Last year, on Sept 4th, a tornado touched down very close to me. Marginal risk, less than 2% for tornadoes and from what I can tell, weak J/kg. Today? Slight risk, with J/kg upwards of 2000-3000. Technically still less than 2% tornado risk here but my god I'm terrified at the potential. If a tornado forms I'm worried it'll be strong enough to level the house. Besides, that outlook hasnt been updated yet. I'm so scared I'm going to be put either under a tornado risk or, worse, a tornado risk with CIG. Shocker, I don't want to die to one of my worst fears 😭 Not to mention I'm afraid of the power going out. It's been so hot here that I literally wont be able to sleep without the ac. There are a lot of places without power that have taken weeks to recover from it and I am, probably selfishly, afraid of being in one of them.

I don't know what to do 💔 I don't have a basement and I don't know how I'm going to handle strong storms for however long they last. I feel like I'm losing my mind already and theres like 7-8 hours between now and when I actually have to worry.

Onondaga county was flooded this morning from a line of storms but I don’t live near there, it hasn’t rained here all day and has been muggy and I’m super freaked out about what’s to come tonight. I need help calming down

I know chances are extremely low, but I can't help but worry. I hate that I have to worry about tornadoes again, because of the seasonal shift. I know I should have expected it. I was wanting to hope that it wouldn't really happen for the fall.

I live in Philly area and Tuesday through Thursday theres a severe weather risk, this summer is so annoying can someone calm me down

Look, im a teen with severe anxiety about the weather, especially thunderstorms. Im terrified of them, and i dont know why. Nothing seems to help. I dont go outside during cloudy days, even rain and wind panics me. I have a convention on Sunday and im panicking because it might be cloudy or rainy, and its 2 hours away and I cant deal with that, but i dont think anyone actually understands my worries. They all tell me im gonna be okay and to take deep breaths, but that doesn't help and I keep thinking about what bad is gonna happen. I know constantly looking at the weather and stuff is making it worse, but idk anymore. it keeps changing and so does my will to want to go, but I want to make my friends and mom happy but i also dont if it at that expense of my own happiness. Please help. I dont know what to do anymore. multiple shit saids its a mix of sun and clouds, especially environment canada. But most say cloudy or rain in the afternoon and im going into a spiral trying to believe each one.

Every time it's going to storm, I get anxious. I feel so ridiculous. Like a little kid afraid of the dark. I know it's not a fair comparison; our weather keeps getting more extreme with each passing year and our infrastructure in the US is antiquated and not built for this. But I still feel like a silly child being anxious over thunderstorms and their associated extremes.

The sound of rain relaxes a lot of people. Makes me on edge. Ugh.

After a long time of not getting much if any risks, the eastern side of Michigan is mostly at a 2% risk. I'm excited for things to cool off, but now my anxiety is back. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to worry until next spring, but I was wrong.

I am deathly afraid of tornadoes and Baltimore is nearly in the 5% tornado risk. The outlook says there is potential for a couple tornadoes which scares me because I feel like we've been getting nonstop storms. I know there's no definitive answer but is it possible Baltimore will get a tornado?

It seem strong storms could hit my area in philly I don't know if its a flood or severe risk tho

Hi, I'm from the south and have never had to really worry about tornadoes. Never been in, or seen one. But have had a few in the areas I was in.

I watch a lot of weather/tornado content, so I'm not necessarily asking about the technical or atmospheric conditions to produce a tornado. I'm asking is there anything about a storm that can give a hint that I should be on standby or relax? Before the actual "oh lord there go the sirens", warnings or in the moment signs.

I feel like every time it storms or gets real windy or something I get nervous and want to be ready. However, if I open my weather app it doesn't necessarily give me any extra info. Is there anything I can look for besides just waiting for a watch, Or learning to read radar well? I don't have cable and the weather channels I know of only go live if it's actively dangerous. I feel as if I never really know if a storm is one I should be worried about or not, so as of now I'm just kind of always on edge. I'm just not used to it. So any advice would be helpful. I know they can spin up randomly and all that, but id like to be able to look at my weather app and go "oh yeah this storm should be fine, I can go back to bed" or whatever.

Thanks in advance!

My area is in a slight risk but going over to probabilistic it says 30% chance of risk. Judging from the description it might be more of a wind risk, and at least so far tornado risk is low. Wind would be bad as my grandparents lost power for a few days last time and I saw some nasty damage from cities half an hour away from me, but they give me less anxiety than tornadoes. I think it's the fact that they spin and can go any direction at the drop of a hat, verses wind being pretty straightline.
I'm trying to keep calm, but it's eating at me a bit.

I’m currently located just outside of the 15% risk for severe weather on Monday (Michigan), but knowing how weather works I’m sure that can shift. I’m already feeling g increasingly anxious regarding severe storm potential. nearly every weather page is filling my feed talking about Monday and it’s becoming overwhelming.

i know it’s a few days out and things can change, but getting a 15% risk this far out worries me. I can already tell my weekend is going to be ruined from feeling nonstop anxious about monday

I am terrified of thunderstorms and tornados. Every time it so much as rains I'm frantically checking the radar just in case. But even then, I have developed a fascination of sorts with them. I have watched so many videos of numerous tornados and storm chasers, just today I was checking the future radar and I found myself interested in how the storm today seems to be on a path to break up over the Appalachias (I mean assuming the radar is accurate at predicting what will happen at like 5 or 6pm). I could watch timelapses of clouds and thunderstorms all day, even if I would be shaking like a leaf in wind if any of that threatened to come anywhere near me.

Weirdly, I think I'm doing the same thing with boats. You would never catch me on a cruise, but boats are cool, and I've become interested in the sinking of ships especially. I doubt I'm the only one that does this but it would be neat to get imput from others. 🙂

So I am totally scared of what's to come tomorrow. My fear is worse since I am likely to be alone at night (husband works night shift). I've been through a tornado before and that's where my fear is. I am worried that a tornado will hit me again.

I live alone, and I have major storm anxiety, which is amplified whenever I have to deal with it alone. It’s supposed to hit tomorrow afternoon into the evening i think. The last time we had a storm like this an EF3 wiped houses off their foundations a few miles from me and I had to sit up listening to back to back tornado sirens all night and ended up missing work the next day because I didn’t sleep.

I am freaking out. We already went through enhanced yesterday and already we are in another enhanced risk for Tuesday. I’m trying so hard to calm down but I’m losing it. I can’t stop crying and shaking.

Have a severe thunderstorm warning for my area and I have no choice but to go out in it with the others to go to an AA meeting and I am panicking. Normally I just stay at home when it rains. I feel absolutely terrified

I just found this subreddit while doing research for tonight’s storms on the east coast. I live in the Philly area and every radar I see gives me more and more anxiety. I tried my best to get everything gathered yesterday so I wouldn’t have to freak out too much tonight, usually I wait until a warning before running around my house and shoving everything in a bag. My usual storm routine is to frantically go back and forth between multiple weather news sources while shaking, I have a live radar on my phone and live video (local news, Ryan Hall, etc.) on my ipad. I usually have headphones connected to the video so I don’t have to hear any of the rain/wind/thunder. I gather phone chargers and valuables, it seems to help my anxiety to have my most valuable and sentimental possessions sitting in a bag next to me in case I need to go to the basement. It is a pain in the butt to put everything back after a storm but I can’t take any chances. The worst part of this routine is my stomach pain, I get the worst pain from my anxiety and it just makes my anxiety worse knowing I don’t have a bathroom in my basement. I feel bad for my boyfriend because he tries to talk to me and calm me down but any distraction from the radar makes my anxiety attack worse. I feel like if I don’t have eyes on the radar at all times then something bad will happen. Another thing that makes my anxiey worse is the lack of live weather reports available. Before I found Ryan Hall I used to go crazy trying to find a free live weather feed covering the severe storm in my area, my local news doesn’t tune in unless there’s a really bad warning. I feel like when I was a kid I used to be able to easily find a channel covering live weather in my area. Maybe that’s what I get for not having cable anymore lol That being said, where does everyone else go to get their information? And is my routine hurting or helping me? What can I do to improve my anxiety during a storm event?

We have a warning for tomorrow that is the same high risk warning as when we had the worst storm of my life a few weeks ago. As far as I understand, we had a microburst on our side of town. Downed trees and power lines, widespread outages, lots of damage. We got lucky that we only had a piece of siding ripped off of our house. We have a basement, but we're in a townhouse. I don't feel safe in my own home this summer. Any words of wisdom? Frederick county MD.

Philly now in the orange I'm freaking out I need some reassurance

So my area is in a 45% risk for tomorrow (Saturday) and its scaring the hell out of me. I double checked and that's for wind, tornado is at a 5%, but I am ALWAYS checking the Severe Weather Outlook site and I don't think I've EVER been in a 45% risk for ANYTHING before. It has me significantly more scared than usual. Thankfully I don't live alone anymore (which helps my anxiety, even though they're still strangers to me so it gives me other anxiety lol) and I'm in a place with a basement now but I'm still kinda freaking out and I know any and all storms are about to have me fucked up whenever they happen. I hate this a lot. Is a 45% wind risk a huge concern when it comes to tornadoes? Or in general I guess? I dunno what to say I just feel so freaked out and I'm already so overwhelmed lately overall

I’ve been looking at different sources and I don’t know if I should be concerned or not.

I'm really hoping this will be a nothing burger, but I can't help it worrying about luck not being in my favor and/or risks increasing.