{"id":270489,"date":"2026-04-28T23:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270489\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:29:10","slug":"reports-of-destructive-tornado-near-mineral-wells-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/270489\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports of destructive tornado near Mineral Wells, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">MINERAL WELLS, Texas &#8211; A tornado has been confirmed near Mineral Wells, Texas, not far west of the DFW Metroplex.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Viewers have submitted images and video of severe structure damage possibly caused by the tornado.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Mineral Wells, Texas, tornado  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was confirmed along Highway 180 about three miles east of Mineral Wells at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to an official with the City of Mineral Wells, there is a large area of structure damage with some structures destroyed. There are reports of injuries in the area; the official said those people had been taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/z1zsan2d01xdm0zd.jpg\" alt=\"Severe storm damage in Parker County of North Texas\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The tornado was reported to be moving southeast, in the general direction of Fort Worth, at about 25 mph.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">First responders are at the scene of the damage to assist potentially impacted residents.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The exact number of injuries is not known. No reports of fatalities had come in at the time of publishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/butler-ventamatic-mineral-wells-damage-ctsy-ashley-renae-valdez.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Mineral Wells damage (Courtesy: Ashley Renae Valdez) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The NWS said hazards in the storm include large hail and continued tornado possibilities, which could bring flying debris and structure damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Tuesday storms in North Texas  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Severe storms began moving through the Metroplex from the northwest Tuesday afternoon, with the heaviest impacts set to reach the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the early evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Along with the confirmed tornado, reports of hail, wind damage, and heavy rainfall began flooding in around 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/weather-alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Keep up to date with severe weather alerts here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9oz6gslk1ih4pxtm.jpg\" alt=\"DFW Weather: Tornado observed near Mineral Wells\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather Team.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/parker-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parker County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINERAL WELLS, Texas &#8211; A tornado has been confirmed near Mineral Wells, Texas, not far west of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[223,7812,4375,27,29,28,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-270489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-news","tag-parker-county","tag-severe-weather","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}