*EAS Going Crazy in Hampton, VA*

tornadoes on the way..weather channel is your friend

btw dc here and no warnings at all but know violent storms headed here tonight

Oh I know tornados are coming, Martinsville is 5 and a half hours drive from here however. I've huddled in the hallway with my kids a few times for tornado warnings last year, so this isn't anything new. I've never seen the EAS go off like this before, otherwise I wouldn't bother posting at 2:30 in the morning, I'm normally well asleep by now lol.

yeah i am staying up to see when the frontline hits..usually the best part of a storm..raining now but i feel the mtns have dissipated this storm or it just has not arrived yet

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Tue, Apr 5, 2011, 2:18 AM EDT
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 101 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MARYLAND THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

DORCHESTER SOMERSET WICOMICO WORCESTER

IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

BERTIE CAMDEN CHOWAN CURRITUCK GATES HERTFORD NORTHAMPTON PASQUOTANK PERQUIMANS

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 38 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

AMELIA CHESTERFIELD CUMBERLAND FLUVANNA GOOCHLAND HANOVER HENRICO LOUISA POWHATAN PRINCE EDWARD PRINCE GEORGE

IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CHARLES CITY ESSEX GLOUCESTER KING WILLIAM KING AND QUEEN LANCASTER MIDDLESEX NEW KENT NORTHUMBERLAND RICHMOND WESTMORELAND

IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CAROLINE

IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

BRUNSWICK DINWIDDIE GREENSVILLE LUNENBURG MECKLENBURG NOTTOWAY

IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

ISLE OF WIGHT JAMES CITY MATHEWS SOUTHAMPTON SURRY SUSSEX YORK

IN THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA

ACCOMACK NORTHAMPTON

IN VIRGINIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 INDEPENDENT CITIES

IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY OF HOPEWELL CITY OF PETERSBURG CITY OF RICHMOND

IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

CITY OF CHESAPEAKE CITY OF EMPORIA CITY OF FRANKLIN CITY OF HAMPTON CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS CITY OF NORFOLK CITY OF POQUOSON CITY OF PORTSMOUTH CITY OF SUFFOLK CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ADKINS STORE... AHOSKIE... AMELIA COURTHOUSE... AMMON... ANGOLA... ASHBY... AULANDER... AVALON... AYDLETT... BARCO... BARHAMSVILLE... BARLEY... BARNETTS... BARTLETT... BAVON... BEANES CORNER... BEAR CREEK LAKE STATE PAR... BEAZLEY... BELCROSS... BELLWOOD... BENSLEY... BERLIN... BERTHA... BISCOE... BLACKSTONE... BLAKES... BON AIR... BOTTOMS BRIDGE... BOWERS HILL... BOWLING GREEN... BOYKINS... BRINK... BROWNS CORNER... BROWNS STORE... BRUINGTON... BRYANTS CORNER... BUFFORD CROSSROADS... BURGESS... BURNT MILLS... BUSCH GARDENS... BYRDTON... CALEDONIA... CALLAO... CAMBRIDGE... CAMDEN... CAPE CHARLES... CARDINAL... CARTERSVILLE... CARVER GARDENS... CENTERVILLE... CENTERVILLE... CHARLES CITY... CHASE CITY... CHERITON... CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT... CHESTER... CHICKAHOMINY SHORES... CHINCOTEAGUE... CHRISTENSONS CORNER... CHUCKATUCK... CHULA... CLANCIE... CLAREMONT... CLARESVILLE... CLARKSVILLE... CLEOPUS... CLINTON... COBBS CREEK... COINJOCK... COLONIAL BEACH... COLONIAL DOWNS... COLONIAL HEIGHTS... COROLLA... COURTLAND... COWIE CORNER... CREWE... CRISFIELD... CRITTENDEN... CROAKER... CROUCH... CROZIER... CUMBERLAND... CURRITUCK... CITY OF NORFOLK... CITY OF PORTSMOUTH... DAHLIA... DEANES... DEATONVILLE... DEEP CREEK... DENARO... DENDRON... DIASCUND... DIGGS... DIXIE... DODLYT... DOWNTOWN RICHMOND... DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK... DRAGONVILLE... DRIVER... DUNCAN... EARLS... EAST HIGHLAND PARK... EDEN... EDENTON... ELIZABETH CITY... ELK HILL... ELTHAM... ELWOOD... EMPORIA... ETTRICK... EWELL... EXMORE... FARMVILLE... FENTRESS... FIFE... FORT LEE... FORT NONSENSE... FRANKLIN... GATESVILLE... GEORGES TAVERN... GLEN ALLEN... GLOUCESTER POINT... GOOCHLAND... GOOSE CREEK... GRANDY... GREAT BRIDGE... GREENBRIER... GRESSIT... HAMPTON... HERBERTS CORNER... HERTFORD... HICKORY... HIGHLAND SPRINGS... HOLDCROFT... HOLLY FORKS... HOPEWELL... HORSESHOE... INDIANTOWN... IVOR... JARRATT... JEFFERSON... JETERSVILLE... KEMPSVILLE... KENBRIDGE... KILMARNOCK... LAKE MONTICELLO... LAKE MONTICELLO... LAKESIDE... LAUREL... LAWRENCEVILLE... LEWISTON WOODVILLE... LOUISA... MCKENNEY... MECHANICSVILLE... MINERAL... MOUNT VERNON... MURFREESBORO... NASSAWADOX... NEW HOPE... NEWPORT NEWS... NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIR... OCEAN CITY... OCEAN PINES... ONANCOCK... PETERSBURG... POCOMOKE CITY... POQUOSON... PRINCESS ANNE... ROACHES CORNER... ROXBURY... SALISBURY... SMITHFIELD... SOUTH HILL... SURRY... TAPPAHANNOCK... TUCKAHOE... URBANNA... VICTORIA... WAKEFIELD... WARSAW... WAVERLY... WEST OCEAN CITY... WEST POINT... WHITE STONE... WILLIAMSBURG... WINDSOR... WINFALL AND YORKTOWN.

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Thanks, I've been looking at this for the last 20 min or so.

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This thing looks like it's picking up steam, in the evening? That's so weird.

yeah i think the warm air today had something to do with it..75 today and what 50 yesterday?

Have to say ... I'm envious. Out here in California we never get fun doom-filled weather events like tornados. Just the occasional playful earthqu....

It got up to 84 here today. Didn't totally feel that way but the way the wind has been it's no wonder. Right now according to the the closest observation station here, wind is 23 mph sustained, gusting at 42 mph. This should be a beast to wake up to in a few hours by the looks of it.

The radar I posted just indicated a possible tornado in central NC.

And again a yellow screen with EAS buzzing and EAS blinking on my cable box. Grr.. sleeping with TWC on in the background I think.