A night of thunderstorms brought hail, lightning, heavy rain and power outages to North Texas. NBC 5’s Ben Russell shares pictures and videos shared by NBC 5 viewers.
Thunderstorms that brought heavy rain, lightning and large hail to North Texas overnight are coming to an end.
NBC 5 Weather Expert Keisha Burns said heavy rain and lightning were widespread with the main threats being localized flooding and some isolated hail.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center on Thursday included Dallas-Fort Worth in a marginal risk for severe storms due to the threat of hail up to the size of quarters. No tornadoes or strong winds were expected.
2:15AM Radar update: Heavy rain and lightning continues to move across North Texas with localized flooding and isolated hail being the main threats. Rainfall amounts of up to 2.5" have already fallen with an additional 1-3" possible. #NBCDFWWeatherpic.twitter.com/eDC18F9JrM
Early Friday, Oncor Electric Delivery reported thousands of its customers were without power across the DFW area. In its online outage map, Oncor said the outages were due to frequent lightning and hail and crews are working to restore power to those who have been impacted.
According to Oncor, the number of customers experiencing outages is as follows as of 3 a.m.
To report a power outage or check the status of an outage, call Oncor at 888-313-4747, text OUT to 66267, use the MyOncor app or visit Oncor.com.
If you see a downed power line, stay away and call 911 immediately.
Cat A
pea to marble size in The Colony
Richard Thuillier
Big hails in North McKinney
Derrick Buckingham
Hail in Lewisville by 121 and Business 121
Stephanie G
Hail in Frisco. hail size of marbles and bigger
Stephanie
definitely quarter size
sandy Hollis
hail stone picked up in my drive way
Lauren Reynolds
Brought my car in as the hail started but it accumulated enough for a great photo! 02/25, 8:20P Lauren R The Colony, Tx
Shelby Santangelo
Hail in Frisco 2/25
Patricia
Hail in Frisco 2:25
Vijay Mahale
Just wanted to share Hail size
Whitney Murray
Golf Ball size hail
Vivian
Hail storm in McKinney. The hail was so big
Roxanne
Hail from Melissa, TX 2/25/21
Nathan Hall
Hailed for a few minutes in Melissa. Up to 1” stones
Justin Hutto
Anna, TX
David
hail stones
Jon Harrison
Lightning near tcu tonight
C.C.
up to 2” suze hail
Alex Castaneda
hail falling in McKinney
Amber Marsh
Hail McKinney, TX
Amber Marsh
Hail in McKinney TX
Nathan Hall
Hail storm in Melissa taken at 8:38 pm
Nilsa
Size of a quarter
Kay Farr
Marble size
Kay Farr
Marble size
Tamara Koropatnicki
Heres some footage of hail we got tonight in McKinney, TX
bart
largest i found
Don Alford
hail in Stonebridge, North McKinney
Mike Rose
Hail in Frisco 8:25 pm
Tamara Koropatnicki
Hey ! Heres some footage of hail we got tonight in McKinney, TX
2 Awesome Men
-From Zachary, Marquez, and Brittany Padron at 2 Awesome Men YouTube channel
2 Awesome Men
-From Zachary, Marquez, and Brittany Padron at 2 Awesome Men YouTube channel
Karen Nylec
Hail this evening
Nicole Bateman
Last week we had snow. Tonight we got hail.
Curtiss Carroll
This was the hail we received about 30 minutes ago in Mckinney
Ross Toon
Hail in Frisco tonight
2 Awesome Men
-From Zachary, Marquez, and Brittany Padron at 2 Awesome Men YouTube channel
Nicole Bateman
It may be only pea and quarter size hail, but it made some noise! Here are some hailstones I was able to gather from tonight’s storm.
Anquenette Walden-Eck
Hello Rick, Here is a photo of Hail in Lewisville, at around 815pm tonight! Thank you Anquenette Walden-Eck
Jaleesa Wiggins
storm that just oast in mckinney
Jon Harrison
Lightning near tcu
James
Hail size in Frisco
U.S. Marshals Service
In addition to the hail threat, heavy rain was widespread overnight. By 2:25 a.m., rainfall amounts of 2.5 inches had already fallen with another 1-3 inches possible.
The majority of Friday will be dry. Additional showers and thunderstorms are once again possible this weekend.
