our trip from Houston to Austin,,,during the 2004 Texas Prowler Stampede event? Sounds like a very similar story. What a nightmare that evening was,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,horizontal rain, hail, lightning, and 75 mph winds...

MEMORIES...............

posted 07-21-2009 11:01 AM                  

No damage that I can see to the Mustang, boy am I surprised of that. But we have a 50% chance of it happening again this afternoon. I think I will forget the groceries today and go straight home!

I spoke too soon, it just started thundering !!!! Well I need the rain, just pray for no severe weather!

posted 07-21-2009 03:09 PM                  

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Originally posted by TFischer:
We are having strange weather these days. Gl T

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Al Gore's Global Warming?

posted 07-21-2009 04:35 PM                  

We, too........here in Michigan.....are having strange weather. Have been at the cottage for a week and the high one day was only 58. The middle of July. That's 20 degrees cooler than we normally are this time of the year. Haven't had much rain, either....and we need it badly.