Massive tornadoes toss trucks across skies as large, extremely dangerous twisters target Texas

Daily Mail Online UK ^ | UPDATED: 15:11 EST, 3 April 2012 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Mechanicos]

Millions of people are being urged to seek shelter immediately as dramatic news footage shows trucks and other massive debris being thrown across the skies in Texas.

[NYTexan]

[Made In The USA]

Amen to that. Had a few clouds forming a circular pattern over a building here in Las Colinas. Seems to be clearing up as of 4:28... expecting a very long drive home tonight.

[NYTexan]

Notice the Tractor-Trailer fliping in the air:

[GeronL]

Looks like another cell from the south arriving

[Churchillspirit]

Prayers up for all in the path of these storms and tornadoes.

[GeronL]

One of the weather guys said it looked like debris on the weather radar!! Whoa!!

[r-q-tek86]

Why do government schools use prison terminology?

Because they see the students as inmates?

[NYTexan]

[Ironfocus]

I was hunkering down with my 2 daughters here in Frisco...had heavy rain, light hail and some frayed nerves.

[ataDude]

Looks like Keller was missed.

[NYTexan]

Duck and cover mylife!

[gunsequalfreedom]

One of the tornados touched down about a mile from me.

Very glad you are okay

[LukeL]

It is amazing how the cars are untouched and still in their driveway’s while the homes are leveled.

[GeronL]

Yup, It ain’t over for everyone yet.

[easternsky]

I noticed that also, assume they came Home to check things out???

[Fiji Hill]

I’m an old Texas gal, quite well acquainted with weather terminology, both proper and colloquial. So a funnel on the ground is a tornado. Maybe you can lecture me on whether “twister” is a proper term??

Circular storms have a number of colloquial names. In some parts of the US Tornado Alley, tornadoes or twisters are called cyclones. In the Indian Ocean, hurricanes are called cyclones and in the Bay of Bengal, they are also called tornadoes. To a meteorologist, cyclones are areas of low atmospheric pressure.

[GeronL]

Glad you are okay. Do you know of any damage to schools, businesses from that touchdown?

[r-q-tek86]

It is amazing how the cars are untouched and still in their driveway’s while the homes are leveled.

I am only guessing here... but cars are designed to withstand 100 MPH wind while older homes that don't have tie-down straps connecting the rafters to the top plates are susceptible to uplift.

[MomofMarine]

Very scary day. So far, my daughter-in-law and dog and safe in the laundry room at home. My son and grandson are safe at my son’s Arlington office, and one tornado passed too close to them. My two younger grandchildren are still locked down at school. Praying they all make it home safely and there are no more tornadoes today! Hope all of you DFW Freepers are safe.

[Newton]

Hubby went to pick up our daughter at school in Frisco and he ended up on lock down too! Mean while I’m at work in Addison, my floor is IT, and we discovered that all the other floors were hunkered in the stairwells while we all kept working and conversing about how dark it is outside! Was listening to WBAP and they said something about a tornado touched down around Keller springs and the tollway, anyone else hear that? Hopefully the drive home won’t be too crazy!