Texas was hit with more than two inches of rain and tennis ball-sized hail stones in just 15 minutes . Hundreds were evacuated from a circus big top after the weather system tore through the sides during an acrobatics show in Angleton on Friday night . More than 1000 homes lost power between Houston and Dallas on Saturday . Scroll down for video . Swamped : Texas was reportedly hit with two inches of rain water in 15 minutes over the weekend . And cars were left floating in Harris County in half a foot of rain water . The storm is expected to move up toward Chicago in the next few days - while the North East enjoys balmy spring weather . One tornado blew through Granbury at 7pm on Saturday night , and winds of up to 80mph were reported in Hood County and Parker County , WFAA reported . Originally , WFAA notes , the storm was not expected to strike Dallas . Cars floated in Harris County as the state struggled to cope with the extreme weather system . Hundreds were evacuated from this Big Top circus in Angleton after rain ripped through the sides . However , by 1am on Sunday , the city was also hit . Later on Sunday the rain subsided in east Dallas as sunny skies moved in . However , storm warnings remain for the west side of the city , the west side of Texas and Oklahoma .
Hundreds were evacuated from a Big Top circus after rain tore through it . More than 1000 homes lost power between Houston and Dallas . Cars floated across Harris County in half a foot of rain on Sunday .