Granbury , Texas ( CNN ) -- Scores of people stood outside a north Texas church Saturday morning , waiting to be escorted to their neighborhood for the first time since tornadoes devastated it three days earlier . They were n't going to like what they were about to see , Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told reporters . `` This is going to be a traumatic day for the residents , '' Deeds said. `` ... We have clergy ( going to the neighborhood with the residents ) because it 's going to be a traumatic time when they see their property . '' At least 16 tornadoes hit Texas on Wednesday night , according to the National Weather Service . Six people were killed in the Rancho Brazos neighborhood of Granbury , about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth . A survey team for the National Weather Service concluded that the tornado that descended on this neighborhood was an EF4 -- the second-most severe classification on a scale of zero to five . Three people were taken to a nearby hospital , and 13 others were taken to hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area , authorities have said . Of the 110 houses that stood in Rancho Brazos on Wednesday afternoon , 58 were damaged or destroyed , said Mario Flores , director of disaster-response field operations for Habitat for Humanity , which built 61 homes there . The neighborhood 's estimated 250-300 residents were prohibited from returning until Saturday , because authorities needed to clear debris , Deeds said . Starting Saturday , residents would be able to visit the site on a limited basis -- from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. -- to collect belongings . With no water or electric service in the neighborhood , and generally unsafe conditions , no one is allowed yet to resume living there , even in undamaged buildings , Deeds said . `` We 've got people on scene that are going to help them box things up and get some valuables out of there that they need today , '' Deeds said . How to help or find help . The Rancho Brazos residents had to obtain permits before being escorted to the neighborhood . Among those waiting in line was a 45-year-old woman who says she and her five children were temporarily trapped in the rubble of their home . Family members , who gave only their last name -- Rodriguez -- said that the woman 's husband dug them out of the debris . They said that they are staying with friends , and have only the clothes on their backs . `` Our neighborhood looked like it had gone through a terrorist attack , '' the woman said . Nick Valencia reported from Granbury and Jason Hanna reported and wrote from Atlanta . CNN 's Tom Watkins contributed to this report .
Authorities escort residents back to hard-hit neighborhood in Granbury , Texas , three days after tornado . `` It 's going to be a traumatic time when they see their property , '' sheriff says . At least 16 tornadoes touched down in the area Wednesday , National Weather Service says . Six people were killed in Rancho Brazos neighborhood .