4/13/07 NOW: TX/OK

[Jordan Hartley]

You guys the funnel formed right over downtown Ft. Worth during a live report. 3" i The hook keeps getting stronger on radar.

EDIT: Tornado confirmed on the ground.

 

[Terry Tyler]

it wont last long with that line...police dept reported

 

[Scott Weberpal]

Terry, that's no longer a line. That's a nice isolated supercell...

 

[Terry Tyler]

i see...very nice hook...

 

[Billy Griffin]

I don't think that line if making much of a difference on this cell at DFW. It's taking off on its own now.

 

[Mark Farnik]

Storm spotters are apparently tracking a large tornado moving through the northeastern sections of Fort Worth right now near the junction of Loop 820 East and I-30 in Richland Hills. The couplet is getting crazy intense and continues to intensify with each successive velocity scan. I'm afraid we may very well have a strong or violent tornado tearing through the northern sections of the Metroplex as we speak.
Also, the previously linear cells southwest of the Metroplex are beginning to become more isolated in the last few scans... the outbreak finally appears to be underway.
DFW and all of north central/northeast Texas might be in for a very, very long evening...

 

[George Tincher]

Wow, did that storm ever change character fast or what? It went from a very crappy looking storm (sorry I could not think of a better description for it), to a very well organized and massive supercell in a matter of a few radar scans. This thing could pose a serious threat to the Dallas area as it tracks that direction.

 

[Matthew Havin]

Wow. What a mess! Multiple reports of a significant tornado....and 23Z RUC Mesoanalysis shows a very ripe environment for this supercell. With STP 4+, and rightward deviant storm motions, this supercell could produce a long-tracked violent tornado.

 

[Billy Griffin]

Wow, this is really looking bad. Looks like WFAA is having trouble getting "ground truth" confirmations on it, due to logistics with DFW air traffic, but as far as radar signature goes, this thing looks very impressive and I fear the worst for the DFW metro area.

 

[Mike Mezeul II]

CBS 11 news reporting significant building damage in east Ft. Worth

 

[Andy Wehrle]

Couplet doesn't look so well organized now. Could be just a cycle though.

 

[Danny Neal]

RFD gust front on the southside could move into dallas?????

 

[Jeff Miller]

Could very well be cycling. Don't see much evidence of south-flank eating development impeding the supercellular nature of this storm and this weakening of the couplet is by no means an all clear. Storm is continuing in a highly sheared and unstable air mass with nothing to impede tornadic development that I can see.

 

[Billy Griffin]

Yep - RFD on south side seems to have allowed the storm to briefly weaken. Looks to be cycling again.

 

[Terry Tyler]

coming into dallas now...look at that hook