Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes, authorities say

RUNAWAY BAY, Texas -- A tornado-producing thunderstorm near astatine slightest 2 radical dormant successful bluish Texas and displaced astatine slightest 20 families, with galore homes sustaining large damage, authorities said Sunday.

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed, and galore homes were damaged Saturday nighttime successful the municipality of Runaway Bay, said Wise County Judge J.D. Clark, who serves arsenic the county's main executive. Emergency responders worked to wide debris to scope damaged homes and supply aesculapian attraction wherever needed, Clark said.

"Access has been hard owed to blocked roadways and downed utilities, but crews person continued pushing guardant to scope those successful need," Clark said.

The tempest besides deed Springtown, wherever Parker County Assistant Fire Chief David Pruitt said successful an email that a 2nd idiosyncratic died southbound of the metropolis limits. There was "significant damage" successful the area, Pruitt said.

"One of the astir important ongoing challenges is the wide powerfulness outage affecting galore residents," helium wrote.

National Weather Service teams confirmed that an EF-2 tornado with highest winds of 135 mph touched down successful the Runaway Bay area. An EF-1 tornado with highest winds of 105 mph was confirmed successful the Springtown area, the upwind work said.

The slow-moving supercell traveled done the country astir 10 p.m. Saturday, said meteorologist Patricia Sanchez with the Fort Worth upwind work office.

It moved southeast from astir Wichita Falls, adjacent the Oklahoma border, passing conscionable westbound of Fort Worth. Runaway Bay is astir 45 miles northwest of Fort Worth connected Lake Bridgeport. Springtown is astir 30 miles northwest of Fort Worth.

Weather work radar picked up a "potentially ample and highly dangerous" tornado adjacent Azle astatine 10:14 p.m. Saturday. That's astir different 10 miles southeast of Springtown.