While heavy wind and rain pummeled the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight, the metroplex avoided any major tornadoes. Still, more than 16,000 residents were without power at the time of publication.
The National Weather Service predicted “widespread damaging winds” the night of June 8 into June 9, with winds of more than 80 mph, “isolated large hail,” and even “a few spin-up tornadoes.” The area mostly avoided tornadoes and heavy hail but saw lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and some flash flooding.
Dallas storm. #txwx #wxtwitter pic.twitter.com/emc0ndOrve
— Steve Courton (@StephenCourton) June 9, 2025
The Dallas area had more than 9,600 “affected customers” at the time of publication, while the Fort Worth area had nearly 6,700, according to data from energy provider Oncor.
“Thunderstorms across the state produced damaging winds in excess of 80 mph, as well as hail, intense lighting and possible tornadoes. Flooding in some areas may also cause delays and access challenges for our field resources,” reads a statement from Oncor. “As soon as it was safe to do so, Oncor personnel began assessing damage, clearing debris and repairing equipment to restore outages.”
The storms could have been much worse, meteorologist Collin Myers posted to X. He said earlier “supercells” took some of the power out of the storms.
Collin, Denton, Dallas co’s… right about now, we’re thankful for those earlier supercells that developed around dinnertime. Even if they didn’t last long.
Think about if this atmosphere were completely ‘untapped’ right now.
60-80mph could’ve been something worse.#dfwwx #txwx— Collin Myers (@collinmyerswx) June 9, 2025
Myers said in a message to The Dallas Express that close to 4:30 p.m., the weather was highly unstable – “if you were outside you could certainly feel it.”
“Also around this time, a few cells began to fire in Denton and Collin counties. These storms immediately ‘tapped in’ to the instability for fuel and quickly became supercellular,” he said. “Although the atmosphere had time to ‘recover’ after these initial storms, it had already lost some of the available instability that was present around 4 p.m.”
The later evening storms could have “had more instability to tap into” if not for these earlier storms, and “could’ve produced higher winds” potentially reaching 80 to 100 mph, with some gusts even higher.
“Thankfully, that didn’t happen,” Myers said. He said the highest gust across the metroplex only reached 82 mph.
The DFW area apparently dodged a bullet. According to KWTX, at least seven tornadoes cropped up just west of the cities overnight.
Oncor warned the public not to remove debris or tree limbs from areas near power lines, as it could be “concealing a live wire or a downed power line.” It asked anyone who sees a downed power line to keep the public to stay away, warn others, and call 911.
“Safety for our employees and the public is our number one priority,” reads a statement from Oncor. “We recognize the difficulties of being without power and greatly appreciate our customer’s patience as our work continues.”
To report an outage, Oncor customers can call 888-313-4747, text OUT to 66267, or use the utility’s app or website.