The Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A Tornado Watch For Portions Of

District Of Columbia Western And Central Maryland Southern Pennsylvania Northern Virginia Panhandle Of West Virginia

Effective This Thursday Afternoon And Evening From 230 PM Until 900 PM EDT.

Tornadoes... Hail To 2 Inches In Diameter... Thunderstorm Wind Gusts To 80 Mph... And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible In These Areas.

don't know about your guys, but if i see a tunnel cloud.. i'm not sticking around to watch! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

Here in Central NC, We have a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Wake County (where I am) until 8pm tonight...I hope nobody has to deal with any severe weather tonight....

Don't be scared of tunnel clouds - it's the funnel clouds you need to watch out for!!

): tornado watch just came accross for my area until 9 p.m. (this is NOT fun)!!!

We are getting some nice thunder storms now. Everyone be carefull. <img border="0" alt="[angel]" title="" src="graemlins/angel.gif" />

We are getting some nice thunder storms now. Everyone be carefull.

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I'm eating a tunnel cake!

My wife is up in manassas virginia right now with my son and she just called me saying the sky is green, there is golf ball sized hail falling from the sky, and road signs and store signs are flying through the air... she is scared, and so am I..

everybody pray that the storm will pass where she is without touching down...

<small>[ May 02, 2002, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: TurtleProtector ]</small>

And the heavens just opened up on me too in Arlington, VA. I also do not have a basement....so I'm hoping it doesn't come to that point.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by TurtleProtector:
everybody pray that the storm will pass where she is without touching down...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Everyone stay out of harms way. Remember, get as far inside and as far down as you can if anything happens.

All I know is if I see a dark cloud I am taking my family and getting the **** out of Chapel Hill!

All I know is if I see a dark cloud, I'm going to the bar.

Actually, I'll probably do that even if I don't see a dark cloud...

Another Md. Tornado Damages Homes

The Associated Press
Friday, May 3, 2002; 3:27 AM

BAY VIEW, Md. –– A tornado – the second in less than a week to hit the state – damaged homes, uprooted trees and knocked down utility poles in northern Maryland.

The storm hit the area just before 6 p.m. Thursday, National Weather Service officials said. There were no reports of injuries, but the roofs of four homes were damaged and one home under construction was demolished, said Mike Dixon, a spokesman for the Cecil County Department of Emergency Services.

One family was left homeless when its house lost most of its roof, he said.

On Sunday, three people were killed, nearly 100 were injured and hundreds of homes and businesses were either damaged or destroyed by a powerful tornado that ripped through Charles and Calvert counties.

That tornado was rated at F5 on the Fujita scale, the most powerful level. It was the first F5 twister ever recorded in the state.

I've claimed the pantry in our house in case of a tornado. I was pretty scared yesterday evening, but my sister man was worst you woulda thought she stood in the middle of the tornado.

Hail anywhere from dime-size to golf ball-size this morning! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> When will this crazy weather end? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad-flaming.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad-flaming.gif" />