Dallas Tornadoes

[mediatechnology]

Those two airborne objects are tandem trailers:



A few minutes later:

[JR.]

I saw the news reports and thought of you... sounds like a big disruption for dallas airports too...

Living in MS you get a little blasé about tornados but you don't ever want to experience one up close and personal.

JR

[mediatechnology]

Well, they're pretty common here too - but usually in isolation. This storm spawned about 5 or so at one time.

We were lucky here. There were cells on either side of us about 3-5 miles out. The city of Lancaster was wiped out in 1990 and has taken a very big hit again.

Those shots were taken by a news helipcopter. The zoom was high but not the kind of weather you want to be flying around in.

[JR.]

glad you're OK...

JR

[mediatechnology]

No deaths have been reported which is incredible and very few injuries.

I was leaving Desoto, just east of Lancaster, as the sirens went off. We had lots of warning.

[mediatechnology]

I think at last count there were 15 tornadoes and only ten injuries.

A tractor-trailer, not one of the two airborne ones but from the same area, was found over two miles downwind on top of a house.