Posted on 05/15/2013 6:53:07 PM PDT by Windflier
Update at 8:46 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: WFAA reports homes have been leveled in Hood County.
Update at 8:06 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: Tornado warning now in effect in Tarrant and Johnson counties.
Tornadoes have touched down in Pecan Plantation (a residential town near Granbury) and northeast of Decatur.
Update at 8 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: NWS reporting baseball-sized hail in Granbury not far from the towns high school.
Update at 7:43 p.m. by Tristan Hallman: A tornado has been spotted developing in Hood County near Lake Granbury, the National Weather Service reports. Granbury is in the storms path.
Update at 7:34 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: And then there were fewer: Hamilton, Mills, Montague, Parker and Wise counties are still under tornado warnings. Out is Palo Pinto.
Update at 7:27 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: Two tornadoes have been confirmed in Parker County, the National Weather Service reports. The larger of the two tornadoes could cross Interstate 20 around mile marker 409.
Update at 7:10 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: Comanche and Jack counties are no longer under tornado warnings.
But Hamilton, Mills, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker and Wise counties still are.
Update at 7 p.m., by Tristan Hallman: Hail larger than golfballs is being reported in Millsap, located in Parker County.
Update at 6:30 p.m. by Tristan Hallman: Watches are quickly becoming warnings in some places. Comanche, Hamilton, Jack, Mills, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker and Wise counties are all under tornado warnings.
There are also reports of hail pelting Mineral Wells.
Update at 6:05 p.m. by Robert Wilonsky: Strong-to-severe storms continue to gather steam and form into a line as they move east, and so the National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for most of North Texas including Dallas
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Aerial footage via @NBCDFW in Granbury, TX disconcerting. Appears to be only a slab foundation remaining on some homes. High-end damage.
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Prayers up for ALL N. Texans, this morning.
The mile wide tornado dissipated somewhat before it got to us. Cleburne, a few miles to the west of us, got thrashed pretty heavily. Most of the TV/radio news is coming out of Granbury due to more extensive damage.
Reports from Cleburne of a lot of damaged buildings but no fatalities. Wife says kids school damaged and roads closed due to debris.
We never lost power but it browned out some. The tornado or its remnants passed over the house and for several minutes we had gale force winds out of the east. Lots of wind till about 1 am. Witnessed 2 funnels on the ground to the south east of us several miles away. Nearly constant lightning for over an hour, most of which stayed in the sky.
All I could see this morning when I left in the dark was some leaves stripped off of trees.
I have no idea how much rain we had but the stock tank went from about 1/4 to over the spill way. We had hail probably 6 times but never over quarter size and surprisingly it did not manage to break any windows.
Thanks for checking in. I woke up thinking about you and yours hoping all was ok.
Good to hear you are ok!
I'm still waiting to hear from several relatives.
/johnny
Prayers that you will hear from all family soon and all will be ok.
Nephew was walking out of the area last night with his very young girls when they saw a casualty in the street. Nephew said it was horrific. The casualty was very dead, in my nephew's words.
/johnny
So sad. You know those girls will be affected by that the rest of their lives. How tragic! There are no words.
It shook my nephew up pretty bad, though.
/johnny
I can only imagine. Did his house get torn up too?
Obviously, we're all much more concerned about the people. Stuff can be replaced.
/johnny
Let me know when you hear from the rest of your kinfolk. Will continue to send prayers.
/johnny
Wonderful!! Thank you so much for letting me know.
/johnny
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