The EF-3 damage was found in a residential area near County Road 1387 and Bob White Road east of Midlothian, NWS officials said. They are not yet sure if the damage found Monday is part of the same path as the Ovilla tornado. NWS crews are still evaluating the path of that storm.
Ellis County Emergency Management Agency previously reported about 40 homes were damaged or destroyed in the area. Two people were transported to hospitals with injuries that were not life threatening and several others were treated on the street for minor injuries, officials said.
Mark Fox, warning and coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service, describes the tornado damage in northern Ellis County.
At least 30 homes were estimated to be damaged near Farm-to-Market Road 664 near Ovilla.
Red Oak Independent School District officials said Donald T. Shields Elementary was damaged during the storm. No other campuses were affected, and no one was injured.
Damage estimates have not yet been provided.
Mike Rose
Tornado over Rowlett 12-26
James Braddy
Tornado Sunnyvale TX Barns Bridge Rd. Area
Deidre Capper
Rowlett Tornado This is a view of the tornado from Heath/Lake Ray Hubbard looking west
John Bolin
Tornado hitting Copeville Tornado caught during lightening strike, beginning of power flash from transformer.
Kelly Daniels
Copeville, Tx Tornado as it struck in Copeville, Texas
John Piland
Post Christmas Tornado Storm cell touched down on the West side of Lake Ray Hubbard
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Tornado 12/26/15 Tornado pictures
HEATHER DOUGLAS
Tornadoes 12/26/15 Tornado pictures
Daniel Watson
Bristol TX tornado 6-26 heard a saw the twister on the ground off our front porch.
Kevin Dodd
Tornado picture from e side of Ray Hubbard
rowlett tornado view of rowlett tornado.
Funnel in Rowlett south of flower hill subdivision.
Brittany Scott
Tornado over Lake Ray Hubbard Taken from the Rockwall side of the lake. Tornado floated by gracefully. Lots of electricity explosions on Rowlett side. Did not affect Rockwall
Jacob Tindall
Tornado Over Rockwall just happened
Brittany Scott
Tornado over Lake Ray Hubbard Taken from the Rockwall side of the lake. Tornado floated by gracefully. Lots of electricity explosions on Rowlett side. Did not affect Rockwall
rowlett tornado view of rowlett tornado.
missy
rowlett tornado tornado still shot
Tornado in Rowlett Taken about 6:55 PM looking across lake towards Rowlett
Bianca rojas
tornado the tornado was forming
Sarah Panzinetti
scary emory also..same time...
Sarah Panzinetti
scary this is emory also at same time...funnel coming out but went back up
Alex Nelson
Tornado 7 miles North of Emory Tx
Andrew Cramer
Lighting lighting spotted in East Dallas, near White Rock.
Randy
Tornada Dallas Near Desoto tornado spotted
Funnel Cloud Over East Texas I saw this funnel cloud from 10 miles east of Sulphur Springs.
Shannon Wallace
Lake fork tornado Tornado at 5:30pm in Emory, TX
storm I took this pic over I-35 near FM RD 1446 exit in Waxahachie around 5:15.
Courtney Riddle
Tornado
Travis Decker
storm shelter ready possible funnel cloud. alba, tx
Storm I'm in Wood wall cloud @ little Mustang Resort
Aaron Lerma
Funnel cloud View from back yard watching tornado warned storm
R Forness
Rowlett Tornado
tornado nay lake Ray Hubbard
Funnel in Rowlett south of flower hill subdivision.
James Head
view from Rockwall of storm view from Rockwall of storm looking out at Wylie & Lavone
James head
Storm view from Rockwall looking out to Wylie & Lavone Storm view from Rockwall looking out to Wylie & Lavone
Steve Ledner
Tornado Warned Storm Misses Downtown Tornado Warned Storm Seen From The Omni
Mitch Rollow
Rowlett
matt johnson
tornado just formed by my house
NBC 5/Kroger Team Up For Tornado Relief
NBC 5 and Kroger are teaming up to get help to the victims of the deadly tornadoes that tore through North Texas on Dec. 26. Spare change will be collected in boxes at the check-out registers at every DFW-area Kroger grocery store. All of the money will go to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
