Tornado damage Dallas County

[hiegtx]

Widespread reports of severely damaged or destroyed houses and commercial buildings (shopping centers) in the north Dallas area, from Harry Hines to Central Expwy, along a path from roughly Walnut Hill Lane to LBJ Fwy (I-635)

Another tornado confirmed northern Ellis County, near Dallas County line

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www.dallasnews.com

Storms move east from DFW following major activity Sunday night

At least one tornado was spotted Sunday night, north of Love Field in Dallas around 9 p.m.

www.wfaa.com

EF-3 tornado strikes North Dallas late Sunday, two other tornadoes confirmed across area

Three confirmed tornadoes hit North Texas on Sunday night, with the strongest being an EF-3 that struck North Dallas.

www.fox4news.com

 

[JD21960]

I was watching radar up here from Chicago. Everything from Dallas to Wichita KS was lit up like it was a hot spring day down there. Good thing the scanner listeners were in the know. Had WBAP 820 AM on too listening to the damage reports
Listen to The Ben Ferguson Show on WBAP on TuneIn

 

[hiegtx]

Channels 4, 8, & 11 running solid weather reports on the storms. Last I looked, Ch 5 (NBC) was still in the Cowboy game

 

[JD21960]

Lucky all that is past the Stadium now. Of course the Cowboys still get top billing .. stayed on air. ;0)

Wow, saw the video on WFAA 8 - Big violent barrel from a phone-cam

 

[hiegtx]

Large areas of collapsed houses in the 'Preston Hollow' area. Damage path roughly along and north of Walnut Hill Lane, up to LBJ Fwy. and east to about US 75.

The tornadic storms are now near Greenville & Terrell.

Another line of storms forming up about 100 miles west.

 

[nd5y]

That's almost the same track as the 1976 tornado but way more damage this time.

 

[Russell]

Most of the action was on Dallas PD Ch 6. Interesting to listen to.

Russell

 

[prcguy]

Richardson got hit pretty hard, here is a video not far from my house there.

 

[Russell]

Tornado Ops is on Dallas PD Ch 10 today.

 

[hiegtx]

This image, provided by DPD copter Air 1, shows the path the tornado took. The dark areas, no lights, are the storm path.


Here's a map of the path:

 

[Russell]

Tornado Ops is on DPD Ch 11 and Ch 10. Not just Ch 10.

 

[hiegtx]

Latest total from the Weather Service is that there were nine tornadoes, total, in the Sunday event. Three in Dallas County (Dallas, Garland, and Rowlett), one in Rockwall County, two in Ellis County (Midlothian and Ferris), two in Kaufman County (one near Terrell, the other in eastern Kaufman County), and one in Wills Point.

 

[Russell]

Ch 5 Tornado Ops Cmd Post is on Ch 10
Ch 6 Tornado Ops Cmd Post is on Ch 11

I finally got a chance to listen more than a few minutes today (something about work? paycheck? hmpf!). They're actually quite busy on both channels.