May 11 marks a solemn double milestone in Texas weather history: the state’s deadliest tornado — and its strongest.

of the path of a single tornado” — laid the groundwork for the Fujita Scale. He introduced the scale in 1971 before researchers at Texas Tech University, in the very city devastated by the ...

“We could not have done it without the outpouring of support from everyone — volunteers, city staff, and our neighboring agencies.” Mayor Gary ... the tornado followed an unusual path ...

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes ... south of Oklahoma City in Love County. Oravec said the system wasn't moving much over Texas and Oklahoma ...

A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and ... south of Oklahoma City, received dozens of reports of “high-water incidents ...