Well ... that was exciting .... 5 minutes of terror on a Saturday afternoon ....
Temps had climbed into the 60's F by noon and the Weather Service had put most of the state under a Severe Thunderstorm & Tornado Watch .... because yet another cold front was moving in this afternoon ...
Then around 1:30 we heard the tornado sirens go off in neighboring Chapel Hill ... I turned on the TV to find that a line of severe storms with 60+ mph straight line winds & embedded funnel clouds was heading toward us - and panicked a bit when the announcer named our street in Durham as being the next location impacted ....
by the time I ran to the deck doors to look out it was on us - it looked like waves were breaking over the deck onto the sliding glass doors - the rain was so heavy I couldn't see the street ... which was flooded .... and branches were falling everywhere ...
And then it was over! Just like that .... the sky lightened, the winds abruptly died down, and [knock on wood] the power stayed on ....
Going on a reconnaissance in a bit to pick up branches and look for any damage ...
Yikes!