8 p.m. 

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Multiple people are reportedly trapped in their homes after a tornado moved through Powderly, according to the Paris Fire Department.

“A lot of it has happened in the county,” William McDowell, the deputy fire chief told The Dallas Express.

McDowell said he had heard that people are trapped under rubble and that the fire department is trying to rescue them, but he could not confirm.

He said there was also a structure fire that the department had to put out around the time that the tornado first touched down.

Amber Nowaski shared photos of homes that have been destroyed by the tornado in Lamar County via Twitter.

Per Paris FD, multiple people are reported trapped in their homes after a tornado passed through Powderly, Texas. This home was located in Powderly off 271 North pic.twitter.com/IkAG1JRyUk

— Amber Nowaski (@AmberN_WX) November 4, 2022

 

Other users on Twitter shared videos of when the tornado touched down in Sulphur Springs.

Oh man it feels good to be back pic.twitter.com/IgOvisjgM3

— Connor McCrorey (@ConnorWX) November 4, 2022

 

A Sulphur Springs Police Department dispatcher told The Dallas Express that while everyone there is very busy, there have been no damages reported at this time.

A tornado watch is still in effect for most of the Dallas-Fort Worth area until 8 p.m., per the National Weather Service. The alert applies to much of North and Central Texas.

The National Weather Service is also reporting possible hail up to 1.5 inches.

6 p.m.

Thunderstorms moved out of Dallas County and into eastern and northeastern Texas on Friday afternoon.

A tornado in Sulphur Springs, about an hour east of Texas, caused some structure damage, the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department reported on its Facebook page.

“The extent of damage is uncertain at this time,” a dispatcher told The Dallas Express.

Another tornado was reported in Lamar County near the town of Powderly about two hours northeast of Dallas, the National Weather Service said.

Sunshine began to emerge in Dallas around 5:50 p.m. after heavy rain downtown around 5:15 p.m.

Oncor reported 510 outages and 17,781 customers without power.

Southwest Airlines reported delays at Love Field also extended to airports in Austin and San Antonio.

“We implemented proactive cancellations for flights this afternoon with thunderstorms expected to impact operations at Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio,” Southwest spokesman Chris Perry said in a statement.

5:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service reported a dangerous tornado near Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles east of Dallas off Interstate 30.

Social media posts Friday showed the tornado on the ground.

Tornado that started up near Paris Texas video credit: Byron Prince @ryanhallyall pic.twitter.com/MgxwmIOG3V

— Brian 🌪 (@BrianAllenWX) November 4, 2022

Nearly 20,000 Oncor customers were without power, the electricity provider reported on its website.

Severe thunderstorms in Dallas and other north Texas counties caused outages throughout the five-hour rain, wind, and hail event.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 8 p.m.

5 p.m.

A record amount of rain for this date fell at DFW International Airport on Friday, Meteorologist Bianca Garcia told The Dallas Express, breaking a 66-year-old mark.

As of 4:45 p.m., 2.16 inches of rain had fallen at DFW, she said. The previous record for this date, November 4, was 1.77 inches in 1956.

Nickle-sized hail was reported in Everman in Tarrant County at 1:48 p.m. Friday. Golf-ball-sized hail pummeled Farmersville in Collin County around 2:58 p.m.

DFW reported a 63-mph wind gust around 4:10 p.m., Garcia said.

A Tornado Watch for Dallas and Tarrant counties was in effect until 8 p.m., though local forecasters predicted thunderstorms in Dallas and Dallas County would begin to wane within the hour.

The rain started around 1:30 p.m. Friday and continued into the 5 p.m. hour.

DFW and Dallas Love Field canceled more than 300 flights as thunderstorms moved through Dallas on Friday afternoon.

American Airlines and Southwest Airlines canceled most of the flights preemptively.

More than 105 departures and arrivals were stopped out of DFW, the flight tracking service FlightAware reported. It also reported more than 360 flights were delayed.

Dark clouds engulfed downtown Dallas around 4:25 p.m. as storms moved from the northwest through the city.

High water was causing problems in Fort Worth as the afternoon commute started.

Near the Oklahoma state line, the weather service confirmed a tornado touched down near Honey Grove and Roxton, Texas.

4 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Dallas County until 4:30 p.m.

The county remains under a Tornado Watch until 8 p.m.

Local radar indicated most of the severe weather should pass by 6 p.m.

Ennis and Bardwell in Ellis County were hit with heavy rain around 3:45 p.m., just to the east of the Texas Motor Complex.

Ellis and Navarro counties were under a Tornado Warning, meaning conditions were ripe for tornadoes.

The Ellis Independent School District said it was sheltering children in their schools.

The storm was moving over Interstate 45, moving around 60 mph.

3 p.m.

Storms packing heavy rain and wind pushed into Dallas and North Texas on Friday afternoon.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch until 8 p.m. for Dallas and Tarrant counties.

“With this threat comes the possibility of damaging winds up 70 mph and 1-and-a-half-inch hail,” Weather Service Meteorologist Bianca Garcia told The Dallas Express.

The afternoon commute will be impacted, Garcia said. She said some severe weather was developing east of Interstate 35 as of 2:45 p.m., with more on the way.

Other counties in the Tornado Watch included Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Freestone, Grayson, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Lamar, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Montague, Navarro, Parker, Rains, Robertson, Rockwall, Somervell, Van Zandt, and Wise counties.

The watch extends into Southern Oklahoma.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was also issued by the Weather Service for Tarrant and Johnson counties until 2:45 p.m.