• Texas has seen fewer tornadoes in 2025 than in 2024, but the season is still active. • Seeking shelter under an overpass during a tornado is dangerous, and finding a ditch or low-lying area is safer. • Tornadoes can change direction and cross bodies of water and hillsides, so seeking sturdy shelter is crucial. Spring in Texas marks the return of severe weather, bringing threats like baseball-sized hail, damaging winds and tornadoes to much of the state. So far this year, Texas has recorded 37 tornadoes — a significant...

The National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office confirmed Monday that at least nine tornadoes, ranging in severity from EF-0 to EF-2, touched down in multiple counties west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area during storms late Saturday night. Although the DFW region was spared from the brunt of the storms, survey teams identified tornadoes in Jack, Parker, Erath, Hood and Montague counties, according to a public information statement issued by NWS. As of Monday night, Hood County was the only area that was hit by an EF-2 tornado, with estimated peak...

The National Weather Service has confirmed five of the nine possible tornadoes that were reported in North Texas west of Fort Worth Saturday night. As of Monday afternoon, one EF-1 tornado has been confirmed in Parker County where some of the heaviest damage was reported with estimated peak winds about 110 mph, according to the NWS Fort Worth office. Large trees were uprooted, roofs were ripped off of houses and an RV was flipped, but no injuries or deaths were reported. The survey teams are still assessing other areas. It...

ADA, Okla. (KXII) - Four tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down in Southern Oklahoma Saturday night, one of the most heavily affected areas being the city of Ada. One person was hurt, and at least 30 people have been displaced by tornado damage in Ada. “I really hate to see this happen... I’m just glad no one was seriously hurt,” said a resident of Ada for 53 years, Angie Tatum. Residents said the damage is widespread across the city after the storm. There are multiple trees and power lines...

OKLAHOMA CITY − At least two people have died in Oklahoma flooding and severe storms were forecast into Monday across Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois and down to Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the Storm Prediction Center warned. Some areas of the region could see frequent lightning, fierce wind gusts, hail and a few tornadoes, the center warned in it short-term forecast. "There is an added threat of EF 2 to EF5 tornadoes over the Middle/Lower Mississippi Valley," the forecast added. An EF2 tornado drives winds of at least 111 mph and...

The National Weather Service said it plans to collect damage reports on Easter Sunday after up to nine possible tornadoes were reported in North Texas west of Fort Worth on Saturday night. The weather service will send crews to survey the damage on Monday. There have been no immediate reports of major injuries or deaths. Some of the heaviest damage was reported in Parker County. Parker County Emergency Services District 1 said in a social media post that firefighters provided help to homeowners and did initial damage assessments after at...

A tornado has ripped through southern Oklahoma wrecking buildings and injuring several people. Severe thunderstorms began battering the city of Ada on Saturday, with the high winds spawning the tornado overnight. It was the second time the area has been devastated by a tornado in just a matter of weeks. This time, emergency operators in Pontotoc County were left without electricity after gales of up to 70mph downed power lines. More than 1,200 people remain without electricity as of Sunday morning, according to OGE. A local mall was gutted by...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. The NWS Fort Worth TX issued an updated tornado warning at 8:26 p.m. on Saturday in effect until 8:45 p.m. The warning is for Hood, Erath and Somervell counties. Half-dollar-sized hail (1.25 inches) is expected with the incoming storm. "At 8:25 p.m., a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles north of Hico, or 11 miles southeast of Stephenville, moving north at...