There haven't been any reports of injuries at this time.
WFAA was sent videos of two confirmed tornados and has gathered numerous photos of damage caused by the storms that spawned in our area. In Abbott, fire officials sent WFAA photos of overturned semi-trucks on the highway.Here is a look at some of the damage suffered Friday afternoon: Just outside of the town of Kaufman, sheriff's deputies waved drivers away from a road over a creek that broke its banks, which surrounded one home and submerged a car in floodwater.
An early weather warning there kept Annette Chandler and her family out of harm's way. After the storm, they found their home leveled and almost everything destroyed."We left home 15 minutes before the storm because we knew it was coming," said Annette Chandler. "We got the national alert on the phone, it said a tornado warning for the area," said Stephanie Brown,"The neighbor's shed is in our yard now. We have a fence that is kind of leaning. The RV got shifted a foot and our batting cage is down."
Sheriff Elmer Tanner is a longstanding member of the Navarro County Sheriff's Department with more than 33 years of experience. Right after the weather eased up, Tanner hit the streets going from city to city.
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