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Solar_Crimson posted...

In my experience, a "tornado warning" has always meant an extremely severe thunderstorm. I mean, I know what "tornado warning" actually means, but still.

On a related note, despite thankfully never seeing one in person, tornadoes have been a recurring theme in my dreams since I was young. In fact, one appeared in my dream last night.

It does seem like in the last few years they've broadened the 'Warning' status to either situations that will very likely produce a tornado, or they're tracking a particular spot that shows unconfirmed signs of tornado activity; you don't necessarily need a sighting to incur a Warning anymore. Which is fine, better safe than sorry given how sudden and unpredictable they are.

And I sympathize to the letter - never seen an actual funnel cloud myself (though I have seen nearby storm cells that were later confirmed to have tornadoes in them). But they've always been my biggest fear, and I still have occasional nightmares about them to this day, to the point where I try to avoid looking at pictures of them for too long in case it might trigger a dream later.
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