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 ...
Spotter on the ground sees a funnel cloud rotating over Oak Cliff...
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Where I grew up in the ‘40s-’50s! That’s the “oc” in my user name. ....Now live in Grapevine, West of DFW, and have only had rain so far this evening; which is very welcome.
Just catching up on this thread and watching Ch.5 since 10pm. Sister’s family in Duncanville. Daughter and grandkids in Arlington. Several former employees in the Bluffdale, Benbrook and Granbury areas.
Fatalities and at least over a hundred injured at Granbury.
Amazing how many Freepers there are here in North Central Texas! I hope all have escaped damage or injury. ...More lines of storms possibly “training” through during next few hours, so everyone stay safe.
I feel your pain there.
At least you have a choice of where to go LOL!
Its the hallway for me, or the main bath.
I thought yall got that fixed.
Not good.
It has, but just in the last half hour, the system concentrated into rain over the entire metro area. Tracking east for the next hour or so.
Thanks Jane! Texas needs prayers tonight. I am always amazed at our first responders here..top notch heros!!
OK Thanks. Good to know.
Just hearing a hundred injured and two deceased in the Granbury area.
Prayers continuing.
100 injured and 2 dead being reported in Granbury.
Hell no..the damn leak cost 8 grand..no money left for foundation fix til after wedding..lol
The southern cell(Cleburne) is still spawning tornadoes.
Hang in there, Penelope. I’m visualizing a bubble of safety around you right now.
Weather channel reporting grapefruit-size hail in Granbury.
That was earlier, with tornado.
Yes. Very bad.
Sigh... (((Hugs)))
I have many friends in Granbury. Gonna be a long night. Heard from one who is okay.
Bless you..very uncomfortable silence right now from the storm. I hate when storms do that silence thingee...but I think all is ok.
Dead livestock from Jarrell, most completely stripped of their hide, rained down on my mother’s property. She lived one exit south of Jarrell. The stories I have heard are beyond anything you can imagine. My mother and her husband lost many friends that awful day.
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