Judge Gossom declares State of Disaster for Wichita County . (Source: City of Wichita Falls) By KAUZ Team | February 16, 2021 at 12:55 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 1:09 PM WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - ORDER DECLARING A LOCAL STATE OF DISASTER FOR WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS WHEREAS , the County of Wichita, Texas, due to severe winter weather conditions, is experiencing the occurrence of imminent threat of widespread and severe damage, injury, and/or loss of life and property resulting from one or more of the delineated events identified in Texas Government Code Section 418.004(1); and WHEREAS , Texas Government Code Section 418.004(1) defines disaster to be the “occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made cause, including fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill or other water contamination, volcanic activity, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, hostile military or paramilitary action, extreme heat, cybersecurity event, other public calamity requiring emergency action, or energy emergency”; and