Tornado warning??

 

Not a watch - a warning.  On our phones and on the local TV channels.  In our county.  Right now, between us and Brownsville.

It went from dead calm outside to rain blowing horizontally at 60+ mph in less than a minute.

The NWS radar above, then this on TV a couple minutes later...

We got a call from the people who are looking to buy our house: "Did you see the tornado warning?"

"Yes, we did.  Radar shows the worst of it will pass just north and west of us.  We know you are in a park home, so if you want to come over here, this house is built stout.  You can bring your dog."  Shortly after that, the rain was so heavy and blowing so hard you couldn't see across the canal.  We didn't see them, so they must have decided to wait it out where they were.

Reports of hail north and west of us, and a possible tornado sighting near the Port of Brownsville.  A flood advisory in our part of the county.  A couple "plunks" on the north side of the house, but it wasn't hail - I'm assuming palm branches or something else in the wind.  As the worst of it passes us, there will still be a couple hours of rain and thunderstorms...

It is unusual to have tornado warnings here.  It was an ugly squall line.  The worst of it was less then a half hour.  Now, it is winding down.