Our tornado sirens just went off for just a few seconds.

[Critters2]

Not even long enough to get up to the full tone. The weather's beautiful, but I've lived in the Midwest long enough to be nervous.

[hedgehog]

1. There's some ugly stuff down between St. Loius, Nashville and Springfield.

as 0f 2:30 EDT

Also a smaller storm moving across the north west corner of Iowa headed to Des Moines.

[Critters2]

2. Our radar shows nothing near here, but I will keep an eye on that watch box

in central Iowa. I assume that'll be moving east. Thanks for the heads up!