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At least 6 killed, dozens hurt in Granbury tornadoes as storms strike North Texas

A massive cleanup and recovery effort got under way this morning in Granbury, where at least six people were killed and dozens injured by three tornadoes, at least one of which was likely an EF-4 with sustained winds up to 200 mph.

“Doesn’t get much worse than that,” said Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds, who helped escort a tour of the hard-hit Rancho Brazos subdivision.

Deeds said Thursday morning that all of the dead were adults. Another 37 people were injured, with about 100 homes flattened, damaged or destroyed. Separate tornadoes and strong winds near Ennis and Cleburne destroyed homes, but no one died.

Officials in Granbury fear the number of dead could rise as seven people remain missing as search-and-rescue efforts turned to search and recovery about 10 a.m.

“We’re not going to leave any stone unturned,” Deeds said. “Everything is running smoothly, and so far there have been no reports of injured first responders.”

Hood County Commissioner Steve Berry, who also toured the damage, pointed to an empty concrete square, the only thing left of the home the storm leveled.

“Where do you hide if you’re living here,” Berry said.

The storms produced baseball-size hail, powerful winds and heavy rain and a fierce tornado that tore through neighborhoods, reducing blocks to rubble and choking the streets with debris.

The National Weather Service said this morning that the tornado was likely an EF-4, one step below the highest designation on the open-ended Fujita scale, with sustained winds between 166 and 200 mph.

The sheriff said the area was hit by as many three tornadoes, though weather service surveyors won’t be able to confirm that until later.

“It’s definitely a nightmare,” Deeds said. “We knew it was going to be a tough night in Hood County.”

Meanwhile, Granbury High School asked many of its seniors to volunteer at ground zero. The students hoped to serve food at a shelter, while others wanted to foster any of the stray dogs or cats that are roaming Rancho Brazos.

Adults showed up by the truckload, offering trailers to haul away debris and two hands to help families clean up their lives scattered around their subdivision.

“I saw the news this morning, and I was just blown away,” said Mark Stevens, a contractor from nearby Stephenville. “We all just want to do what we can.”

About an hour after the deadly Granbury tornado, a mile-wide tornado was reported on the ground around Cleburne in Johnson County. Heavy damage was reported in a subdivision about three miles southwest of town — but no one was killed or seriously hurt.

Cleburne Mayor Scott Cain said seven people suffered minor injuries. Dozens of homes were likely damaged, and the area was declared a local disaster, he said.

Power lines were down along several major streets, and police blocked off some of them with cones and barriers. With many residents without electricity and school canceled, neighbors pushed strollers, walked dogs and rode bikes to check on one another.

Most of the tornado damage was concentrated in the southwest corner, near an elementary school and middle school. Lawns were scattered with clumps of insulation, roof shingles and tree branches. School was canceled for all of Cleburne ISD, and classes at two heavily damaged schools — Gerard Elementary and Lowell Smith Middle — may have to be held elsewhere in the coming days.

Allison Hunsicker’s home, across the street from the middle school, was among the hardest hit, with its walls collapsed and roof torn off. Her water-damaged home is littered with her possessions.

She said she’s been trying to salvage what she can and call insurance, but the phone line has been busy.

Hunsicker, her 10-year-old son Dillion and her dog hid from the storm in the bathroom. They were trapped by the collapsed walls and after the tornado, her older son came to the home and had to kick his way in.

“I was just praying we wouldn’t die,” she said.

“The only thing that’s still up is my living room wall,” she said. “It’s covered with crosses. And it’s still there.”

In the ruins of one Cleburne neighborhood, a family roamed a street with a chainsaw and gas can as neighbors crowded around uprooted trees, which lay across every other lawn. Children played on a flattened fence, using it as a slide.

Plastic garbage bins lay ripped in half around the Gerard Elementary playground. An Oncor worked stopped her car in front of a barricade of downed power lines that criss-crossed and blocked a street leading to several demolished homes.

In Granbury, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth, crews worked through the severe weather to reach people. Deeds said there were some breakdowns in communication at first because so many emergency crews were racing to the most-damaged areas to search houses.

“But they were taking care of business and taking care of the citizens,” he said.

At an emergency shelter set up by the American Red Cross at First Christian Church, about 20 people woke up in beds that were not their own. Volunteer Jeff Watson said the extent of the damage to the families’ homes was still unclear. After breakfast, volunteers will conduct interviews to determine what other services the relief organization should be offering in the coming hours and days.

Many residents quickly left the area after the storm to stay with friends or relatives, so it was difficult to know where everyone went, the sheriff said. Those from the damaged areas were encouraged to register at the Red Cross’ Safe & Well program so officials and families would know who was all right.

The storms rolled in from Erath County around 6:30 p.m., and the weather strengthened over the next hour. A tornado warning and phone emergency notification system went out and the tornadoes hit about 10 minutes later, Reeds said.

Dozens of ambulances and other emergency responders had mobilized, with agencies from many cities standing by to help. Firefighters and police officers were going home to home in search of casualties. Much of the area was without power.

Many of the injured were being treated at Lake Granbury Medical Center, Granbury City Manager Wayne McKethan said. Medstar officials said its crews had taken 17 people to Fort Worth hospitals.

Dixie Lee  Hedgecock, a spokeswoman at Lake Granbury Medical Center, said the hospital has treated about 40 patients.

“Injuries were minor to serious,” Hedgecock said. “Some have been treated and released already. We have abrasions, lacerations, contusions and fractures.”

Another unspecified number of people with more serious injuries were transferred to Fort Worth. There were also less injured patients who were taken on a bus to other facilities.

At least 10 tornadoes were reported Wednesday, although meteorologists noted that some may only have been on the ground for moments.

In Ennis, a tornado struck downtown shortly after midnight. About 40 commercial buildings and another 25 homes were damaged, and one person suffered a minor injury, said Steve Howerton, Ennis’ city manager.

Several buildings in the Ennis downtown historic had damage to the roofs and other areas, he said. About 25 percent of the city is without power.

Tornadoes also were reported in Montague, Parker and Wise counties. A tornado hit the Parker County town of Millsap, about 40 miles west of Fort Worth. Parker County Judge Mark Kelley said roof damage was reported to several houses and a barn was destroyed, but no injuries were reported.

Staff writers Christina Rosales, Avi Selk, Melissa Repko, Tristan Hallman, Tanya Eiserer, Tasha Tsiaperas, Eva-Marie Ayala, Brooks Egerton, Matthew Haag, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) and The Associated Press contributed to this report.