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Tornado watch issued for North Texas, including DFW; tornadoes touch down in western counties
Dallas News ^ | 15 May 2013 | Robert Wilonsky

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 town’s 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 storm’s 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

(Excerpt) Read more at thescoopblog.dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: texas; tornado; tornados
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To: halo66
The Storm Report ‏@thestormreport 40s MT @NWSFortWorth: 916pm, very large tornado being reported by spotter N. of Rio Vista in So. Johnson CO. Get into shelter immediately!
61 posted on 05/15/2013 7:19:36 PM PDT by halo66
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To: Windflier

Heavy rain on baked soil mostly runs off but I’m sure they’ll take it however it comes, it’ll help.


62 posted on 05/15/2013 7:19:41 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Windflier

Code Red text/phone call alert for Park Cities/N. Dallas - Severe Thunderstorms, large hail, heavy damaging winds and flash flooding until 10:15.

Slightly concerning part is it’s a quite a bit calmer right now than it has been...


63 posted on 05/15/2013 7:19:41 PM PDT by Chesner
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To: halo66

Just heard Hood dispatch say tornado on the ground.


64 posted on 05/15/2013 7:20:10 PM PDT by amom
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To: Chesner
it’s a quite a bit calmer right now than it has been...

I remember those "calm before the storm" moments. Stay safe there.

65 posted on 05/15/2013 7:21:24 PM PDT by amom
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To: amom

Anything more from Granbury on damage or injuries. Lots of people I use to work with in Fort Worth live near there now.


66 posted on 05/15/2013 7:21:28 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: amom

Just heard the same...the radar base velocity on the tornado nearing Rio Vista is insane!


67 posted on 05/15/2013 7:21:46 PM PDT by halo66
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To: amom

prayers up for those folks


68 posted on 05/15/2013 7:22:08 PM PDT by Chesner
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To: Qwackertoo

Reports say that the worst has now passed through Arlington and Grand Prairie. The system is widening, and now passing over the middle of Dallas County.

Southern Johnson County still under severe weather watch. Tornados may still be possible in that area.


69 posted on 05/15/2013 7:22:41 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: halo66

MILE WIDE TORNADO!!!!!!!

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
920 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

TXC251-160245-
/O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130516T0245Z/
JOHNSON TX-
920 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTY...

AT 919 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIO VISTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SPOTTERS WERE REPORTING A MILE WIDE TORNADO IN
BETWEEN CLEBURNE AND RIO VISTA. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
TORNADO...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT
YOUR LIFE!


70 posted on 05/15/2013 7:23:10 PM PDT by halo66
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To: halo66
Reed Timmer ‏@reedtimmerTVN 22s Very bad situation hearing reports of mass fatalities in rural Hood Co, TX. Also report of Mile wide wedge NOW just south of Cleburne, TX.
71 posted on 05/15/2013 7:23:45 PM PDT by halo66
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To: bonfire

Hopefully, the heat island of central Dallas will steer the bad stuff around your area.


72 posted on 05/15/2013 7:23:50 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: halo66

“Tornado south of Cleburne is a monster...”

News is describing it as being on the ground and a mile wide. Quiet near I35 and 820.


73 posted on 05/15/2013 7:23:54 PM PDT by Oregon Betsy Ross
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To: Windflier



74 posted on 05/15/2013 7:24:05 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Windflier

Thank you. Tornadoes scare me to death, wish we had a shelter here in AL. Such a helpless feeling.


75 posted on 05/15/2013 7:24:13 PM PDT by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: heylady
So far it has been quiet here in Keller. Storms passing north and south of us.

Yep. The really nasty stuff went around your area tonight. Sometimes we get lucky.

76 posted on 05/15/2013 7:25:00 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: halo66
Dang! Mile wide???

BIG prayers up.

77 posted on 05/15/2013 7:25:28 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: halo66
Tornado south of Cleburne is a monster...

Multiple tornadoes being reported in that area right now. Saying that the cell is a mile wide.

78 posted on 05/15/2013 7:26:10 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Jane Long

I’m afraid that there will many fatalities...Prayers up


79 posted on 05/15/2013 7:26:18 PM PDT by halo66
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To: Windflier

Watching on TWC, now. Crazy.


80 posted on 05/15/2013 7:26:47 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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