Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness

The official page of the City of Wichita Falls, TX Office of Emergency Preparedness.

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#ReadyWichitaFalls | Know the difference between a Watch vs. a Warning. We hope you TACO-about it at work and home today.

👀 Tornado Watch = Be aware.
🌪 Tornado Warning+ Take Action!

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[NWS Severe Tstorm @NWSSevereTstorm]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Burkburnett TX, Walters OK and Waurika OK until 12:15 AM CDT

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

8:00 - A new tornado watch is in effect until 3:00 am. If you are west of this - including Enid, Woodward, Altus. Weatherford - then the severe threat has diminished for you.

If you are in this new watch, then severe weather is not over yet!

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

Updated timing for severe weather this evening - don't let your guard down, the tornado/flooding threat remains!

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

720pm - Behind the scenes as we enter our 13th hour of severe weather operations. A long night ahead.

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#ReadyWichitaFalls | Have multiple ways of getting emergency alerts. Learn more about alerts at, https://t.co/FqKWlpQ82H

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

The safest place in a home to take shelter is in the basement or saferoom. If you don’t have a basement or saferoom, go to an inside room, without windows, on the lowest floor. This could be a center hallway, bathroom, or closet. Do NOT stay in a mobile home or vehicle. #TxWx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

Total Riders left as of 3:02 PM
🚲 304/ 100 Mile
🚲 58/ 75 Mile
🚲 83/ 100K
🚲 0/ 50 Mile
🚲 0/ 25 Mile
Total: 445 Riders Left
#HHH #HotternHell2023 #CityofWF #WichitaFallsTX #ReadyWichitaFalls #HHH23

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has extended the Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 2:00 am. We are seeing storms impacting our area now. Please stay #WeatherAware!

Alert Info, https://t.co/nNAQBfRMKC

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas until 11:00 pm. Stay #WeatherAware!

Alert Info, https://t.co/HN7uq9pSh2

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the City of Wichita Falls until Sunday Afternoon. 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected.

#TurnAroundDontDrown

Alert Info, https://t.co/bLnOQn3rQc

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

We continue to monitor hour-by-hour changes for where severe weather is likely to develop. Latest models, radar, and high-resolution models suggest storms will develop within the highlighted area by 6 pm. #txwx #okwx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#WeatherUpdate | We can see storms develop in North Texas over the next few hours. Please see #WeatherAware

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

Satellite and model guidance continues to indicate the best chance of severe thunderstorm develop will occur across parts of western north TX and southern Oklahoma over the next 1 to 2 hours. Be ready to seek shelter if warnings are issued. #okwx #texomawx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, until 11:00 pm. Please stay #WeatherAware and follow for updates.

Alert Info, https://t.co/umH0OoDXbv

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#ReadyWichitaFalls | Storms are possible this afternoon and evening! Have multiple ways of getting emergency alerts.

Learn more about alerts at, https://t.co/FqKWlpQ82H

[Plano Emergency Management @PlanoEM]

Yeah… don't be this person. A WARNING means that dangerous conditions have formed and are currently happening! #Plano #dfwwx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#WeatherUpdate | Get ready for a long weekend of hazardous weather! We start today with a slight risk of strong to severe thunderstorms that are capable of producing all hazards. Please be #WeatherAware and keep updated with local forecasts.

#TXWX #ReadyWichitaFalls

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas until 9:00pm. Please stay #WeatherAware!

Alert info, https://t.co/YBOVxhUI32

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#WeatherUpdate | We have another chance for severe weather this afternoon and evening. Hazards included up to baseball size hail and 80+ wind gusts.

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

Today: Expect another round of severe storms late this afternoon and into the evening.

Thunderstorms will be capable of producing baseball-size hail and damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph, primarily within the Slight Risk area (see below, area in yellow).

#okwx #texomawx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#Watch | The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas until 11:00 PM.

Alert Info, https://t.co/g8o9clAvkx

[Wichita Falls Office of Emergency Preparedness @WFOEP]

#WeatherUpdate | We can see storms develop today around 5 PM to 9 PM in the Wichita Falls Area.

[NWS Norman @NWSNorman]

Severe storms are expected to fire ahead of a dryline over western north Texas & south-central OK (4-6 PM)...

Very strong instability will result in very large hail (baseballs), & high cloud bases (deep sub-cloud dry air) will result in wind gusts up to 80 mph.

#okwx #texomawx