Severere weather

[L8 APEX]

There has to be a tornado near by. I have never seen weather this bad for so long:tex. No power can't see nothing. Hail and roaring winds.

[Mika]

It got pretty nasty here in mid-cities as well. I'm a deep sleeper and it got my butt outta bed. Hope everyone's alright.



Mika

[toddwarren]

I live in Plano around 121 between Spring Creek and Windhaven. No Power

couple roofs off not mine! Trees snapped everywhere in my neighborhood

and on the way to work. I did not hear a tornado siren guess I am going

to have to quit drinking at night:icon_mrgreen:

[GoldLS1]

WTF.... they hit the sirens EXACTLY when the worse part went over my place. Thanks for the 5 or 10 minute heads up for me to run for my ****ing life!?!?! By the time I found a damn flashlight and cell phone, the storm was gone!! Way to go city of euless siren button pusher. Who the hell is in charge of that anyway?? If a tornado would have dropped out... I would have heard the siren when I was up in the air spinning round and around.

[98Cobra]

Some photos my friend took in his neighborhood this morning, at Legacy and the DNT. EDS got some damage...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesims/sets/72157604471082835/

[Chris94L]

I slept through it.

[BC Lightning]

I did not hear a tornado siren guess I am going

I was woken up fromt the storm but never heard the siren if they blew it

[ZeusSVT]

Sirens in Frisco started going off around 4:00a.m. this morning. I was up already due to the thunder and lightning. The worst part was already on top of us as well when the sirens came on. They ran for about 5 minutes or so and then went off. Some one was jibber jabbering over the intercom on it after that, but I couldn't understand a word he was saying. :confused:

[Silver_2000]

any reports of damage in Carrollton ? Near 190 and 35 ?

[gbgary]

WTF.... they hit the sirens EXACTLY when the worse part went over my place. Thanks for the 5 or 10 minute heads up for me to run for my ****ing life!?!?!


that's the way it is with tornados. they're watching for specific data on the radar and when they see it they push the buttons. sirens were going off from mansfield to plano and beyond all at about the same time. desoto was a little bumpy but nothing like what you northern boys saw.

[Silver_2000]

apparently my tree in the back is damaged but the house is OK ...
Have to see if the tree will survive when I get back

[David N]

Big power lines are down in carrollton....No power all days and they are saying two more f'king days before i have power..:flaming: need to get some power to my salt water tank before I lose some high $$ fish .....

[TXLIGHTNING]

Big power lines are down in carrollton....No power all days and they are saying two more f'king days before i have power..:flaming: need to get some power to my salt water tank before I lose some high $$ fish ..... That sucks man. You may have to get a generator if you don't already have one.

[03LightningRocks]

WTF.... they hit the sirens EXACTLY when the worse part went over my place. Thanks for the 5 or 10 minute heads up for me to run for my ****ing life!?!?! By the time I found a damn flashlight and cell phone, the storm was gone!! Way to go city of euless siren button pusher. Who the hell is in charge of that anyway?? If a tornado would have dropped out... I would have heard the siren when I was up in the air spinning round and around.


:rll::rll::rll:

I believe those sirens are connect to Doppler radar. Reading your post gave me this visual of a dude sitting there drinking a cup of coffee to stay awake, while looking out the window to determine if it looks bad enough to hit the button.

[ZeusSVT]

that's the way it is with tornados. they're watching for specific data on the radar and when they see it they push the buttons. sirens were going off from mansfield to plano and beyond all at about the same time. desoto was a little bumpy but nothing like what you northern boys saw.


Dang, just saw this on the news, looks like a tornado actually touched down in desoto, pretty crazy morning of weather. The apartment building that they showed on tv was pretty crazy. Look like it just ripped all the bricks off the side of the apt building but left the building standing just fine. :bows

http://kxas.weatherplus.com/weathernews/15842489/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news

[BC Lightning]

35,000 in irving still don't have power

[03LightningRocks]

I didn't hear the sirens, I had fallen asleep on the sofa watching TV. I woke up when the TV shut off. It sounded like all hell breaking loose. My BBQ brush blew off the grille and landed out in the yard. I was able to fight my way through the storm to save it. Damn...that was a close call.

[David N]

I didn't hear the sirens, I had fallen asleep on the sofa watching TV. I woke up when the TV shut off. It sounded like all hell breaking loose. My BBQ brush blew off the grille and landed out in the yard. I was able to fight my way through the storm to save it. Damn...that was a close call.


sirens where going off in carrollton....but i think plano drop the ball on that one based on news i read today..they where making a big deal about it......

[03LightningRocks]

sirens where going off in carrollton....but i think plano drop the ball on that one based on news i read today..they where making a big deal about it......


Wow! That is comforting.:eek: My truck alarm kept going off when it would thunder. Maybe that will wake me if their are tornadoes. I was talking with our controller today and he said the sirens went off in The Colony area also. They probably didn't want to wake us up needlessly in Plano...yeah that's it...they where being considerate.

[GoldLS1]

that's the way it is with tornados. they're watching for specific data on the radar and when they see it they push the buttons. sirens were going off from mansfield to plano and beyond all at about the same time. desoto was a little bumpy but nothing like what you northern boys saw.

I dont know what kinda of people watch the radar in this area... but where I'm from (small city of wichita falls, tx) they at least gave us 10 minutes!! Here I swear to you it already came and was leaving by the time the blew the damn horn, which by the way is pointed directly at my ****ing bedroom window at the distance of around 50 feet!! Tornado woulda already picked me up... next time either warn me earlier or let me sleep!!


:rll::rll::rll:

I believe those sirens are connect to Doppler radar. Reading your post gave me this visual of a dude sitting there drinking a cup of coffee to stay awake, while looking out the window to determine if it looks bad enough to hit the button.

HAHA... kinda of what I was picturing, a Homer Simpson like character.

[03LightningRocks]

HAHA... kinda of what I was picturing, a Homer Simpson like character.


http://www.svtgalleries.net/gallery/data/500/P901_Stoner-Simpson-Posters.jpg

[mikelemoine]

We had some howling winds and lots of rain in Mesquite but no sirens. Glad you fellas up North of here are all ok!

[dboat]

:rll::rll::rll:

I believe those sirens are connect to Doppler radar. Reading your post gave me this visual of a dude sitting there drinking a cup of coffee to stay awake, while looking out the window to determine if it looks bad enough to hit the button.

I heard it killed some black bears in your neighborhood that were feeding off of your trash cans.. :evil

[David N]

we got power back some time last night... :icon_mrgreen: