Just lots of rain and wind. I think you're more suspectible to tornadoes than us here in High Point, NC. They sell them at radio shack and I think they are a good idea. They go off like an alarm clock when NOAA broadcasts a warning.
We couldn't find the weather radio last night and weather.com has a service that they'll call you with any severe warnings. It's (going from memory here) $6.99/month but they have a one week free trial so I signed up for that just in case anything was coming our way last night.
We eventually found the radio and I immediately cancelled the service. (Otherwise, I'm sure I would've been paying for at least one month as my memory about stuff like that isn't always so good).
But, I was glad to know about the service in case there's a need for it in the future.