NTMWD 2025 Summer

Plan, prepare now for tornado season

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Latest, news

This Farmersville mobile home landed on CR 697 due to straight line winds in eastern Collin County in 2019. Courtesy Farmersville FD

The three-month Texas tornado “season” begins in April and a new analysis ranks Collin County near the top of the list of 100 most vulnerable counties for storm damage.

Twisters are most prevalent in Texas during April, May and June. And longtime residents of Sachse and Wylie still remember the 1993 Mother’s Day tornado that rampaged up Highway 78 on Sunday, May 9, 1993. One man was killed and more than 20 people injured.

However, severe storms can occur any time of year such as the October 20, 2019, tornado that did $2 billion damage in North Dallas or the December 13, 2022, storm that spawned 16 tornadoes including two that hit Grapevine.

To read the full story and support local journalism subscribe to The Wylie News today!

Collin Summer 2025

Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ET_Builder_Module_Comments::$et_pb_unique_comments_module_class is deprecated in /home/csmediatexas/wylienews/wp-content/themes/Divi/includes/builder/class-et-builder-element.php on line 1380

0 Comments

Subscribe RH Love

Related News

Wylie, neighboring cities plan celebrations

Wylie, neighboring cities plan celebrations

The city of Wylie will host a celebration starting at 7:30 p.m. July 3 at 851 Hensley Lane. Attendees can enjoy food trucks, a live DJ, and a water spray zone courtesy of Wylie Fire-Rescue. File art Independence Day is just around the corner, and communities...

read more
Hope for the Cities opens new resource center 

Hope for the Cities opens new resource center 

The Cross Church Event Center now also houses the new Hope for the Cities Resource Center. Executive director and pastor Jon Bailey leads the nonprofit with support from Benevolence Coordinator Liz Garrett and a team of volunteers. Sonia Duggan/The Wylie News Hope for...

read more
Operation targeted online child exploitation

Operation targeted online child exploitation

Operation Soteria Shield was conducted in April resulting in the rescue of 109 children and arrest of 244 offenders. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and advocacy groups completed a month-long collaborative enforcement effort aimed at...

read more
Local legislators recap session

Local legislators recap session

Two Texas House members from Collin County take pride in what lawmakers accomplished in the 89th Legislature that ended this month. “The only item we are required to pass each session is the state budget,” said Rep. Jeff Leach. “I’m proud to say that the budget we...

read more
Order photos