Well, it got a little hairy last night. The winds were high, and it rained so hard you couldn’t see five feet in front of you. However, when the hail started, we went to the basement. I was following everything on my radio (amateur radio, call sign N0DBH) and tornadoes were being spotted in numerous locations. Fairview had some damage but it could have just been wind shear. We’re all okay and there’s no apparent damage here at home.

Fairview made the news. Here’s News Channel 5’s report.

I took a few pictures of the hail, but we headed to the basement pretty quickly. Here they are on flickr.

Tornadoes and hail, but we’re all okay! I never saw any tornadoes but it was the first hail storm I’ve seen I can remember. It was incredible. It lasted for about 10 minutes and it was constant downpour of hail — the size of a nickel. I was at Middle Tennessee Medical Center at work watching it through the front door. You just don’t see that every day. The picture is just one of the tornadoes that touched down here close to us in Middle Tennessee.