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the irony...

after a couple years of messing with Uniden's FIPS code Weather Warn feature on several scanners, i had one going last night for Bexar County.

...sat the scanner on a countertop in "Standby" mode and started watching a movie..

at approximately 7:30pm, the radio goes off and i jump off the couch to go see what it was - FLASH FLOOD WATCH

bah - boring.

i resume "Standby" mode.

about an hour later, the thing goes off again, and this time i'm deep in the movie - jump up, annoyed as hell, and just turn it off as NOAA's automated voice is saying "...for Bexar County..."

well, turns out that was a TORNADO WARNING, and the tornado had been spotted about 2 miles from my house!

altogether now: DOH!

fortunately, it was a small tornado and really didn't last long but MAN i won't turn that thing off next time!
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