Tornadoes while RVing

Wanderlost wrote:
Don't scare yourself out of going somewhere:

Get appropriate weather apps AND a weather radio. That weather radio will shriek at you until you get up and listen to it - very important when the storms come in at night.
Watch/listen to local weather forecasts. Use your apps/internet connections to check out the weather forecasts for where you're going that day.

Always know what county you're in and what adjacent counties are, so you'll know if/when you're in a watch/warning area.

Don't drive into a wall cloud. Wait it out.

Just be weather alert. In time, it will become second nature.

I grew up in Tornado Alley. It's not anywhere near as scary as some like to portray - as long as one pays attention.

X2

The biggest lesson I learned was to map out the counties I will be driving thru on my trip for each day. This should be in all the books for new RV'ers.

Those green interstate signs you are driving under don't tell you what County you are in when the weather station is screaming at you what County the tornado is headed for!!! :E

And the national weather station does give out warnings by Counties. They figure you live in and are familiar which country you are in.

My first tornado newbie experience as a Snowbird, while driving the MH had my shorts in a bunch because I didn't know what County I was in, driving thru, or more importantly headed into. :R

I now "print" out a "County" map of all the states I am planning to be driving thru. Keep it on the console at all times.