Tornado

Last night we had a tornado come through our county.  I saw it, but I didn't really "see" it.  Let me explain, We were in the middle of a MaryKay party at my Cousin's when hail started pouring down.  None of us there even knew it was supposed to storm.  I guess I should've checked the weather, I've just been so busy.   The hail was HUGE, the weather channel showed hail three inches big, but the hail we got wasn't that big...now that I think about it, I might need to go outside and check my Tahoe in the daylight to make sure I dont have any damage! 

Anyway we were just about to put on our foundation when the tornado sirens went off, as well as the electricity and all our phones started ringing.  It was all our of husbands/parents/children calling to let us know about the tornado, like we didn't already know! 

The next thing we did, which is what all Arkansans do when the tornado sirens go off, we went outside on the porch to look for the tornado.  If you aren't from Tornado Alley and have no idea what a tornado looks like, sometimes it's not what you'd expect.  The clouds come down out of the sky and hang real heavy like, but don't spin.  It's called a wall cloud.   It's from this wall cloud that the tornado forms.  I watched the wall cloud pass by in the distance.  The sky was an eerie blackish blue color and lightning was lighting up the cloud but never visable.  It was sickning.

I didn't take this photo, I got it from ArkansasMatters.com, but this is exactly what I saw. I didn't have my camera with me!  I never have my camera during exciting photo ops!

We then sat in the dark surrounded by candles until we thought it was safe to head home.  The tornado hit a few miles from where we were and did damage to a few homes and another tornado hit up north of Little Rock and killed one elderly gentleman and injured his wife and grandson. 

It was a scary feeling to watch that wall cloud. I'm just glad we were ok and no tornados dropped down while we were standing outside!  Please remember those who were effected by the line of storms that came through last night in your prayers!