Tornado Alley (PROG)

[F6]

significant tornado on the ground east-northeast of downtown Dallas

has very quickly become a large wedge

debris ball on radar -- 1.25 miles wide

other touchdowns and damage have also occurred in the area

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PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION (PDS) TORNADO WARNING

 586    
 WWUS54 KFWD 270100   
 SVSFWD   
    
 SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT   
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX   
 700 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015   
    
 TXC085-113-397-270130-   
 /O.CON.KFWD.TO.W.0148.000000T0000Z-151227T0130Z/   
 COLLIN TX-DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-   
 700 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015   
    
 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN   
 COLLIN...NORTHEASTERN DALLAS AND WESTERN ROCKWALL COUNTIES...   
            
 AT 658 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS   
 LOCATED OVER ROCKWALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.   
    
 THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.   
    
 HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.    
    
 SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.    
    
 IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY    
          BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES    
          WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO    
          HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE       
 DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. DEBRIS IS BEING REPORTED IN THE AIR OVER   
 LAKE RAY HUBBARD. THIS LARGE AND DANGEROUS TORNADO WILL MOVE OVER   
 HIGHWAY 66 OVER LAKE RAY HUBBARD. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS   
 TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE!   
    
 THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...   
   WYLIE AROUND 710 PM CST.   
   FARMERSVILLE AROUND 725 PM CST.   
    
 OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST.   
 PAUL...BUCKINGHAM...NEVADA AND LAVON.   
    
 THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 51 AND 69.   
     
 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...   
    
 A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE   
 IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

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