TORNADO ON THE GROUND - DFW!!!!!!
That's the end of the play by play for this event. In listening to KRLD, this appears to have been a couple of brief touchdowns with the main damage around 121 and Beach Street. Tornado damage is relatively isolated and "light" for the most part with one church destroyed and one warehouse severely damaged. Quite a few homes have light shingle damage with a small number of homes with moderate damage. A Minyard's store had 5 people with light injuries from glass. Unfortuantely, the injury reported earlier of the man trapped under lumber is now a fatality resulting from a heart attack.
There is considerable tree damage in that vicinity with reports of a couple of cars crushed and one tree crashing through a house. There are sure to me more updates from Dallas County later.
For follow-up stories, check out:
http://dallasnews.com
http://www.nbc5i.com/index.html
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/
http://cbs11tv.com/
A slideshow from KXAS.....lots to weed through, but a few pics of the tornado and some large hail:
http://www.nbc5i.com/slideshow/news/11868335/detail.html?qs=;s=1;p=/news/;dm=ss;w=400
Pretty good video:
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=17465@ktvt.dayport.com
I was afraid of this today!!! Rush hour on a Friday afternoon! OMG!
(reports starting with most recent....all from ONE storm!)
8:43 PM CDT....EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN DIXON...BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND LONE OAK ON HIGHWAY 69...NEAR THE PATH OF THE CIRCULATION.
AT 828 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A VISIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 69 SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE.
AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 750 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED STRONG ROTATION NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
7:32 PM - KRLD....Haltom City EM requesting assistance from ham radio operators due to extensive power and communications failures.
AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
7:17 PM KRLD.....FW EM repoting more damage to commercial structures. Channel 11 showing video of serious damage to commercial warehouse. FW EM still assessing damage areas. Reporter still confirming one serious injury of a man trapped by pile of lumber. Damage reports coming in ENE of Downtown Dallas....reuqests for aid coming in.
AT 713 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO NEAR SUNNYVALE OR NEAR ROWLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
7:12 PM: From KRLD 1080....FWPD reporting several damage areas, but they report no injuries. FWFD reporting small damage area 121 corridor from Beach St and ENE...no injuries but still assessing damage.
AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NEAR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE
AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF HEATH...OR ABOUT NEAR GARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR AND JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS....MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH ALONG I-30.
6:54 PM Monitoring KRLD 1080 from Dallas.....damage reports coming in...injuries...several houses seriously damaged.
AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WEREMONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. STRONG ROTATION IS LOCATED OVER IRVING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME!
AT 620 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND PRAIRIE...OR ABOUT NEAR BEDFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
AT 620 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HURST...RICHLAND HILLS...AND SOUTHERN HALTOM CITY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 614 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RICHLAND HILLS OR NEAR LOOP 820 EAST AND I-30...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
There is considerable tree damage in that vicinity with reports of a couple of cars crushed and one tree crashing through a house. There are sure to me more updates from Dallas County later.
For follow-up stories, check out:
http://dallasnews.com
http://www.nbc5i.com/index.html
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/
http://cbs11tv.com/
A slideshow from KXAS.....lots to weed through, but a few pics of the tornado and some large hail:
http://www.nbc5i.com/slideshow/news/11868335/detail.html?qs=;s=1;p=/news/;dm=ss;w=400
Pretty good video:
http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=17465@ktvt.dayport.com
I was afraid of this today!!! Rush hour on a Friday afternoon! OMG!
(reports starting with most recent....all from ONE storm!)
8:43 PM CDT....EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN DIXON...BETWEEN GREENVILLE AND LONE OAK ON HIGHWAY 69...NEAR THE PATH OF THE CIRCULATION.
AT 828 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A VISIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 69 SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE.
AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE TORNADO WAS NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 750 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED STRONG ROTATION NEAR QUINLAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
7:32 PM - KRLD....Haltom City EM requesting assistance from ham radio operators due to extensive power and communications failures.
AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
7:17 PM KRLD.....FW EM repoting more damage to commercial structures. Channel 11 showing video of serious damage to commercial warehouse. FW EM still assessing damage areas. Reporter still confirming one serious injury of a man trapped by pile of lumber. Damage reports coming in ENE of Downtown Dallas....reuqests for aid coming in.
AT 713 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO NEAR SUNNYVALE OR NEAR ROWLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
7:12 PM: From KRLD 1080....FWPD reporting several damage areas, but they report no injuries. FWFD reporting small damage area 121 corridor from Beach St and ENE...no injuries but still assessing damage.
AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM NEAR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE
AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF HEATH...OR ABOUT NEAR GARLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR AND JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS....MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH ALONG I-30.
6:54 PM Monitoring KRLD 1080 from Dallas.....damage reports coming in...injuries...several houses seriously damaged.
AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WEREMONITORING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE OR MORE TORNADOES. STRONG ROTATION IS LOCATED OVER IRVING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME!
AT 620 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND PRAIRIE...OR ABOUT NEAR BEDFORD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
AT 620 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HURST...RICHLAND HILLS...AND SOUTHERN HALTOM CITY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
AT 614 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RICHLAND HILLS OR NEAR LOOP 820 EAST AND I-30...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Labels: DFW TORNADOES
posted by Steve Miller TX at 4/13/2007 06:30:00 PM
5 Comments:
looking on the web pages of KXAS and WFAA you will find no such confirmation of tornadic damage. High winds, maybe a gustnado or two, but I've seen nothing (yet) indicating tornadic activity.
It's confirmed now. :-)
By the way, it is snowing big time here in the TX PH....almost in inch here at my place with moderate snow. It is very wet and sticking to everything..looks pretty cool. I guess I'll be taking more snow pics. LOL!!
What a helluva day for DFW. The warm front was stretched right across the middle of it. It's a damned good thing that there wasn't some serious instability in place. Another bullet dodged. DFW is like "Neo" of the Matrix. ;-)
Looks like i will be dealing with your leftovers around midnight here in Georgia...Will be out and about.
Well Steve Kanani and I alsmost made a fatal mistake and actually chased this sucker into DFW during rush hour!! We were on 820 eastbound in Richland Hills as the reports were coming in all around us. People were stopping under bridges due to hail so 820 became a parking lot. We had to take the access road as baseballs were falling. How we didnt get caught in the hail or the tornado itself I wil never know. NEVER EVER chase in the metrolplex during Friday rush hour!!!
OUCH! I'm glad you escaped the wrath of that storm. I hope you got some video of all the people crammed under overpasses and blocking all traffic flow.
Now you see what I'm talking about. And guess what, you were on the downside of the peak traffic on a Friday afternoon...which is 4-5pm. I'm not joking when I say DFW is the equivalent to Mount Everest as far as chasing goes. :-)
On a serious note, what do you imagine would have happend if a large wedge tornado churned along that highway? It almost happened.
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