Thousands of electric customers in North Texas were without power Sunday night as a round of severe storms pounded the region.

Storms with a potentially "significant severe threat" of dangerous weather is forecast for North Texas Sunday night. The severe storms are expected to move across the region - including Dallas-Fort Worth -packing the threat of damaging winds,

Major hazards possible for the DFW area Sunday night into Monday morning include winds of up to 80 mph or more, plus hail of 1.5 inches or more, spin-up tornadoes and localized flooding. (Hail of 1.5 inches is similar to the size of a ping pong ball, according to the NWS .)