Quote Originally Posted by NaBUru38
Actually there was a warning of severe thunderstorms.

And folks in the midwest take those sorts of warnings VERY carefully. The rest of the country may think that to be insignificant, but if you have EVER seen a tornado in the flesh, trust me, you would heed the warning too. Severe thunderstorms can turn to tornado watches and then warnings in a very short window of time measured in minutes.

Gary