Earlier in this vacation, I said that I was excited about getting rain, thunderstorms, and maybe even a tornado. I argued as follows: I didn’t travel 2000 miles for weather I can get for free in California. Last night, I got my wish.
Jodi fell asleep around 10, and I was wrapping up to go to sleep when there was a weather alert that broke into the TV. I flipped to the recommended channel, only to find out that we were not only under a severe thunderstorm warning (golf-ball-sized hail!), but a tornado had been spotted on doppler radar northwest of Madison. The image above is the doppler radar image from nbc15.com, indicating on the left side the region of tornadic activity. It was never clear whether a tornado had touched down, but the cloud rotation apparently indicated such activity. I guess you have to be a *little* careful about what you wish for!
