Tornado Watch — Comanche, TX; Cooke, TX; Eastland, TX; Erath, TX; Hood, TX; Jack, TX; Montague, TX; Palo Pinto, TX; Parker, TX; Stephens was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Monday, 2 November 2026 at 23:50 UTC. The event is classified as a tornado incident with a severity rating of Extreme, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).
Tornado Watch issued November 2 at 5:50PM CST until November 2 at 11:00PM CST by NWS Fort Worth TX THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 702 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS COMANCHE IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COOKE EASTLAND ERATH HOOD JACK MONTAGUE PALO PINTO PARKER STEPHENS WISE YOUNG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOWIE, BRECKENRIDGE, BRIAR, BRIDGEPORT, CISCO, COMANCHE, DE LEON, DECATUR, DUBLIN, EASTLAND, GAINESVILLE, GORMAN, GRAHAM, GRANBURY, JACKSBORO, MINERAL WELLS, NOCONA, OAK TRAIL SHORES, OLNEY, RANGER, STEPHENVILLE, AND WEATHERFORD.
Where this happened
The incident is located in United States (North America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Historically, United States is most affected by hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the United States incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 37.100°, -95.700°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding tornado events
Violently rotating columns of air producing concentrated destruction. Tornado intensity is rated on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from observed damage. Because warning times are typically measured in minutes, the difference between injury and safety is usually whether people can reach an interior room on the lowest floor.
How severity is rated
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Safety guidance for tornado situations
- Go to the lowest floor, in an interior room, away from windows — a basement or reinforced room is best.
- Cover your head and neck; most injuries come from flying debris.
- A vehicle or mobile home is not shelter; leave for a sturdy structure if there is time.
- Keep a weather-alert app or radio active during watch periods.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
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Timeline and sources
Official warning
Issued by U.S. National Weather Service. A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.
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· received · event time 2 Nov 2026, 23:50 UTCFirst report Official warning
First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.
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Conditions at the time
29.2 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 22°C, and winds reached 40 km/h.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.