Chase Day 7 Discussion - NW Texas

[samadamsuk]

try www.chasertv.com Annie

 

Click on videos - tornado on cam it looks like - JR Henley's

actualy it might have gone up - just looking at a wall cloud currently -

[NL]

Pretty intense rotation on JR Henley's stream

[nsrobins]

Low wall cloud with near surface rotation 3 miles east of Mineral Wells, just south of the 180.

Close to on the ground.

[samadamsuk]

yeah signature is good, but looks like it may ingest from the cell below now -

[Arron]

We're right under it now, stream up and running

[nsrobins]

Could be re-cycling. Weatherford in the firing line.

[Arron]

tornado on the stream!

[samadamsuk]

what's that on JR Henleys stream? Funnel, or TN on the ground ?

cant get on it Aaron! - watching from another though -

wow. Good catch team!

[nsrobins]

It was re-cycling! You have a tornado guys.

[samadamsuk]

here comes a stove pipe!

[samadamsuk]

lovely meso on the ell to the south - I reckon the fun might transfer to there pretty soon

wall cloud report from Travis Schaefer on the cell to the south

[samadamsuk]

must go to bed. Enjoy all!

[nsrobins]

Your cell now has a debris signature by the looks of things - dangerous situation as it trundles towards the Dallas metro area at 8mph.

[Arron]

Quick pic of 1 of 3 tornadoes we got today! More pics and video to come

Edited May 16, 2013 by Arron

[Dorsetbred]

Well done guys, good positioning and great result

 

Down side is

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22549952

Edited May 16, 2013 by Dorsetbred

[IanM]

The news from around the area keeps coming in - a number of fatalities being reported and 14 people unaccounted for, a very nasty outbreak, including a 1 mile wide wedge that looks like it took an unexpected shift in direction catching people unaware.  A sobering end to the day, that illustrates just how dangerous these storms can be.

[nsrobins]

SPC reports have some catching up to do it seems. The main observation about yesterday evening is how a 'text' risk can turn into a 'slight' risk and then specific tornado watch in only a matter of hours when parameters change as quickly as they did yesterday.
A brief lull before more potentially tornadic episodes over the weekend, with Sunday looking potentially interesting.

The development of the main cluster of cells on a line about 50 miles further east than I originally predicted was a surprise, but the tornadic circulation within many of the cells was not as the set-up was there for all to see in RAP updates from yesterday morning onwards.

 

Awful loss of life and my thoughts, as always, go out to those affected.

[ItIsGee]

Any take any radar grabs of the wedge?

[Coast]

 

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

 

Issued At: Thursday, 16 May 2013, 2:05 AM CDT

Expires At: Thursday, 16 May 2013, 6:00 AM CDT

 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 162 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS FALLS FREESTONE LIMESTONE IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ANDERSON HENDERSON LEON RAINS VAN ZANDT IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS MILAM ROBERTSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...BUFFALO...CALVERT... CAMERON...CANTON...CENTERVILLE...EAST TAWAKONI...EDGEWOOD... EMORY...FAIRFIELD...FRANKLIN...GRAND SALINE...GROESBECK... GUN BARREL CITY...HEARNE...JEWETT...MARLIN...MEXIA...OAKWOOD... PALESTINE...POINT...ROCKDALE...TEAGUE...VAN AND WILLS POINT.

 

 

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/weather/alerts/Severe-Thunderstorm-Watch_20442659

[Coast]

Texas tornadoes leave many dead

 

Several people have died and at least 100 have been injured after storms and tornadoes hit towns across north Texas

 

Most of the fatalities were believed to be in the picturesque lakeside town Granbury, 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth, which was hit by a possible tornado. Hood County sheriff's Lt. Kathy Jiveden said there were multiple fatalities, but she had no estimate of dead or the number of homes destroyed.

 

 

An injured person arrives at hospital after a tornado tore through parts of north Texas (AP)

 

Officers "are going house to house" looking for residents trapped, injured or dead in the rubble of demolished homes near Lake Granbury, she said. There were reports of homes being flattened with people still inside. Hardest hit were two neighborhoods, Rancho Brazos Estates and DeCordova Ranch, in the southern end of the town of about 8,000 residents. Evacuations were underway in the town.

 

The emergency came as large swaths of the state were under a tornado watch. KDFW-TV said a line of storms was moving across north Texas and spawning tornadoes that were damaging homes. The bad weather was brining heavy rain and hail "the size of grapefruits".

 

 

Johnny Ortiz and James South carry Miguel Morales to an ambulance in Granbury, Texas after being injured after a tornado hit the town (AP)

 

The National Weather Service warned that a mile-wide tornado was moving "right at the city of Cleburne," a community of about 15,000 people in north Texas. "If you are in its path ... take cover immediately to protect your life," the weather service alert said. The town's mayor said dozens of homes were destroyed or damaged by the bad weather. The Morning News newspaper said 37 flights had been diverted from Dallas/Fort Worth airport. Another tornado hit the small town of Millsap, about 40 miles west of Fort Worth. An average of 132 tornadoes hit Texas each year

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10060838/Texas-tornadoes-leave-many-dead.html

Edited May 16, 2013 by Coast