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Today I discovered that our new weather warning radio does work. The siren does go off when there is a watch or warning in our county.
First there was a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
Later it became a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
Then it became a Tornado Warning.
In the meantime, we had a significant hailstorm over our house. It began as golf ball sized hail, then after a minute reduced in size to quarter sized. Then nickel sized. But as it went on, there was more and more and more hail. The hail persisted between 5 and 10 minutes. Please click on the photo to see all the hailstones on the ground.
The passing storm left behind a lake around our house.
Afterwards, the sun came out and left an unusually low rainbow. Look closely; better yet, click on the photo and notice how it hovers just above our swimming pool, in front of the trees. 
It turns out that a tornado was actually sighted in the area of our small village.
Ahhh, Florida in the springtime.
First there was a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.
Later it became a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
Then it became a Tornado Warning.
In the meantime, we had a significant hailstorm over our house. It began as golf ball sized hail, then after a minute reduced in size to quarter sized. Then nickel sized. But as it went on, there was more and more and more hail. The hail persisted between 5 and 10 minutes. Please click on the photo to see all the hailstones on the ground.
The passing storm left behind a lake around our house.
Afterwards, the sun came out and left an unusually low rainbow. Look closely; better yet, click on the photo and notice how it hovers just above our swimming pool, in front of the trees. 
It turns out that a tornado was actually sighted in the area of our small village.Ahhh, Florida in the springtime.
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1 comments:
When we first got our weather radio it went off *all the time*. I was ready to let it have an "accident" while the Jedi was at work. BUT, we discovered (and when I say we, I mean the Jedi figured it out), that the weather radio can be set to only go off for certain types of alarms. You might have self-reliant man take a closer look at yours to see if you can turn off some of the thunderstorm watches and warnings.