Dallas weather: Cleanup begins after several reported tornados hit North Texas

DALLAS - Severe weather impacted parts of North Texas on Saturday night, with several tornadoes spotted, and damage reported in Parker County, Jack County, Montague County, and Hood County.

There is storm damage reported in Weatherford after two suspected tornadoes left two neighborhoods torn apart. There is significant damage to roofs. 

There are still neighborhoods without power as crew assess the area.

The National Weather Service is expected to survey the damage on Monday.

Tornadoes Spotted

Tornadoes in North Texas

Near Jacksboro, what appears to be a tornado moved into Jack and Montague Counties. The high winds and heavy rain damaged roofs and downed trees. 

The National Weather Service has plans to assess the areas of damage on Monday and put together their official storm survey from Saturday night.

The initial supercell started a little after 5:30 p.m. and moved into Jack County, eventually spawning a tornado. The same cell lifted to the north and east, impacting Bowie before finally crossing over the Red River.

There were additional supercells heading from San Angelo, moving into parts of Parker County, Stephens County, and lifting towards Wise County. 

The two supercells across parts of Parker County likely produced two tornadoes.

Multiple tornadoes are expected to be confirmed by the National Weather Service.

FOX 4 has not heard of any significant injuries from the storm in North Texas.

Parker County Damage

Parker County Emergency Services say at least two tornadoes crossed West Parker County on Saturday night. There was significant damage from Johnson Bend Rd. south of Peaster up near Hodges Rd. south of Poolville. There was also damage in the Authon community along Walker Bend Rd. and Sandy Ln. 

What they're saying:

Anne-Marie Shallcross lives in the Dry Creek Estates. She says the first thing she saw when she woke up in the morning was a home with the roof blown off.

"This morning, when I got up about 6:30 and walked outside, I saw all the damage and the debris. I was just kind of blown away," she said. "To be in the middle of it and then to look around and just see the severity of the damage and then what it’s going to entail to put everything back together, it’s just amazing." 

Neighbors like Kristen Dunn and her family sheltered in a closet until the storm passed.

"We padded it with some mattresses and got some water, some snacks, a bottle, our phones," she recalled.

Dunn is from Florida and this is her first experience with a tornado. She's thankful her neighbors informed them, along with the alerts and alarms to take the storm seriously.

"Definitely take it seriously. Because I don’t know if I would of if everybody hadn’t come over and told us what to do  and we didn’t have the kids. We were just preparing for Easter," she said.

Dry Creek Estates owner Zane Nixon says the two homes that saw the most significant damage were empty at the time.

"This could have been a horrible, horrible situation. And we’re very fortunate that nobody ended up being hurt," he said.

Millsap Damage

What they're saying:

Kim and Gary Wells say the storm blew out all of their windows, including the one in the couple's bedroom.

"We heard it, we felt it, and then the house imploded," said Kim Wells. "Our bed faces the window. All the glass blew out. Wood from neighbors' houses, we had a 2 x 4 with nails, the glass, all the wood, the mud ended up on top of us in the bed." 

Gary Wells says he has two shards of glass in his legs from the storm, but he's thankful the reported tornado did not hit his house head on.

"It happened so quick, it touched down at I-20, which I-20 is only 3 miles down the road, and it just happened so quick  and then it was gone," he said. 

Bluffdale Damage

Easter Sunday Forecast

The tornado watch was allowed to expire a little before 4:30 a.m. Sunday as the showers weakened and moved into more stable air.

There will be a few lingering showers that will hang around through late Sunday morning for the eastern parts of North Texas. 

Sunshine will finally return on Sunday afternoon for the rest of your Easter Sunday, but the weather pattern looks to stay unsettled as we head into next week.

Monday stays quiet, but mid to late week, more rounds of storms are likely.

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Rain chances will continue next week.

We have a chance of rain in our forecast from Tuesday though at least Friday.

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