Nice!
I was too chickenshit to watch out the west facing window, so I watched out the front (east side). It was quite still and very warm/humid as the shelf cloud rolled in overhead. Then there was a slight bit of breeze and a slight feeling of cooler air, perhaps 15mph wind as things began to stir. You could really sense the tension, something big was coming. Then the main wind hit so fast it startled me, even though I was ready for it. BAM!!! The front tree bent way over and looked like it was about to shear right off, but luckily it held. That same initial gust destroyed the neighbor across the street's walnut tree. After that first big gust it stayed pretty windy, but sort of run-of-the-mill squall line stuff- 50-55mph. The heavy rain hit but the winds didn't really get much stronger, still 50-55mph type stuff. It was after the heavy rain from the squall line moved on when the consistent 60-70mph winds rolled in. It really reminded me of how it's like when you get strong wake low winds. Very strong winds with light rain falling after the main storm, but in this case the winds were still from the same direction, and WAY stronger than a wake low wind event. That continued for a good 45 minutes before finally winding down.