Tornadoes in Texas

As severe weather and tornadoes struck in the Dallas metro area today (April 3), people tweeted dramatic images of the storms to AccuWeather.com.

"Photo of the tornado in the Lancaster/Red Oak area," tweeted @patrickmillertx about the astonishing photo above.

Pelted from above

Large hailstones rained down from the sky during the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. "Golf ball sized hail!!" tweeted @oneuniv, at around 2:30 p.m. local time.

Large twister

This image of a tornado touching down was taken from the Texas Department of Transportation web camera along I-35 in Parkerville, Texas.

View from above

Thick clouds cover the Dallas metropolitan area, in northeastern Texas, in a satellite image captured just after 2 p.m. local time.