April 24-29, 2026 Severe Storms & Tornadoes

All Severe Thunderstorm (yellow) & Tornado Warnings (red)
and Tornado, Hail, Wind Damage & Flooding reports (icons)
from April 24 to April 29, 2026

Justin Tornado

Gribble Springs Tornado

Sherman Tornado

Carpenters Bluff Tornado

Scattered supercell thunderstorms moved southeastward out of Oklahoma across Northeast Texas during the evening hours of Friday April 24
These severe storms produced one brief tornado (EF0 in Lamar County) and numerous reports of large hail and wind damage
Hail up to lime size was reported in Emory (Rains County), with considerable wind damage in and around Paris (Lamar County)

All information is considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending new data and analysis

Scattered supercell thunderstorms moved southeastward out of Oklahoma across Northeast Texas during the evening hours of Friday April 24
These severe storms produced one brief tornado (EF0 in Lamar County) and numerous reports of large hail and wind damage
Hail up to lime size was reported in Emory (Rains County), with considerable wind damage in and around Paris (Lamar County)

All information is considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending new data and analysis

Scattered supercell thunderstorms developed along the dryline across the middle of the DFW Metroplex during the afternoon hours of Monday April 27
These severe storms the moved eastward across eastern North Texas and Northeast Texas through the evening
Numerous reports of large hail up to teacup size were received, with the largest hail reported in northeast Dallas, Rockwall, and Hunt Counties

All information is considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending new data and analysis

Montague & Wise County Tornadoes

Johnson County Tornadoes

Mineral Wells Tornado (Palo Pinto & Parker Counties)

Scattered supercell thunderstorms once again developed along the dry line near Wichita Falls during the afternoon hours of Tuesday April 28, then moved southeast across North Texas through late afternoon and across Central Texas during the evening.
- 6 tornadoes have been confirmed: EF0 in Montague County; EF0 in Wise County; EF3 in Palo Pinto/Parker Counties; and an EF0, EF0 and EF1 in Johnson County (as of May 31, 2026)
- Dozens of reports of large hail up to softball size were also received, with the largest hail reported near Godley in Johnson County and Itasca in Hill County
- Several reports of wind damage also occurred
EF3 Mineral Wells Tornado
- Estimated winds up to 145 mph caused severe damage in the Holiday Hills subdivision and Fort Wolters areas of northeast Mineral Wells
- No one was killed but 5 people were injured
- This was the strongest tornado in Parker County since April 25, 1990, and the strongest in Palo Pinto County since May 12, 1982

All information is considered PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending new data and analysis

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