Thousands of North Texans were without power Saturday after overnight storms
ARLINGTON, Texas - There are still thousands of North Texans who are dealing with power outages Saturday after overnight storms.
We saw a record-high temperature of 110 degrees Friday, before storms rolled in later in the evening.
Those storms caused some damage to the western areas of the Metroplex, especially in Tarrant County.
People were cleaning up debris all across North Texas Saturday.
There were no Friday night lights in North Richland Hills. The high school football game was canceled after storms moved in.
The storms were quick but powerful, knocking out power to thousands. Oncor said there was a peak of 125,000 customers dealing with outages.
Oncor restored service to most by Saturday evening, but as of 7:30 p.m., there were just under 15,000 still without power.
The storms brought heavy rain, lightning, and high winds to parts of North Texas.
"The most destructive impact from these storms was really the wind impacts," said Kerri Dunn, with Oncor.
Dunn said debris got caught up in equipment, and in some cases, trees and limbs knocked down power lines.
Roosevelt Gither spent Saturday morning cleaning up the mess left behind.
"It was just a lot of rain and strong wind. Trees were going one side to the other," Gither said. "A lot of debris, limbs in the street, lot of wind, pools, it was just messed up."
He wasn’t alone.
There was damage to The Oakridge School baseball fields in Arlington. Massive tree limbs covered the playground too.
The head of school told FOX 4 the school building did not have any damage, so there will be school on Monday.
"It was pretty scary," Gither said.
Oncor said Tarrant and Johnson counties got the brunt of the storm.
"I believe there’s one area in western Tarrant County, for example, where we had 12 power poles pulled down due to storm damage," Dunn explained.
Customers outside of Tarrant and Johnson counties are expected to get power restored by Sunday morning, but those in Tarrant and Johnson counties could take more time.
"For Tarrant and Johnson counties, again, the hardest hit areas, we expect restoration to be substantially by Sunday evening," Dunn said.
Additional crews from across Texas and neighboring states are helping to restore power.
"It’s really an all hands on deck situation and we’ll be continuing to work around the clock to get those lights back on," Dunn said.
No injuries were reported from the storms.
Oncor advises people to be on the lookout for power lines while cleaning storm damage, and if you find a power line, stay away from it as it still could be charged, and call 911.