It came with a vengence. Wild, powerful and violent weather with a twist...a lot of twisters that is.
The day of February 10th started pretty good - sunny and nice. We were expecting heavy storms in the afternoon. But oh my, we didn't expect this kind of violence!
Just across from my office, Keller Williams Realty, just yards away, I could see this twister. It was coming toward me, dark, swollen, rotating and angry.
I took this picture and then ran to the safe room inside the office. This one was rotating very, very low and we didn't know when at what moment it would make a touch down. Thankfully it didn't! It went farther North toward Edmond and took it's carnage there by destroying shopping centers and neighborhoods.
Above: Twister just yards away from my office.
Another funnel was so close to my house, like quarter of a mile, we were watching it with our neighbors. I didn't take a picture because we were already in the underground shelter.
With this violent weather came huge amount of hail. From pea size to golf and baseball size. Winds were blowing over 60mph in Yukon which is on the West side of the Metro.The hail storm was pounding on the roofs and on cars. Braking the carvwindows and totalling the roofs. The sound was dreadful - like thousands of gun shots piercing the roof, windows and siding.
Schools were placed on 'lock-down' for over two hours. Loss of electircal power...Cars lost windshields, windows and we could see the dents on hoods. Local hospital lost few windows...
There was a lot of damage....
Those few hours felt like they were taken out of a twilight zone... by the grace of God we survived...
That's how big the hail was....and it was everywhere
Streets covered with hail
Hail everywhere....covering everything like a blanket of snow....
Northwest side of Oklahoma City....entrance to the Gaillardia neighborhood covered with hail...
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