Witness Protection Program

Ch. 11 is doing a good job tracking the hail cores with their online live coverage: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/ I wonder if he is new to the area, he keeps reading these often random/obscure local names off the map. Just read 3 that I've never heard of and I wanted to tell him, "Dude, everybody just calls all of that Colleyville." I first tried channel 5, and after 5 minutes of nonstop ads gave up.

Fox 4 reporter on the scene reported the death last night around 11pm. Glad to hear that he was incorrect.

Truck driver in the rig that flipped and knocked out the I-35e median has died.

That bowling ball just keeps on rolling.

Well that is Neon Deion Sanders' neighborhood.

Same for the forming line southwest of Waco to at least Kingsland. That cell northwest of Abilene was almost pure purple for awhile as it crossed from Nolan to Taylor County.

Channel 11 with a live shot from their chaser who came up on an 18-wheeler than had been blown over on I-35 south of Waxahachie. Knocked the concrete median into at least 2 lanes of the opposite direction. People trying to locate/rescue the driver.

Different local stations with different broadcast strategies. KDFW 4 spends 95% of the time focused on the radar, WFAA 8 spends 95% of the time focused on Bucee's.

Is it the dryline or front that is the visible line on the DFW and Abilene radars, stretching from Lake Bridgeport and across the NW tip of Parker County down to Santa Anna, then trails west towards Ballinger?

The lower levels of those massive semi-circle parking garages seem like a good option, especially Terminal D's, since the west side is wrapped and mostly shielded by the terminal. I'd duck in if the radar looks risky, I bet the parking fee is cheaper than the insurance deductable in America's hail capital.

Nope, that was on the backside, the hook echo was rain-wrapped probably already just offscreen to the east (right side of the pic.) I was watching that broadcast live.

Enjoyed the response from Verizon - "If you lose cellphone coverage, contact us for help."

Upgraded to Enhanced for FW and west of the entire I-35 corridor in TX.

Boom chicka boom

No tor warn, but some are claiming a hook echo SW of Quanah, TX.

Any chatter that the SPC might upgrade from the Slight risk category?

You're in a top floor hotel room and wake up with a massive tornado (wedge, of course) bearing down. Where do you hide? I'm on a long term assignment in EF5land, in a corner room of your typical cheap, new, generic Hilton brands construction. 10' (sw facing) and 40 '(nw) of exposed walls, 8' of those the bathroom with just a glassed door shower, no tub for protection. I'd guess a direct hit from a major tornado would drive all kinds of debris through the exterior walls, which being on the top (4th) floor would be about the most likely in the building to fail. Flat roof probably goes quick. Hide in the hall? Unfortunately, big windows on both ends of that emergency wind tunnel. Elevator lobby alcove is somewhat better, no window on the (ne) exposed wall, but no side room that would provide an interior wall. Second best option? Maybe try to get to the 3rd or 2nd floor alcove? Stairwell, luckily across from my door, seems like the best bet. Bigger block (maybe 9"x24"?) bricks, all around, but I don't know if they are reinforced, hollow, etc. Go as far down as possible (depending on how many patrons get in there), right? All that metal staircasing potentially coming down on me is a bit unsettling, but I guess if the stairwell gets enough damage for that then the winds and debris towards the top would probably be pretty bad. No basement, and maybe not enough time to run down 3 flights of stairs and then through the long hallway and passed the sw facing glassed lobby to the somewhat interior bathrooms (that probably couldn't fit in just the first floor guests). The ground floor staff laundry room might be best if the machines lined the exterior wall. Maybe I should buy a bike helmet....

That one across southeast Dallas County looked amazing from 25 miles away in far west Plano. You had to break your neck to tilt back far enough to see the tops around 7:45 tonight.

Is that the S shaped line from Weatherford to Granbury and west of Gatesville? If so, it's been barely moving east. Looks like 2 little cells are popping up just east of it, over Gatesville and south of Clifton.

I'd give it a 3. But we all know the E. German judge will give it a 2.

Man, that house with the yellow-green car at :37 and 2:15. Even the half-basement wasn't safe.

Idiot ADD image producers on The Weather Channel tossing up a highway cam on the southwest side of Hartsfield airport, 20 miles from the tornado. It would have to turn NNE to hit there, so it won't come close, but shiny objects producers. The on-air staff and the radar staff are doing a great job, I hate to see that watered down by the clown show side of production.

Reminds me of Jefferson City, except this path went directly over Newnan's courthouse square and historic downtown and surrounding neighborhood. Then lots of apartments and some higher density suburbs now.