Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the winter storm in northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma. According to PowerOutage.us, more than 300,000 Texans suffered power outages after several tornadoes passed through Dallas, Fort Worth and neighboring towns. No fatalities were reported, but there was significant damage to hundreds of businesses, cars and homes.
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas until 10 PM CST pic.twitter.com/N5aWFkgwKT
— NWS Tornado (@NWStornado) March 2, 2023
Dallas's local government activated tornado sirens after the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a warning for nearby towns. "If your phone is alerted and you hear sirens, that's for wind speeds as strong as a weak tornado," the NWS reported.
🚨#BREAKING: Tornado sirens are now sounding off in Dallas Texas
Currently multiple tornado sirens are currently sounding off as the National weather service has issued Tornado warning for Dallas as this was radar indicated. With reports of multiple power… https://t.co/6fJu3TVQf6 pic.twitter.com/1EsvGMmRjJ
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 3, 2023
On top of the tornadoes, strong winds were recorded in excess of 70 mph, and a multitude of lightning strikes were witnessed. As reported by FlightAware.com, these phenomena caused the cancellation of more than 400 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field.
WATCH: Video shows a tornado near Winnsboro, Texas this evening.
📸: @BradArnoldWX/@LiveStormsMedia pic.twitter.com/JWWJiv1nIy
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) March 3, 2023
