Editing Wichita Falls, Texas (section)

===1964 tornado===
{{Main|1964 Wichita Falls tornado}}
A powerful F5-rated [[tornado]] hit the northern and northwestern portions of Wichita Falls, along with [[Sheppard Air Force Base]] during the afternoon of April 3, 1964 (later referred to as "Black Friday"). As the first violent tornado on record to hit the Wichita Falls area,<ref>{{cite web |title=Wichita Falls, TX Tornadoes (1900-Present) |url=http://www.weather.gov/oun/tornadodata-city-tx-wichita_falls |work=National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma|access-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> it left seven dead and more than 100 injured. Additionally, the tornado caused roughly $15 million in property damage with about 225 homes destroyed and another 250 damaged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texasarchive.org/2012_00678|title=Wichita Falls Tornado (1964)|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref> It was rated F5, the highest rating on the [[Fujita scale]], but it is overshadowed by the 1979 tornado.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grazulis|first=Thomas P.|title=Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology an Analysis of Events|year=1993|publisher=Environmental Films|location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1|page=1050}}</ref>