'The house started shaking': Fast-moving storms, high winds in North Texas blow over RVs, destroyed trees

HOOD COUNTY, Texas — Not much scares Sarah Routon, but when Monday morning storms rolled through Somervell County it was something that caught her off guard.

"It did scare me," said Routon, "I was concerned for the families that were affected."

Routon spent Monday afternoon cleaning up outside her home where she manages Rainbow Village RV Park in Glen Rose. Earlier, that's where straight-line winds up to 60 miles per hour moved in fast.

"I grabbed out two dogs. I took them into our bedroom and pulled a mattress on top of us because I was unsure what was going to happen," Routon said.

The storm also blew over her neighbor's RV. Thankfully, they weren't home at the time. Right next door, Routon ran to help another family whose front door got damaged in the storm.

"There was a family trapped inside the second trailer. We were able to take them out through the emergency door," said Routon.

About 20 miles away in Granbury, the quick storms hit Veronica Penrod's cul de sac.

"All of sudden the house started shaking," Penrod said.

High winds blew out her neighbor's back porch screens, overturned the air conditioning unit, and then destroyed several of her trees. While assessing damage outside, Penrod noticed their boat parked in the driveway wasn't there anymore.

"It got picked up and moved and relocated to a different part of the property," Penrod said, "Looked at the window, the back of the property and just saw our trees coming down one by one."

Just a few feet from their boat, Routon noticed her Santa statue became a testament to the magic of Christmas.

"I pulled him out and I left him there because I was going to move him from the driveway to the porch, came out this morning and he was still standing there," Routon said.