Photo by Jim Rain.
Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m., Dallas City officials issued a disaster declaration after this morning’s severe weather which affected thousands of individuals in Dallas County.
According to Oncor’s outage map as of noon today, approximately 622,860 of their customers were without power in North Texas citing this morning’s severe thunderstorm.
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins posted on X that this will be a multi-day power outage for “a significant number of Oncor customers.”
Over 50,000 of East Dallas’ Oncor customers were without power.
Heavy rain and strong gusts of wind prompted tornado warnings in the area. The aftermath of the storm left residents picking up tree limbs from their yard or off cars and Dallas Parks teams working to assess all parks and trails for safety. Oncor teams and resources are also working to assess damages while clearing debris and vegetation to perform repair work on areas impacted by power outages.
Affected neighborhoods include:
- Casa View
- White Rock Hills
- Eastwood Hills
- Forest Hills
- Casa Linda
- Reinhardt
- White Rock
- Eastwood
- Lakewood
- Hollywood/Santa Monica
- Swiss Avenue
- Northeast Dallas
- North Stonewall Terrace
- Lower Greenville
- Old East Dallas
It appears the number of power outages have continued to decrease by hour.
Lewis Jenkins is encouraging residents to check on your friends, family, neighbors and anyone elderly and remain patient as crews continue to work on the issue.
At this time officials said to keep kids inside as it’s not safe to be playing outside around downed power lines. They also mention to move debris yet as there could be hidden downed power lines that are still energized.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information.
