Power outages hit North Texas amid strong storms
A First Alert Weather Day was in effect on Tuesday due to strong to severe storms that produced large hail and damaging winds, causing widespread damage across North Texas.
As the severe weather moved through the metroplex, many residents experienced power outages. The peak number of outages as a result of Tuesday morning's storms was more than 335,000, according to Oncor.
As of Wednesday at 8:04 a.m., there are 6,517 active outages affecting 66,880 customers, according to the Oncor website.
Dallas County has 22,810 power outages, while Collin County has 7,672 outages.
In Tarrant County, there are 10,365 customers without power and in Denton County, there are 4,822.
Oncor serves 4,070,983 customers. Tuesday evening, Oncor said it estimates that "restoration will be substantially complete by Thursday night, wind and weather permitting."
"In the hardest hit areas, including McKinney, Irving, Farmers Branch and pockets of areas within the northern DFW region, restoration is expected to continue into Friday," Oncor said in a statement.
Oncor said it has identified multiple areas where infrastructure must be entirely rebuilt or replaced after the removal of broken equipment and heavy debris.
"If you see a downed power line, keep yourself and others away from it, and call 911 right away," a notice from Oncor reads.
