Oncor officials said in a news release Wednesday that they estimate power restoration will be “substantially complete” by Friday evening, with harder hit...
Ferocious winds and heavy rain swept through North Texas early Tuesday, flooding roads, downing trees and power lines and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.More than 290,000 North Texans remained without power Wednesday morning as Oncor officials announced they expect a significant portion of outages to be restored before the weekend.. Dallas County residents accounted for about 199,000 of those.
“A few strong to severe storms with large hail and very gusty winds can’t be ruled out,” the weather service said, adding significant rainfall and areas of flooding can be expected.There are a couple of chances of storm today and again tonight. The overall severe threat is fairly low, but a few strong to severe storms may still occur.
Another widespread chance of storms will return to North and Central Texas Thursday afternoon and evening, the weather service said, again with a risk of strong wind gusts, large hail and flooding.Partly to mostly cloudy and warm with a 40% chance of a storm. Low: 69. High: 85. Wind: SE 10-15 mph.Partly to mostly cloudy and warm with a 40% chance of a storm. Low: 70. High: 85. Wind: SE 10-15 mph.Partly to mostly cloudy and warm with a 40% chance of a storm. Low: 72. High: 85. Wind: SE 10-15 mph.
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