Oct 21, 2019
What a night of severe weather. Two rounds of intense, tornado producing storms. Thousands without power, many homes and businesses damaged or totaled. Today we will do a full recap of this terrible night of storms.
RECAP
8:50 PM.....
A Tornado Warning was issued for Northern Dallas county. Intense rotation continued to grow as it slowly moved E/NE.
Around 9:00 PM.....
Another Tornado Warning was issued for parts of southern Collin County. Quarter size hail and strong 60 MPH wind gusts were pounding areas in northern Dallas and southern Collin County. Soon, a tornado was confirmed on the ground most likely between Tollway, Midway and Walnut Hill.
Pete Delkus on Facebook with Tornado track. Here
This tornado was the strongest one and the only confirmed one of the night in DFW. Many tornadoes were believed to also touch the ground in this mess but were never confirmed and never lasted longer than a minute or so.
Some Damage and Tornado pictures from WFAA. Here
This strong tornado also nearly devastated an entire Home Depot. Damage Surveys and clean up will begin today and continue through the next several weeks. This storm will leave an imprint on peoples lives, that's for sure.
An anonymous picture from Facebook of tornado
"No Casualties have been confirmed."
"Over 900,000 People lost their power last night, Oct 20."
"Home Depot Manager closes store within an hour of the massive tornado hitting, which destroyed the store."
Weather Center's Side of the story...
Weather Center was at work nearly every spare minute of last night Oct 20. Many forum posts and Weather alerts were sent out on WC's home page. Here is some content WC took during the storm.
Weather Center had a busy night!
So, What now?
Weather Center would love to see any videos or pictures of the storm! Just comment below! If you had a frightening or interesting experience with the storm, comment below! We may include some stories in WC's next blog!
HOW CAN YOU HELP??
If you know of any disaster relief organization going out in the next few days to help, comment below!
So long,
Joshua, did you see this? Unbelievable.
Wow, loved your lightning show, cool! Excellent blog, this was one of the best ever! Pretty big story to tell last night and certainly appreciate you were up late keeping track of what was going on (a la Mr. Delkus)!🤣 Very scary...we are so blessed to have missed the damage here in West Plano. Praying for those who got hit. Great job keeping us apprised of all that was happening. The lights are back on, YAY!!
Amazing photos and amazing lightning show. We missed the tornado by about 7 miles. God protected us. However we lost power for over 20 hours. It’s amazing how much we depend on electricity. The Weather Center stays alert to keep us posted on all weather emergencies. Great job as always.
Love the blog! Keep those updates coming! I’ll need them especially in a couple of weeks!
An absolutely crazy storm last night! Cannot believe the path of destruction we’ve seen since waking up this morning. Scary. Sad. Great coverage all evening by Weather Center!