Thousands in Dallas and Tarrant County experienced power outages early Wednesday morning as a winter storm brought freezing temperatures, wind chills, and light snow. The largest outages were reported in west Oak Cliff and Old East Dallas. Oncor, the region's electricity provider, expects all outages in Dallas County to be restored by 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Kelly Brooker and Darell Dongallo, both of Colorado City, Texas , carefully walk on a patch of ice on South Akard Street in downtown Dallas , on Jan. 20, 2025. Oncor outage map . The largest outages in Dallas County were in west Oak Cliff near Dallas College’s Mountain View campus, with about 780 affected customers, and in Old East Dallas near downtown, with about 700 affected customers.
All outages in Dallas County were expected to be resolved by 2 p.m. Wednesday, per Oncor’s dashboard. An expected restoration time was not available for all of Tarrant County.Early Wednesday, the region saw temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the negatives, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office. Light snow also began falling around 2 a.m. and flurries continued across the region into the midmorning.Julia is a breaking news reporter with the Dallas Morning News. She is a Louisiana native and a graduate of the University of Mississippi where she studied journalism and public policy. She previously covered education for Mississippi Today in Jackson, Miss.
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