DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Dallas-Fort Worth area escaped major damage, but that wasn’t the case in Grayson County.
“The National Weather Service has already confirmed a tornado hit Bells,” said Sarah Somers, the director of the Grayson County Office of Emergency Management. “That storm system moved through the city of Howe first and we believe it was a tornado there as well. There were also storms in Whitesboro. The National Weather Service will be coming up here to conduct surveys to determine exactly what happened in our community.”
Five people were hurt in Tuesday night’s storms. “It is our understanding that four of those injuries were sustained while folks were in vehicles. One woman was at her home,” said Somers.
Classes have been called off Wednesday in Howe, Bells, and Collinsville school districts. Denison High School will also be closed.
Crews are working to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses. “At it’s height, about eight thousand were without electricity. We were down to about half of that amount at 6:30 a.m.”
Bad weather is expected again Friday evening and early Saturday morning.
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