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 ...
Thanks for the ping. Prayers up for N. TX.
Welcome...it sure sounds bad and the tornado is still on the ground. Praying...
Yeah, we’ve been needing rain, but....
We are in University Park - heavy rain but no hail or tornadoes.
Prayers for those east and south.
Nothing here.
The windows are open and the dog is out.
It is all well to the west of me.
I will call in the dog and close the windows before bed.
Loop 12 and I-20.....reporting large hail and green colored sky....
Prayers for those *west and south ... for that matter north, south, east and west. Pretty nasty out there.
Stay safe everybody.
Heavy rain, lightning, and small hail in central Johnson County now.
Thank you.
Listening to Hood County Sheriff, EMS here.
Tornado watch for south-eastern Dallas County until 9:15PM...
All’s dry up here, but see lightning and hear thunder West and North and South. I am north of Dallas.
Tornado looks like it will make its way close to Rio Vista, TX
Be safe and keep WBAP on for alerts. They're staying all over this.
Hood County scanner: http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/2633
The force field around Wichita Falls is still holding. Rain to the North, South, and East of us, and we get nada. Severe weather in N.Tx is not a good thing, but every area here needs massive amounts of rain.
Not going to get any helicopters right now. Everything is going to have to go ground and it is a long haul to a level 1 trauma center. About 1 hour by ground.
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