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TORNADO EMERGENCY for Dallas, TX
National Weather Service ^ | April 3, 2012

Posted on 04/03/2012 11:26:00 AM PDT by Strategerist

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 116 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN DALLAS COUNTY...

AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONFIRMED A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LANCASTER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE CITY OF LANCASTER! SEEK SHELTER NOW!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LANCASTER AROUND 125 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dallas; dfw; metroplex; severeweather; tornado; tornadoes; weatheralert
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To: NormsRevenge
Fox just showed a messed up truck freight yard ,, lots of orange tractors and trailers all over tossed and turned all over

That is the Schneider truck yard in Dallas.

141 posted on 04/03/2012 2:39:44 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: r-q-tek86

a little north of that . . . the road the goes to Target runs by his neighborhood . . . across from the Melear Postal Station . . . I forget the name of the neighborhood, it is older.


142 posted on 04/03/2012 2:42:22 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Gingrich/West 2012)
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To: Qwackertoo

I think that is Mayfield. We live in the neighborhood on the northwest corner of Pleasant Ridge and Kelly Elliot.


143 posted on 04/03/2012 2:44:31 PM PDT by r-q-tek86 ("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
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To: r-q-tek86

YIKES! By time we visited most of the windows were covered with plywood or replaced. I worked in the office on Cherry Street on the 38th & 36th floor during my years there. Ft. Worth was so lucky that hit after 5 . . . I think it was around 6 or 6:30 because my brother worked in Dallas and lived in Aledo and was in traffic on 30 near Beach St when it hit.


144 posted on 04/03/2012 2:45:00 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Gingrich/West 2012)
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To: Qwackertoo

Several of my wife’s co-workers were still in the building when it hit. One said he knew it was time to go when he saw a chair fly by his seventh floor window. Another had been in one of the conference rooms. They all ran into the stairwell. When it was over, the only thing left in the conference room was the table.


145 posted on 04/03/2012 2:52:43 PM PDT by r-q-tek86 ("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)
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To: mylife

Check in please.


146 posted on 04/03/2012 2:56:43 PM PDT by TheMom (Stressed spelled backwards is Desserts!)
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To: Izzy Dunne

US emergency channel on JTV good coverage streaming live use ADBlock....

http://www.justin.tv/usemergalerts#/w/2863804672


147 posted on 04/03/2012 3:10:06 PM PDT by Lees Swrd ("Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order in the world as well")
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To: Strategerist
The Texas Rangers are due to play a game in Arlington starting in 2 hours.

Prayers up for them - and all in harm's way from an Angels' fan.

148 posted on 04/03/2012 3:13:25 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Churchillspirit

Welcome to Texas, Mr. Darvish...


149 posted on 04/03/2012 3:15:28 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Qwackertoo
We were without for a solid week this time last year.

That's why I purchased a 10kw portable generator in January.

150 posted on 04/03/2012 3:27:38 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: who knows what evil?

He’s from Japan, probably been through some weather systems in his young life.


151 posted on 04/03/2012 3:27:51 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Qwackertoo

My folks have a place near Bowen Road just south of Green Oaks. Luckily they aren’t there right now and are safe. If you hear anything about that spot I’d appreciate it. It’s the house I grew up in.


152 posted on 04/03/2012 3:29:51 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: JRandomFreeper
We're all glad you and the beer made it back ok !  ;-)

prayers for TX tonight . . .

153 posted on 04/03/2012 3:32:59 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: SaxxonWoods

My Sis and Niece live just south of I20/840 in Arlington. Both work in south Ft. Worth.

Haven’t heard where the damage was in Arlington.


154 posted on 04/03/2012 3:38:47 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: SaxxonWoods

25-30 home affected in the Green Oaks/Arkansas area of Arlington.

Chesterfield area, some damage, near 287. Homes on both sides of 285 damaged.

[Sounds like 3 large sections of Arlington were impacted.]

Officer reports actually seeing a tornado on the ground and skipping through the town.


155 posted on 04/03/2012 3:46:48 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

Thanks, TomGuy. Hoping the place is OK. It’s on Collard Road, west of Bowen, just south of Green Oaks and east of Park Springs.


156 posted on 04/03/2012 4:14:05 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Haven’t heard anymore but from the reports their house must be very close to where some damage has been reported.


157 posted on 04/03/2012 4:58:00 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Gingrich/West 2012)
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To: who knows what evil?
No structural damage to Rangers Ballpark.

Hamilton and Young among players delayed getting to the park for the exhibition game tonight.

158 posted on 04/03/2012 5:13:58 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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bttt


159 posted on 04/03/2012 5:31:14 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Strategerist

Geez! I just found this thread after coming inside today. here in the Hill Country, the skies are slightly overcast. No sign of rain.

I hope all FReepers up in north Texas are OK.


160 posted on 04/03/2012 6:14:57 PM PDT by Sarajevo (Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.)
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