Batten down the hatches....

[pHILSANITY07]

NWS is calling the Granbury tornado a EF4

[stevo]

All my family in Granbury came through fine. We didn't get shit in McKinney.

Good to hear. My sis said the only damage they had was a tree fell across her front yard/driveway.

Stevo

[Sean88gt]

All my family in Granbury came through fine. We didn't get shit in McKinney.

[Rreemo]

Research 'Mayfest hailstorm 1995'. It is (was?) the most expensive hailstorm in US history, and the 7th (?) most expensive hailstorm in the world. Over 1 billion dollars damage, from a single hailstorm that only lasted a few hours.

Stevo

I remember it...serious assed storm. My brother was actually there and got his Explorer beat to shit.

There has been one since then, however, that exceeded the damage....

April 10, 2001 - St. Louis, Missouri - $2+ billion in damage claims. Quoted as being "The costliest hailstorm in US history, which struck the I70 corridor of eastern Kansas, across Missouri, into southwestern Illinois.

[46Tbird]

Matt, we've had hail and tornadoes forever, lol. When I was 16, I watched a funnel cloud move down 1382 in DeSoto and when it got to the eastern side of town it started blowing off roofs. It then proceeded to cross I-35 where it demolished Lancaster.

Some interesting reading here: http://www.tornadoalleylive.com/subi...ather_archives

I hope everyone's family is safe after all that happened last night. The images on the news this morning were stunning.

[STROKD]

No. I had a hail stone the size of a soft ball in the freezer after my parents roof got demolished at midnight in the early 90s. I've lived in Arlington for almost 30 years, and some years are worse than others, but this is absolutely nothing new. I almost got caught up in the tornados that demo'ed a few neighborhoods in Arlington and the Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth in March of 2000.

Ok I guess as blownaltered said, I was lucky to live in an area un affected by it. Anyone tired of hail, move to Plano off Spring Creek and Coit. Apparently hail doesn't go there. Lol

[Baron Von Crowder]

Anyone heard from Barry (ssman)? He lives in cleburne, I thought?

burleson, IIRC

[Geor!]

Anyone heard from Barry (ssman)? He lives in cleburne, I thought?

[Sgt Beavis]

My son's birth mom lives down there. Sweated bullets for an hour this morning waiting for her to reply to my text message. Fortunately everyone in her family is OK.

[Juiced4v]

Just saw this...We only got rain on my neck of the woods! But could hear the sirens going crazy.

[motoman]

[The King]

<<<<< in Fort Worth a block from the Bank One Building at the time.

No. I had a hail stone the size of a soft ball in the freezer after my parents roof got demolished at midnight in the early 90s. I've lived in Arlington for almost 30 years, and some years are worse than others, but this is absolutely nothing new. I almost got caught up in the tornados that demo'ed a few neighborhoods in Arlington and the Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth in March of 2000.

[motoman]

Which subdivision? Brazos, Decordova, Pecan?

Decordova and Pecan were hit.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I took this standing outside my shop, the dark clouds were headed north and the lighter headed south. This was the big one in Cleburne.

[Jewrrick]

I'm listening to the Hood County scanner. It's going nuts there.

Reports of homes destroyed and multiple injuries coming from Hood county at this time. The tornado responsible is crossing Highway 67 south west of Bono at this time.

My inlaws were right in its path, thankfully they are ok.