Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Wild Weather :: Tornadoes in Texas!

If you live in Texas, chances are you experienced the tornado filled cold front of yesterday. From what I read this morning, it stretched from San Antonio all the way to Missouri.

The reports coming out of Dallas were quite scary. I know of several people whom found themselves hunkered down in restrooms or stairwells while these tornadoes ripped through the city. A family we know had their flight delayed out of Denver and were re-routed to Lubbock because DFW cancelled flights.

In Longview, the emergency sirens wailed as my phone rang to update our weather status: tornado warning! My husband and I went outside to look at the approaching weather and this is what we saw.




 



















About a half-hour into the storm, we noticed visible rotation in the clouds. I have never seen anything like it; especially when the clouds starting separating in opposite directions. I readied for a funnel, but to my relief, none appeared.
Thank goodness!

Friends on Facebook from all around East Texas, noted pea sized hail, tree strikes, and lots of wind - luckily though, no tornadoes or severe damage.

The Longview News-Journal publisheded an article  by Mike Elswick highlighting last night's storm and explaining the differences between warning and watches.

My friend, Amy McCarty, has a free emergency preparedness class on April 12th for those of you wanting to learn more about being prepared.

How did you fare in last night's storms? Any damage? Any sitings? 

2 comments:

  1. Most of my friends and family are in the DFW area (as am I) so we had an interesting day. My hubby works in a skyscraper in Dallas, his family was within blocks of the devastation in Arlington (declared a disaster area) and most of the rest of my family has adventure stories as well. Crazy day, but no one was harmed PTL! :-)

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  2. Oh Sophia! I'm thankful you and your family are alright : ) I can't imagine what a tornado in Dallas would be like...such a large metroplex with dense population. I don't think I would have handled it very well.

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