There are a lot of false reports about tornadoes, when people are simply seeing dark clouds.

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The last time we had something quite this bad, you got to go back to about 1956, when we had 18.55 inches.

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Know what the weather forecast is. Watch your favorite TV station, listen to the weather radio, and you've got to be in a day when there might be thunderstorms and they're probably going to tell you whether or not there's a chance they're going to be severe.

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That's a whale of a storm to get baseball [-size] hail and 80- to 90-mph winds at the same time.

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Just the notion of shooting fireworks on New Year's Eve is near blasphemy. People should stay away from fireworks altogether.

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That is a healthy, healthy dose of rainfall. No doubt it's going to help the drought conditions, at least temporarily.

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