Flooding impacts Dallas, while 1 injured during severe storms in West Texas
By Thursday evening, a supercell thunderstorm had developed around the town of Midland, which triggered the National Weather Service office to issue its first ever Tornado Emergency in West Texas.
Midland, Texas impacted by supercell thunderstorm
A thunderstorm with large hail, damaging winds and at least one tornado impact areas around Midland, Texas on Thursday evening.
LUBBOCK, Texas – Another day of severe weather impacted Texas and the southern Plains on Thursday with flooding reported around Dallas, and at least one person was injured as severe storms and a tornadoes tore through West Texas near Midland.
Thunderstorms began to develop on Thursday morning as they raced along and south of the Red River across North Texas, but it wasn't until the afternoon and evening that the storms became strong to severe.
(FOX Weather)
The storms arrived in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex about midday, where they posed the risk of 60-mph wind gusts and dangerous lightning. Additional power outages will be possible, on top of the thousands of power outages that remain from storms earlier this week.
HAILSTORM COATS TEXAS COMMUNITY IN ICE
Dual tornadoes spotted from the Midland, Texas airport
After tornadoes were spotted from the airport in Midland, Texas, passengers were ushered to safe area.
By Thursday evening, a supercell thunderstorm had developed around the town of Midland. It prompted the National Weather Service office there to issue its first ever Tornado Emergency in West Texas. At least one tornado was spotted by storm chasers and passengers at Midland International Air & Space Port, which is between Odessa and Midland.
Passengers said they spotted two tornadoes from the terminal before being ushered into safety.
A mobile home was damaged in Odessa, Texas on May 30, 2024.
(City of Odessa, Texas / FOX Weather)
In Odessa, severe storms knocked over a large double-wide trailer house while two people were inside, according to the City of Odessa. Firefighters had to cut a hole in the roof to free the two, and one was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries.
A mobile home was damaged in Odessa, Texas on May 30, 2024.
(City of Odessa, Texas / FOX Weather)
Fortunately, in Midland County, no deaths were attributed to the storm.
PowerOutage.us reported more than 4,000 customers were immediately without power due to the storms.
Baseball sized hail was also reported north of Interstate 20 in the town of Gardendale.
Tornado-warned storm satellite animation 5/30/2024
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The threat of severe storms will shift east on Friday, encompassing the more highly populated East Texas, southeastern Oklahoma and western Louisiana.