Minutes following the afternoon high winds, rain and hail, Oncor鈥檚 outage map showed more than 120,000 power outages across the Metroplex, mostly in the Dallas area.
As the sun began to fall, Oncor鈥檚 Juan Reyes reported 80,000 homes still without power.
鈥淲e had crews pre-positioned ahead of time,鈥� said Reyes, 鈥渢o make sure that they could begin repairs as quickly and as safely as possible. Our crews are actively working to assess damage, clear vegetation, and get the lights on for everyone as quickly and safely as possible.鈥�
He did not know when repairs would be finished.
Matt Bishop, meteorologist with National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said the line of thunderstorms rolled in from Oklahoma City Sunday morning and worked its way south.
It鈥檚 still going. He says when the storms hit the Metroplex by mid-afternoon, 鈥渨e had a lot of instability and energy in the atmosphere to work with and that allowed some of those storms to become severe.鈥�
Bishop said the region saw severe winds gust up to 65 mph and hail.
鈥淲e did have a few instances of hail anywhere from quarter to half dollar size.鈥�
For Monday, he said there鈥檚 a small chance of an isolated storm or two in the Metroplex, but most of what the region saw Sunday has moved much farther south.
More than 300 flights were delayed at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, CBS News reported.
The Dallas Zoo announced it will close Monday to clean up damage caused by the storm. It also announced plans to cancel Member Morning on Monday.
So far there have been no reports of injuries.
