Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings have been issued for more than 10 million people in Texas and neighboring Louisiana as severe weather hits the region.
Dallas – Powerful storms lashed the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex on Tuesday, leaving more than 800,000 power customers in the dark while severe weather lashed across the region, bringing baseball-sized hail, hurricane-force winds and heavy damage to several communities.
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Outdoor warning sirens blared and cell phones lit up with emergency information as the National Weather Service issued multiple severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings for North Texas.
Power outages are particularly severe in Dallas County, which officials have warned could last for days.
Outdoor warning sirens were activated in Dallas on Tuesday morning as a series of powerful storms moved across the city.
Additionally, Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins said he directed the district attorney’s office to prepare a disaster declaration due to the severe weather and power outages, which he signed Tuesday afternoon.
This latest round of dangerous weather comes just days after a tornado killed at least seven people, including children, and injured more than 100 others near the community of Valley View, Texas.
This tornado is the deadliest tornado to impact Texas since 2015.
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Heavy damage was reported across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and North Texas, while millions of people must prepare for another round of dangerous weather coming Tuesday.
In Collin County, north of Dallas, first responders reported baseball-sized hail that fell near Lowry Crossing, and several other communities reported pingpong ball-sized and half-dollar-sized hail.
A video recorded in Carrollton, Texas, shows lightning, torrential rain and destructive winds as a powerful storm struck on Tuesday morning.
Damaging winds were also reported, with gusts of 83 mph near Denton and 75 mph at Dallas Love Field Airport.
The extreme weather has caused trees to fall down in many communities, including Garland and Dallas.
Officials said a structure collapsed in the Lewisville community, and there were multiple accidents on Interstate Highway 35 in the area.
A storm spotter also reported that the roof was blown off of a commercial building in Edison.
Emergency officials in Frisco said lightning struck two neighboring homes in the Hollyhock subdivision just after 6 a.m. local time, one of which was heavily damaged by a fire.
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Millions of people in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado are under a severe thunderstorm watch as storms make their way across the region.
Tornado warnings were also issued for parts of Texas on Tuesday, including cities like Lubbock, Childress and Brownfield.
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Texas cities like Houston, Lubbock, Pasadena, Beaumont and Midland are at a Level 3 out of 5 risk for severe weather on NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center’s 5-point severe storm risk scale, while cities like San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and Amarillo are at a Level 2 out of 5 risk.
This Level 2 threat also extends eastward, including cities like Alexandria and Shreveport in Louisiana.
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The main threats from Tuesday’s severe storms will be damaging wind gusts and large hail, which have already been reported in parts of Texas Tuesday morning.
Apart from this, there is also a threat of tornado in some parts of Texas.
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Computer forecast models show that rain will remain a threat throughout the week across Texas and extend into the eastern Rockies and High Plains as energy from the Pacific Northwest helps trigger showers and thunderstorms.
Due to the dispersed nature of the activity, flooding may occur where storms repeatedly strike the same area.
Widespread 2-3 inches of rain is expected over the next five days, with some areas receiving up to 5 inches by the weekend.
Due to the long duration of this event, no flood warnings have been issued, and flash flood warnings are expected to be issued by the National Weather Service office as needed as the storm is expected to affect more than 1,400 miles of the country.
During the daily rainfall, hail and damaging winds will be the biggest concerns for the plains, and the possibility of tornadoes in one or two places cannot be ruled out.
The persistent threat of wet weather reminds us that any storm is capable of producing deadly lightning, heavy rainfall and strong winds.
