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To: CedarDave

There was never a touchdown anywhere near DFW airport that I know of — plenty of rotations that didn’t hit the ground, though. I live about a mile or so from DFW’s south entrance (I can be there in less than 5 minutes, even with stopping at the lights).

When the weather started, my wife and I were in the SMU area. When we left, hail started coming down and we hi-tailed it to North Park mall where they have a parking garage. Stayed there for about an hour and 15 minutes until most of what was left was just rain and lightning. We drove back to Irving around 10 — northwest highway to 183 if you are familiar with that area — and while there were some power outages, it wasn’t significant. A few tree leaves, but no limbs, were in the street and yard in our neighborhood and power was on, though it was off in some apartment complexes near our home.

Now, when we arrived, a new cell was coming over us with significant rain, some hail, and a prolific light show. Never did lose power, though we had maybe one or two little blips. As far as I could tell, my house DID lose power for a short time sometime this evening, but I’m not sure when. Not long enough for my computer to go down — ~5-10 minutes with UPS.

As far as I know, there was minimal property damage in the Fort Worth area and probably plenty of cars messed up. Roofs will need to be replaced from the hail (I was hoping mine might get in line, but that’s doubtful). Other than that, minimal damage that I have heard of, but we’ll know more tomorrow. Definitely not Joplin by ANY stretch of the imagination, but the longest weather night around here in 5-7 years.


179 posted on 05/24/2011 10:47:00 PM PDT by 1L
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To: 1L; dfwgator
Definitely not Joplin by ANY stretch of the imagination, but the longest weather night around here in 5-7 years.

And each time we thought it was over, there was new flareup of storms from the west. As Al Pacino said, "Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in."

180 posted on 05/24/2011 10:51:16 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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