Wichita Falls – April 10, 1979. ... The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck just after 4 p.m., the day after Mother’s Day in 1953.

Damaging winds could reach all the way east to the Tennessee Valley and the Appalachians, while the Texas and Colorado High Plains will deal with rotating supercell thunderstorms and a few tornadoes.

Thoren said there were significant storms in counties west of Wichita Falls, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in Oklahoma. “It’s not as if severe weather didn’t happen. Its ...

More than 40 million Americans are in the threat zone through Saturday night, stretching from Texas to the Carolinas.

Frost, Texas damage (Courtesy Edward L. Williams Collection) #5 WICHITA FALLS: APRIL 10, 1979. The Wichita Falls tornado of 1979 is well documented, considering it was a large storm that struck a ...

Severe weather could strike many parts of Texas on Sunday from Lubbock to Amarillo and Midland to Dallas-Fort Worth.

Because why else would federal officials choose a peak period for tornado outbreaks to perform routine and needed maintenance on weather radios?

Carol Wagner, Wichita Falls City Council member and mayor pro-tempore, found herself in charge of the city after a devastating tornado struck. The tornado, described as a mile wide and leaving an ...

The Wichita Falls area is under a Slight Risk for severe storms on Tuesday, but the tornado risk is considered very low. NWS said the greatest risk will be hail up to the size of baseballs and ...

Wichita Falls – April 10, 1979. ... The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck just after 4 p.m., the day after Mother’s Day in 1953.

Parts of the southern Plains and western Ozarks are facing the risk of severe weather, including potential tornadoes, over Memorial Day weekend, according to forecasters at the National Weather ...