Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

I'm around Gastonia. The storm hit us about 1:15 am. It blew a few trees down but wasn't nearly as bad as what you guys got.

Question for the NC people. Do your towns turn on the sirens every time it storms? There was no tornado warning for my location that night but the sirens were going off for about 10 minutes. Why? Every time there's a strong thunderstorm they turn the fucking things on.

I'm originally from Kansas. When they turn on the sirens there it's because there was either a funnel cloud sighted or there is a tornado on the ground in the area. I've almost been retrained to ignore the sirens now.