Tornadoes Hit Texas, Louisiana, Storm Warnings Issued for Parts of Southwest US

On Thursday, tornadoes struck Texas and Louisiana. This caused widespread power outages and cancelled hundreds of flights to and from the Dallas area.

These weather conditions are part a powerful storm system which brought about the severe weather conditions. California gets heavy snow earlier. It arrived in Texas and the surrounding states late on Thursday with damaging winds of over 70 mph (112 km/h).

Texas’ Dallas-Fort Worth region was the last place where tornado watches were available.

“If your phone is ringing and sirens are being heard, it’s for wind speeds as strong or weak as a tornado. Treat it as one! “Get inside, out of windows!” The NWS Fort Worth Announcement Around 6 p.m. local. “Widespread destructive winds will affect most everyone in Collin County and Dallas counties.”

According to Flight Aware, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Dallas Love Field reported over 400 cancellations of flights to or from these airports.

According to utility tracker, as of Thursday night, Texas’s 310,000-plus utility customers were without power. poweroutage.us. This was down from 340,000 in the morning.

The storm system is moving from southeast Oklahoma to Texas and parts of Arkansas and Louisiana.

Numerous tornado reports were filed in Texas. At least one tornado was also reported in Louisiana, close to Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Per The Storm Prediction Center of the NWS.

Tornado Watch

The National Weather Service (NWS). issued A tornado watch is in effect for parts of Southern And central ArkansasAs well as Northern Louisiana Effective from 5:40 PM to midnight CST

It will be gone by 11 p.m. CST The severe weather watch for tornadoes continues. It stated that the risk of damaging winds and “a tornado or more” continues across the region. The overnight risk is expected to increase or persist.

The NWS warned of the possibility of flash flooding due to severe storms on Thursday. It advised residents to “Think about what you should do during a warning wherever it is.”

The NWS had plans to inspect areas Friday in search of tornado damage.

Forecasters expect the storm system to move eastward through Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys on Friday. This will bring with it heavy rains and severe thunderstorms. Later in the day, the system is expected to produce snow in New England and the eastern Great Lakes.

This report was contributed by The Associated Press.