Tornado in Dallas!!!

[planosteve]

Moving north into Oak Cliff. Not touched down yet.

Now about to cross LBJ east of Central.

[planosteve]

Sirens going off now in Plano.

Tornado on the ground in DeSoto. Damage being reported.

[GFB]

Polishing off the rest of the egg nog today?

[planosteve]

Polishing off the rest of the egg nog today?

No, Buffalo Butt. There's a tornado just east of me right now in Wylie. Damage reported from Rowlett.
Also, damage in DeSoto powerlines and roofs.

[ralph]

hope you survive Steve !!

[planosteve]

Reports of major damage coming in now from Rowlett. You can follow it here: https://twitter.com/dfwscanner

[BigTex]

We're not letting our son drive to Frisco until this all passes.

[planosteve]

Another warning issued for Rockwell County which was just hit an hour ago.

[Sangersteve]

Just last year you all laughed at the movie, Christmas twister.

[Jim Jack]

From Twitter:

Sunnyvale - Fire Marshal reporting 60-65 trailers have been destroyed at the Plantation Place RV Park, on Barnes Bridge Road. Search and Rescue ops are ongoing.

Yikes.

[ann jusko]

It wasn't a picnic here either. Our son lives at I 30 and the tollway. He watched it go right over his condo and hit on I 30. IF I had looked out, I would have seen the tornado hit Rowlett. We're on the hill (ridge) and the house faces west and the lake. I can't believe we didn't get hit. I only went out to the patio (faces east). The wind was so bad, and I did hear the roar.. I jumped back into the house. We're pretty sure that was the one from Forney moving into Rockwall but it was just a bit east of us. We have no idea how much damage we have and won't until it's daylight.

[planosteve]

Starting to see the damage now. Rowlett looks pretty bad. Ellis county too. Death toll is now 11.

[LibraryLady]

Our youth minister lives in Rowlett. Tornado knocked out the cell tower near her, but she checked in that she is OK.
I'm sad for the families who have experienced trauma.

[Zelda]

I hope everyone on the forum stays safe....I just read this on another forum.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tex ... ea-n486311
There is some truly horrible weather globally lately.

[Red Oak]

My son's truck was blown of the road near Post, he is OK, holed up in a motel until a wrecker can get to him.

[planosteve]

I don't remember ever having tornados in December here before. At least in the spring it clears up the next day. It's still raining and cold, 42 degrees.

[Red Oak]

You have a short memory.

[planosteve]

You have a short memory.

I don't remember nothin like this. If we had only listened to Algore and built more windmills we could have avoided all this.

[planosteve]

We're officially a disaster area in Collin county. Garland was a cat 4 and Rowlett a cat 3. Nine tornados total. 11 people dead, most in Garland. 11 inches of snow in Lubbuck now. They are naming storms now like hurricanes. This one is called Goliath!
Snowing off and on in Burelson according to the radio at 3am.

[ann jusko]

We had a tornado in December when we lived on the ranch. No damage to the house but one barn was destroyed. It was right across the road. And it was a one lane road! My daughter had her hands over her ears and yelled "Why doesn't God make it stop!"

We have roof damage but won't be able to get an adjuster out here for quite awhile. That's what happens when you live on a hill overlooking the lake. Son's condo is OK. The tornado hit on I 30 just 200 yards from his house. He's right at the end of George Bush and I 30.

Daughter was going to leave the mountain top in AZ early Saturday morning and drive here with her daughter. McKenna is being admitted to Children's Hospital in Dallas. But they had a blizzard going on and she knew she'd have to drive in the storm all the way. Thank God she didn't start out. I don't know if she's even going to be able to leave tomorrow because of all the snow in west TX. She called the hospital and they told her to stay safe and get there when she could. McKenna will be in Children's but under the care of SouthWest Medical doctors. Carrin isn't pleased with medical care in AZ. She was discharged from the Children's Hospital in Phoenix and she was still vomiting.