Tornadoes in the Dallas area - April 3

[Dave]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0439
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0524 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...N-CNTRL/NERN LA...W-CNTRL MS...FAR SRN AR

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 134...

VALID 032224Z - 032330Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 134
CONTINUES.

MCS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PROPAGATE SSEWD ACROSS NRN LA/WRN MS.
ACCOMPANYING COLD POOL IS SURGING ACROSS CNTRL MS...QUICKLY
UNDERCUTTING ANY NEW DEVELOPING CONVECTION. GREATEST SHORT-TERM
POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WINDS AND HAIL APPEARS TO BE ALONG WRN FLANK OF
THE MCS...WHERE RADAR REFLECTIVITY INDICATES STRONGEST CORES ARE
CURRENTLY LOCATED. COLD POOL HAS BEEN SLOWER MOVING HERE...IN PART
DUE TO STRONGER LOW-LEVEL SLY WINDS /20-30 KTS IN THE 0-2 KM AGL
LAYER PER POE VWP/ AND RICHER MOISTURE OVER WRN/CNTRL LA.
SLOW-MOVING NATURE OF TSTMS WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS N-CNTRL/NERN LA.

..ROGERS.. 04/03/2012


ATTN...WFO...JAN...LZK...LCH...SHV...

[Fyzn94]

It looks like central Arkansas will be OK this evening, but I can't be so sure about SW Arkansas and SE Oklahoma staying in the clear.

[Dave]

(6:29 PM) FWD continues Tornado Warning for Hopkins [TX] till 6:00 PM CDT ...AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIRA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

[cycloneye]

Fort Worth NWS was miserable in forecasting this event today. Go check out their discussion from early this morning....main threat was calling for hail/winds but only low risk for tornadoes. Tornado forecasting is almost as bad as their winter weather forecasting!! Geez!!!!

I posted at the sticky thread of 2012 U.S Severe Weather Season thread on Sunday morning,the day 2 outlook by SPC and we know what occured.

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=112438&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=160

[Dave]

(6:30 PM) SHV issues Tornado Warning for Bowie, Red River, Titus [TX] till 6:30 PM CDT ...* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WILKERSON...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WILKERSON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

[Texas Snowman]

Storms went tornadic w/in a half hour of forming (or so it seemed). And at one point, it seemed like that EVERY storm was rotating and going tornadic.

FYI, KRLD just reported a number of injuries in the Lancaster area, some perhaps critical, 300 buildings damaged.

Also, in Forney, reporter said that the damage is worse than the 1994 Lancaster tornado that he covered. Numerous homes severely damaged, a number flattened.

[Dave]

(6:36 PM: FWD issues Tornado Warning for Hopkins [TX] till 6:00 PM CDT ...* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COMO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES AN INTENSE CIRCULATION...THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL LIKELY IMPACT CORNERSVILLE...AND THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF WINNSBORO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

[Dave]

(6:39 PM) SHV issues Tornado Warning for Camp, Franklin, Titus [TX] till 6:45 PM CDT ...* AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PURLEY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

[ravyrn]

This is a tornado warned cell that went right over my deer lease. No confirmed touchdown, but strong rotation reported with it. Where would the rotation be located at in this cell? Would it be that little hook on the southeast side?

[Texas Snowman]

Trailers tossed on the video of the Lancaster/Dallas tornado?

They reportedly are 53-feet long and weigh 16,000-lbs. when empty. Were tossed around like match-sticks.

[WeatherGuesser]

If there was actual rotation .......

[Texas Snowman]

CNN: Arlington FDP Asst. Chief Jim Self says they have 3 injuries & 150 homes damaged. So far, no reports of fatalities.

[Texas Snowman]

Arlington and Lancaster getting all of the local publicity at the moment, but from the early reports the real story may be in Forney.

[Ntxw]

Arlington and Lancaster getting all of the local publicity at the moment, but from the early reports the real story may be in Forney.

In Rockwall county as well, reports of flattened homes.

[Texas Snowman]

Arlington and Lancaster getting all of the local publicity at the moment, but from the early reports the real story may be in Forney.

In Rockwall county as well, reports of flattened homes.

Ntxw: You hear of anything out of Greenville? They had a Tornado Emergency with a spotter confirmed tornado about to roar through town. Roation appeared to go directly through the city and yet all I've seen is a report of one home flattened somewhere near there.

[Ntxw]

Ntxw: You hear of anything out of Greenville? They had a Tornado Emergency with a spotter confirmed tornado about to roar through town. Roation appeared to go directly through the city and yet all I've seen is a report of one home flattened somewhere near there.

I haven't heard much out of the far eastern areas, I didn't have power when that happened everything is what I'm getting from the local news. There's less media coverage out there so we won't likely hear much out of those areas until later probably.

[Dave]

Snowman I checked the storm reports logged so far and nothing is showing for Greenville at this time.

[cycloneye]

Arlington and Lancaster getting all of the local publicity at the moment, but from the early reports the real story may be in Forney.

See how big was that Forney tornado at video posted on the Sticky 2012 U.S Severe Weather Season thread.

[Texas Snowman]

Remarkable video of the Forney tornado from Brandon Sullivan.

Damage shots I've seen in Forney so far look to my untrained eye like EF-3, maybe some EF-4 damage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24QT3v8o ... ata_player

[HurricaneBill]

This reminds me of the Utica, IL outbreak in 2004.

The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, had issued only a forecast for general thunderstorms at the time of the tornado, with a See Text message for isolated severe weather. Neither large-scale models nor local soundings by the Chicago office could predict the ultimately small-scale event that caused six supercellular storms to spawn 14 tornadoes.