Reaching from Mexico to Milwaukee. Should be here about midnight. I am going home early.

It hit the DFW area around 6pm. Hopefully no damage !

Praying for your safety, Don ...

Yeah, Don:

It skipped back and forth in a north-eastern "training pattern" and appears to be wide spread all the way into Arkansas... as well as "Gator Land." We missed a couple of warnings and heard lots of thunder.

Bet you'll be watching the LSU - Clemson Game Monday night! As an old Hog, I don't usually root for the Bayou Bengals... but they have earned the right to be there... and I wish them success.

UPDATE: A couple of tornadoes came through. Three dead, much damage. We didn't have much damage, just a trampoline from the neighbor that bent our metal fence.
My grandson's school, about three miles away, was heavily damaged, roof blown off, and sprinkler system flooded everything. There were hundreds of lightening strikes as well.
Sheriff has called us out to search along the storm's path for more damage or injuries.
Tens of thousands are out of electricity.

So sorry to hear that, Don, but very happy it wasn't worse.
Stay safe while on duty.

Stay safe, Don. We're next on the storm's list. Hoping there won't be too much damage but the warnings are scary.

chas

Praying for your safety as well, chas ...

Everyone stay safe!

It's always important to help strangers during a storm.

I remember driving through the blizzard of '99 in Chicago. At a stoplight, a poor fellow begged me for a push. I walked with him to the playground and pushed him for a half an hour.

Just saw the damage to Benton''s Middle School on National Weather TV, Don... and was glad it was not as bad as it could have been. Praying that the good people of Benton are as tough as I believe they are. I'm also grateful that the same storm decided to give us a break over here as it rumbled through.

🙏🙏🙏🙏
Stay safe

A Benton policeman just got badly shocked while monitoring some downed power lines. They are on the way to the hospital with him now. There were three feet of water in some of the classrooms at the school. In addition to the heavy rain, when the roof blew off it activated the sprinkler system.

Please be careful, Don ...

Thank goodness it missed us here in Northern Arkansas. Some heavy wind and rain but that was all.

Safe here. Blew a couple of roofs off of nearby houses but no damage to my house that I'm aware of (it's dark, so I don't know that for sure). Glad everyone in the affected areas came through it alright.

chas