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2013-05-15 MISC: TX
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MClarkson
EF5
Not sure if this is supposed to go in a FCST thread, but that cell SW of DFW is pretty long tracked and was producing a large tornado at least 1.5 hours ago (classic hook, debris ball, velocity couplet and CC all collocated). Damage and many casualties reported.
TiffanyR
EF0
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I've been watching live streaming local Dallas news for a couple hours now and keeping an eye on RadarScope on my laptop. Some of these velocity signatures are crazy.
Sounds like Hood and Johnson counties got hit very hard. CBS11 had a spotter on the phone yelling about a mile-wide wedge tornado. Reports of fatalities, and a medical service in Fort Worth is being sent to Hood County with a command center and bus for transporting patients.
Sounds like Hood and Johnson counties got hit very hard. CBS11 had a spotter on the phone yelling about a mile-wide wedge tornado. Reports of fatalities, and a medical service in Fort Worth is being sent to Hood County with a command center and bus for transporting patients.
Brian McWatters
EF0
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Tornadoes-Reported-in-Granbury-Millsap-207643171.html
"Police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury. Hood County Judge Darrell Cockerham told NBC News that five houses had been completely destroyed. The Lake Granbury Medical Center has received 13 patients, NBC News reports."
"Police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision and adjoining areas along Lake Granbury. Hood County Judge Darrell Cockerham told NBC News that five houses had been completely destroyed. The Lake Granbury Medical Center has received 13 patients, NBC News reports."
Wasnt sure if this needed to be in forecast thread. Cant believe there wasnt one. I have saved pics of signatures. All match up to violent tornadoes. Have a couple of dual polarization signatures that are just unbelievable when the mile wide was reported.
TiffanyR
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This was part of the tornado warning on that mile-wide tornado. I don't remember having seen language like this (part I've highlighted) before...
SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THIS IS A MILE WIDE TORNADO...CAPABLE OF INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. THIS TORNADO HAS SHIFTED ITS TRACK AND WAS MOVING NORTH RIGHT AT THE CITY OF CLEBURNE!
SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THIS IS A MILE WIDE TORNADO...CAPABLE OF INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION. THIS TORNADO HAS SHIFTED ITS TRACK AND WAS MOVING NORTH RIGHT AT THE CITY OF CLEBURNE!
MClarkson
EF5
"Police reported the hardest hit area was the Rancho Brazos subdivision"
Thats not good... that spot is in the middle of that population center.
Thats not good... that spot is in the middle of that population center.
George Tincher
EF5
I don't think many people were expecting the type of significant tornado event that unfolded this evening. There will be much to analyze later. But for now my thoughts and prayers are with those who were in the path of today's tornadoes.
Elaine Spencer
EF3
I don't think many people were expecting the type of significant tornado event that unfolded this evening.
Since it occurred in an SPC Slight Risk area, there has been some discussion on Twitter tonight about whether the terms "slight" and "moderate" risk are misleading and whether SPC ought to consider replacing them.
Since it occurred in an SPC Slight Risk area, there has been some discussion on Twitter tonight about whether the terms "slight" and "moderate" risk are misleading and whether SPC ought to consider replacing them.
Brett Cooper
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For anyone looking for verification to this; http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2013-O-NEW-KFWD-TO-W-0016/USCOMP-N0Q-201305160220 - under Text data->Issuance.
joel ewing
EF5
A kneejerk reaction....so typical of the times anymore.
rdale
EF5
Absolutely wrong... The people discussing it are part of a movement to get social science research applied to weather forecasts (WAS*IS). The public doesn't understand that a slight risk of severe could lead to a might like that. Maybe "slight" isn't the best word to use?
Paul Knightley
EF5
I guess looking at moderate/high risk days and seeing whether the public does anything different on those days is a good start. Having a working weather radio and listening out for tornado warnings, and then acting appropriately is surely the best approach.
Marcus Diaz
EF5
The tornado was moving southeast when it abruptly turned 90° to the left and moved northeast intoCleburne. I don't think I've seen a tornado steer that hard to the left (or turn that hard at all) since Greensburg. Here's some pics of the monster tornado. (non are mine but these were being passed around Facebook. Not sure if they belong to anyone here.)
