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Power outages in North Texas spike as another round of storms approach the region

About 7,000 Oncor customers across North Texas were left without power Thursday after storms rolled through the region as they were exiting North Texas.

According to the Oncor outage map, power still had not been restored for about 7,062 Oncor customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex as of 9:50 p.m. Thursday.

Restoration times vary by county, ranging from Thursday night at about 11:00 p.m. to Friday night at about 8:00 p.m.

Oncor is currently monitoring the storm system causing the outages as it works to restore power, according to a statement on its site.

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North Texas received up to three inches of rain during the early morning storm Thursday. A flash flood warning was briefly issued until 6:45 a.m. in western Collin, northern Dallas, southeastern Denton and Tarrant counties.

Heavy rain began falling again in Dallas-Fort Worth about 4:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office.

There is a flood watch in North and Central Texas until 6 a.m. Friday, as well as a low tornado threat.

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