DENTON
DENTON BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE STILL
+@
PEOPLE IN NORTH TEXAS ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO+@ WATCH+@.
>> THE GOOD+@ NEWS IS WE HAVE N
SEVERE WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY PARTS OF THE
TEXAS ARE STILL UNDER THE
TRAILER WATCH UNTIL 11.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE DALLAS,
TARRANT OR PARKER COUNTY.
IT DOES INCLUDE COLLIN, DENTON,
WISE, JACK AND YOUNG AND ALL OF
LOCATIONS UP TO THE RED RIVER.
DALLAS IS A VERY FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES UNTIL NOON ON THURSDAY.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS. I AM TALKING A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS WITH SOME
LOCATIONS PICKING UP CLO+@SE TO
SIX.
SIX.
SIX. THIS
SIX. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
+@
THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
NOW.
NOW. I
NOW. I THUNDERSHOWER AROUND McKINNEY
THAT RUNS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.
THAT RUNS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST.@ SHOWERS AND STORMS FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD RIGHT NOW IN BOTTOM.
WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CLUSTER
OF STORMS IN MONTAG COUNTY.
NONE OF THESE ARE SEVERE.
AS WE HEAD TO THE NE+@XT SEVERA
HOURS THERE IS A HUGE COMPLEX
UP IN OKLAHOMA.
IT WILL DROP TOWARDS NORTH
TEXAS BUT FOR THE MOST+@ PART A
7 AM IT WILL STAY IN NORTHEAST
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. I
TEXAS. I THINK THE DALLAS FORT WORTH
AREA IS PRETTY WELL DONE FOR
THE REST OF THE NIGHT FOR THE
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. WE
RAIN. WE COULD SEE SPOTTY SHOWERS.
A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND MAYBE
A RUMBLE OF THUNDER.
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
REALLY DROPPING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK MOST OF THE NIGHT WE
ARE OKAY.
ARE OKAY.
ARE OKAY. NORTHEAST TEXAS TOWARDS SUNRISE
TOMORROW WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS. WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF
+@
+@ THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD TO THE
DAY TOMORROW.
DAY TOMORROW. TONIGHT, A LITTLE AFTER 6 PM
DENTON HAD A CONFIRMED TORNADO.
ALREADY A CONFIRMATION.
IT DID TOUCHDOWN WRITE BY TW
+@
+@ YOU.
YOU.
YOU. IT
YOU. IT WAS ABOUT 656.
THE STRENGTH AT THIS POINT IS
UNKNOWN.
UNKNOWN.
UNKNOWN. IT WILL EITHER BE AN EF0 OR EF1.
65 TO 85 MILES PER HOUR.
86 TO 110 FOR AN EF1+@.
IT TOUCHDOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY.
IT MOVED UP TO THE NORTHEAST.
RIGHT NOW RABBIE BLA+@CKBURN IS
OUT THERE+@.
OUT THERE+@. I KNOW YOU ARE IN DENTON, GIVE
US UPDATE.
US UPDATE. >> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT A
BRIEF 20 CAN DO.
YOU CAN SEE THESE WORKERS FROM
THE CITY OF DENTON OUT HERE
TRYING TO CLEAR UP THE
ROADWAYS.
ROADWAYS.
ROADWAYS. ALL OF THIS DEBRIS ON THE
STREET CAME FROM JUST ONE GIANT
TREE THAT WAS UPROOTED IN THE
+@
TREE THAT WAS UPROOTED IN THE STORM.
STORM.
STORM. A
STORM. A 60-YEAR-OLD TREE THAT JUST
TUMBLED.
TUMBLED.
TUMBLED. THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN
TREES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
ALONE THTTOPPE +@SWELL
THE GOO+@D NEWS TONI IS THAT
WHILE THEY DID HAVE DOWNED
POWER LINES AND DAMAGED PROPERTY
THERE ARE NO APPARENT INJURIES.
MOST PLACES WERE FINE TODAY BUT
NOT HERE IN DENTON. +@
ON EMERSON LANE GIANT PINE
TREES SNAPPED LIKE TWIGS AFTER
THIS STORM PUSHED THROUGH.
ACROSS HIS NEIGHBORHOOD THE
SOUND OF CHAINSAWS AS PEOPLE
STARTED CLEANING UP.
>> IT WAS WENDY.
IT TOOK DOWN A 40 FOOT OAK
TREE, PECAN TREE, FOR THE ROOF
OFF THE GREENHOUSE.
IT'S A +@LOT OF DAMAGE.
>> HE WAS OUT WITHOUT POWER
+@ TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE
THE DOWNLINES.
THE DOWNLINES. THIS AREA IS FULL OF UPROOTED
TREES THAT DID P+@LENTY+@ OF
DAMAGE.>> JEFF BRIDGES TREE
JUST SCRAPED HIS HOUSE BUT IT
CRUSHED HIS YELLOW MUSTANG.
YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE
LEAVES.>> WHEN IT HIT REALLY
HARD THE RAIN STARTED GOING
STRAIGHT UP IN THE +@AIR+@ AND
THAT'S WHEN THIS TREE GOT
UPROOTED SO I RAN INTO THE HALL
AND GRABBED HOLD OF THE WALL
AND WAITED.
AND WAITED. I HEARD ALL OF T+@HE BOOMING IN
THE TREE FELL DOWN.
>> Reporter: HIS ROOF WILL
PROBABLY BE A+@ LITTLE BIT LEAK
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THAT CAR OF COURSE IS A TOTAL
LOSS.
LOSS.
LOSS. HE
LOSS. HE IS COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS
THAT THERE WAS NOT MORE DAMAGE
TO HIS HOUSE.
AUTHORITIES TELL US THAT ONE
+@ HOME IN THIS AREA WAS PARTIALLY
CRUSHED BY A FALLING TREE.
FOR THE MOST PART PROPERTY WAS
LARGELY SPARED.
LARGELY SPARED. IT IS AMAZING THAT THE DAMAGE
WAS NOT WORSE.
THIS TORN+@ADO WAS ON THE GROUN
FOR A SHORT TIME.
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO LEARN
ABOUT IT TOMORROW MORNING WHEN
THE SUN COMES UP.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WILL BE OUT HERE TO TAKE A LOOK
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE OUT HERE TO TAKE A LOOK@
AT THE DAMAGE AND TRY TO
CATEGORIZE THE STORM.
>> THANK YOU BRADLEY.
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP YOU GET A
BETTER IDEA OF THE DAMAGE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND
THE FLOODING IN ARGYLE.
YOU CAN SEE ROTTER RUSHING DOWN
THE SIDES OF THE STR+@EET.
WE WERE OUT THE EARLIER