Deadly tornadoes ripped through central Texas Wednesday evening 70 miles west of Dallas, leaving at least six people dead with more than a dozen still missing. Storm trackers believe up to 10 separate tornadoes may have touched down in the area.
Officials are now busy locating those unaccounted for and surveying the damage.
The National Weather Service's Texas-based Twitter account, @NWSFortWorth, was actively tweeting alerts throughout the night in an effort to warn those in the storm's path. The NWS also blasted emergency alerts as push notifications to residents' phones capable of receiving such alerts.
Some area residents captured the storm on video and uploaded it to YouTube; their footage is curated below:
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