This devastation was part of a multi-day severe weather outbreak that began across Texas, the Plains, and the Midwest before moving toward the Great Lakes and the Northeast on Saturday.

At 2:47 p.m. on Friday, the NWS Fort Worth TX released a tornado watch in effect until 10 p.m. The watch is for Collin, Dallas, Denton, Parker, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt,

A strong tornado touched down around 3 a.m. on March 7, starting near Highway 59 and moving toward Prospect Road, according to the National Weather Service.

The first full week of meteorological spring brought a severe weather threat to the central United States with multiple confirmed tornadoes and fatalities.

Tornado hits east Texas, damaging homes and causing injuries. One man said he nearly lost his wife and daughter.

The storms hit a broad swath of the nation's midsection, spurring tornado warnings and watches from Iowa to Texas.

Severe storms moved through East Texas overnight, prompting tornado warnings and leaving visible damage in parts of Upshur, Marion Counties.

Tornado threats are also in the forecast.