(FOX 4) – The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that a total of nine tornadoes hit North Texas on Sunday night. The newly confirmed tornadoes include: an EF-2 in southwest Garland with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour, an EF-1 tornado in Rockwall with estimated winds of 90 miles per hour, an EF-1 near Midlothian, an EF-1 in Kaufman County, an EF-0 in Kaufman County and an EZ-0 near Ferris.
Tornadoes previously confirmed included the mammoth EF-3 tornado in North Dallas, an EF-1 tornado in Rowlett and an EF-0 north of Wills Point in Van Zandt County. The City of Dallas on Tuesday was still determining exactly how many homes and businesses have damage. SKY4 flew over some of the damage in the Ferris, southeast of Dallas on Tuesday. The high winds caused a large silo on Main Street to collapse into itself. The storm also ripped up roofs and knocked over trees.
Ellis County officials praised first responders and a community that is now focused on recovery. “You gotta have good people and that’s one thing that we have down here in Ellis County and Ferris. We come together down here. We come together as a team. We work together with first responders the sheriff’s office, the municipalities, the nonprofit organizations step up big,” said Judge Todd Little, Ellis County Director of Emergency Management. READ MORE
