They have a tornado warning system, with printed instructions on their campground flyer. It ended up that there were two separate storms whipping through the area. The park ranger came by and told us that the first storm was moving fast and was due to arrive within 1/2 hour. He suggested we go to the tornado shelter that the town has, or go to the bathrooms for our campground loop. We opted for the brick bathrooms. We took our camp chairs and Kindles, and sat out the first storm. Lots of intensely heavy rain and strong winds. Lasted about an hour. So we went back to the RV, and had dinner.
Even though we can't get the weather station on our phones, we could get the local radio station on our DVD/CD/radio in the RV. So we turned that on, when the rain started again in earnest. When the radio said the intense storm was passing quickly through downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport (the next town near our park), we decided to head back to the bathrooms. This time, it was already pouring rain. We put on our raincoats, left the chairs in the car, and just took our phones and Kindles. We were soaked by the time we got to the bathrooms (which were actually close by). I have never been in a storm that was so intense. The rain poured loudly, and the wind was loud. After about another hour, everything quieted down, the rain stopped, mostly, and we returned to the RV.
We didn't realize until morning that the electricity had gone out.
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