Tornado in Washington state

Yesterday was the first time I've heard a real EBS broadcast in a long time.
I finished gassing my jeep and going to lunch when I heard it. They said
there was a tornado warning and described the location. It's a peculiar
feeling when you realize they're describing right where you're at, but we
don't have real tornadoes here so I didn't even think about it.

Amazingly, it had just dissipated when it went overhead, and then it almost
seem to start up again over the building I work in. I watched it from
across the highway and saw the cloud collapse. One of our coworkers was in
a stripmall and literally saw the whole thing happen right outside the
window. (She said everybody was standing behind the plate-glass storefront
gawking at the hailstorm when debris started getting sucked into the air and
a trailer flipped in the parking lot.)

Missed NWPilot's airfield by just a few miles. From the looks of the
damage, it would have tossed everything there.

The weather forecast had not called for thunderstorms or significant
activity at all.

-c