Oncor reported more than 315,000 customers were without power early Tuesday morning as thunderstorms rolled through North Texas.
In Dallas County alone, that number exceeded 105,000, according to Oncor’s outage map. Collin County had nearly 83,000 customers without power, while Denton County had 47,000 and Tarrant County had 45,000.
The Federal Aviation Administration also ordered a ground stop at DFW International Airport through at least 6:30 a.m. with the Weather Service predicting winds to be as high as 60 to 70 mph during the storm.
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Much of North Texas remained under a severe thunderstorm warning and a thunderstorm watch Tuesday morning as high winds and heavy rain pummeled the region.
The National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office issued a severe thunderstorm warning in Dallas that lasted until 6:30 a.m., while the tornado watch was in effect until 11 a.m.
In Dallas and Fort Worth, severe weather alarms were sounding at about 5:30 a.m.
Jamie Landers is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, where she studied journalism and political science. Jamie previously reported for The Arizona Republic and Arizona PBS.
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Matt is a breaking news reporter. A graduate of Baylor University, he grew up in San Antonio and lived in Waco before coming to Dallas. Previously, Matt has written for the Baylor Lariat and the Waco Tribune-Herald.
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