The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado touched down in Van Zandt County on Friday and stayed on the ground for about nine miles.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which specific weather event Texas ranks first compared to other states with an average 139 per year.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. Keep looking up!

Homeowners in Van Zandt County are cleaning up after at least one possible tornado touched down Friday afternoon.

Dallas hopes new climate data can help shape strategies to combat the urban heat island effect that leaves some neighborhoods more than 10 degrees warmer on some of our hottest days.

The cap is a layer of warm air at around 5,000 feet that keeps thunderstorms from forming. NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks where does the cap originate?

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what helicity within a thunderstorm measures.

NBC 5’s Larry Collins and Ryann Jones have the latest on the weather across North Texas as storms arrive.

What’s happening in the skies over North Texas this month? April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky. Check out the list …

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks what is the most common reason for a grounds top at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith tells us about lightning strikes on other planets. Keep looking up!

North Texas is under a severe weather threat into Sunday evening.

NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks where the Storm Prediction Center was before it was located in Norman, Oklahoma.