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    Tornadoes tear through Texas

    •April 5, 2012
    • Texas Army National Guard Cpl. Brock Fischer of Charlie Troop, 3-124 Cav., searches a vehicle in front of a tornado damaged home Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    • Debris scatter the street in southern Dallas County, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots.  The National Weather Service reported at least two separate "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes south of Dallas and Fort Worth. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Ennis) MAGS OUT (REV-SHARE)
    • Cars and property at Portofino Apartments at Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas are damaged after a storm passed through the area on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Ennis) MAGS OUT
    • This frame grab provided by KDFW-TV shows tornado damage at the Flying J truck Tuesday, March 3, 2012, in Lancaster, Texas. Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. (AP Photo/KDFW-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
    • This frame grab provided by KDFW-TV shows storm damage Tuesday, March 3, 2012, in  Arlington, Texas.  Several reported tornadoes tore through the Dallas area on Tuesday, tossing semis in the air and leaving crumpled tractor trailers strewn along highways and in truck stop parking lots. (AP Photo/KDFW-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
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    Cars and property at Portofino Apartments at Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas are damaged after a storm passed through the area on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Ennis) MAGS OUT

    Cars and property at Portofino Apartments at Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas are damaged after a storm passed through the area on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Ennis) MAGS OUT

    The National Weather Service is investigating the damage caused by the tornadoes, which appeared to flatten some homes and graze others next door. The twisters jumped from place to place, passing many heavily populated areas overhead and perhaps limiting what could have been a more damaging, deadly storm. Most of Dallas was spared the full wrath of the storms.