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It looks like the first round is going to miss SA, but there's a second round of heavy stuff around Uvalde with trailing purple radar dots around Bracketville right now.
Anyone know, for those of us out here downtown working.
It looks like the first round is going to miss SA, but there's a second round of heavy stuff around Uvalde with trailing purple radar dots around Bracketville right now.
Im in Uvalde and its just starting to get here
i have to close the windows to all the rooms now
Isn't it storming badly at your house right now?
It's lightning, thunder, wind and rain here.
I've actually been in the newsroom since 12:30 p.m. chasing every softball pairing in the coverage area.
Oh, well the storm isn't missing San Antonio, because it is already at our house.
man the rain lasted 10 minutes @ most in Uvalde...wtf our rivers need water
I just got home from Crystal City they got really bad hail and wind. A tornado hit Eagle Pass in the kickapoo casino area. they called my uncle and asked if they could send some of their officers to help.
This is a pic I took after the hail stopped.......
fox SUCKS! I don't care about something that ALREADY happened out towards the border, I want to watch the simpsons!
It's storming over here - some really heavy wind.
KSAT said 6 dead in Eagle Pass from tornado. Anyone else hear that?
I just got home from Crystal City they got really bad hail and wind. A tornado hit Eagle Pass in the kickapoo casino area. they called my uncle and asked if they could send some of their officers to help.
This is a pic I took after the hail stopped.......
I've been wanting for it to rain all damn night but it's not happening. I hope it comes soon.
I just heard that on WOAI.
I heard that earlier. My uncle is the assistant chief of police in Crystal City and some of his officers that are in Eagle Pass called him and told him.
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April 24, 2007
Storms kill at least 3 at border
Associated Press
EAGLE PASS — Mobile homes overturned and ambulances picked up the injured in this small town near the Mexico border as a series of severe storms swept through the state Tuesday.
Winds exceeding 60 mph, hail, heavy rain and reports of tornadoes spread from North Texas — where at least 16,000 customers lost power — all the way to this rural city about 145 miles southeast of San Antonio.
Authorities are surveying the area near Eagle Pass to assess the injuries and damage, said Arturo Garcia, the city's fire marshal. At least several mobile homes toppled in the strong winds, he said.
"There are people out there who are injured," he said.
Across the border in Piedras Negras, Mexico, at least three people were killed and at least 40 were injured in the severe weather, authorities said. The violent storm ripped roofs from homes, toppled power poles and damaged dozens of cars and homes, said Oscar Murillo, the city's civil protection director.
In North Texas, streets flooded and roofs peeled off homes as storms began moving through Tuesday afternoon. Tornado sirens rang in several counties, and television footage showed drivers and residents being rescued from flooded cars and suburban neighborhoods.
About 4,000 customers in North Texas remained without electricity late Tuesday after about four times that many lost power earlier in the day, said Gailee Cardwell, a spokeswoman for Oncor Electric Delivery, a newly named subsidiary of TXU Corp.
In Denton County, heavy winds blew the metal roof off a restaurant and damaged several mobile homes and a commercial building under construction, said Roland Asebedo, assistant chief for Denton County's Emergency Services. No injuries were reported, he said.
Authorities believe the damage was caused by straight-line winds, but storm spotters saw two tornadoes touch down for less than a minute north of that area about 15 minutes later, Asebedo said.
Twisters near Pilot Point did not cause any damage, he said.
About six hours later, another line of severe storms moved through North Texas.
It'll be really hard to assess the damage in near Eagle Pass (they were saying Las Lomas and El Indio on KENS), imo, with it being all Colonias. My prayers are with everyone down there right nown. And let's hope it doesn't that nasty through here tonight!
Uhh.. it looks like SA is about to get pounded.
EDIT: Nah, I'll probably just ford my truck and row down Highway 90.
That reminds me of Oregon Trail. I hope you don't lose anything on your way home.
Storms kill at least 7 at border
Web Posted: 04/24/2007 10:55 PM CDT
From staff and wire reports
LAREDO — A tornado Tuesday night swiped a neighborhood southeast of Eagle Pass at about 7 p.m., killing several residents and injuring dozens more, National Weather Service and Maverick County sheriff's officials said.
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Local reports said at least seven people were killed and more than 40 injured, but a supervisor at the Sheriff's Office could not say how many for sure. Emergency crews were coming from as far as San Antonio to help recover victims, he said.
“Right now I know of seven dead,” Maverick County Commissioner Rudy Herrida said. “There are other people missing. We can't even go into these streets because the trees and light poles are down, and cars have been thrown into the streets.
“We're waiting for them to bring in backhoes and loaders because of all the trees and the cables, and we don't' know if they still have electricity,” Herrida said as he watched the rescue from outside the Rosita Valley Elementary School, about 8 miles south of Eagle Pass, a low income neighborhood near the Kickapoo Reservation that took the worst of the tornado.
“Right now we're at the school, waiting for bodies,” Herrida said. “The school is gone, but they are taking bodies out of the doublewide mobile home that blew onto it.”
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Maverick County at 6:51 p.m., about 15 minutes before the funnel cloud touched down, said Clay Anderson, a weather service meteorologist.
“Everything just going into havoc,” the official said. “There was really no warning, just boom — it just came down on the town here.”
“The situation is we have a lot of residents whose homes are gone,” Herrida said. “We have a lot of people here and it's dark. We don't have any light. We're looking for generators. It's terrible.”
Severe weather was expected to continue to pummel the damaged area throughout the night, he said.
“It looks like Eagle Pass may be under the gun again, unfortunately,” Anderson said. “They're going to get more rain without a doubt, and it looks like there's a thunderstorm that is moving directly at them.”
National Guard troops, along with state and federal police, were walking the streets looking for victims.
“They're trying to find whoever is stranded, whoever is out,” the sheriff's official said.
In all, the official estimated that 300 first responders from the area were at the scene.
In Denton County, heavy winds blew the metal roof off a restaurant and damaged several mobile homes and a commercial building under construction, said Roland Asebedo, assistant chief for Denton County's Emergency Services. No injuries were reported, he said.
Authorities believe the damage was caused by straight-line winds, but storm spotters saw two tornadoes touch down for less than a minute north of that area about 15 minutes later, Asebedo said.
Twisters near Pilot Point did not cause any damage, he said.
It rained hard for a little while in Uvalde some of it hard i say about 1hr of hard rain @ the most
but this isnt a game....ppl are hurt in mexico....a bus got thrown and eagle pass was hit hard also.That reminds me of Oregon Trail. I hope you don't lose anything on your way home.
damm president bush hates mexicans
well after i made this, about 5 minutes later the cops came by and said "Close it down, were getting bad weather coming"
So we shut down, and now were home.
But, looks like alot of the bad stuff is gonna be south of town, where I live
Oh well.
Hey, got to get home early, thats a plus!!
What thebut this isnt a game....ppl are hurt in mexico....a bus got thrown and eagle pass was hit hard also.
damm president bush hates mexicans?????
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