![]() ![]() The National Weather Service has upgraded the risk of tornadoes for parts of North Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area.Īccording to the Storm Prediction Center, the area is now considered to be at moderate risk of tornadoes Saturday evening. The watch remained in effect until 9 p.m. Josh Wasson, with the Cisco Fire Department, says at least one home has been damaged but isn't immediately certain of the extent of the damage.įorecasters have boosted the possibility of tornadoes for North Texas as a tornado watch was issued into Saturday evening for nearly 50 counties, including the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The storm containing the tornado was accompanied by hail as large as oranges. Weather Service spotters reported the twister on the ground late Saturday afternoon near Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth. The National Weather Service says a tornado has touched down in North Texas. She says the town of Burkburnett set off its tornado siren at 5:55 p.m. It was too early to determine the extent of damage or whether there were any injuries. Burkburnett is about 15 miles north of Wichita Falls. ![]() He says the tornado did not strike any heavily populated area.Ī second tornado has touched down in North Texas, this one north of Wichita Falls.Ī police dispatcher in Burkburnett, who decline to give her name due to department policy, says that the tornado touched down north of town. ![]() He can't immediately confirm if there are any injuries or fatalities.įields describes the storm-damaged area as rural farms and ranches, with homes on small acreage. He says damage assessment was difficult Saturday because of heavy rains. Damage was reported after the tornado hit Saturday afternoon in Eastland County, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth.Īn official in North Texas says homes have been destroyed and some people are unaccounted for after a tornado struck a rural farming and ranching area.Įastland County Judge Rex Fields says there was a "considerable amount of damage" in the county, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth. The fire chief in the North Texas town of Cisco says one person has been killed after a tornado swept through the area.Ĭhief Walter Fairbanks had no other details early Saturday evening. He says authorities believe there are some other injuries.įields says the tornado has taken the homes "into pieces and blown them out into pastures." A county judge in a rural area of North Texas says a deadly tornado has caused "five miles of destruction" as it tore through farmland.Įastland County Judge Rex Fields says several homes were destroyed and many others were damaged by the storm, which killed at least one person Saturday near the town of Cisco. ![]()
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