Bumpy Night, But Not Too Bad

I have to say a big howdy to everyone at North LaFayette Elementary. One of the stops I made around the area last week. In this picture are students Steven Mosier, Phillip Stansell, Robbie Wallin, and William Acuff. It was nice meeting everyone and it was such a nice day for a drive.
Severe thunderstorm warnings kept us busy overnight and into early this morning. But now things are drying out and cooling down a tad for the next few days.
Actually we were very lucky. A few hail reports, and a couple of trees or tree limbs down and that's all that has been reported here so far. And obviously a much different story in Western Tennessee and the Midwest. Preliminary data from the Storm Prediciton Center shows 63 tornado reports, 324 wind damage reports, and 326 large hail reports. As bad as the weather has been in the last 24 hours, it pales in comparison to the April 3rd and 4th so called "Super Tornado Outbreak". That's when 148 twisters touched down in 13 states killing 330 people. Another 5,484 were injured. Folks around here, especially in Bradley County, Tennessee still talk about that terrible outbreak.
For a complete look back, check out this link: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/storms/
For a complete look forward check out this link: http://www.wrcbtv.com/news/weather/index.cfm