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Tornado Touchdown Near Dallas Ft. Worth Airport
A tornado has touched down just south of Dallas Ft. Worth Airport and at present is on a heading for DFW. (airnation.net) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
FYI: I had a friend on facebook that lives over in Plano, that sent a couple of pictures. I dunno if they took the them over there or more over to DFW but there was defintely some in the area.
lol "we haven't CONFIRMED the baseball sized hail, that's just what we're reporting at this time"
View photo of the large cell pass DFW on dollarshots.co
Sorry www.dollarshots.co
I was monitoring LiveATC during the tornado spottings and passing, and let me tell you, it was an ordeal for ATC, pilots and the airlines operation. Inbound flights holding and diverted, outbound flights on the ground were ordered at first to hold and shut down, then to restart and go back to the ramp. Many pilots had to maneuver around other aircraft on the ground to taxii back to unknown ramp number, because the pilots were incommunicado with operations. Tower and ground ATC were very coordinated; and they were always looking out for the safety of the aircrafts.
I had the opportunity to tune in to ATC and watch FlightAware as it passed through. It was amazing seeing all that inbound traffic scatter like birds and take up holding patterns all over Texas and Oklahoma. One American Eagle took off from TUL and shorly after they did a figure 8 and headed back. DFW tower advised taxing aircraft to expect slippery conditions due to the amount of hail on the ramp. It was interesting to get to observe and listen to non-normal ops.