The NWS will be survey last night’s damage throughout the day on Sunday. The survey will give us details of how strong the tornadoes were along with the track.
The hardest hit area from last night’s tornado outbreak appears to be Valley View in Cooke County.
Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington says at least 7 people were killed.
Around 9 a.m., the sheriff confirmed they had found the bodies of a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old on Sunday morning.
Texas Task Force One Search and Rescue was brought in to help search for victims in homes and businesses.
The Cooke County Sheriff says a reported tornado hit a mobile home park and a Shell Station Travel Center.
Two people who were killed were found in a mobile home park.
“Power lines were down, trees were down, it’s taken a huge effort to just get back in there where most of the damage is,” said Sappington.
He says dozens of people at the travel center along I-35 all survived.
The sheriff says those from the Shell station were bused to a QuikTrip gas station in Gainesville that is being used as a reunification center.
A Red Cross shelter has been set up at the First Baptist Church community center on North Lee Street in Valley View.
The storm crossed Ray Roberts Lake, about 10 miles north of Denton.
Lake Ray Roberts Marina and RVs in Sanger were hit, tearing up the docks and sinking a number of boats.
Many of those that weren’t sunk are damaged.
Denton County says a number of people with injuries were taken to hospitals via ambulance and CareFlite.
The total number of injuries is not known at this time.
