{"id":753747,"date":"2026-04-26T05:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/753747\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:24:47","slug":"deadly-storms-sweep-north-texas-widespread-tornado-watch-issued-until-5-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/753747\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly storms sweep North Texas; widespread tornado watch issued until 5 a.m."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tornado watch is in effect for much of North Texas until 5 a.m. It includes Collin,               Cooke,                Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Johnson,              Lamar,                Parker, Rockwall,             Tarrant and Wise counties.<\/p>\n<p>A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Dallas and Tarrant counties until 1:15 a.m. Ping-pong-ball-sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts are possible.<\/p>\n<p>A flash flood warning has been issued for Tarrant County until 3:15 a.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sirens have been activated in Haslet, Weatherford, Burleson, Arlington and Fort Worth. Event attendees at Dickies Arena have been told to shelter in place in the tunnels.<\/p>\n<p>Parker County said one person has died as a result of the storms on Saturday night, south of Springtown. The victim was not identified and Parker County Fire did not release any further information.<\/p>\n<p>Wise County officials said one person has died due to the storm and several structures are destroyed. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is significant debris from wind over the State Highway 199 stretch from around Ross Road SE, including metal rope and giant trees. Some roads are impassable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There has been significant damage in Runaway Bay. Winds of EF-2 strength or greater are suspected. Vehicles appear to have been tossed, power lines are down and roofs are missing. At least 20 families are displaced.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/82bf11d0-41df-464b-bc4f-0a9d6b5c5219.png#.png\" alt=\"82bf11d0-41df-464b-bc4f-0a9d6b5c5219.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3.png#.png\" alt=\"3.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>Sunday looks much calmer, still warm and muggy, but with just an isolated shower threat.<\/p>\n<p>Monday will be another hot and humid day, with highs in the middle 90s under mainly sunny skies.<\/p>\n<p>Our storm threats then return on-and-off from Tuesday through Friday, so keep an eye on the forecast with any scheduled outdoor plans.<\/p>\n<p>Stay weather aware always with our CBS News app, just click the weather icon in the top right to find your latest forecast and a live interactive radar.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5.png#.png\" alt=\"5.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7a349db4-dec1-4f01-99da-c6c46253eb6d.png#.png\" alt=\"7a349db4-dec1-4f01-99da-c6c46253eb6d.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tornado watch is in effect for much of North Texas until 5 a.m. It includes Collin, Cooke,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":753748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,1596,15048,7371,7372,8963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7160],"class_list":{"0":"post-753747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-first-alert-weather","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-north-texas","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-weather-forecast"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116469346514958789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}