Cassi Creek:
The cold
front that slashed across the central U.S. yesterday threw a large squall line
out ahead as if deploying skirmishers in a massive battle.
There were
several tornado warnings that caught my attention. Throughout the day, various forecasts and
updates were issued, all predicting that we would meet and greet violent
weather in the late night/early morning hours.
Where we live, that’s like flying blind.
The valley walls deflect thunder and some winds until that particular
cell drops into our laps. Then we hope
for a benign outcome.
The predicted
arrival time at our location was 0200.
We prepared
for the winds as much as possible, did a little bit of security/gathering, and
dropped off to sleep at about 0100.
The weather
radio squawked at 0310 - severe
thunderstorm, not us but close, 0325 – tornado watch #9 expanded to include us,
0355 – Severe thunderstorm , not us, 0415-severe thunderstorm, not us.
Prior to and
during these alerts, we heard no thunder, saw no lightning, heard no rain. After the 0415 alert, we heard rain rattling
on the metal roof several times but no other disturbance took place.
This morning,
the temperature has dropped markedly, there is blue sky, and the cold weather
is due to return.
Somehow, we
were not heavily affected by the spring portion of this storm. That’s good.
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