Multiple tornadoes on the ground in Dallas, Tarrant counties

[brooklynite]

Source: Dallas Morning News

BURLESON — The National Weather Service says tornadoes have touched down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and there was at least one report of damage.

Weather service advisories issued Tuesday said storm spotters and radar revealed separate tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. The weather service said the tornado south of Fort Worth caused “considerable damage” near Cleburne.

Television footage showed a funnel cloud on the ground near Interstate 35 south of Dallas. The weather service said the tornado was near Lancaster and moving north.

There were other reports of developing tornadoes as a band of severe storms moved through the area.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20120403-multiple-tornadoes-on-the-ground-in-dallas-tarrant-counties.ece

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Fox TV reporting DFW Airport and Arlington Stadium are in the heavy risk zone.

Live TV coverage: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/subindex/community/chat

[teddy51]

1. Evacuating all planes at DFW and sending people to the Tornado Shelters. n/t

[wendylaroux]

2. watching live on msnbc

oh people please keep safe!! horrifying.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Watching live on MSNBC! Holy ****!!!

Saw live footage of tractor trailers flying through the air!

[hankthecrank]

35. video at link

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[Rhiannon12866]

4. Says they're getting hail now at the airport!

Folks are taking shelter and the airport is shut down for the immediate future.

[rdking647]

5. latest reports

Dallas officials have activated the emergency operations center in the basement of City Hall. Police and fire officials are gathering there in front of big screen televisions, monitoring weather and media reports. Officials say they still are assessing the extent of any damage. “We’re just urging residents to seek shelter and seek more information as the weather situation unfolds,” said city emergency management specialist Robert Pesapane.


major damage reported in arlington

tornado on the ground in mesquite

TCU has suspended all classes.

DFW is on a ground halt

[justabob]

11. Lancaster had a touchdown too

NBC5 had coverage of a neighborhood there that got hit

[LanternWaste]

6. Tracked a few miles west of the Arlington Convention zone.

It was a bit exciting-- office was "evacuated" to a large open room in the middle of our slab building. If I was one to worry about these things, I would have been concerned that I'd have been safer in the parking lot.

Tracked a few miles west of the Arlington Convention zone.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. luckily there's no such thing as climactic change, otherwise there'd be real trouble.

Climate change. Yeah, that's the one.

As the strength and frequency of these storms increase, how long before the GOP starts blaming Obama for not doing enough about the weather?

[Typical NYC Lib]

14. SICKLICAL IT'S JUS SICKLICAL!

Misspelling deliberate.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. at least no one is telling us to set down and rotate.

Wow, those are hugely powerful storms. That truck station video makes my jaw drop.

[Skittles]

34. we absolutely SKATED on a winter here in North Texas

I'm a native of Illinois and I have learned that in Texas you ALWAYS pay for good weather - ALWAYS. My feeling is we will be SLAMMED by tornadoes.

[florida08]

8. horrific

Tamron Hall's family lives in Johnson county. She's filling us in as to their status. Hunkered down but ok. T's are very big. Rain and hail slamming. Power gone

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I'm following that, too. They have live footage, huge tornado and darkness.

She's keeping her family updated because they have no power. She's remarkably composed. Yikes!

[florida08]

17. she sure is

every time she said she was getting an update on them (text) it was nerver-racking for me. Can't imagine what it was for her. She did a great job

[Rhiannon12866]

20. She said her entire family is there!

She certainly held it together, don't know if I could. I feel especially bad for her poor little niece who's in kindergarten and is in her school under lockdown.

We had "duck and cover" in kindergarten, would send us to the basement, but it was for a much different reason. Scary stuff for little kids.

[Cal Carpenter]

9. Here's links to a couple live blogs

Updated frequently:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/Severe-weather-blog-Tornado-warnings-issued-145963545.html


Not so much:

http://wkyufm.org/post/possible-tornadoes-touch-down-near-dallas

[maddezmom]

10. reports that a wing of a nursing home completely demolished

no report of casualties yet.

[justabob]

22. one minor injury

Is what my local NBC just reported.... staff credited with getting residents to safe areas.

[uppityperson]

26. Yay! Great news, thank you.

[maddezmom]

37. thanks for the info

many, many people were lucky in this horrific storm.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. MSNBC also reporting high winds, rain and hail, affecting N. Texas.

These storms are huge, also affecting Oklahoma. They have the schools on lockdown, kids doing "duck and cover" in the halls.

[kag]

15. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew live in Arlington...

Hope they're safe. This is scary.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. North Texas under tornado watch until 8pm, CT.

Hope people remain safe.

[Ishoutandscream2]

19. My school, and the whole district, had been locked down since 1:30

We are now out of lockdown. Rockwall ISD, northeast of Dallas.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Thanks so much for checking in!

So glad to hear you're safe!

[Ishoutandscream2]

30. 15 minutes later, we were put back on lockdown

Another funnel cloud came on us, and soft ball sized hail.

[susanr516]

27. What's happening in Forney?

I have family there, can't reach them.

[Ishoutandscream2]

28. Damage to elementary school

As you probably know, we're within minutes of Forney. This shit is all around us. We just had soft ball sized hail. We are in a huge building - you should have heard the sound!! We are still in lockdown here. I am in my office - no windows, no outer wall. Students should have been out of school 30 minutes ago.

[susanr516]

31. I'm really worried

My sister and b-i-l work in Dallas, but my niece goes to Forney HS--I hope they locked them down until everything passed.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Pix here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002512412

[HotRodTuna]

24. Wow, lucky my mom flew through there yesterday and not today

It's been a great day in Houston, I guess the morning weather blew up north. Hopefully everyone's ok.

[tammywammy]

36. AA has canceled a lot of flights

Last edited Tue Apr 3, 2012, 09:30 PM - Edit history (1)

I had two guys that were supposed to fly out this afternoon. AA has 80 planes last I heard they had to check for hail damage.


edited to add: AA canceled all their flights this afternoon/evening.

American Airlines canceled the rest of its flight schedule out of DFW for the day, a total of more than 450 flights. It said 68 planes had to be inspected for hail damage.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/03/3856093/rainstorms-expected-in-dfw-by.html#storylink=cpy

[Arkana]

25. Jesus fuck, Texas people, please be OK.

I didn't realize how devastating tornadoes were until one ripped through Southern MA a year ago. I was about a half-mile away, but I couldn't go home that night because every road out of town was blocked.

One of the worst and most frightening experiences of my life.

[bongbong]

29. I wonder

I wonder how soon Fox "news" will do a report on all the wild & unpredictable weather we're having, as well as the record winter heat wave.

[NOLALady]

32. Holy Crap.

My sister is in Garland. They are in a closet right now.

I have 3 families of cousins in Arlington and the surrounding area. They had a direct hit. So far, most family members have been accounted for. They are in shelters and schools.

[izquierdista]

33. Put Dubya up on the roof of his house....

...and hope the tornado god will be appeased.

on edit: maybe Pat Robertson can get up there with him and they can pray it away.