A tornado warning was issued for Wichita Falls in Texas on Sunday. “Around 4 pm…clouds continue to develop west of Wichita Falls near a retreating dryline. This still appears to be the best chance for severe storms over the next 1-2 hours. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of western north Texas and southwestern OK,” the National Weather Service noted a couple of hours back.
Since then, Fox reported that the situation had developed to a tornado warning. “Storm we are monitoring in Wichita Falls has now prompted a Tornado warning based on radar, and is capable of produce 3 inch hail (larger than Baseballs). Will continue to monitor as it moves SE towards northwestern portions of North Texas,” a reporter wrote on X.
A local meteorologist also warned “This is radar indicated rotation so far but it rapidly maturing and rotating. This is not the time to watch on your porch, start getting in your safe space!”.
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Local reports noted that there was a tornado warning for parts of Wichita County including Burkburnett, Sheppard and Iowa Park as well.
Meanwhile scary visuals of the storm forming were shared on social media.
Wichita Falls tornado: Videos of storm forming amid warning
One person shared a photo of the storm forming and wrote “Tornado warned storm near Wichita Falls, TX (Lat 33.953, Lon -98.531) – 04/26/2026 @ 6:03 PM.”
Another shared a video from near Wichita Falls.
“Tornado warned supercell coming into Wichita Falls Texas, strong rotation forming,” they added.
Yet another shared a photo of clouds forming.
“Tornado could be imminent just north of Wichita Falls!!,” they wrote. Amid the tornado warning, some said they got hail as well.
One person shared a video and wrote “That was exciting! Call me crazy but I love storms.” Yet another person put up a photo and wrote “Burk is getting rocked by hail 6pm”.
Meanwhile, several people expressed concerns. One person asked “tornado sirens going off? should we be freaking out?”.
“Mainly out by the prison headed toward Burkburnett, Charlie & Thornberry. Good possibility, but nothing happening yet,” one person wrote. Another shared a photo from near the airport.
“Storm is in northern Wichita county,” yet another person added. One person even had a complaint about the warning system.
“Why was the city so slow to set off sirens? NWS issued a tornado warning a solid 10 minutes before the city activated the sirens….. City of Wichita Falls, Texas Government, do better,” they wrote.
