Still Watching Bill

Tornado Touches Down in Minneapolis

A tornado has been reported in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon and there have been reports of damage in south Minneapolis.
The weather services said it received reports of the tornado at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday. Radar showed the storm moving north at about 20 mph.
It reportedly damaged Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis.
A witness at the church said, "We saw the tornado, it was turning, real fast, it got real black out here and had the trees coming to us on the left, the windows were shaking real bad and all this stuff across the street in the church, they had a little dinner there, it tore it all up, and it was just lifting off the ground. And it just disappeared. It just disappeared."
In response to damage and severe weather reports, Minneapolis has partially activated its Emergency Operations Center. There have been no reports of injuries.

Sudden tornado cause damage in West Beaumont, TX

The Beaumont Fire Department is responding to a report of several injuries at Kohl's Department Store on Dowlen Road.

Officer Crystal Holmes with Beaumont Police said a possible tornado touched down at Kohl's, jumped over to Wal-Mart, and continued to Parkdale Mall.
The primary damage at the scene, as reported by Ashley Rodrigue was to the roof at Kohl's Department store.
Rodrigue also reported large pieces of debris in the parking lot. She reports that there's one vehicle on top of another vehicle in the parking lot across the street at Wal-Mart.
A dispatcher first told KFDM News after 2:00p.m. there was a report of some type of weather-related damage to the building.
Police are shutting down Dowlen Road and wanting people to stay away from the area.

Bills Path

Surprise Tropical Storm Claudette threatens Fla. Panhandle

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — Brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Claudette threatened to bring heavy rain to the Florida Panhandle later Sunday, likely becoming the first tropical storm to strike the U.S. mainland this year.

Claudette had winds of at least 50 mph, but was not expected to cause significant flooding or wind damage. Lurking more ominously in the Atlantic were tropical storms Ana and Bill, which was quickly turning into a powerful storm over warm waters in the open Atlantic.

At This Time Ana Is Not Expected To Reach Hurricane Speeds

THE WAVE BEHIND ANA IS ONE WE WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO

This past weekend I drove up to Don's house in TN and dropped off the Disaster Assistance cooking equipment trailer. I attended church with him on Sunday and gave a short recap of our first years work to his congregation. I than left for KY to spend some time at my parents house. If a storm approaches we will meet at Dons and head toward the projected landfall.

It is that time of year again

Above is a photo showing 3 possible storms just two days ago there were none.