Oncor crews were out restoring power in several areas Monday morning, said John Toone, area manager for Oncor Electric Delivery. There was a high of 1,500 customers without power at one time, but that number was down to about 550 by mid-morning.

“We’re making some progress if these storms will stay off us,” Toone said.

He said about 900 of those customers were in Holland, where a tree limb was on the line, but electricity there was back up Monday morning.

“The rest is just scattered all over the place,” he said.

Crews were working to restore power to about 150 customers in the Taylors Valley area south of FM 93, he said.

Power outages were caused by wind and a little lightning and there were no major lines down, he said.

Bell County officials had no reports of serious damage, other than a couple of reports of trees being knocked down, said Dennis Baker, Bell County emergency management coordinator.

“The most significant wind event we had was in the Holland area - southeast of Holland,” he said. “They clocked 70 mph winds at about 5 a.m.”

The high winds knocked down tree branches, he said, but he had no information regarding any other damage.

Bartlett City Secretary Diane Evans said Bartlett received damage from the early morning storm.

The American Plant Food fertilizer plant located south of town was the only structure reported to have sustained damage, she said.

Trees blown over onto power lines and knocked down across streets were the main reports of destruction in Bartlett, Ms. Evans said.

This week’s forecast predicts rain every day, but the chances of severe weather like that experienced Monday isn’t expected to reappear until Friday, KCEN chief meteorologist Andy Andersen said.

“There is still a chance for hail and lightning, although it will not be as organized as Monday’s storm,” Andersen said.

Andersen predicted the Temple area received half an inch to one inch of rain during the early morning storm.

Metro editor Tammy Leytham contributed to this report.

tleytham@temple-telegram.com