Powerful Tornado Strikes Texas, Severe Weather Warnings Issued

People look at an overturned truck in a parking lot after a tornado in a widespread storm system touched down in Round Rock, Texas, on March 21, 2022. Tamir Kalifa/Reuters

Weather officials warned people to take shelter after a powerful tornado touched down in Northern Texas on May 23, bringing with it hailstones and potential flash flooding.

“A very dangerous large tornado is on the ground north of Morton,” the National Weather Service said on Monday alongside an image of the large storm system which was captured by an onlooker and shared online. Morton is a city in Cochran County, Texas with a population of 2,006.