National Guard activated in North Texas (weather related)

[rainbow4321]

Here we go again....severe storms, "bow echos" on the radar, 70 mph winds, golf ball size hail. Channel 8 just said that a Nat'l Guard unit has been activated, they're leaving them in Terrell right now til they find out if/where they may be needed over the next 4-5 hrs.

[TX-RAT]

1. We had 5 tornado's in our county yesterday.

1 went across my east pasture and blew some tanks over, power lines down and started a brush fire. Then it rained about 2 inch's with golf-ball size hail. I was lucky, all my cows were in the west pasture.

[fooj]

2. Good luck. I saw a chart at a hearing that showed

NO STATES are prepared for National Guard emergencies. No troops. No equipment. How sad is that?

[Horse with no Name]

3. My weather radio keeps going off here in East Texas

The reports say that it will hit here in an hour or more.

[shaniqua6392]

4. I hope for your sake that it will pass through

without causing too much harm! You are in our thoughts.

[Horse with no Name]

7. Thanks!

:hug:

[TX-RAT]

5. Just seen the radar, if your around Paris, keep a look out.

[Horse with no Name]

6. That is exactly where I am

:scared:

[fooj]

8. Oh shit. You live in Paris? My aunt used to live there.

Take good care! I'll check in later to make certain that you are ok.:hi:

[MnFats]

9. maps at weatherunderground.com show incredible images..

...the front nudging DFW runs all the way from Mexico up to close to the Nebraska-Iowa border.
in New Mexico they're warning of winter weather.
that must be a hell of a front!
stay safe texans & neighbors!

[MnFats]

10. now supposed to be a tornado at the Colo.-Kan. border...outside the watch area...

...stormchasers will have a field day.....hope nobody is hurt...

[The Cleaner]

11. Here in Plano (way North Dallas) Not So bad.

We got high wind gusts and drenching rain, some lightning and thunder, that's about all. no hail no tornadoes

South of fort worth did see a couple tornados though I think.

Some flooding. Just a typical spring Texas storm! :)

[Madspirit]

12. Looks stormy here in Austin...n/t

[The Cleaner]

13. I wish I lived in Austin.

it's a bit boring here in Dallas. Austin is far prettier too, a bit more "normal" to me in terms of people and culture.

:)

[Madspirit]

15. Leave the Big D...

Move on down to Austin...a True Liberal City.
We could have coffee and talk about all the people on DU...<g>
Lee

[damntexdem]

14. Another N. Texas UU here. Pretty nasty out.

Will students show for the night class I'm to teach?

[rainbow4321]

16. From the DMN weather blog--flights cancelled, power outages

http://fromthescene2.beloblog.com/

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport spokesman Ken Capps has told radio station KRLD-AM that 119 flights have been cancelled and other flights are experiencing one to three hour delays. A handful of flights have been diverted to other airports.

Power outages
KRLD-AM is reporting that 15,000 homes and businesses are without power in Tarrant County and 2,300 are in the dark in Dallas County.


At 3 pm today:

A tornado has touched down outside Celina, according to a fire official there. The twister is believed to be on FM 423 in Denton County, west of the Collin County city.
"It hasn't hit the inner part of the city," said Stephen Hathcoat, a Celina firefighter. "They haven't located it yet, but they do know it's there." Mr. Hathcoat said authorities are out in a storm-spotting vehicle attempting to pinpoint its location. Tornado sirens hadn't sounded in Celina by 2:45 p.m.
"They're going to make sure it's either still on the ground or gone back in the clouds," he said.