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 Saturday .