(CNN) — Tornadoes and flooding caused by severe storms ripped through parts of Oklahoma overnight, injuring at least six people and destroying homes and other property.

Residents in Oklahoma and Texas are bracing for more severe weather on Sunday, including possible tornadoes, flash flooding, hail and high winds. National Weather Service It issued warnings for parts of both states on Sunday afternoon.

The weather service advised residents near Crowell, Texas, to seek shelter due to the severe storm. wind speed up to 70 mph approached.

Severe weather is expected to move from west to east on Sunday, the weather service said.

Scott Douglas, public information officer for the Oklahoma City Fire Department, said 11 people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following overnight storms.

Oklahoma City Police Department public information officer Valerie Littlejohn said many structures were damaged in the area, as well as power lines, trees, gas lines, traffic signals and traffic signals.

As of 1:30 p.m. CST on Sunday, 39 structures had been destroyed, according to Oklahoma City officials. In addition, major damage occurred in 43 structures and minor damage occurred in 54 structures.

More than 30,000 customers in Oklahoma and Texas were without power Sunday afternoon. Power Outage.us. In Oklahoma City alone, 5,000 people live without electricity, according to the city.

National Weather Service crews investigation of damage Sunday, including the towns of Valley Brook, Harrah and Newcastle, where storms caused severe destruction.

Video of the damage CNN affiliate KOCO It shows cars overturned and entire houses destroyed. The storm knocked down telephone poles and split trees in half. Debris, including large pieces of wood and metal from collapsed buildings, is scattered around the affected areas.

Around 1:20 a.m., the weather service warned A severe thunderstorm and tornado was moving from eastern Oklahoma City towards Midwest City and Tinker Air Force Base. A tornado warning was issued for more than 300,000 people in Moore, Midwest City and Del City.

“I was awake and heard the storm start really fast,” Justin Cue said, describing the moment a possible tornado slammed into his father’s house overnight, leaving him with minor injuries from flying glass and debris.

“The debris started hitting the house and a few seconds later my window blew out and then all you could hear was the howling of the wind and the splintering of wood and glass breaking,” Cue told CNN.

Cue’s father, who moved to Oklahoma City from Kansas about two years ago, was also injured when the roof collapsed on him. “He was unconscious for a short time and we weren’t sure if he was okay,” Cue said.

When the couple was able to leave the house around 1:30 a.m., Cue said neighbors yelled and helped pull people from the debris until first responders arrived.

Tornadoes were reported just east of Oklahoma City, and tornado and thunderstorm warnings were issued in the Oklahoma City area until the early morning hours. weather service in question.

“Folks, don’t let your guard down too much; we’re starting to see the atmosphere begin to recover ahead of storms, heavy rainfall, flooding and possible severe weather today,” the weather service said. A post on X.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 8 p.m. CST Sunday for parts of Oklahoma and several counties in northern Texas. The monitoring covers Oklahoma City and surrounding cities in the southeast, affecting more than two million people.

Supercell storms fire from the same front that causes damage overnight. These new storms could produce several tornadoes, ping-pong ball-sized hail, and damaging winds up to 75 mph.

“Intense clusters of storms in southwestern Oklahoma and northwestern Texas will move rapidly northeastward across the viewing area this afternoon. Strong low-level shear will bolster the risk of tornadoes and damaging wind gusts with those storms, according to the weather service’s Storm Prediction Center.

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management He said he was monitoring the severe weather.

Police ask people to: avoid some roads in the area due to damage.

First responders rescued two people trapped in an overturned mobile home following the storm, according to officials. Oklahoma City Fire Department. According to Douglas, many vehicles that were under water due to heavy rain were also intervened.

“Ask them to take shelter inside the building you are in NOW. Go to the bottom floor/interior,” the University of Oklahoma told students and staff on its Norman campus.

Nighttime tornadoes are twice as deadly as daytime tornadoes. research shows. Night tornadoes are difficult to spot in the dark, and sleepers may not be aware that danger is near.

there is increased anxiety On to this week’s tornado threat, given what a prolific year it has been for tornadoes in the United States. The number of tornadoes reported so far this year is the second highest on record, behind 2,156 in 2011.

Severe storms are most common in the spring and summer, but a second wave of dangerous storms and hurricanes occurs in the fall and winter as cold air from the north frequently collides with warmer, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico.

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CNN’s Mike Madrigal and Elisa Raffa contributed to this report.