We've been lucky this year (tornadoes in East TX). We only had to shelter 4 times. Two of those times the sirens went off, and both had actual tornadoes spotted within 5 miles of my house. Last year we probably had sirens 5 or 6 times.
Those fancy tracking radars are pretty good if the station doesn't fear monger. One of the tornadoes that hit was only an F0 and was only on the ground for less than 1 mile. It's damage was very localized, but it was caught on film and proven. We had 3 minutes warning on that one, and more than 5 on the other warnings.
We've been lucky this year (tornadoes in East TX). We only had to shelter 4 times. Two of those times the sirens went off, and both had actual tornadoes spotted within 5 miles of my house. Last year we probably had sirens 5 or 6 times.
Those fancy tracking radars are pretty good if the station doesn't fear monger. One of the tornadoes that hit was only an F0 and was only on the ground for less than 1 mile. It's damage was very localized, but it was caught on film and proven. We had 3 minutes warning on that one, and more than 5 on the other warnings.