Bizarre weather Friday night. We were having a birthday party for my 10 year old in our backyard when the sirens went off, right around the time the party was supposed to end (6:30 pm). If nothing else, it was a good way to get all the kids out of there on time.
The next couple of hours were interesting, but we were extremely lucky in our neighborhood. Seems just about everywhere around us, and particularly north of us even just a few blocks, got hail, tornadoes, and other nasty stuff. We got about a half inch of rain and about 20 mph winds.
Now, the weird thing was the noise we heard. My wife asked a buddy of mine who's a SW pilot (Mike B., that's Jon Witten) what it was. One person thought it was thunder but it was more like a steady low rumble. Jon and I thought it was either a tornado nearby or just a huge outflow. In any case, it was a pretty wild ride, and I am very thankful that we avoided anything bad.