Overview
- Fort Worth fire crews handled around 800 calls from midnight into Saturday, including downed power lines, dozens of fires, high‑water investigations and 12 water rescues.
- Oncor reported more than 20,000 outages in Tarrant County Friday night, while utilities statewide counted roughly 260,000 customers without power early Saturday.
- The National Weather Service collected reports of a brief, unwarned spin‑up in south Fort Worth but has not confirmed a tornado and requested location‑tagged damage photos.
- Heavy rain flooded roads across the DFW area, with warnings to avoid submerged streets and multiple vehicles trapped as water rose quickly.
- The storms damaged homes and hammered the Fort Worth Arts Fest, where organizers said four tents were destroyed, several others were damaged and at least one artist lost most of their work.