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 ...
Granbury resident reporting that there are lots of rumors of gas breaks.
Morning will tell the tale.
As with West Tx, it is difficult to make assessments in the middle of the night.
As for me, all is well, I dodged the bullet.
Checking in from Flower Mound.......lots of rain, thankfully not much else.
I am serious!
They had no idea what was going on.
(it did happen fast)
Heartbreaking. I saw those same hail pics a few hours ago from Texas storm chasers twitter feed....killer hail that is.
Great news..thanks for checkin in!
You are getting the *Hook* of this thing right now.
Lots of rain and wind, I imagine.
Rotation could happen.
Not too bad now..a few scary moments is all.
Good!
Hey, check in. You ok?
Glad you dodged this bullet too my FRiend. Scanner traffic from Granbury sheriff department has gotten more quiet. Hopefully they have a handle on things now. Watching for looters now it appears.
3 reported dead now.
oh no. prayers up
So sad. I hope that is all..but listening to scanner..I fear there will be more.
Good.
:-)
It could have been much worse.
It is finally on top of me.
Just heavy rain, and I needed that bad.
Prayers for those that took the worst.
Thanks for your prayers FRiend! Texans need them tonight!!
Oh, no!
I was replying to post 287 when I posted “good”!
Still praying.
Morning will tell the tale.
Glad you are safe.
You’re welcome!
(I’m Texan, too! :-)
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