A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for far north counties, including Grayson, Denton, Wise, Jack, Cooke and Collin, until 4 p.m. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threat.Thursday is a First Alert Weather Day for the potential of strong to severe storms in the afternoon and evening hours.

Two EF-1 tornadoes were reported, which means they had wind gusts between 86-110 miles per hour. Both were in Palo Pinto County. The first tornado touched down about two miles north of Mingus and its path was about half a mile long, the weather service said. Its wind speeds peaked at 105 miles per hour.

The highest chances of severe weather will be in North Texas, but chances will stretch into the Texas Hill Country as well.