Texas tornadoes

A vehicle is covered in tornado debris in Dallas, Texas Wednesday, April 4, 2012.

Several cars are overturned after a tornado passed the area in Lancaster, Texas on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Thousands of electric customers in North Texas have spent the night without power after a rash of tornadoes hit the area. Oncor on Wednesday reported nearly 8,400 homes and businesses without electricity a day after the severe storms. The Dallas-based utility says most of the outages are in the Arlington area, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. Crews are working to restore power.

As first light rises over Lancaster, Texas the devastation from a tornado — AP Photo/Robert Ray

As first light rises over Lancaster, Texas on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, the devastation from a tornado on Tuesday runs a mile long down a series of neighborhoods. The National Weather Service says possibly as many as a dozen twisters moved across the Dallas-Fort Worth area Tuesday, bouncing in and out of neighborhoods, and destroying homes at random. The Red Cross estimates that 650 homes were damaged in Lancaster, one of the hardest hit areas.

A house is a mass of debris after a tornado struck — AP Photo/Robert Ray

A house is a mass of debris Wednesday, April 4, 2012 after a tornado struck the region Tuesday, in Dallas, Texas. Storm surveyors are fanning across North Texas Wednesday trying to determine how many tornadoes touched down in the region Tuesday, as people sift through the debris that used to be their homes.

As first light rises over Lancaster on the devastation of one home is seen through a broken window — AP Photo/Robert Ray

As first light rises over Lancaster, Texas on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 the devastation of one home is seen through a broken window.

Work crews try to restore power after a reported tornado passed the area in Lancaster, Texas on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Thousands of electric customers in North Texas have spent the night without power after a rash of tornadoes hit the area. Oncor on Wednesday reported nearly 8,400 homes and businesses without electricity a day after the severe storms. The Dallas-based utility says most of the outages are in the Arlington area, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. Crews are working to restore power.

Chris Wilson stands inside what remains of his home after a tornado swept through the area Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas. Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots.

Residents clean up after a tornado hit in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Homes in Kennedale Texas lay destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Homes in Lancaster, Texas lay destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

A sign is destroyed from a passing storm in South Arlington, Texas on US 287, Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Harold Widner clears a fallen tree from his truck in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Neighbors view what remains of a home in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday April 3, 2012.

Melba Baker holds some of the golf ball plus size hail that fell at her home in Cunningham, Texas, Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

A large cloud moves over Paris, Texas from the Southwest Tuesday, April 3, 2012, as two large super cell thunderstorms brought heavy rain and damaging winds to North East Texas.

Juan Ventura stands inside what remains of his home as he talks with his father on his mobile phone Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas. Ventura said that no one was home when the storm hit.

A damaged trailer remains in the street after a tornado swept through the Arlington — AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin

A damaged trailer in the street after a tornado swept through Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Jerica Jenkins surveys damage to her home after it was hit by a tornado Tuesday, March 3, 2012, in Lancaster, Texas.

Friends and neighbors help a home owner recover personal items after a tornado nearly the entire structure — AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

Friends and neighbors help a home owner recover personal items after a tornado destroyed most of the building, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas.

Constable Clint Burgess rescues "Phoebe" from under a destroyed home, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, after a severe storm moved through Arlington, Texas.

Downed trees damaged this home in southwest Arlington — AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Rodger Mallison

Trees downed on a home in southwest Arlington, Texas, where residents were left to deal with the aftermath of a tornado that did extensive damage in the area, Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Streets signs from an adjacent neighborhood lay among the rubble of the heavily damaged Portofino Apartments in Lancaster, Texas after a storm passed through the area on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

An overturned vehicle sits in front of Essie B. Crosby Elementary School following a tornado that swept through the area Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Forney, Texas.

A structure in Arlington, Texas, is destroyed after a tornado hit on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Homes in Lancaster, Texas lay destroyed by a tornado on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

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