Dallas weather

A flood warning has been issued for parts of Dallas County after heavy rain, hail and high winds pummeled North Texas overnight. The warning is in effect...

Outages were reported across Dallas-Fort Worth early Tuesday. About 239 people were without power in Dallas County about 7:20 a.m., according to Oncor’s outage map. To the southeast, in Smith County, more than 14,200 Oncor customers were without power early Tuesday. “We look up and it’s coming right over the top of us,” Alvarado Fire Captain Brad Hargrove told the TV station. Brittaney Deaton, 17, was staying in a recreational vehicle parked outside her parents’ home in Burleson, about 5 miles from Joshua, when she said she felt the RV rocking. Crews were also called to four reports of downed utility wires or transformers, Evans said. The heat and low humidity poses an elevated fire danger for areas south of Interstate 20 and west of Interstate 35, according to the weather service. Footage from outside a Love’s Travel Stop in Midlothian captured an overturned 18-wheeler. Temperatures Tuesday were expected to be in the upper 80s and low 90s — about 10 to 15 degrees above normal for early April, the weather service said. The weather service received reports of tree damage to cars and homes and downed power lines. Debris blew overhead of firefighters as they battled a fire at a wood pallet facility in Alvarado. Crews were forced to shelter from the storm as it passed, but no one was hurt and crews returned to battling the blaze after it cleared. In Dallas County, widespread rainfall totaled about an inch, according to the weather service; the highest rainfall amount, 3 inches, was reported along the Dallas and Collin counties border. The warning is in effect through Tuesday afternoon for areas near White Rock Creek and Greenville Avenue in northeast Dallas, according to the National Weather Service.