Storm Story

I added a grey arrow to this picture to show where I live.
This storm was a lot of fun when it passed through this afternoon. Just a little excitement at work. We were cleaning up outside and we saw it get VERY dark outside. Then the weather radio came on. The wind picked up very fast and a bit of rain started. I went to the garden center with another manager to close up. Now it was very windy. It took both of us to pull the gates closed. Plants were getting blown all over the ground. Signs were getting knocked over.

As we were waiting for the last customer to finish paying, the store manager came out and started yelling for everyone to get inside. RIGHT NOW! He said there was a possible tornado spotted within six miles of us. We chased everyone out and locked up quick. The store manager got everyone, customers and employees, to go to the center of the store. It got darker outside and the wind was getting stronger. We kept everyone there for about fifteen minutes. During that time myself and the other manager checked the perimeter.

We slowly got back to normal after that, and reports were coming in that there was a tornado touch down and also to the town just north of us, a pretty strong hail storm.
Just a little excitement to spice up a Friday afternoon.