Notice the tell-tale 'hook' formation in the stom just west of Fort Worth.
This image was taken at the time the tornado was passing over my house.

This is the radar image of the storm and tornado at 6:23 PM. The City of Fort Worth first sounded the cities civil alert sirens at 6:11 PM giving adequate warning before the tornado first touched down west of my house at 6:18.

Before the sirens sounded the radar images that were being shown on the local 6PM news broadcasts appeared to show the storm missing Fort Worth to the North.

After the sirens sounded I went out in my backyard to tell my neighbor, Sara, that something might be headed our way. During our brief conversation we heard something unusual off to the west. It could be described as the sound of an approaching train, but it was more like an eerie, low-pitched humming. Sara went to an interior closet with her cat, Lucy.


I returned to my house and, with my friends Robert and Mark, went out on the front porch to observe the approaching weather. At this point the storm was too loud for us to hear the additional sirens (which were sounded at 6:22, 6:23, and 6:26). We looked West on the street passing the side of my house and saw a great deal of debris in the air. Then we saw a funnel lowering from the clouds. Within moments tables, chairs, tree limbs and sections of roof were blowing down the street. The debris field was so dense that we could see across the street. The tops of the Maple trees in front of my house were touching the street.

All electricity and phone service was knocked out at this time.

The rain began just after the tornado had past...it was torrential, but we immediately began to survey the damage.

Ken M. Kuhl
www.kenkuhl.com/tornado