Tornadoes in the Dallas area - April 3

[CrazyC83]

Heavily populated area being hit hard. Isolated but in a BAD place.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
200 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

TXC113-439-031915-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120403T1915Z/
DALLAS TX-TARRANT TX-
200 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT AND NORTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 200 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EULESS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. EULESS...IRVING AND DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE IN THE
DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO! IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EULESS AROUND 205 PM CDT...
IRVING AROUND 210 PM CDT...
COPPELL...GRAPEVINE AND CARROLLTON AROUND 215 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT I-820 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE UNDERGROUND OR TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3275 9697 3275 9713 3282 9715 3298 9713
3299 9686 3281 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 214DEG 24KT 3281 9706

[CrazyC83]

TORNADO WARNING
TXC085-113-397-032015-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0008.120403T1913Z-120403T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
213 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WESTERN ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 212 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING TORNADOES WAS 6 MILES WEST OF SUNNYVALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GARLAND...ROWLETT AND HEATH AROUND 220 PM CDT...
PARKER AROUND 235 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THIS STORM! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE
STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3323 9629 3299 9637 3281 9650 3281 9652
3279 9652 3277 9666 3280 9676 3326 9658
3326 9630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 205DEG 28KT 3286 9664

$$


DUNN

[Cyclenall]

Massive sized hail might be hitting the DFW airport right now (5 inch hail almost! ) That alone could be extremely damaging!

[CrazyC83]

That has billion dollar disaster written all over it even outside the tornadoes!!!

[CrazyC83]

This has a Joplin-like nightmare situation written all over it - out of nowhere too...

[vbhoutex]

Dallas area peeps please report in when you can. Several tornados still on the ground according to KXAS. Tractor trailers lofted hundreds of feet into the air earlier. Many damage reports coming in now.

[vbhoutex]

Live feed from KXAS
http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Severe-Storms-Building-to-the-West-145934445.html

[Texas Snowman]

Lots and lots of damage across both Dallas and Tarrant counties.

Here's what I've been able to glean from various TV coverage in DFW:

Storms were discrete out in front of the front, every storm was rotating a couple of hours ago.

Significant damage in Lancaster. Significant damage in Arlington (Six Flags apparently was hit directly). Reports of rescues being performed in Cleburne to south of Fort Worth.

Massive hail in places.

Injuries reported, so far, not fatalities.

[EF-5bigj]

Certainly doesn't look like it is going to be over anytime soon this is violent weather.

[vbhoutex]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
234 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WAXAHACHIE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RED OAK...OAK LEAF AND OVILLA AROUND 245 PM...
GLENN HEIGHTS AND FERRIS AROUND 250 PM...
LANCASTER AND DESOTO AROUND 255 PM...
WILMER AROUND 300 PM...
HUTCHINS AROUND 305 PM...
SEAGOVILLE AROUND 310 PM...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 77...
I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 454 AND 474...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 52...
I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 273 AND 284...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN TEXAS.

[Texas Snowman]

I'm sure you've seen the footage of the empty tractor trailer rigs being tossed hundreds of feet into the air.

David Finfrock of KXAS-TV speculated EF-3, perhaps EF-4, on the Lancaster (Dallas County) tornado.

[summersquall]

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/live-video/

Another live feed. (My mac didn't care for the nbc feed.)

My prayers are with y'all in TX today. Plano now under the gun.

[CrazyC83]

SEL5

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 135
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
235 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

FAR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
EASTERN TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 235 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF
SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 132...WW 133...WW 134...

DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS IN PROGRESS OVER N-CNTRL TX ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE/DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING IN ADVANCE OF MIDLEVEL VORTICITY MAXIMUM LIFTING NEWD
THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AMBIENT WARM SECTOR AIR MASS
/CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPE OF 2000-2500 J PER KG/ WILL REMAIN BOUND ON
THE N BY AN W-E ORIENTED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SITUATED JUST N OF THE
I-20 CORRIDOR. BOTH LOW AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL STRENGTHEN WITH
THE EWD PROGRESSION OF THE VORTICITY MAXIMUM...RESULTING IN AN
ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF SUPERCELLS. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
TORNADOES WILL EXIST WITH STORMS INTERACTING WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
WHERE LOW-LEVEL SHEAR/VORTICITY IS ENHANCED. IN ADDITION TO THE
TORNADO THREAT...VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WILL LOCALLY
DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 22030.


...MEAD

[Extratropical94]

2 new tornado warnings, one near Arlington, and a completely new one east of the previous ones in the Lone Oak - Campbell area

[Cyclenall]

This has a Joplin-like nightmare situation written all over it - out of nowhere too...

That's what I was thinking too, same pop-out-of-nowhere type stuff with tornadoes right over heavy population centers.

Tornado reported on the ground now near Addison TX. Could be rain-wrapped.

[vbhoutex]

I'm sure you've seen the footage of the empty tractor trailer rigs being tossed hundreds of feet into the air.

David Finfrock of KXAS-TV speculated EF-3, perhaps EF-4, on the Lancaster (Dallas County) tornado.

Yes TWC keeps running it over and over. Damage I have seen appears to be EF2, maybe EF3, but I haven't seen very much in the way of damage yet(meaning I haven't viewed it).

[Extratropical94]

Several SPC storm reports already online with 2.75'' hail (baseball size) from Euless, Irving and Coppell.

[CrazyC83]

A theme park in Arlington, TX was severely damaged. Thankfully it was closed today...season not started, or if it has, weekend only.

[Extratropical94]

The tornado warning for the second Arlington cell has been discontinued.

[Extratropical94]

New tornado warning for the Hutchins-Balch Springs-Mesquite cell is up.