North Texas saw high winds and heavy rain on Tuesday morning, leaving a trail of damage across the area and knocking out power for thousands.
The strong wind snapped trees and knocked out power to more than half a million homes and businesses in North Texas Tuesday morning. FOX 4’s Dan Godwin reports the latest on storm damage in Forney.
Parts of DFW are seeing damage this morning.
Many FOX 4 viewers have shared photos and video.
Oncor reports more than half a million homes and businesses in North Texas are without power this morning.
Oncor said it has crews deployed and will work around the clock to restore power.
You can see the latest outage totals here.
The strongest wind gusts from this morning’s storms were seen in The Colony where they topped out at 95 miles per hour.
Multiple 18-wheelers have been knocked over by the high winds.
Hundreds more were delayed.
Garland ISD made the decision to close all schools and offices on Tuesday due to the severe weather.
DeSoto ISD announced that it is delaying the start of school by 2 hours because of temporary power interruptions at campuses.
FOX 4 viewer Michael Smith shared this video clip of heavy rain at Dallas Love Field Airport on Tuesday morning, May 28.
The morning storm system was the first of two expected on Tuesday.
Those storms could also be severe.
Be sure to have multiple ways to receive severe weather alerts overnight.
We have a shot at rain for the entire week.