What Was Behind the Texas Tornadoes?
...time." "It's springtime across the southern states; you are going to get frequent bouts of severe weather, and there will be tornadoes that are spawned by this type of storm system across this area of the country," Strait said. "Because not a large part of...info
Texas tornadoes: Why no fatalities after a dozen tornadoes? (+video)
...home in Arliington, Texas, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 after a series of tornadoes tore through the Dallas area. Up to a dozen tornadoes skipped through the densely populated Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas on Tuesday, ripping apart homes, tossing tractor-trailer...info
Swarm of tornadoes rip through Dallas-Fort Worth
...police spokesman Paul Beck. Authorities were amazed that no one was killed given the intensity of the storm, the number of tornadoes and the population density of the area. "We dodged a big bullet ... It really is a miracle," Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said...info
Pictures: Texas Tornadoes Toss Trailers, Flatten Homes
...13 twisters may have touched down in northern Texas yesterday, CNN reported. CNN meteorologist Sean Morris estimated that the tornadoes were F1 or F2 on the Fujita scale, which ranks tornadoes based on wind speed and damage potential. "This is fairly weak...info
New Satellites Track Tornadoes As They Develop
...providing a fresh image every five seconds. “The best minds in the world can’t tell you which thunderstorms are going to create tornadoes,†said Tim Samaras, tornado researcher. Samaras has spent 30 years chasing the storms, trying to plant scientific instruments...info
Videos of the DFW Tornadoes
...Dallas and Fort Worth. ---------------- Raw Video: Texas Tornado's Destructive Path http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N92dHn_hbRQ Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tearing roofs off homes, tossing trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor...info
Texas tornadoes: Why no fatalities after a dozen tornadoes?
...on April 27 in five southern states, and a massive tornado that killed 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22. Tuesday's tornadoes in Texas could prove more costly than a hailstorm nearly a year ago in the Dallas area that caused more than $100 million...info
Dallas tornado outbreak: 3 large tornadoes confirmed, no fatalities
...reports from the National Weather Service . Yet amazingly, no one died. The EF scale, ranging from 0 to 5, classifies tornadoes based on their wind gusts and associated damage. EF-2 and higher tornadoes contain 3 second wind gusts of at least 111 mph and are...info
Dozen of tornadoes sweep Texas, causing widespread damage
...moves through Lancaster, Texas of the United States, April 3, 2012. More than a dozen people were wounded when multiple tornadoes slammed the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the U.S. state of Texas on Tuesday, local media reported. (Xinhua/AP Photo) HOUSTON, April...info
Powerful tornadoes strike Texas
...than a dozen injuries ranging from minor to severe have been reported after tornadoes and violent storms raked through the Dallas area. Officer Paul Beck in the Dallas suburb of Lancaster says 10 people were injured when a reported tornado touched down there...info