Western North Texas
A few cities include: Abilene, Fort Worth and Wichita Falls.
Local tornado season: Peaks between mid-April and early June.
Terrain: A mixture of plains and rolling hills.
Road network: Relatively favorable with a few gaps.
Radar coverage: Good under most circumstances.
Storm chasers can expect an active tornado season in western North Texas during mid to late spring. In addition to tornadoes, large to very large hail commonly occurs with the most organized supercells in western North Texas. Low precipitation, photogenic supercell thunderstorms are not uncommon in this area. A favored target for storm chasing in western North Texas is a sharpening dryline around peak heating.
Terrain
The terrain across much of western North Texas is relatively flat, gradually climbing in elevation with westward extent. The Low Rolling Plains lie across southwest portions of western North Texas, down toward Abilene. Storm chasing in the hilly areas may require some adjustment, but the terrain is usually manageable.
There is some vegetation across western North Texas, particularly near the Red River, where there are some forested areas. There are some small lakes and ponds in the area as well, but they usually do not interfere much with storm chasing.
Road network
Consistent with most of Texas, the road network in this area includes most primary roads moving in a diagonal heading from towns and cities. Between these roadways, the secondary roads are a mixture of straighter lies (north-south and east-west) and other angled roads. Since visibility will generally be good due to terrain (sight distance) and road networks are reasonably good, conditions are usually favorable for storm chasing in western North Texas.
The only major freeway that cuts through western North Texas is Interstate-20. I-20 will quickly bring you from Fort Worth to Abilene and points west. Terrain tends to be hillier south of I-20 than areas to the north, but both are chaseable under most circumstances. Interstate-35 to the east is the approximate dividing line between western North Texas and East Texas.
Radar coverage
Assuming KFDR is up and running, radar coverage is good across most of western North Texas. KFDR covers the area near to the Red River and as mentioned in the Western/Central Oklahoma page, the radar site is notorious for having outages at the worst possible times. KFWS has coverage for points east toward Fort Worth and KDYX more or less covers the rest of western North Texas.
In summary, western North Texas has fairly good road networks, favorable terrain and ample radar coverage to storm chase with, even if the area is not perfectly flat. Storms can sometimes be photogenic here and it is hard to pass up a dryline setup in western North Texas.