Thanks for weighing in North Texas, you were right
By Elvira Sakmari ••
NBC 5 viewers noticed throughout storm coverage last night the pronunciation changes — even from the emergency management office.
Last night's coverage of the storms in Johnson County started a conversation in our newsroom, on social media and via emails -- how do you pronounce Rio Vista? Is it Rye-o or Ree-o?
The answer is, it depends who you ask.
Joanna Merrell Mills
STORM CLOUD Storm cloud photo I took in Hico, TX this evening.
Jeff Wigington
Dublin, TX Storm Video
as storm passes us Bluff Dale
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 Looking south .--. -.
super cell sitting on my deck watching the storms come at us in bluff Dale . it went just to our south but we got golf ball size hail and 7/10ths of rain
Julie Neuneker
Sky pic From Bluff Dale, Texas tonight!
Keith Minor
Supercell approaching Stephenville!
Debra Lemmons
Storm in Hico Tornado brewing!
sqaw line by Brett Jackson and robin chandler in Granberry
race reed
storm over Glen Rose heavy weather brewing
sqaw line
TCU VS TEXAS BASEBALL game finished just in time
Tim Scheu
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J.B. Phillips
Storm Picture Ominous storm cloud over Colleyville
clouds in Grapevine rolling clouds look like ocean waves!
storm is coming I'm thinking this cloud is off highway 377 near Cresson.
04/26/15 Weather 4:25P Pic location in north Fort Worth I35/North Tarrant Pkwy.
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
Granbury 19:20 rotational cloud just like may 2013
Samantha Bozeman
Tx thunder truck
super cell. outside Walnut Spring
Michelle Chasteen
Duffau Texas Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 24, 2015, at 7:29 PM,
Michelle Chasteen
Duffau Texas Sent from my iPhoneOn Apr 24, 2015, at 7:29 PM,
Cory Bowden
Clouds East of Comanche
Clouds in Comanche County
Steve Gardner
Rough Weather Trees and fence knocked over in our neighborhood Western Meadows
Keith Minor
Wall Cloud! Cross Plains, TX!
Keith Minor
Wall Cloud!
Keith Minor
Wall Cloud Cross Plains TX
Keith Minor
Wall Cloud Just North of Comanche
Anna
clouds It's not looking so nice here in Grand Prairie
Julie Crouch
Clairette
Julie Crouch
Clairette
Kelly
Slow rotation SE of Stephenville
TXqueenlatina
From Luke Piskor in Stephenville.tx
michael_hallmark
Hail Dublin Texas
Kyrsten
Pictures Stephenville 4/26/2015
Kyrsten
Pictures Stephenville 4/26/2015
Kyrsten
Pictures Stephenville 4/26/2015
Kyrsten
Pictures Stephenville 4/26/2015
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 .--. -.
race Reed
taking photo of storm weather photo
Joe Sams
Clouds Downtown Dallas from Uptown High Rise
Joe Sams
Clouds 2 View facing East from Uptown Dallas
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 Pea, moth ball, marble size hail lasted 8 minutes, no rotation. .--. -.
Jessica Rockwell
Storm photo Here's a photo I took in Arlington tonight
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 Not bad now, light wind now from east. Rain and hail stopped.
Sonny Roy
Hail Sw hood county just west of 144 at pear orchard rd Sonny Roy KF5FVS
Bryan D
Pics from earlier These were taken looking west towards Hico. These were from the first tornado warned cell around 4 or so.
Storm
Bryan D
Pics from earlier These were taken looking west towards Hico. These were from the first tornado warned cell around 4 or so.
Andrew Fritz
Lightning SW Ft Worth Lightning is SW Fort Worth
sarah prather
Lightning looks like a storms a brewin!
Jeff Wigington
Dublin, TX Storm Video
Donna Eakin
Horizontal cloud Hi, I was just wondering what type of cloud this is. It's horizontal, and it's moving when the other clouds aren't. It looks like a long snail. I'm in between Burleson and Joshua. Thank you, Donna
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Christy Summerhill
Christy Summerhill Benbrook Texas
Rheannon English
Lightning in Cleburne TX This is a picture of some awesome lightning I took a few minutes ago in Cleburne, Texas.
storms moving into south fort worth lightning strikes around 6:00pm
JULIAN Ortuño
Lightning
MeeChelle Pomeroy
lightning shot
Jamie Hines
Calm before the storm
Amy Cole
Storm cloud near Rough Creek Lodge
Joe
Hwy 67 and Hwy 4 Cleburne tx Super Cell Storm
Welcome to Texas Kileigh
Josh Allen
Storm pictures Lightning strikes in colleyville, Texas!From, Joshua Allen
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 1 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:38 PM) Hi everyone,Here are high resolution versions of some of the images that I sent to you earlier today as things unfolded.Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 1 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:38 PM) Hi everyone,Here are high resolution versions of some of the images that I sent to you earlier today as things unfolded.Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 1 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:38 PM) Hi everyone,Here are high resolution versions of some of the images that I sent to you earlier today as things unfolded.Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 1 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:38 PM) Hi everyone,Here are high resolution versions of some of the images that I sent to you earlier today as things unfolded.Kind regards,Keith
shelley Bigbee
Lightning show
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 2 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:40 PM) Here is one more set.The Stephenville storm had the classic "barber pole" shape. I have high resolution video of the storms today. Most of the tornadoes appeared to be brief spin ups with no apparent funnel cloud. Just dust on the ground. However, the Cross Plains storm became a rain wrapped beast!Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 2 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:40 PM) HHere is one more set.The Stephenville storm had the classic "barber pole" shape. I have high resolution video of the storms today. Most of the tornadoes appeared to be brief spin ups with no apparent funnel cloud. Just dust on the ground. However, the Cross Plains storm became a rain wrapped beast!Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 2 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:40 PM) Here is one more set.The Stephenville storm had the classic "barber pole" shape. I have high resolution video of the storms today. Most of the tornadoes appeared to be brief spin ups with no apparent funnel cloud. Just dust on the ground. However, the Cross Plains storm became a rain wrapped beast!Kind regards,Keith
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 2 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:40 PM) Here is one more set.The Stephenville storm had the classic "barber pole" shape. I have high resolution video of the storms today. Most of the tornadoes appeared to be brief spin ups with no apparent funnel cloud. Just dust on the ground. However, the Cross Plains storm became a rain wrapped beast!Kind regards,Keith
Karl Stephens, Jr.
Lightning Picture Howdy,Here's a one of the pictures I took tonight of some lightning.South Lewisville, near Edmonds & 3040 around 10:30ish.Karl Stephens, Jr.
Casey Jones
Flooding Flooding in southwest Cleburne.
Ron Moore
Storgm picture from Duncanville Taken toward the West, toward Ft. Worth. . . Morgan MooreDuncanville,TX
Amarillo taken from the Drury Inn & Suites off Interstate 40
Jasmine Sheriff
Weatherford Uprooted willow tree!
Diane Smedley
Last nights sky looking south to Cresson, Cleburne Only rain here. Thanks Diane Smedley, Aledo
William Hockman
Irving Sky Before the storm
Lightning Last nights storms
Brenda Frith
04/26 storm Photo taken 04/26/15 from S. Haslet (my yard) facing southwest toward supercell formation in Johnson/Erath County area. Didn't notice the mammatus in the foreground til I saw the photo. Brenda Frith, Haslet TX You have been sent 1 picture. IMG_8351.JPG These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/
Greg Sorem
Lightning 4/27/15&4/28/15 These are screenshots of live videos from the storm last night. 10 miles south of Canton in Old Bethel. Times vary from about 11 pm to @ or around 2 am Greg Sorem Canton, Tx
Natalie Kirkpatrick-Rich
untitled My name is Natalie Rich we live in Keene Tx and this fish was in my drive way this morning in front of our house the winds had to pick it up because the nearest pond is in downtown 5miles away it's safe now I took it to my parents stock pond
terry schlee
Pictureiiiii Hello my name is terry im from tool tx in Cedar creek lake.Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Bekah Anne
lightening
SUNDAY EVENING TORNADO DAMAGE Tornado touched down walnut springs around 11 pm last night.
Steve Burre
Hico Storm Structure Wider angle shot of storm west of Hico, TX on 4/26/2015
Sunday Evenings Tornado Damage Picture 2
Barbara Bearden
Hill County storm last night
Barbara Bearden
Hill County storm last night
Barbara Bearden
Hill County storm last night
Barbara Bearden
Hill County storm last night
Matt Garrett
cloud in poolville storm cloud
Samantha Ortega
Lightning Lightning from last nights storm
clouds in motion spinning clouds 4/27/2015 in between mineral well and weatherford
Vijender Chauhan
Crowley ISD Bus on Bus Violence Demolition Derby At around 3:55pm noticed this School bus allegedly rear ended this other bus. All the children were on the side of Summer Creek dr waiting to get home. I have Dash cam footage I can upload as well of the aftermath.
Ducks Waxahachie All 10 ducks weathered the storm and swam in their new storm made waterway.
Jessy Frazier
light show unedited photo from video lightening w/ purple hue
Walnut springs damage Sunday night Roof gone-walnut springs- Jayla Williams
Walnut springs damage Sunday night damage -Roof gone- walnut springs- Jayla Williams
Amanda Johnston
Rio vista storm pic
Amanda Johnston
Rio vista storm pic
carlandd day
Sunday night in GP This is the same bolt, a fraction of a second apart. (NO, I'm not that fast. I made a video, & took the pics from that.) Thanks for keeping us informed & safe y'all! ..CARLANN DAY.. Grand Prairie
carlandd day
Sunday night in GP This is the same bolt, a fraction of a second apart. (NO, I'm not that fast. I made a video, & took the pics from that.) Thanks for keeping us informed & safe y'all! ..CARLANN DAY.. Grand Prairie
Annette Mcfarland
Weatherford, Tx Lakeway Estates Tree Split This big tree came within a foot of falling on our new fence. At the same time we heard the loudest clap of thunder I've heard in my life. It shook our new house here. Lucky it didn't hit our house or do more damage. Wind gusts were awful. Annette McFarland Weatherford, Texas Parker County 76087
Greg Sorem
Lightning 4/27/15&4/28/15 These are screenshots of live videos from the storm last night. 10 miles south of Canton in Old Bethel. Times vary from about 11 pm to @ or around 2 am Greg Sorem Canton, Tx
Greg Sorem
Lightning 4/27/15&4/28/15 These are screenshots of live videos from the storm last night. 10 miles south of Canton in Old Bethel. Times vary from about 11 pm to @ or around 2 am Greg Sorem Canton, Tx
Greg Sorem
Lightning 4/27/15&4/28/15 These are screenshots of live videos from the storm last night. 10 miles south of Canton in Old Bethel. Times vary from about 11 pm to @ or around 2 am Greg Sorem Canton, Tx
Greg Sorem
Lightning 4/27/15&4/28/15 These are screenshots of live videos from the storm last night. 10 miles south of Canton in Old Bethel. Times vary from about 11 pm to @ or around 2 am Greg Sorem Canton, Tx
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lindseymarcia75@yahoo.com
Listening Photo Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Phone.
lindseymarcia75@yahoo.com
Listening Photo Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Phone.
Beverly Crouch
Lightening strike Was awaken by sirens when Model home next door was hit by lighting. On Callender Road in Mansfield TX Beverly Crouch Mansfield, TX
Tornado that hit Rio Vist The Tornado that hit Rio Vista and headed to Grandview at the moment the picture was took
Adam Cuker
Tornado pic Rio Vista tornado at 10:50 pm. You can use it with credit to Vortex Chasers.
We called Johnson County dispatchers who handle emergency services for the area and the response was, "Pronounced Rye-o Vista. Some in town say Ree-o, but the most acceptable pronunciation is Rye-o."
Heidi Douglas
Dublin Texas hailstorm 4/26/15 Heidi and David Douglas in Dublin Texas 3inches of hail on road and in yards Pea to softball size
Heidi Douglas
Dublin Texas hailstorm 4/26/15 Heidi and David Douglas in Dublin Texas 3inches of hail on road and in yards Pea to softball size
Heidi Douglas
Dublin Texas hailstorm 4/26/15 Heidi and David Douglas in Dublin Texas 3inches of hail on road and in yards Pea to softball size
danny Eoff
Hail dublin tx
Stacy Brinkley
Dublin Hail Baseball size hail in Dublin earlier today.
large hail from Alexander! this was a photo sent to me fr my son!
untitled This is what we got with the last storm we had here on S. Norton St., Dublin Texas this evening 4/26/15.
shoediva2014@yahoo.com
Hail Storm This picture was taken in Granbury by Shelley Mackey.Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Makayla Moffit
untitled Makayla Moffit from palo pinto county in Mingus.
Gmaz
Hail caught in a hail storm near stephenville tx today
Sherry Haynes
Hail in Stephenville FM 205 Stephenville
Wdavis
Stephenville hail Sent from my iPhone
Linda Shafer
Hail I Stephenville My daughter lives in Stephenville north of town
Wdavis
Stephenville hail Sent from my iPhone
Richard Pringle
Baseball size hail Baseball size hail in Dublin. Richard Pringle
hail stones
michael_hallmark
Hail Dublin Texas
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 Pea, moth ball, marble size hail lasted 8 minutes, no rotation. .--. -.
Justin Reasons
Egg sized hail Hail found in Stephenville TX
JOHN ALAN GRONEMEYER
From 0TX0 Not bad now, light wind now from east. Rain and hail stopped.
Sonny Roy
Hail Sw hood county just west of 144 at pear orchard rd Sonny Roy KF5FVS
Sonny Roy
Hail Sw hood county just west of 144 at pear orchard rd Sonny Roy KF5FVS
hail in dublin had two windshields cracked
Hail Indian Harbor
Polly Barker
our front yard This is the hail in canyon creek here in Granbury texas
Terrin Thompson
Softball size hail Selden,tx
Terrin Thompson
Softball sized hail Selden,tx
Lorrie Couch
Dublin hail 3 & 4 inch hail
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New Multimedia Message
Cory Bowden
Aw Hail East of Comanche.
Keith Minor
Hail Snow in Dublin
Hail De Leon Comanche County
Sakmari, Elvira (NBCUniversal)
Hail in Dublin. Courtesy Sara Vanden Berge.
hail hail from De Leon Texas
hail damage hail damage from De Leon Texas
Austin Wayland
Hail south of Stephenville tx
COMANCHE COUNTY HAIL De Leon Comanche County
Pebble sized hail
James Edwards
Baseball size hail near De Leon
tashapreisner@yahoo.com
Hail in Alvarado This is the size of hail that we are getting in Alvarado. Tasha Preisner Application: NBC 5 DFW Version: 3.3.12.0 (fe99121) Edition: en-US-nbcdfw Ref: c3ziylt5 Model: SGH-M919 System Version: 4.4.4 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
rain amount in bluff dale - hwy 2481 at mountain lakes 3 6/10th since 9pm-11:40pm
Keith Minor
Storm Pictures (Set 2 of 2, 04/26/15, sent 11:40 PM) Here is one more set.The Stephenville storm had the classic "barber pole" shape. I have high resolution video of the storms today. Most of the tornadoes appeared to be brief spin ups with no apparent funnel cloud. Just dust on the ground. However, the Cross Plains storm became a rain wrapped beast!Kind regards,Keith
We got Mayor Pro Tem Jay Futrell on the phone and asked him to settle the argument on the pronunciation of the town.
We swear we heard a snicker before he answered, "It's Ree-Oh Vista." He mentioned that some "old timers" say Rye-oh but he says it's Ree-oh.
So it's settled, Rio Vista like Rio Grande and Rio de Janeiro.
David Finfrock has spoken: It's pronounced Ree-o Vista, although the old timers call it Reye-o Vista. Let us move on. Amen.
Now let's not talk about Italy y'all, that's a whole other conversation!
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
NBC 5 News
April 27, 2015: Chopper 5 flies over the Johnson County town of Rio Vista where several tornadoes were reported Sunday, April 26, 2015.
