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
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I suppose that explains it, but you'd think this stuff would calm down considerably once the temps fall off a bit.
As Wayoverthehill says, the current temps haven't moved that much off today's high. That's probably it right there.
We are down in the half basement..hubby asleep..pen on watch...lol.wish I could shoot the thing...cause I am ready for that.
Not going to say anything else except I hope fatalities stay low.
I'm sure it was the real thing. I just saw another video of the same funnel cloud taken from a different angle.
Neighbors are transporting people to hospitals because there aren’t enough ambulances available. God Bless Texas!
Goodnight All.
Please stay safe and pray hard.
It's hitting us now.....just rain at the moment.
They're showing pics people took of the hail stones from earlier. Monsters...
I don’t think this one was/is an F5, fatality reports would be catastrophic. I’m not even from Texas but I know about Jarrell. That storm haunts me. Nothing. Gone. Stripped the pavement off the roads.
It looks to be losing energy.
Yep it has been real bad..scanners report walkin wounded..they can’t get in the area.
I wish I had a half basement.
I think the worst is over (which was nothing here)
I am seeing hail colored stuff about to hit me on radar. Wild flare up to storm all of a sudden.
Reporting 3” to 6” of water covering Hwy 67 south of Cleburne...
Want me to tell you about Jarrell? There were initially few fatalities reported because the ones killed were vaporized or blown miles away.
I’m just saying, brace for bad news and Thank the Lord if he spared Granbury.
Remember though our foundation sucks now...lol. we might should move upstairs.
My old boss got pics during and after Jarrell.
Holy CRAP!
Many of the pics you’ve seen of that were likely his.
Rotation being reported overmyneighborhood right now
Prayers continuing. Keep us posted ;)
That's Texans for you. No thank you, FEMA (as if). We take care of our own.
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