While forecasters downplayed the possibility of local severe weather during the evening news, a storm struck with vengeance that may have caught the National Weather Service off guard as well.
Case in point, alert Adrian fire personnel actually saw the tornado warning on television for Bates county a few minutes before the fire department was called out; and the decision was made to take action although it was too late.
In speaking to Adrian Fire Chief Gary Dizney, "We act when called and are not in the business of trying to out think the weather service" he said "But this morning, we went ahead and started to take action although the warning came too late. By the time we got called out and would normally activate the storm sirens, it had already moved through and was headed southeast".
Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
He went on to say the department will remain diligent and ready to respond at a moment's notice as always, as we've got a long Summer ahead.
A long Summer ahead could be accompanied by more sneaky storms. According to data provided by the NOAA, due to an unusual combination of jet stream location, Gulf moisture and cold fronts arriving from different directions all come in to play making 2020 a candidate for some tricky weather patterns.
Some property damage was reported, including a tree on a car in Butler.
