High winds are stirring up dust, putting parts of North Texas under a blowing dust advisory until 9 p.m. Friday. The weather service said as a result,

PALO PINTO, Texas — Several thousand Oncor customers are without power Friday as high winds hit North Texas. Oncor said in a Facebook post that it was closely monitoring the system that is bringing high winds to much of its service area Friday and said that employees would respond to any outages as soon as it was safe to do so.

High winds in North Texas are causing power outages and dangerous conditions. Warnings are in effect until 9 p.m., with gusts up to 89 mph. Residents are advised to avoid activities that could spark fires and to keep generators away from homes to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.