TYLER, Texas — Tuesday night's storm impacted several areas in Tyler. Now, the community is focused on recovering.
While some houses down Chilton road are seemingly okay, others the storm damage split them in half.
"High winds usually takes down those trees," Andy Erbaugh, Tyler Police Department, Public Information Officer said.
Trees that once stood over 50 feet tall, now intrude through their homes.
"This storm is probably the worst we've seen in a long time due to the high levels of damage debris," Jeff Kirt, Storm Water Foreman said.
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Kirt said the areas with significant damage includes parts of the Azalea District, around Tyler Junior College, and around the hospital district.
Following the storm, residents began calling the City of Tyler to report an inability to hear tornado sirens once the tornado warning went into effect.
Darin Lyon, Tyler resident, said him and his wife were watching the news on their weather app, "then all of a sudden we lost power."
From there the couple looked outside and noticed the strong winds. Afterwards, they took cover, but "never heard the sirens" go off.
Lyon lives in South Tyler, but his parents and aunt live in the Azalea District and says they also didn't hear the sirens.
"We were very concerned," said Lyon. "We heard them last Tuesday but unfortunately we didn't hear them last night."
The City of Tyler said the issues have since been fixed, but wants to remind residents that outdoor sirens are not meant to be heard from inside their homes.
"The outdoor alert system is really only for outdoor so it's mostly for people in their cars or walking around that may not be close to a city or cell phone," Adriana Rodriguez, City of Tyler, Public Information Officer said.
Rodriguez said instead, the city recommends residents to follow their local news stations and to download the Smart 911 app to receive alerts with or without power.
Rodriguez also recommends those with elderly family members or neighbors to help set it up on their smart phones to be safe when storms arise.
Kirt estimates the clean-up for the city will take at least two weeks to fully recover.
In the meantime, Erbaugh recommends residents to slow down and watch out for barricaded areas because they're "barricaded for a reason," so be prepared to take an alternate route of travel.