ACR Z ON VISUAL APCH LOST SIGHT OF RWY AND WAS MAKING APCH TO FREEWAY. SIT: LACK OF COOPERATION BTWN TWR AND TRACON.

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THIS WAS OUR FIRST ENCOUNTER OF THE SEASON WITH TSTMS. WE WERE LNDG E AND DEPARTING N. THE WX WAS BUILDING. THE TWR SUPVR ASKS THE TRACON TO START LNDG TO THE W BECAUSE OF THE BUILD-UPS OUT W OF THE ARPT. THE TRACON SUPVR OVERRIDES THE TWR SUPVR AND CONTINUES TO LAND E UNTIL ALL ACFT ON FINAL START GOING AROUND BECAUSE OF THE TAILWIND AND WIND SHEARS. ONCE WE GOT THE ARPT TURNED AROUND AND LNDG W FOR ABOUT 20-30 MINS THE TWR SUPVR CALLS THE TRACON TO STOP USING VISUALS BECAUSE OF THE WX MOVING E. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE GO IFR. AGAIN THE TRACON REFUSES. THEN THE MICROBURSTS HITS THE ARPT AND ACR X AND ACR Y BOTH EXECUTE A MISSED APCH BECAUSE OF THE MICROBURST. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY ARE JUST ABOUT SIDE BY SIDE FOR RWYS 26R AND 26L. I IMMEDIATELY HAVE ACR X CLB TO 8000 FT AND STOP ACR Y AT 7000 FT TO REGAIN IFR SEPARATION. THINGS QUIET DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THEN AGAINST THE TWR'S WISHES THE TRACON STARTS USING VISUALS AGAIN. THE FIRST ACFT; ACR Z; CALLS THE TWR AND RPTS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ARPT IN SIGHT. HE IS LINED UP ON AN INTERSTATE HWY; NOT RWY 26R. THE LCL CTLR IMMEDIATELY HAS HIM CLB AND SENDS HIM AROUND. MINS LATER THE SAME SCENARIO HAPPENS AGAIN WITH DIFFERENT ACFT. THIS TIME THE TWR IS SUCCESSFUL IN CONVINCING THE TRACON TO USE ANOTHER RWY WHICH WAS MORE ALIGNED WITH THE WIND AND HAD BETTER VISIBILITY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THIS COORD PROB IS AN ONGOING PROB BTWN THE TWR SUPVRS AND THE TRACON SUPVRS. FACILITY POLICY THE TRACON SUPVR HAS THE FINAL WORD EVEN THOUGH HE DOES NOT KNOW THE WX OR WIND. TRACON SUPVR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN VISUAL APCHS EVEN THOUGH THE TWR SUPVR HAS INFORMED HIM VISUAL APCHS ARE NO LONGER POSSIBLE. RPTR STATED COOPERATION BTWN THE TWR SUPVR AND THE TRACON SUPVR IS VERY POOR IN CHANGING WX CONDITIONS.