Texas Weather

Texas Schools Possibly Hit By Tornados

Posted 04.03.2012

Reports have surfaced that multiple public schools in Forney, Texas, may have been hit by the tornados that tore through areas south of Dallas and For...

WATCH: Tornadoes Hit Texas

Posted 04.03.2012

Regions of Texas received tornado warnings on Tuesday, as tornadoes touched down in the state. One of the warnings issued for Eastern Dallas Count...

Texas's Good Luck Might Still Dry Up, Experts Warn

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 04.03.2012

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An unusually wet winter that brought badly needed relief to a state suffering through a historic drought is no guarantee that bon...

Tornado Hits Texas As Storms Sweep U.S.

AP | KEN MILLER | Posted 05.20.2012

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Storms shuffled through parts of the south-central United States again Tuesday, bringing more heavy rain, damaging winds and th...

Texas Drought Over For Dallas-Fort Worth

AP | Posted 04.03.2012

HOUSTON (AP) — The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is s...

Texas Town Relying On Tanker Trucks For Water

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.01.2012

SPICEWOOD, Texas (AP) — Tanker trucks loaded with water have become the lifeline for a Texas lakefront village that came precariously close to becom...

Severe Storms Drench Texas

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 03.26.2012

HOUSTON — Heavy rain and powerful winds that spawned several tornadoes have swept across Texas, forcing drivers to abandon cars on flooded roads...

A Record-Breaking Year For Texas

Reuters | Posted 03.10.2012

By Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas , Jan 7 (Reuters) - It's official: 2011 was the driest year on record in Texas, according to the ...

From Basking In Balmy Weather To Coping With Deadly Blizzards

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 02.20.2012

TOPEKA, Kan. — Holiday travelers were breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday after a storm that dumped up to 15 inches of snow and forced the clos...

Weather May To Blame For Small Plane Crash

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 02.19.2012

AUSTIN, Texas — A single-engine plane crashed amid a rainstorm in central Texas, killing the pilot, his wife and two children from Georgia, as w...

Powerful Snowstorm Threatens Southwest And Great Plains

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 02.18.2012

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A deadly storm that halted travel throughout the Great Plains weakened Tuesday as it headed east into Missouri and toward the Gr...

Winter Weather To Hit The Southwest And Plains

AP | WEATHER UNDERGROUND | Posted 02.18.2012

Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, December 19, 2011. A storm system moving into the Southwest will bring significant winter weather from the S...

Blizzard Conditions Expected To Slam Great Plains

AP | BOB CHRISTIE | Posted 02.17.2012

A major winter storm is headed for the southwestern Great Plains, with blizzard conditions expected by Monday afternoon in parts of New Mexico, Texas,...

Texas Drought 2011: Conditions Are Improving

AP | Posted 12.08.2011

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Recent rains in parts of Texas have led to less than half of the state being in the worst category of drought for the first time sin...

Texas Drought Will Mar Landscape For Years

AP | By JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 12.14.2011

DALLAS -- Pockets of brown, sickly trees mar the traditionally majestic pine woods in East Texas. Leafless oaks can be seen across the state. Even nat...

Amid Drought, Texas Slow To Prepare For Future Water Needs

AP | By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 11.23.2011

SANFORD, Texas -- On paper, at least, Texas is well-prepared to meet the water needs of its rapidly expanding population – even when Mother Natu...

Major Fish Evacuations Planned For Texas River Facing Drought

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN and BETSY BLANEY | Posted 11.16.2011

FORT WORTH, Texas — Wading through a muddy river bed to reach shallow pools of water, wildlife biologists scooped up hundreds of minnows Friday ...

INTERACTIVE PHOTO: Before And After The Texas Wildfire

Posted 11.12.2011

Texas is dry. Really dry. This has been the worst drought in Texas since the 1950's, and the drought has been a perfect breeding ground for wildfi...

Texas Drought: 'We Can't Catch A Break'

AP | By PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 10.18.2011

ROBERT LEE, Texas (AP) -- Ranchers in pickup trucks here stop to ladle up puddles of street water after underground pipes crack, and wilting trees are...

Texas Drought Recalls Long, Punishing Dry Spell Of 1950's

AP | By ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 10.14.2011

FORT WORTH, Texas -- After enduring nearly a year of drought, Texans have grown accustomed to seeing acres of withered crops, scores of dried-up ponds...

Texas Drought Will Harm Wildlife Habitat For Years

AP | By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 10.08.2011

CANADIAN, Texas -- In a muddy pile of sand where a pond once flowed in the Texas Panhandle, dead fish, their flesh already decayed and feasted on by m...

Rick Perry Accuses Obama Of Leaving Texas In The Dust

Posted 06.29.2011

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for not responding to a request for a disaster a...