Weather DFW & AA HQ Tuesday 3 Apr 2012 [and aftermath]
Apr 3, 2012, 12:52 pm
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Weather DFW & AA HQ Tuesday 3 Apr 2012 [and aftermath]
Confirmed tornado's moving through area this afternoon. Per CBS news DFW ground stop in affect moving passengers from planes to terminal. AA HQ is being evacuated. Weather expected to pass after 6PM.
Update 4pm CST:All American Airline flights scheduled to depart Dallas Fort Worth International Airport have been cancelled through the rest of the day due to severe weather, after a series of tornados touched down across the area Tuesday.
Sixty-eight American Airline planes and 33 American Eagle aircraft will be inspected for hail damage, according to the airline. Inbound flights won't be permitted to land until at least 9 p.m. and 230 outbound flights have been cancelled. Some 50 other flights have been diverted to other airports amid reports of tornado activity.
Update 4pm CST:All American Airline flights scheduled to depart Dallas Fort Worth International Airport have been cancelled through the rest of the day due to severe weather, after a series of tornados touched down across the area Tuesday.
Sixty-eight American Airline planes and 33 American Eagle aircraft will be inspected for hail damage, according to the airline. Inbound flights won't be permitted to land until at least 9 p.m. and 230 outbound flights have been cancelled. Some 50 other flights have been diverted to other airports amid reports of tornado activity.
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Apr 3, 2012, 12:57 pm
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Hope everyone and everything there is OK. DFW Airport under a tornado warning.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:00 pm
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Just saw on KXAS showing a tornado live a few minutes ago N of Cleburne.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:04 pm
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Downtown Dallas office towers were evacuated but workers have since been allowed to return.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:06 pm
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WFAA was showing semi trailers being tossed hundreds of feet in the air.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:07 pm
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Sitting on 2352 to ORD on Tarmac. It's pouring. Lots of planes waiting. Ramps back to terminal are closed as well.
You can't go back and you can't stand still...
You can't go back and you can't stand still...
Apr 3, 2012, 1:13 pm
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News reporting that passengers are being directed to the shelters (which - no joke - I believe are mostly restrooms).
Apr 3, 2012, 1:15 pm
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The airport just sent out this tweet to passengers: "If you are inside one of our terminals, please seek shelter in one of the designated storm areas."
Apr 3, 2012, 1:16 pm
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I always got a kick out of those Emergency shelter signs on bathroom entrances but goodness! Hope everything is alright!
Apr 3, 2012, 1:18 pm
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Yes the restrooms are the shelters. There are so many things one could say about this.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:20 pm
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There's a ground stop as well: http://www.fly.faa.gov/ois/
There was a ground delay program already in place, and am sure it will get revised once the ground stop is lifted.
There was a ground delay program already in place, and am sure it will get revised once the ground stop is lifted.
Apr 3, 2012, 1:23 pm
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Restrooms are a good place to be - generally no huge windows in the restrooms (recall all the windows blown out at STL last year).
Apr 3, 2012, 1:27 pm
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No windows and interior part of the building - generally one of the better places to be.