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!