A building’s exterior bricks collapsed onto a car on 7th Street Sunday. Photo courtesy of Sonya Eudaley
An exterior wall collapsed, covering a car with bricks in the Bishop Arts District, and trees were pulled out of the ground during a brief but vicious thunderstorm that knocked out power to businesses and homes in our neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
The storm, which blew in around 3 p.m., was fast and weird, bringing winds of up to 60 miles per hour, pea-sized hail and sheets of heavy rain. Winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused extensive damage, demolishing a townhome that was under construction in Old East Dallas. Another car was covered in bricks after damage to a building at the Royal Lane Condominiums
Power to Bishop Arts businesses was lost, and restaurants and bars closed for the night. Some neighbors reported their power had been restored about by about noon Monday.
More than 110,0000 residences lost power at the peak of the storm, KXAS reports, and by Sunday night about 28,000 were without power in our city. About 9,200 homes in Dallas County were still without electricity by about 10 p.m. Monday, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins on Twitter.
The outage also left hundreds of traffic signals dark or flashing red and trees blocking roads.
A mature tree across the road near Colorado Boulevard and Kessler Parkway. Photo by Rachel Stone
The Dallas Zoo was closed on Monday, Labor Day, while crews cleaned up from the storm. The zoo announced it will be open today.
Besides wind damage, heavy rain caused flooding in Old East Dallas and Uptown, neighborhoods that flooded in a rainstorm two weeks ago.
An uprooted tree in the Bishop Arts area. Photo courtesy of Sonya Eudaley
